sixth episode american television police procedural fantasy drama awake episode premiered april national_broadcasting_company nbc simultaneously broadcast global canada written series creator executive producer staff writer directed received television critics praised storylines commentators noted script written episode worked way airing episode garnered million viewers united_states rating demographic according nielsen ratings lowest rated timeslot centers police detective living separate realities car accident episode michael enters psychiatric hospital hostage situation wants police michael find sister murdered created separate reality kidnapped wild murdered green reality michael looks ring wild stole girlfriend emma michael meets emma gets ring experiences injected seeing plot episode opens psychiatric ward blowing government building doctors taking notes comparing behavior doctor note sharing signs having odd behavior suffering sleeping disorder later green reality alive hannah dead crash michael sign permission form field trip goes work asks prints came green reality confused partner world michael suddenly realizes green reality later bird astronaut bed wild comes michael desk asks ring red reality hannah alive dead crash michael goes work called hospital hostage situation causing situation demands sister murdered dispute boyfriend created separate world murdered kidnapped wild later lee explains dealing allows michael come hospital michael enters building realizes dead man switch meaning shot building blow goes near window handle man screaming police prepared shoot prevent switch michael jumps causing divert path knocks shortly michael suddenly wakes green reality michael looking ring wild sees caused drugs tells ring calls asks revealed stole girlfriend emma michael meets emma gets ring evans claims having nightmare madness wakes red reality sees lee helping police coming shoot michael quickly phones tells stop dead man switch michael talk reality life makes michael think life shortly later michael evans talking mind thinks life tells okay subsequent discussion finds lee inside mind actually helping production episode written series creator staff writer directed fourth writing credit episode wrote kate episode writing credit series directing credit episode rated television united_states episode featured guest performances cast cast commander hamilton cast tech cast emma girlfriend reception ratings originally broadcast april united_states national_broadcasting_company nbc preceded night airing episode garnered million viewers united_states despite airing simultaneously cbs series premiere drama series scandal abc acquired rating demographic meaning seen year olds according nielsen ratings episode ratings dropped previous episode oregon simultaneously broadcast global canada subsequently aired united_kingdom june critical response received television commentators ign gave extremely positive review claimed story worked way awesome mainly stated mind blown best episode little actually think wild story claiming hooked concluded review giving episode classifying amazing zack_handlen enjoyed episode review noted episode doesn signs imminent thought morale episode wanting real doesn easier pretend harder michael work better odds going lose grip alan_sepinwall hitfix loved episode fanatic gave episode perfect score thought entry awake concept advantage
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