oregon awake oregon fifth episode american police procedural drama television series awake episode premiered march united_states nbc simultaneously broadcast global canada subsequently aired united_kingdom june written consulting producer directed oregon received television critics praised storylines commentators noted script written episode strongest outing pilot broadcast march airing episode garnered million viewers united_states rating share demographic according nielsen ratings ranked second timeslot cbs centers police detective living separate realities car accident episode michael deals case involving serial killer killed person green reality fbi agent insists dead killed committed huge crime pretends police officer frames michael pretending agent thinks involved case frame reasons takes place outside starts cut wrist michael partner green reality bird freeman red reality states michael wife marriage falling apart hannah admits embarrassed wanting oregon plot episode opens red reality hannah alive car accident los_angeles michael gets home talks wife hannah oregon looking university later green reality alive hannah michael stuck traffic michael later called work partner green reality bird freeman talks michael michael goes run park goes hill overlooking city dog appears bush michael notices human flesh goes investigate finds corpse sitting tree michael goes police station shows captain harper similar cases starting case killer nicknamed vertically victim carved roman murders taken place united_states believes dead fbi agent shot michael wants cover area captain agrees telling michael pick fbi sent michael goes meets fbi agent discuss history admits focused solely years michael confirms find body figures michael goes crime scene bird partners find dog banks check stomach finds united_states dollar bill michael takes evidence harper insists means classified information case involved suggests check recently laid law enforcement officers problems bird create database killer alive lets harper decide tells detectives pull files law officers leaves michael approaches says understands implications man shot killer prepares set medical tools dollar bills later green reality michael suggests check cheap area set base couple miles sites murders later michael talks manager hotel leaves hotel michael sees secret place closed michael breaks drawing gun spots inside ran away michael identified police officer soon csi team investigates harper wonder michael says checking thought building looked suspicious claimed michael suspect unaware killer listening nearby vent michael leaves investigation goes car killer seen dressed police uniform starting later station harper tells got claiming guy plays recording addresses michael friend harper tells michael traced home phone later michael meets bird find killer going murder agent later begins cut fbi agent wrist minutes later michael bird try find killer agent find taken hospital family comes sees later michael tells hannah learned oregon shares secrets claimed embarrassed talk michael shrink green reality cites reality begin scene fantasy michael leaves car calls michael explains intrigued michael success tracking broke evans office read files asks michael awake asleep says world needs people like michael people sideways takes flight portland says hopes michael doesn wake hangs production episode written consulting producer directed writing credit directing credit series second episode written series creator executive producer episode wrote guilty episode rated television united_states fifth broadcast episode originally scheduled fourth episode season production code nbc decision change broadcasting order casting episode featured guest performances actors including michael captain officer series banks doctor working fbi agent cast cast hotel manager cast daughter appeared police uniform officer reception ratings oregon originally broadcast march united_states nbc preceded night airing episode garnered million viewers united_states ranked second timeslot despite airing simultaneously cbs abc acquired rating share demographic meaning seen year olds according nielsen ratings episode ratings dropped previous episode kate obtained million viewers simultaneously broadcast global canada subsequently aired united_kingdom june episode obtained million viewers united_kingdom making fourth watched program week channel game episode ratings slightly dropped previous episode critical response oregon received television commentators praised storylines ign gave episode good review claimed episode felt like bit stand story focusing heightened anxiety grief episode stepped launched series forward introducing worlds serial killer liked episode ambition concluded review giving episode classifying great fanatic praised episode claimed family oregon red reality complex concluded review giving episode score den geek gave praise episode claimed episode strongest outing pilot broadcast march wrote episode interesting story ideas meaning writers bigger plans weeks ahead hitfix alan_sepinwall gave notes episode claimed nbc decision change broadcasting order probably best episodes son kidnapped attracted personal interest serial killer second felt like criticized parts episode writing episode like conventional cop said episode works best procedural elements sort background essence wrote series sustainable program zack_handlen enjoyed oregon review stated enjoyed approach scenes emotional connection growth
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