Wilmer was in uniform at the crime scene where the partner is the other guy. I think. It was only a couple of seconds.

t, okay I missed that. thanks.

Oh, okay. Missed that.

I may have to rewatch too. It seems that the details may matter.

So if I was going to be pretty simplistic about it, I'd say the fact that he saw Wilmer for the first time in the Red universe and *then* for the first time in Green, would give ammunition to Reg being real, if one is real and the other is false. But Green has the constitution test.

They're not doing the mechanics any favours for the OCD by intercutting between the sessions that way, because it makes it harder to be sure about the hows and whens of every transition. Because that's for narrative impact, as opposed to being in the sequence that he experienced it.

But the Wilmer thing was clearly in sequence, because he was surprised to see him the second time.

Right? The way the narrative is relayed to us is not helping me understand the mechanics at all. But I am okay with that for being only one episode in. I do hope that gets clearer, though. Then again, I am assuming both are real until proven otherwise.

Of course, the problem with the Constitution test is - how can he know he's getting it right while he's reading it? We can know, I guess, but really that could be explained as his brain "randomly" choosing a passage that he happens to have filed away from Civics class or whatever.

I went back and read the IO9 recap to see if anyone seemed sure the way some of you are here, and asked again there, and it's not a prevailing opinion that one's fake and one's real. There, if anything, the group decision seems to be that they're both fake and he's in a coma and hallucinating both, but seriously--are they gonna go *that* LoM?

I think it's interesting that he's being so open about it. That's different. He's told both therapists the truth, and even his wife. And she is playing into it, in a way. Dropping us into the middle of the action was a nice touch too, so we didn't have to see hi, struggling with coming to terms with it, or choosing bands, or his wife's confusion so much...

It's a man, in the middle of a problem.

Have not seen "Awake" but the discussion means I'll probably catch it on rebroadcast. Tuesday?

Okay, so...as I go...he opens his eyes without the bracelet and has a freakout. Does this mean he isn't strictly alternating? Because that way he'd always know where he was. Why doesn't he check and see what colour the walls are, because then he'll know, assuming he hasn't made *any* changes to her stuff in their room at all, just like they haven't changed their dead son's room.

Sheer panic at the idea of being lost and having lost everything overwhelming all? Or could it be hinting at the possibility of a scenario where his son and wife both died, and both of these realities are coping mechanisms, and neither is realer than the other?

Series finale: he's rocking back and forth at a psychiatric institute in a padded room.

I'm gonna let y'all break your brains on this. I think I'll take the lazy route, take it as it comes and enjoy the tone.

He only looked for the bracelet when she wasn't there, and he was expecting her to be there, so I think he is strictly alternating and the bracelet is more so he doesn't forget during the day which reality he's in.

I do think his panic was fueled, at least in part, by the fear that neither was really real. Thus his desperation to wake himself up from the nightmare where he's totally alone.

It's interesting that he doesn't remember the specifics of the accident. I don't know what to make of that. I'm not sure I like the suggestion of conspiracy in the one reality as a direction for the plot.