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I enjoyed it which does mean it probably wont be renewed I did notice in the previews for the next episode that Laura Innes (Sophia from The Event) will be guest starring. To be in another show this quickly it will be hard for me to think of her as somebody other than Sophia

This show will end just like LOST (just a LOT sooner). He really is the one who died in the accident and everything he imagined each time he woke up was from watching too much TV in heaven.

Either this, or he is in a coma and dreaming both "awake" states. The only obvious explanation to the story is that neither is a reality, and with this in mind I can't see how this turns into an ongoing storyline that keeps viewers coming back. At least with LOST there were lots of mysteries that kept you guessing throughout the show even though the eventual outcome was what everyone expected.

Either this, or he is in a coma and dreaming both "awake" states. The only obvious explanation to the story is that neither is a reality, and with this in mind I can't see how this turns into an ongoing storyline that keeps viewers coming back. At least with LOST there were lots of mysteries that kept you guessing throughout the show even though the eventual outcome was what everyone expected.

According to sources that is not the case:

So which one is real and which is a dream? (And before you say you've figured it out -- that ever-popular theory that he himself is dead, a ghost or in a coma -- I've been promised that those are not options.) As the audience, do we even want to know?

I did notice in the previews for the next episode that Laura Innes (Sophia from The Event) will be guest starring. To be in another show this quickly it will be hard for me to think of her as somebody other than Sophia

You mean Dr. Kerry Weaver from 249 episodes of "ER". I never really got used to her in the 21 episodes of "The Event".

According to sources that is not the case:

So which one is real and which is a dream? (And before you say you've figured it out -- that ever-popular theory that he himself is dead, a ghost or in a coma -- I've been promised that those are not options.) As the audience, do we even want to know?

So which one is real and which is a dream? (And before you say you've figured it out -- that ever-popular theory that he himself is dead, a ghost or in a coma -- I've been promised that those are not options.) As the audience, do we even want to know?

Well they eliminated my spoiler protected guess ... but let's look at the quote: "As the audience, do we even want to know?"

That would be the major difference in how the show plays out. If it is filled with clues and misdirection about which reality is real it will play to an audience that wants to know. If it ignores the reality issue and just uses the cross over clues as a special power then those who want to know might be disappointed.

But the raw thought of "do we even want to know" makes me wonder if it is worth trying to figure it out or if an easier to watch show would be a better choice. We'll find out if it can keep the audience next week. I'll only call it a surviving show if it increases viewership from week two and beyond.

The promo for this week's episode refers to the show as "the story of one man in two dreams".Laura Innes in the clip is practically ripped from The Event.

At this point, I wonder if the producers and writers have decided which is the dream, and which is real, or is the both, or neither? If they haven't made a decision yet, and CLUES we get are meaningless.

Luke

Sagaciously eschew obfuscating sesquipedalianisms.

Evil is charming and beautiful. It makes you doubt yourself. It asks for one small compromise after another until it whittles you down, and it functions best when no one believes in it.--from Joan of Arcadia

Something I just noticed a couple weeks ago (maybe its been there, I dont keep old episodes so cant go back and check) Each reality is filmed with a different color tint. One has a bluish tint while the other has a slight red tint. The only place I have seen that before was on Charlie Jade.

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Also, this was the first time I have seen a major event have a different outcome in the two realities. This does create more possibilities in the story

Something I just noticed a couple weeks ago (maybe its been there, I dont keep old episodes so cant go back and check) Each reality is filmed with a different color tint. One has a bluish tint while the other has a slight red tint. The only place I have seen that before was on Charlie Jade.

That would be nice. I sometimes get lost on what reality we're in.

Spoilers one has not seen this week's show:

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Also, this was the first time I have seen a major event have a different outcome in the two realities. This does create more possibilities in the story

Spoiler

I expected the move to be a major difference between the two timelines. If the "my son is dead" timeline is the real dream the addition of a grandchild to keep him from moving to Oregon would help in keeping the second reality running without a lot of facts from Oregon. The real timeline move to Oregon can be made relying on memories to sustain the existence in the other city. But moving the dream to another city would be harder to sustain.

"But the freedom that they fought for, and the country grand they wrought for, is their monument today, and for aye." "This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave."

I though The Event was an alien return to Earth ... but that is a different show.

While the show previews (and guide summary) made it obvious that the football game would play differently there is a much more important event difference between the two realities ... on the same scale of the "who lived/who died" question that splits the show into two.

The game isn't that important ... and every week different people die in each reality. The worlds are already fairly separate. But most of the differences do not carry on from week to week other than the status of the detective's own family.

I don't think that's what he was asking. He was wondering if all thirteen have been filmed and completed (in the can as it were), and are just waiting to be aired.

Luke

Sagaciously eschew obfuscating sesquipedalianisms.

Evil is charming and beautiful. It makes you doubt yourself. It asks for one small compromise after another until it whittles you down, and it functions best when no one believes in it.--from Joan of Arcadia

According to everything I can find, NBC ordered 13. Next week's episode is #10 and every indication is that the final three will be shown. The show's star Jason Isaacs is in two movies being filmed right now plus the BSkyB channel has acquired distribution rights for Great Britain, so I think the 13 episodes are complete.

"In a hundred years there'll be a whole new set of people."
"Always poke the bears. They sleep too much for their own good."

It makes sense that they are all done. What prompted my question was seeing all future eps titled, wondering if that was necessarily an indication that they were committed to, if not finished.

Sometimes I see the names of future episodes from sources like TV.com and EPGUIDES change over time. In this case, I think the episodes have been completed, so the titles are finalized.

Luke

Sagaciously eschew obfuscating sesquipedalianisms.

Evil is charming and beautiful. It makes you doubt yourself. It asks for one small compromise after another until it whittles you down, and it functions best when no one believes in it.--from Joan of Arcadia