page_title: Game Day (Awake)
section_title: Production
hierarchical_section_title: Game Day (Awake) / Production
caption_attribution_description: English: w:en:Howard Gordon at the 2011 Comic Con in San Diego
context_page_description: "Game Day" is the ninth episode of the American television police procedural fantasy drama Awake. The episode was scheduled to be the eighth broadcast episode but NBC changed the broadcasting order. It premiered on NBC on April 26, 2012. The episode was written by executive producer Howard Gordon and writer David Graziano. The episode was directed by Michael Waxman. "Game Day" earned a Nielsen rating of 0.8, being watched by 2.21 million viewers in its initial broadcast. The episode has generally received mixed to positive reviews from television critics with commentators noting that the episode's script was "predictable".
  The show centers on Michael Britten, a detective living in two separate realities after a car crash. In this episode, the fictional professional football teams from Seattle and Los Angeles are in the final game of the year. The LAPD team get prepared to stop fights, and outstanding arguments. In the "green reality", Seattle Jets fan Rob Jones is involved in a fight, and is found dead soon after; his brother Kenneth Jones is the victim, and the detective later realize that he did this. Meanwhile, Rex is having troubles with his girlfriend Emma.
context_section_description: "Game Day" was written by executive producer Howard Gordon, and freelance writer David Graziano; the entry was directed by Michael Waxman. It was Gordon's third writing credit, Graziano's first writing credit, and Waxman's first directing credit in the series. Although it was the ninth broadcast episode, it was originally scheduled to be the eighth episode of the season, with the production code being "1ATR07".
caption: Howard Gordon (pictured) wrote the episode's script, alongside freelance writer David Graziano.
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