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NBC's 'Awake' Shot in Montrose: It Premieres March 1 (Video)

Check out the NBC pilot of "Awake," a television show that filmed several scenes in Montrose this January.

Locals can check out the 'two dreams, one reality' of NBC's new sci-fi show Awake.

Awake's pilot episode will air at 10 p.m. Pacific and 9 p.m. Central time on Thursday, March 1, on NBC. 

Televison crews, actors and extras marched down Honolulu Avenue during filming in January. Foothill locals kept shopping while action-packed crashes were filmed near Honolulu Avenue and Market Street. 

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Film crews also shot a chase scene in the parking structure near Broadview Drive and Verdugo Road, said Steve Pierce, Ambassador to Montrose and Montrose Film Liaison. The crew also filmed at Zeke's Smokehouse BBQ

Actor Jason Isaacs darted toward maneuvering car crashes while the camera rolled.

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Isaacs, who who played Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter movies, plays Detective Michael Britten, who gets into a car crash with his wife and son and now has a double life. When he wakes up from the crash, he sees his wife and finds out that his son is dead. When he sleeps and wakes up the next day, his son is alive and his wife is dead. What really happened? 

The cast includes Laura Allen as Hannah Britten, the detective's wife; Dylan Minnette as Rex Britten, the detective's son; and Wilmer Valderrama as Detective Efrem Vega. 

Alias actor Kevin Weisman will also join the cast of Awake and play Mr. Blondie, who haunts Detective Britten while he travels through parallel worlds and realities, according to Entertainment Weekly.  

Check out the trailer and keep following Patch to learn more about the new series. 


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