244,000 viewers, making it the third most-watched program for that week on the channel behind Game of Thrones and Hit & Miss. Critical response "Kate Is Enough" was well received by television commentators, who praised its storylines. Matt Fowler of IGN gave the episode a complimentary review. He thought that the episode "hit us with its most "proceduraly"-feeling episode so far". Fowler claimed that "it is very self-contained". Despite this, he wrote that the "murder case wasn't all that interesting", and called the episode predictable. Fowler concluded his review by giving the episode a "8 out of 10" score, classifying it as "great". Zack Handlen of The A.V. Club enjoyed the episode. In his "A−" review, he noted that it is "difficult it is to be a parent" on the series. Handlen wrote that "Awake benefits from not poking its premise too hard", and "this single-mindedness stems directly from the show's leading man". Nick McHatton from TV Fanatic mainly enjoyed this episode. McHatton claimed that "It's hard not to wonder if Kate's story, and her pushing of her sister to go through with their little surfing outing that turned deadly, is some foreshadowing of how Britten's accident. He concluded his review by giving the episode a "4.8 out of 5". Caroline Preece from Den of Geek claimed that "It's more fun to block this out and theorise for yourself". She called it "enjoyable" and there were "frustrations" for the episode. HitFix's Alan Sepinwall complained that "the show telegraphed the importance of the broken racket way too much". Screenrant's Kevin Yeoman called the episode "solid". Matthew Delman of Science Fiction thought that the episode was "rather good offering". References External links "Kate Is Enough" at NBC.com 2012 American television episodes Awake (TV series) episodes