 Awake centers on Michael Britten ( Isaacs ) , a detective living in two separate realities after a car crash . In one reality , in which he wears a red wristband , his wife Hannah Britten ( Laura Allen ) survived the collision , and in another reality , in which he wears a green wristband , his son Rex Britten ( Dylan Minnette ) survived . In this episode , Michael passes out during a bungee jump while he is at a carnival with Rex and Emma ( Daniela Bobadilla ) . He is unable to switch realities , consistently hallucinates and realizes that Ed Hawkins ( Kevin Weisman ) , a detective who is working with Michael 's former partner Bird ( Steve Harris ) , was attempting to kill him in the crash . Meanwhile , Hannah deals with Emma 's new baby by trying to convince her parents to let her keep the baby . 
