 Sepinwall complained that viewers went into " the episode already knowing that the Britten family 's car crash was anything but " . Sepinwall noted that " as it played not only with the structure of the show , but the emotions of our hero by showing us what happens if he stops going to sleep in one reality and waking up in the other " . According to Sepinwall , " Say Hello to My Little Friend " was " effective " as it " forced [ Michael ] to finally confront a truth about his situation " , and that he finally needs to grieve , by recognizing that one of his two loved ones is dead . Sepinwall praised how the episode " kept mirroring moments in the pilot " , while Screen Rant writer Kevin Yeoman called the installment itself " powerful " and " compelling " . Yeoman compared Awake to Mission : Impossible , writing that " with just two episodes left " , Awake has to go into Mission : Impossible mode to " provide answers " . 
