ORBzine - Sleepwalkers TV Review

Bruce Greenwood as Dr. Nathan Bradford

Naomi Watts as Kate Russell

Jeffrey D. Sams as Ben Costigan

Abraham Benrubi as Vincent Konefke

Kathrin Nicholson as Gail Bradford

1st Season 1997

Sleepwalkers [Season 1, Episode 1] Pilot
Shown 12th January 2006 [Wednesday]

A African-American Gulf War veteran is having terrible nightmares. He goes to the Morpheus Institute run by Bruce Greenwood.

Greenwood has a Dream machine that allows his crew [including Naomi Watts ] to enter the patient's dream. Not unlike the film Dreamscape .

David S Goyer wrote and produced, and David Nutter directed.

Sleepwalkers [Season 1, Episode 2] Night Terrors
Shown 17th January 2006 [Wednesday]

A wee boy has nightmares.

Harry Groener [ Buffy: Season 3 ] guest-stars.

Sleepwalkers [Season 1, Episode 3] Eye of the Beholder
Shown 27th January 2006 [Thursday]

A patient has nightmares in black-and-white. It turns out they're from the memories of an organ donor. You know, like in that movie.

The thrill-seeker bonds with the black guy.

The ending, shocking as it is, leaves us increasingly confused as to where the dreams end and reality begins.

Sleepwalkers [Season 1, Episode 4] Forlorn
Shown 1st February 2006 [Wednesday]

Sleepwalkers [Season 1, Episode 5] Counting Sheep
Shown 8th February 2006 [Wednesday]

A serial-killer is in a coma. Naomi Watts must go into his dream so they can rescue his most recently kidnapped victim.

This plot was later used in a jennifer lopez film. And frighteningly, that J-lo effort was far superior to this. I mean, this hits every cliche.

Watts looks horrible in a red wig, but the miniskirt look kinda works on her.

Sleepwalkers [Season 1, Episode 6] Passed Imperfect
Shown 15th February 2006 [Wednesday]

Greenwood's coma-wife's deadbeat dad arrives. He wants to enter his daughter's dreams, to say goodbye. Greenwood overrules protocol, and allows him.

Things go wrong - surprise, surprise. Greenwood meets the Jester again! Yes, good old Harry Groener is back. Not for long, unfortunately, but hopefully he'll get more screen time in the later eps.

Sleepwalkers [Season 1, Episode 7] A Matter of Fax
Shown 2nd March 2006 [Thursday]

A man contacts the team. He dreams about a woman being murdered, and thinks he is responsible for a real death.

Greenwood and Naomi both have strange dreams about Ray Wise [ Swamp Thing, Robocop ].

Sleepwalkers [Season 1, Episode 8] Cassandra
Shown 2nd March 2006 [Thursday]

Sleepwalkers [Season 1, Episode 9] Sub-Conscious
Shown 8th March 2006 [Thursday]

Vince [the fat beardy guy]'s hero, a horror novelist, comes to the institute. Tentacled monsters are invading his dreams.

The source of the nightmare is linked to a fan who sent a letter to the author.