"Day Break" (2006) TV series

Creator:

Paul Zbyszewski

Seasons:

1

Genre:

Action | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

For every decision, there's a consequence

Plot:

Today Detective Brett Hopper will be accused of shooting state attorney Alberto Garza. He will offer his rock solid alibi. He will realize he's been framed. And he will run. Then he will wake up and start the day over again.

Plot Keywords:

Detective | Groundhog Day | Unsolved Crime | Unsolved Mystery | Black Cop

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Taye Diggs	...	Detective Brett Hopper (13 episodes, 2006-2007)
Moon Bloodgood	...	Rita Shelten (13 episodes, 2006-2007)
Victoria Pratt	...	Andrea Battle (13 episodes, 2006-2007)
Meta Golding	...	Jennifer Mathis (13 episodes, 2006-2007)
Ramon Rodriguez	...	Damien Ortiz (13 episodes, 2006-2007)
Adam Baldwin	...	Chad Shelten (13 episodes, 2006-2007)
Michael McGrady	...	Buchalter (13 episodes, 2006-2007)
Joe Nieves	...	Fencik (13 episodes, 2006-2007)
Mitch Pileggi	...	Detective Spivak (12 episodes, 2006-2007)
Ian Anthony Dale	...	Detective Christopher Choi (12 episodes, 2006-2007)
Jonathan Banks	...	Shadow Man / ... (7 episodes, 2006-2007)
Josh Daugherty	...	Preisser (7 episodes, 2006-2007)

Runtime:

USA:60 min (13 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Netherlands:16 | USA:TV-14

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Gross Entertainment

Quotes:

Andrea Battle: For the record, you sound like a complete whack job!
Detective Brett Hopper: Well, I've got more important things to worry about right now
Andrea Battle: Well, I wouldn't be so sure about it. They've got you in suicide watch
Detective Brett Hopper: [surprised] What!

ANew Vanguard in Television

Perhaps one the jewels in modern TV viewing experience. Day Break has all of the elements to create a cult-like following and it is savvy. As the season (episodes) progress, Day Break exceeds it stereotype genre (Groundhog's Day, Deja Vu, Memento, The Time Machine, Pulp Fiction et al) by evolving through all of its similarities of the aforementioned action- thrillers. Essentially, Brett Hopper, played brilliantly by Taye Diggs, coalesces into all of the central heroic characters of these action dramas,thereby embodying there strengths and vulnerabilities as he attempts to manipulate his micro-environment; ultimately resulting in a dynamic varied sequences of consequential events that re-animate the plot and the rising action/conflict. There can be very convincing arguments that the dynamically evolving plot becomes worthy of an 'Odyssey' with the familiarly essential themes of LOVE, Vengefulness, Sorrow, & Hope. Day Break cannot be viewed or taken casually, as it require the viewer to pay attention to nuances and details otherwise taken completely for granted by very common-like formulaic genre driven TV shows; which in my opinion constitutes at least 85% of TV programming - exception being cable. Perhaps one of the cable networks will place 'correct' value of this brilliant show and continue to produce it into a second season. Lastly, I find that neither Americal Idol, Prison Break, or 24 could ever achieve what Day-Break has in just 13 episodes.