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"New US drama Awake kicked off on NBC last night - the show stars Jason Isaacs as Michael Britten, a cop who lives in two worlds - one in which his wife died in a car crash and another in which his son was killed... Confused? Awake doesn&amp;#039;t provide any clear answers - it&amp;#039;s up to the audience to decide what&amp;#039;s really happening to Britten, though Isaacs insists that the show&amp;#039;s writers definitely have a plan... To celebrate the series launch, this week&amp;#039;s Friday Fiver celebrates the most mystifying, baffling shows to ever hit the small-screens. Countless questions, few explanations - these are the shows that bewildered viewers across the world! Lost (2004-2010) The best modern example of a television drama that thoroughly confused viewers with its abstract concepts, bizarre twists and... smoke monsters. By the time the series finale aired, the writers of Lost had tied themselves up in so many knots that a few questions were bound to be left unanswered... What exactly was up with Walt? Who built the four-toed statue? How exactly did Jacob make Richard immortal? What was up with the weird time difference on the island? If the smoke monster can&amp;#039;t leave the island, how did Christian Shepherd appear to Jack back home? Oh well, at least they explained the polar bear...       The Prisoner (1967-1968) Starting out as a traditional spy series with a surreal twist, this ITV thriller became increasingly deranged as the weeks went by. All roads led back to the mysterious village, absolutely no-one could be trusted and we never even learnt the name of our central character No. 6 (Patrick McGoohan). Perhaps the strangest addition was &amp;#039;Rover&amp;#039; - a giant, white balloon-like device with the ability to incapacitate its prey... Final episode &amp;#039;Fall Out&amp;#039; provided plenty of things - a dwarf with a machine gun, a cackling McGoohan in a gorilla mask - but the one thing it didn&amp;#039;t offer viewers was any semblance of an explanation. Of course, the biggest question about The Prisoner is why they made that god-awful remake with Jim Caviezel.      Twin Peaks (1990-1991) Let&amp;#039;s not beat about the bush, David Lynch and Mark Frost&amp;#039;s seminal ABC drama was absolutely mental. People speaking backwards, dancing dwarves, the appearances of terrifying Killer BOB (Frank Silva) and an ending that left fans questioning exactly what had happened to lead Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan). Semi-prequel spinoff film Fire Walk With Me promised to reveal some of the show&amp;#039;s secrets - for the most part, it didn&amp;#039;t. Twin Peaks continues to baffle viewers to this day - there&amp;#039;s been nothing quite like it since.      FlashForward (2009-2010) FlashForward may only have been with us for one season, but there&amp;#039;s no doubt that it was one of the most confusing things we&amp;#039;ve ever seen on our television. And no, we&amp;#039;re not just talking about why it was commissioned (we actually watched the whole way through and didn&amp;#039;t really regret it).  What were those flashforwards all about? What was the connection to Somalia? What the hell is a quantum entanglement device? And why the hell was there a kangaroo hopping around? FlashForward never really had the chance to explain itself (though it did get better after its hiatus), leaving us all perpetually baffled about what exactly had been going on.      Doctor Who (2010-present) Let&amp;#039;s be clear about this - when we say Doctor Who can be confusing, we&amp;#039;re really talking about the episodes produced under Steven Moffat&amp;#039;s reign. This isn&amp;#039;t a bad thing - some of Doctor Who&amp;#039;s most compelling stories can also be the most baffling (and it gives us lots to talk about, too.) But especially with the last series, articles were suddenly popping up everywhere asking if the show had got too complicated with its timey-wimey plots and head-scratching revelations. In this case, a bit of confusion is part of the show&amp;#039;s charm - it certainly kept us pondering theories for weeks!      Were you lost watching Lost or did Twin Peaks peak your interest? Let us know below! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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