High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "The Little Guy" is the second episode of the American television police procedural fantasy drama Awake, which originally aired on the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) on March 8, 2012. The episode was written by series creator Kyle Killen and directed by executive producer Jeffrey Reiner. "The Little Guy" earned a Nielsen rating of 1.6, and was watched by 4.33 million viewers in its initial broadcast. The episode has generally received positive reviews, although many commentators criticized its ending (noting that the episode was not as good as the series pilot).