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      Season 1 – Harsh Realm

      1999 Drama Sci-Fi Fantasy List
      44% Tomatometer 18 Reviews "The Matrix" meets "Platoon" in sci-fi drama "Harsh Realm." A soldier, Tom Hobbes, gets in way over his head when he's recruited for a government-sponsored war game involving flesh-and-blood people, digital representations of those people, and entities that look real but exist only in a virtual reality universe, known as Harsh Realm, now ruled by the clever retired sergeant major, Omar Santiago. When he enters Harsh Realm, Hobbes leave his pregnant fiancee, Sophie Green, in the "real world." Read More Read Less
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      Even though this dark sci-fi drama comes from the brilliant mind of Chris Carter, Harsh Realm falters due to its stilted dialogue and overtly complicated premise.

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      Kay McFadden Seattle Times Although there's been buzz over the violence in this drama about a soldier trapped in a virtual-reality war game, the real problems are stale concept and dialogue. Feb 3, 2020 Full Review Joyce Millman Salon.com It's not as exhilaratingly addictive as The X-Files, but, unlike the coldly uninviting Millennium, it has characters and a mythology you could potentially care about. Jul 12, 2019 Full Review Michele Greppi New York Post The new show is an off-putting exercise in mayhem that might get by on its computer-generated looks as a TV movie. But as a series, it defies us to understand anything about it, much less care about it or anyone in it who moves on less than four legs. Jul 12, 2019 Full Review Kinney Littlefield Orange County Register A hunk-on-the-run caper akin to Nowhere Man, Harsh Realm stalls from clichéd writing, cardboard characters and too much shadowy retro-high-tech atmosphere that is empty filler. Rated: C+ Oct 11, 2022 Full Review M.S. Mason Christian Science Monitor This hero's journey is as innovative and scary as [Chris] Carter's The X-Files. Jul 12, 2019 Full Review Filip Vukcevic IGN Movies I could go on about the lack of character development, the stupid and formulaic plots, the terrible dialogue and the fact that it seemed like the writers were making everything up as they went along, but there's no point. Rated: 3/10 Jul 12, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews
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      Episode 1 Aired Oct 8, 1999 Pilot A soldier assigned to test a computerized training simulation finds himself trapped in a virtual-reality world. Details Episode 2 Aired Oct 15, 1999 Leviathan Hobbes and Pinocchio are captured by bounty hunters, while Sophie challenges the military's version of Hobbes' death. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 22, 1999 Inga Fossa Hobbes and Pinocchio return to Santiago City to search for a portal back to the real world; Inga Fossa delivers a message to Hobbes. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 29, 1999 Kein Ausgang Hobbes and Pinocchio risk being caught in a perpetual battle loop after traveling through the virtual fabric of the game. Details Episode 5 Aired Nov 5, 1999 Reunion Hobbes encounters a virtual version of his mother when he is captured and imprisoned in a concentration camp. Details Episode 6 Aired Nov 12, 1999 Three Percenters Hobbes, Pinocchio and Florence discover that a potentially lethal computer virus has infected the Harsh Realm program. Details Episode 7 Aired May 5, 2000 Manus Domini Women with amazing healing powers help Hobbes and Pinocchio after they become trapped in a mine shaft. Details Episode 8 Aired May 12, 2000 Cincinnati Hobbes and Pinocchio attempt to stop Santiago as he attempts to kill an American Indian terrorist leader. Details Episode 9 Aired May 19, 2000 Camera Obscura Hobbes and Pinocchio get involved with a priest and two families feuding over a treasure of buried gold. Details

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      Season Info

      Executive Producer
      Chris Carter, Frank Spotnitz, Daniel Sackheim, Tony To
      Network
      Fox
      Rating
      TV-PG (V)
      Genre
      Drama, Sci-Fi, Fantasy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date
      Oct 8, 1999