Harsh Realm
Lt. Hobbes, a young idealistic Marine who's about to get married, is sent on a top secret mission into "Harsh Realm", a virtual reality world created by the military to run war game scenarios that's identical to his own, to assassinate the renegade soldier Omar Santiago, who has taken control over the game from within and created his own military dictatorship there. In the game, Hobbes meets people like Mike Pinocchio, a tough cynical rogue soldier previously sent on the same mission, Mike's no-nonsense mute female comrade, as well as virtual simulations of the people from the real world including the one based on his real life fiancee. However, he also learns that he is actually trapped in the game along with numerous other soldiers previously sent to kill Santiago. Meanwhile, Hobbes real life fiancee investigates his disappearance with the help of a mysterious female ally with an agenda of her own.
- Metascore53
- 1999-2000
- 1 season
- Fox Network
- Action & Adventure, Drama, Suspense, Science Fiction
- TV-14
Lt. Hobbes, a young idealistic Marine who's about to get married, is sent on a top secret mission into "Harsh Realm", a virtual reality world created by the military to run war game scenarios that's identical to his own, to assassinate the renegade soldier Omar Santiago, who has taken control over the game from within and created his own military dictatorship there. In the game, Hobbes meets people like Mike Pinocchio, a tough cynical rogue soldier previously sent on the same mission, Mike's no-nonsense mute female comrade, as well as virtual simulations of the people from the real world including the one based on his real life fiancee. However, he also learns that he is actually trapped in the game along with numerous other soldiers previously sent to kill Santiago. Meanwhile, Hobbes real life fiancee investigates his disappearance with the help of a mysterious female ally with an agenda of her own.
Season 1 Episode Guide
9 Episodes 1999 - 2000
Episode 1
Pilot
Fri, Oct 8, 1999 60 mins
Lt. Hobbes, a young idealistic Marine who's about to get married, is sent on a top secret mission to "Harsh Realm", a virtual reality world identical to his own created by the military to run war game scenarios, to assassinate the renegade soldier Omar Santiago, who has taken control over the game from within and created his own military dictatorship there. In the game, Hobbes meets people like Mike Pinocchio, a cynical, hardboiled, rogue soldier, and his mute female comrade as well as the virtual simulation of his own real life fiancee, and quickly learns that almost everything the military had told him was a lie. Meanwhile, Hobbes real life fiancee investigates his disappearance.
Episode 2
Leviathan
Fri, Oct 15, 1999
Bounty hunters capture Hobbes and Pinocchio. Sophie searches for the truth after being told Hobbes is dead.
Episode 3
Inga Fossa
Fri, Oct 22, 1999
Hobbes and Pinocchio seek out an ID chip forger in hopes of accessing a portal used to bridge both worlds.
Episode 4
Kein Ausgang
Fri, Apr 14, 2000
Hobbes and Pinocchio find themselves trapped in a looping World War II battle simulation, where the German and the US units are forever fighting over a small bridge in the Ardennes. They soon meet another real player stuck there.
Episode 5
Reunion
Fri, Apr 21, 2000
As his real mother dies of cancer, Hobbes meets and nurses her dying counterpart in one of Santiago's forced labor camps in Harsh Realm. Pinocchio tries to come up with an escape plan.
Episode 6
Three Percenters
Fri, Apr 28, 2000
Pursued by Santiago's Republican Guard, Hobbes and his friends encounter a strange pacifist group of deserters from Santiago's army whose compound is located near a beautiful lake that harbors a horrifying secret.
Episode 7
Manus Domini
Fri, May 5, 2000
Hobbes finds himself trapped in a minefield with one of Santiago's soldiers. A holy order of female healers cares for Pinocchio after he loses his leg and becomes suicidal. Florence is captured by a bounty hunter who's after the healers.
Episode 8
Cincinnati
Fri, May 12, 2000
Hobbes and Pinocchio attempt to stop Santiago as he attempts to kill the leader of the Native American uprising.
Episode 9
Camera Obscura
Fri, May 19, 2000
Hobbes and Pinocchio get involved with a priest and two families feuding over a treasure of buried gold.
