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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.

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Cast & Crew See All

Scott Bairstow
Lt. Thomas Hobbes
D.B. Sweeney
Mike Pinnochio
Terry O'Quinn
General Omar Santiago

Season 1 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

Pilot

Fri, Oct 8, 199960 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.

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Awards

  • 2000 - Golden Reel Award - Best Sound Editing - Television Episodic - Dialogue & ADR - nominated
  • 2000 - OFTA Television Award - Best Music in a Series - nominated
  • 2000 - OFTA Television Award - Best Production Design in a Series - nominated
  • 2000 - OFTA Television Award - Best New Theme Song in a Series - nominated

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