has gloss | eng: Pilot is the first episode of the short-lived science-fiction action series Harsh Realm. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 8, 1999. In the episode, Lt. Thomas Hobbes is about to retire from the military and start a new life with his fiancé Sophie, when the government orders him for one last mission: to test Project Harsh Realm, a virtual reality created by the military for combat training. Hobbes finds himself stuck inside the computer game and all he wants is to get back to the real world and Sophie. The episode was written by Chris Carter, best known as the creator of the science-fiction series The X-Files. It was watched by 7.5 million viewers in its initial airing. |