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Pilot is the first episode of the short-lived science-fiction action series Harsh Realm. It...

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. After seeing the horrors of war in Sarajevo, Lt. Thomas F. Hobbes (Scott Bairstow) is ready to settle down with his fiancé, Sophie (Samantha Mathis). However, the Army has one last assignment for him: to test Project Harsh Realm, a virtual reality created by the military for combat training. Under the instruction of an enigmatic woman named Inga Fossa (Sarah-Jane Redmond), Hobbes agrees to do the military one last favor and compete with the reigning Lord of the Realm. However once