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"It's too late. We're working together now. You need me, I need you. Welcome to the game, Sydney Bloom."
Frank Morgan
"Pilot"
Series VR.5
Season 1, Episode 1
VR.5 1x01 001
Air date March 10th, 1995
Writers Thania St. John
Director Michael Katleman
Producers Adam Cherry; Jack Clements; John Sacret Young; Alan Baumgarten
Starring Lori Singer; Michael Easton
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"Pilot" is the premiere episode of the science fiction television series VR.5. Directed by Michael Katleman, it first aired on the Fox Network on Friday, March 10th, 1995.

Synopsis[]

The series introduces the character of Sydney Bloom, the daughter of scientists Joseph and Nora Bloom, who develop a highly advanced virtual reality simulator. Sydney is a telephone operator for a company called Tel Cal in San Francisco, California. She spends her free time in front of the computer playing in a VR simulator. As she spends more time with the VR.5 program, she begins to notice subtle changes within the artificial landscape and begins to wonder how much of virtual reality is fake and how much is real. Sydney develops a crush on a co-worker named Scott Cooper. In VR however, Scott manifests himself as a violent killer. When the two go out on a date, Sydney realizes VR.5 is showing her the truth about her new love interest. Scott attacks Sydney and brings her to a secret location where he has murdered other women. She manages to escape however, but as she runs away, a man named Doctor Frank Morgan pulls up in his car. He informs her that from now on, she is going to be putting her talents to work for an organization known as The Committee.

Cast[]

Principal Cast[]

Actor Role
Lori Singer Sydney Bloom
Michael Easton Duncan

Guest Stars[]

Actor Role
Will Patton Doctor Frank Morgan
David McCallum Doctor Joseph Bloom
Louise Fletcher Mrs. Nora Bloom
Adam Baldwin Scott Cooper

Co-Stars[]

Actor Role
Kimberly Cullum Samantha Bloom (child)
Stephen Mills Committee agent
Gammy Singer Nurse Jackie

Featuring[]

Actor Role
Kaci Williams Sydney Bloom (child)
Matthew Koruba Young Duncan
Chris Owen Harassing boy
Noah Verduzco Unknown

Others[]

Actor Role
Penn Jillette Mister Orwell Kravitz
Robert Picardo VR engineer

Notes & Trivia[]

  • The production costs for the virtual reality sequences brought the budget up to $1.5 million per episode.
  • First science fiction television work for actor Adam Baldwin.
  • The "Død Kalm" episode of The X-Files was first aired on the same night as the pilot episode of VR.5. VR.5 aired at 8:00 pm and The X-Files aired at 9:00 pm.

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