VR.5

I was into the show, even being young at the time, and had to search hard to remember the title and where I could rewatch. I wish they would reboot or at least reshow this series. Definitely deserved more than 1 season

This show had the dark side and very cool visual possibilities wide open to it and made a great start at exploring both in its one and only season. I was very curious to see if it, unlike Alias and the X-Files (both of which I like nevertheless), could credibly sustain the intrigue surrounding the conspiracy-like back-plot of her father, the "organization" and just who she was working for, but then, of course, it got cancelled. In many ways this show staked out territory that Buffy was eventually able to mine more deeply (three cheers for Anthony Stewart Head, another link between the two shows) and, handled right and backed hard by a caring network, it could have developed into something like.

Just finished watching this one for the first time in 2025.

It had so much going for it, and when it was using creative imagery and genre-bending dreamscapes it was really cool, but I feel like it got a bit bogged down in the spy stuff and repeated some basic plot outlines a bit towards the end, before introducing a ton of new interesting plot threads right as it gets its permanent cliffhanger.

The other problem is that when its not repeating itself you can sometimes tell its getting caught up in production issues, like writing an actor off. If you read interviews about it, it was quite a strange process, they had to shoot a lot of extra stuff for one ongoing plotline to make the first few episodes feel right. It honestly works out fine at that stage, but i get the feeling that is how they worked a lot of the time, they admit they were rushed. Some episodes get a bit confusing, and I feel like Im good at parsing weird narratives.

Ultimately, if you go into this looking for some of that dated 90s atmosphere in a show you haven't seen before, with reasonable production value, and a lot of artistic flair, you might dig this. Just don't go in looking for a plot that knows exactly where its going or finishes in a satisfying way. There IS in overarching plot, and its actually not bad, it just doesnt get to wrap up at all, its one of those finales htat feels like the first episode of the nest season will be the actual finale lol

TLDR; A fun cultural artifact, one of the first few pieces of mainstream VR media after Lawnmowerman.

This show was Lost decade before Lost and The Matrix several years before The Matrix. And it featured Anthony Stuart Head and Adam Baldwin years before Joss Whedon discovered them.

It's one of the early examples of an incredibly strong sci-fi series being killed by the infamous Fox Friday night death time slot that would go onto to kill so many other great series too soon. One reviewer commented that it's not realistic. Well duh. Fortunately, realism isn't a major criteria for great television. I would love it if a DVD were released for this show, especially if some of the cast and crew could be reunited to put together some DVD extras.

A few episodes of this show were displayed in the VERY late section of Egyptian Channel 2 TV (3:00 AM). And I've been looking for it everywhere since then! I find these series much better than many other popular science fiction ones. They had a special 'atmosphere' to them that cannot be found in mainstream science fiction series. This and the 80's 'Twilight Zone' are my most favourite. Too bad it was discontinued