2 x 1 Bete Noire
by Megan Reilly
airdate: 5.19.2000
Upon entering a house rumored to contain ammunition and supplies, the trio of freedom fighters discover there's something more beyond its idyllic appearance . . . something evil . . .
review by The Bishop

2 x 2 Alptraum
by Ryan Thomas
airdate: 5.26.2000
As an enemy from the past comes to hunt down the heroes, Pinocchio is tortured with memories of his crimes as a Republican Guard years before. And someone is making sure he loses his mind.
Review by The Bishop

2 x 3 Palingenesy
by Megan Reilly
airdate: 6.2.2000
When a man mysteriously is turned to ash without digitizing, both sides of the conflict in Harsh Realm face an enemy who thirsts for freedom from the game and isn't willing to stop until it gets it.
Review by The Bishop

2 x 4 Glitch
original concept by Emily Goines and Karen Talbot
story by Ryan Thomas
teleplay by Megan Reilly
airdate: 6.16.2000
Hobbes and Pinocchio stumble across a glitch that makes them invisible, allowing them to pass into Santiago City unseen. Is this their chance to take out Santiago once and for all? Meanwhile, Florence travels to a small city where residents are afflicted with the deadliest of contagions.
Review by The Bishop

2 x 5 Thanatopsis
by Ryan Thomas and Megan Reilly
Teleplay by: Megan Reilly
airdate: 6.23.2000
Pinocchio has always claimed that there is no afterlife in Harsh Realm. But Hobbes is about to find out that Pinocchio couldn't be further from the truth . . . when he stumbles across a digital underworld and comes face-to-face with his dead fiancee.
Review by The Bishop.

2 x 9 Jose Chung's "The Real World"
written by Megan Reilly
airdate: 7.14.00
While evading Santiago, Pinocchio, Florence, and Hobbes come face to face with a prominent journalist in the Realm - acclaimed author Jose Chung. But does this virtual character know more about the Real World than he's letting on?
Review by The Bishop.

2 x 11 La Morte Vieni Dall'alto
written by Daniel S. Viera
airdate: 7.21.00
The search for an ally brings our heroes into a deadly confrontation with Santiago's newest weapon - an immortal virtual beast who's very existence in Harsh Realm renders it indestructible.

2 x 12 Simulacra
written by Anthony J. Fuchs
airdate: 7.28.00
Hobbes thinks he's found a way back into the Real World after a dramatic confrontation with Santiago. But can Pinocchio convince him that the picturesque life he's returned to isn't all that it seems?

2 x 6 Unraveling
by Megan Reilly
airdate: 8.11.2000
Sophie becomes the prime target of the covert organization that keeps Harsh Realm under wraps. As she struggles to find the truth about her missing fiancee, Hobbes and Pinocchio try to defend a man attempting to establish order outside the fence.

2 x 7 Freedom
original concept by Ryan Thomas
story by Megan Reilly
airdate: 8.18.2000
With an attempt to kill Santiago underway, Pinocchio is brought to the Real World by Inga Fossa with a singular objective: rescue Sophie from the hands of a shadow consortium.

2 x 8 Oraculum
written by Anthony J. Fuchs
airdate: 9.8.00
For years, no one's known the secret prophecy of the One. But can a holy relic, the sacred book of Oraculum, really hold the key to Hobbes' triumph over Santiago?

2 x 10 Entropy
written by Megan Reilly
airdate: 9.15.00
Myth and legend are nothing new to this twisted virtual reality of Harsh Realm. But no one expected twin boys to hold a cataclysmic power and the lives of millions in their hands . . .

2 x 14 Goliath
written by Fernando Frias
airdate: 9.22.00
Just when Hobbes thinks he's seen everything, an artificially-created giant with invincible strength wreaks havoc. Our heroes now face a monster who thirsts only for Santiago and total system failure of Harsh Realm.

2 x 15 Betrayal
written by Megan Reilly
airdate: 10.6.00
Hobbes is about to face his greatest test of strength when he finds the man he thought the most loyal to him returns to serve Santiago - Pinocchio.

2 x 16 Redemption
written by Megan Reilly
airdate: 10.13.00
With the sudden news of Santiago's death, Hobbes now believes he's finally at the threshold of returning home. But is it really true that Santiago has died at the hands of someone who was not prophesied to do so?

2 x 17 The Trial
written by Megan Reilly
airdate: 10.20.00
A taunt from Pinocchio brings him and Hobbes to a public trial set up by Santiago's government. As the trial commences, it's plagued with truth machines, mind readers, and a mysterious woman out to make sure Santiago doesn't convict these ‘traitors'.

2 x 13 Labyrinth
written by Anthony J. Fuchs
airdate: 10.27.00
The ultimate test of mental strength and endurance is about to be stumbled upon by our heroes. There is a way out, but can the three make it through without losing their minds?

2 x 18 Lilliputian
written by Fernando Frias
airdate: 12.8.00
The Zip Files of Harsh Realm have had it with their masters, and now a revolt is freeing them from oppression. But the man helping them isn't all that he seems . . . and has his own agenda for Hobbes, Pinocchio, and Florence.

2 x 20 Realm's Grail
written by Sullivan Lepostec
airdate: 12.15.00
Immortality in Harsh Realm has never been fully achieved. But has a man trying to please his former co-conspirator finally stumbled across a code that renders him invulnerable?

2 x 21 Malo Tiempo
written by Ryan Thomas
airdate: 12.22.00
Strange weather is affecting Harsh Realm, and the Sisterhood claims it as a sign of the Prophecy at work. As Hobbes searches for an answer, Florence is about to come under the power of the past enemy who is behind it all.

2 x 19 Sisterhood
written by Megan Reilly
airdate: 12.29.00
Santiago's forces have declared all-out war on the Sisterhood, and it's up to Florence and Hobbes to save them from total annihilation. Meanwhile, Pinocchio searches for gold only to find a treasure beyond belief. And in the Real World, Sophie is about to give birth in the eye of a storm . .

2 x 20 Revelator
written by Daniel S. Viera
airdate: 1.05.00
Every messiah is first preluded by a prophet- and Hobbes is about to get his own from a man connected with a higher power.

2 x 22 Contagion
SEASON FINALE
written by Megan Reilly
airdate: 1.12.00
With Harsh Realm's operation coming into jeopardy from the very men who fund it, Santiago decides to use drastic measures to achieve his final solution - the deadliest of biological weapons. But everyone's about to find out that this isn't a disease that has a cure . . .

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