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Season 1 – VR.5

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After Sydney Bloom discovers an ability to enter people's minds via virtual reality, an influential mysterious organization tries to use her to their advantage.
VR.5 — Season 1

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Critics Consensus

Telephone linesman by day, edgy computer hacker by night. Despite its cheesy premise, Lori Singer does a solid job at leading this weird science fiction series.

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Ginia Bellafante TIME Magazine 07/30/2019
VR.5 is a science-fiction TV show that Patricia Highsmith might have written. For all its vividly colored effects, it is above all an exploration of the unsolved mysteries of Sydney's interior life. Go to Full Review Newsweek Staff Newsweek 07/30/2019
[Lori] Singer's blank android beauty makes her an ideal VR traveler. Go to Full Review Lee Sandlin Chicago Reader 07/30/2019
I've never seen a show so befuddled by the task of turning out safe, ordinary TV tedium. It's spellbinding. Go to Full Review Sam Kurd Den of Geek 07/30/2019
In all, the cast do a pretty good job with the cheesy material they're given. Go to Full Review Alan Bunce Christian Science Monitor 07/30/2019
Executive producer John Sacret Young has come up with a strange sci-fi fantasy format, but much of the time the people involved are credible: idiosyncratic and at times quite funny. Go to Full Review Scott D. Pierce Deseret News (Salt Lake City) 07/30/2019
The intriguing premise is squandered on disjointed, unintelligible plots that seem more intent on creating style than substance. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
VR.5 — Season 1

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Cast & Crew

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Lori Singer

Sydney Bloom

David McCallum

Dr. Joseph Bloom

Louise Fletcher

Mrs. Nora Bloom

Anthony Head

Oliver Sampson

Michael Easton

Duncan Magnum

Dan O'Herlihy

Guest Star

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Mar 10, 1995 Avenging Angel A withdrawn young woman finds a way to enter the world of virtual reality; with Louise Fletcher; David McCallum. Details Episode 2 Aired Mar 17, 1995 Dr. Strangechild Sydney encounters a monster in virtual reality who turns out to be a 15-year-old scientist who wants to lead a normal life. Details Episode 3 Aired Mar 24, 1995 Love and Death In an attempt to save a suicidal man's life, the Committee asks Sydney (Lori Singer) for her help. Guest stars: Will Patton, George DeLoy, Joseph Lambie and Shane Sweet. Details Episode 4 Aired Mar 31, 1995 5D Sydney begins questioning the Committee about her sudden skill after learning more about Dr. Morgan's death. Details Episode 5 Aired Apr 7, 1995 Escape Duncan (Michael Easton) must use the VR to find Sydney (Lori Singer) after she is kidnapped by the Committee for interrogation. Guest stars: David Selburg, Dayton Callie, Aileen Fitzpatrick. Details Episode 6 Aired Apr 14, 1995 Facing the Fire Sydney poses as a patient in a mental health clinic to investigate the cause of an Air Force pilot's breakdown. Details Episode 7 Aired Apr 21, 1995 Simon's Choice Sydney is asked to take an American secret agent who committed treason into VR to determine exactly what he revealed to the enemy. Details Episode 8 Aired Apr 28, 1995 Control Freak A terrorist holds seven air traffic controllers hostage and Sydney must find a way to convince him to give up. Details Episode 9 Aired May 5, 1995 The Many Faces of Alex A woman (Markie Post) from Oliver Sampson's past leads Sydney to believe her father and sister may be alive. Details Episode 10 Aired May 12, 1995 Reunion Sydney (Lori Singer) must play a deadly game of cat and mouse with the Committee to save her mother's life. Guest stars: Turhan Bey, Stephen Mills, Gammy Singer, Kaci Williams. Details Episode 11 Airs undefined Send Me an Angel Returning to her childhood home, Sydney learns someone very close to her once saved the little girl next door from perishing in a fire. Details Episode 12 Airs undefined Sisters Sydney learns a credit union employee is stealing from the company. Details Episode 13 Airs undefined Parallel Lives Duncan (Michael Easton) awakens to find his life turned upside-down in what he thinks is a parallel universe. Details

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Season Info

Executive Producer
John Sacret Young, Thania St. John
Network
Fox
Genre
Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
Mar 10, 1995