Camera Obscura (Harsh Realm)
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“Camera Obscura” | |||||||
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Harsh Real episode | |||||||
Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 9 |
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Written by | Steven Maeda | ||||||
Directed by | Jefery Levy | ||||||
Guest stars | Amber Rothwell Ryan Taylor Robert Knepper Sean Pritchard |
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Production no. | 109 | ||||||
Original airdate | May 19, 2000 | ||||||
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Camera Obscura is the ninth episode of the short-lived Fox science-fiction action series Harsh Realm. It was the sixth of six remaining episodes that were aired on the Fox affiliate fX after the series was abruptly cancelled.
[edit] Plot synopsis
In Harsh Realm's version of a post-apocalyptic New York City, warring families hire Hobbes (Scott Bairstow) and Pinocchio (D. B. Sweeney) as mercenaries. Their destinies appear to be controlled by a mad priest (Robert Knepper), a vault of gold, star-crossed lovers, acid rain and access to the Harsh Realm data stream.
[edit] Trivia
Camera obscura is Latin for "dark chamber."
[edit] Allusions
- The episode borrows various elements from William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet.