Kein Ausgang
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| “Kein Ausgang” | |||||||
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| Harsh Realm episode | |||||||
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 4 |
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| Written by | Steven Maeda | ||||||
| Directed by | Cliff Bole | ||||||
| Guest stars | Doug Savant Brad Greenquist |
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| Production no. | 104 | ||||||
| Original airdate | April 14, 2000 | ||||||
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Kein Ausgang is the fourth episode of the short-lived Fox science-fiction action series Harsh Realm. It was the first of six remaining episodes that were aired on the Fox affiliate fX after the series was abruptly cancelled.
[edit] Plot synopsis
Whilst driving through the countryside in search of a soldier (Brad Greenquist) who may hold the key to defeating Santiago (Terry O'Quinn), Hobbes (Scott Bairstow) and Pinocchio (D. B. Sweeney) unexpectedly travel through a tear in Harsh Realm and enter what seems to be an alternate dimension. They immediately come under fire from World War II soldiers and eventually learn that they are trapped in an earlier, and thought deleted, version of the Harsh Realm simulation.
One of the American soldiers asks for help from Hobbes and Pinocchio as he has been trapped in this version of the game and has been playing it over and over again for years. As Hobbes is captured by the Nazis and Pinocchio fights for the allies, they soon come to realize that if they do not find a way out of this game, they could be doomed to repeated it over and over like the American soldier.
[edit] Allusions
Kein Ausgang is German for "no exit," which is, in turn, the title of an existential 1944 Jean-Paul Sartre play.
