History Series / VR5

%%* HollywoodNerd: Sydney, down to a tee.

* {{Homage}}: Too many to list. One of Duncan's trips into VR.5 recreates a number of classic TV shows and movies, including ''The Adventures Of SherlockHolmes'', ''Series/TheAvengers1960s'' and ''Film/DialMForMurder''. The episode "Simon's Choice" pays homage to ''Film/SophiesChoice'', both in the title and some of the plot elements. "The Many Faces of Alex" is a ''Film/{{Vertigo}}'' homage festival, both in small Shout-Outs and the main plot line, which was described by the authors as 'Oliver's descent into Vertigo.'

* {{Homage}}: Too many to list. One of Duncan's trips into VR.5 recreates a number of classic TV shows and movies, including ''The Adventures Of SherlockHolmes'', ''Series/TheAvengers'' and ''Film/DialMForMurder''. The episode "Simon's Choice" pays homage to ''Film/SophiesChoice'', both in the title and some of the plot elements. "The Many Faces of Alex" is a ''Film/{{Vertigo}}'' homage festival, both in small Shout-Outs and the main plot line, which was described by the authors as 'Oliver's descent into Vertigo.'

Sydney Bloom (Lori Singer) works as a telephone engineer, but she's also a computer genius playing with virtual reality (VR). One day, she accidentally discovers that she can take other people into [=VR5=] (full immersion VR) with her, just by calling them up on the telephone. Once inside, she can find out about them, but afterwards, they have little or no memory of the incident. For reasons which only become clear in the series finale, Sydney and her childhood friend Duncan (Michael Easton) seem to be the only people who can take people into [=VR5=]. The shadowy "Committee" discover her talent, and co-opt her to do investigations for them.

''VR.5'' is a short-lived science-fiction drama show that aired for less than one season in 1995 on Fox. It was part of the burst of interest in virtual reality that occurred in the mid-to-late 1990s.

* CyberPunk: A very light example, with a story combining virtual reality and shadowy intrigue.

Somehow, 1995 has become a really long time ago.

The title is a (pseudo?) scientific reference to sensory immersion.

* VR 1 is a basic computer - pressing keys on a keyboard to preserve ideas as data.
* VR 2 is a video game - commands you input guide a virtual representation of yourself through a virtual world.
* VR 3 is a flight simulator - manipulating realistic controls guides a realistic aircraft through a virtual world in a realistic manner, which you view as if through the viewscreen of a realistic aircraft.
* VR 4 is CyberSpace - the virtual world is displayed around you as if real, and you can manipulate it as if it were real.
* VR 5 is a total sensory reality, indistinguishable from reality. But as the only thing in it which is real is your mind, it can get [[MindScrew really weird in there...]]

Sydney Bloom works as a telephone engineer, but she's also a computer genius playing with Virtual Reality (VR). One day she accidentally discovers that she can take other people into [=VR5=] (full immersion VR) with her, just by calling them up on the telephone. Once inside, she can find out about them, but afterwards, they have little or no memory of the incident. For reasons which only become clear in the series finale, Sydney and her childhood friend Duncan seem to be the only people who can take people into [=VR5=]. The shadowy 'Committee' discover her talent, and co-opt her to do investigations for them.

%%* CyberPunk

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* MissingEpisode: FOX agreed to buy only 9 of the 13 episodes Rhysher produced, which forced John Sacret Young to pick four episodes that could be omitted without sacrificing plot continuity. After choosing to cut ''Sisters'', ''Send Me an Angel'' and ''Parallel Lives'', Young reportedly decided to give the network an extra episode for free, as he felt some parts of the plot could not possibly be explained without it. The three episodes were not shown in the show's original run on FOX, but were aired elsewhere in the world and also included in VR.5's subsequent rotation on the Sy-Fy channel.

* ActualPacifist: Duncan.

* AngstComa: Nora Bloom, kind of.
* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler: Dr Frank Morgan, who was listed as one of the three main characters in the opening credits,]] bites the dust as early as episode 4.

* CharacterDevelopment: Big time for a show that only lasted 13 episodes.
* CliffHanger: The series ends with [[spoiler: Sydney in a coma]].

* CyberPunk

* DramaticHourLong
* FakeKillScare: [[spoiler: Abernathy]] fakes his own death in order to scare Oliver into fleeing.
* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler: What actually happened to Dr. Bloom and Samantha.]]
* FilmNoir

* FridayNightDeathSlot: One of the many victims.

* TheHandler: Frank Morgan and Oliver Sampson.

* HollywoodNerd: Sydney, down to a tee.

* HumanPopsicle: [[spoiler: Frank Morgan, as revealed in 5D.]]
* ItsASmallNetAfterAll: And Sydney accesses it via an ''acoustic modem''

* LogicBomb

* PlatonicLifePartners: Sydney and Duncan.

* TheTeaser
* TechnologyMarchesOn

* TreacherousAdvisor: [[spoiler: Abernathy.]]

* ViewerFriendlyInterface: Sydney's computer.

* GenderBlenderName: Sydney. This may be due to the fact that the main character was written as male early in the show's development.

Sydney Bloom works as a telephone engineer, but she's also a computer genius playing with Virtual Reality (VR). One day she accidentally discovers that she can take other people into VR5 (full immersion VR) with her, just by calling them up on the telephone. Once inside, she can find out about them, but afterwards, they have little or no memory of the incident. For reasons which only become clear in the series finale, Sydney and her childhood friend Duncan seem to be the only people who can take people into VR5. The shadowy 'Committee' discover her talent, and co-opt her to do investigations for them.

* YourMindMakesItReal: Not just the titular VR5. The series rotates on the concepts of virtual experiences, the placebo effect, and how that effect can have extended results.

* {{Homage}}: Too many to list. One of Duncan's trips into VR.5 recreates a number of classic TV shows and movies, including ''The Adventures Of SherlockHolmes'', ''Series/TheAvengers'' and ''DialMForMurder''. The episode "Simon's Choice" pays homage to ''Film/SophiesChoice'', both in the title and some of the plot elements. "The Many Faces of Alex" is a ''Film/{{Vertigo}}'' homage festival, both in small Shout-Outs and the main plot line, which was described by the authors as 'Oliver's descent into Vertigo.'

!!''[[{{Vr5}} VR.5]]'' provides examples of: