Sarah-Jane Redmond on Harsh Realm: Inga Fossa
Created by the military, Harsh Realm explores a virtual reality world where anything is possible.
After seeing the horrors of war in Sarajevo, Lt. Thomas Hobbes is finally ready to settle down with his fiancé but the military has one last assignment for him. He must test out the newest in military combat training, a top secret computer simulation code-named “Harsh Realm”.
However once inside the game, Hobbes immediately finds himself fighting for his life, and struggling to comprehend what is real and what is not.
Sarah-Jane Redmond was cast as the mysterious and seductive Inga Fossa in Chris Carter’s fairly dark and violent Harsh Realm.
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Duration: 21s
This video clip features a short scene from the Harsh Realm episode Inga Fossa, Military advisor Inga Fossa leaves a meeting, whilst Sophie provides voice over.
Episode Meta
- Title: Inga Fossa
- Season: 1
- Episode: 3
- Production Code: 1ADC02
- Original Airdate: Oct 22, 1999 (Fox)
Episode Synopsis
Sophie continues to look into Hobbes’ death by following Inga Fossa into a run down military installation where Inga Fossa uses a portal to move back to Harsh Realm. Inga Fossa enters however Sophie is locked out. Fossa materialises in Santiago City where she informs Santiago of her plans of conquest.
In Harsh Realm, Hobbes, Pinocchio and Florence attempt to gain forged ID chips so they can enter Santiago city and gain access to the portal. They find the man they need for the job, just as Walters and a team of commandos raid the building and capture Florence. The rest manage to escape through a glitch that leads them directly Santiago’s barracks.
Hobbes manages to break into the chamber where the portal is and with reluctant help from Inga Fossa, they enter. Fossa tells Hobbes that unless he kills Santiago now in Harsh Realm there would not be a world for Hobbes to return to as Santiago plans to destroy it. Hobbes decides to stay in Harsh Realm as Fossa gives him the letter Sophie wrote him. She also gives him the key to the cell where Pinocchio and Florence are being kept.
In the real world, Sophie has been waiting for Inga Fossa to return. Fossa is surprised but lies to Sophie that she couldn’t get the letter to Hobbes.
Episode Cast/Crew
Director:
Bryan Spicer
Written by:
Chris Carter. Original comic by James D. Hudnall & Andrew Paquette.
Main Cast:
Scott Bairstow, D.B. Sweeney, Terry O’Quinn, Sarah-Jane Redmond, Rachel Hayward, Samantha Mathis, Max Martini.
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Duration: 37s
During this second scene from the episode Inga Fossa, Inga prepares to use top secret military equipment to venture into the violent and oppressed virtual reality that is Harsh Realm.
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Duration: 1m 29s
During this third scene from the episode Inga Fossa, Inga arrives with her own sultry form of congratulations.
Learn more
Chris Carter’s Harsh Realm premiered in 1999 on the Fox Network with 7.5 million viewers. It was inspired and loosely based on the Harsh Realm comic books created by Andrew Paquette and James Hurndall.
Sarah-Jane Redmond had a recurring role, as the mysterious military advisor Inga Fossa. Harsh Realm not only reunited Sarah-Jane with series creator and executive producer Chris Carter, but also the enigmatic actor Terry O’Quinn (Millennium, Lost, The X-Files: Fight The Future) as the evil General Omar Santiago.
Also to be seen in the pilot episode was actor Lance Henriksen (Millennium, Aliens, The Right Stuff, Aliens vs Predator) portraying a military officer. Observant viewers will no doubt also recognise the voice of X-Files star Gillian Anderson who provides a video clip voice-over.
Despite Carter bringing together a familiar and talented team including Vince Gilligan, Frank Spotnitz, Daniel Sackheim, Kim Manners, John Shiban, Mark Snow and other Ten Thirteen Productions alumni, Harsh Realm was pulled after just the first 3 episodes aired, and sadly only nine episodes were produced. Later episodes were shown on the FX channel in 2000, with repeats of the series airing in Fall 2007 on CBC Country Canada.
The complete Harsh Realm series with originally unaired episodes was released to buy on DVD and is well worth viewing in its own right, but especially so for fans of Carter, Redmond, Henriksen and O’Quinn.
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