rmrommer As I recall, when the show first came on TV in my area. I didn't see any ads about it. If the networks had them (ads) it was a secret. Despite that I watched, probably, every one of them. At the time I was into video recording some TV shows/movies for my own use. And can say that, by accident, I record a very good show about VR and the idea about "what's is that person about". Also, about the sci-fi use of computers. I wish it was back on the air with newer episodes. The series ended with a too many questions. Did they find their father?. Was Sid able to recover?. What happened to the Commentee?. Bring it back, Please.

stormy_daze This show was a fantastic show, but it''s biggest flaw is that it was just too intelligent for the average Desperate Housewives watcher. It's not a reality show, it's not even really an action show. It's a thinking show-- they mention one thing very briefly in one episode and if you weren't paying attention the next four episodes don't make sense.As one user alluded to, this is not a show about virtual reality or technology, it's more about how this woman discovers her own past through that technology. Sydney Bloom is not who she believes she is-- her past is riddled with lies, deceits, and just plain blank spots. Though this virtual reality device, she begins uncovering who she really is, and subsequently her own family's past as well.Some of it is the Matrix BEFORE the Matrix: in this virtual world, Sydney can do anything: she need only learn how to control it. As I saw this programme first, I always felt that the Matrix stole quite a bit of some of the theory. But no matter.If this programme ever comes on DVD, it's worth whatever price they fix. The cast is brilliant (I always loved Duncan) and my poor ten year old tapes just don't hold up anymore!! They've started breaking from overuse.This show is not your run of the mill sci-fi junkie stupid predictable programme. It's weird-- too weird for most people, which was why it was cancelled. It's intelligent-- like the New Battle Star Galactica, they do not hand feed you with over-explanation. It is subtle and you have to pay attention. This is both it's biggest strength and it's biggest weakness.It's a fantastic show, and if you ever get the opportunity to see it, it's utterly brilliant.maddy

zephyr8l VR5 is without doubt the best, most entertaining and thought provoking and compelling sci fi TV series i have ever seen, or can ever envisage being made.Despite being shown in the uk after midnight, it is the one show that could enforce insomnia.I regret that i only happened upon the series by luck, as it seems to have evaded all possible sources of reporting. i hope no other series as Outstanding as VR5 have suffered its fate. inexplicably anonymous.If this is ever repeated or you cna find a record, watch it buy it, treasure it.

makimaus There comes a time when every video collector has to go back through their archives, sometimes taped on the fly and never properly watched, and give them another look. And so it was that, after five years, I checked out VR.5. I freely admit that most of my reasons had to do with Anthony Head, but it would be simplistic to say that I haven't found other reasons to mourn its loss. The plotline is labyrinthine, the loyalties are tenuous and constantly changing, yet at the heart of it is a group of characters who learn to love, respect, and trust each other in spite of repeated and persistent efforts from without and within to fragment them. Sydney goes from a withdrawn, antisocial voyeur with a half-suppressed past to a caring, sympathetic crusader; Duncan evolves from her stereotypical eccentric platonic buddy to a strong, creative, supportive hero; and then there's Oliver, who manages to grow from an infuriatingly enigmatic button-pushing Committee Man(literally as well as figuratively) to a rebellious individual whose tragic past has shaped him into someone both caring and terrified of getting involved. Even the amorphous organization known as the Committee progresses, from a standard top-secret non-government agency, dedicated to amorphous and impossible standards, to a global conspiracy frought with schisms and internicine rivalries. Not a bad progression for thirteen measly episodes, three of which didn't even make the series' first run. It would have been nice to at least see what happened next, as the final episode was both a downer and a cliffhanger.