Kathryn Morris UK

Hopefully you noticed that last week there was no new entry in KM UK’s Summer Of HD for Reverie‘s 3rd episode.  You did notice, right?

Unfortunately Kathryn wasn’t in ‘No More Mr Nice Guy’, but, as we got to see in ‘Blue Is The Coldest Color’, there is something of Miss Nice Lady in Monica Shaw.

The story in this one was an interesting twist on the normal.  The protagonist is crippled by anxieties and can’t leave his house.  He’s using a stolen Onira Tech (the VR company the show is set around) implant so he can immerse himself in worlds of his own making.  The one highlight of his real life is seeing the little girl and her mother from next door.  They are sort of friends, despite his issues.  Poor guy right?  But he’s using the VR to try and do a good thing to help the little girl, who it turns out needs unobtainable medicine.  The guy isn’t using the tech to escape his own existence but to over come debilitating fears and to help someone else.

How can Sarah Shahi’s Mara and the team not help him?  Even DoD hardcase Monica can see a little way past possible new money making uses for the VR to the good it can do.

As well as the expected new set of full HD (1080p) screencaps from episode 4 of Reverie that are now in the KM UK Gallery, there are also improved sized versions of the two promotional photos (see below). Apart from the limited number, what’s not to like about that?

Apertus Summerus HDus 

I’m sure the Harry Potter fans amongst you can do a lot better than me.

A cliché it may be but starting at the beginning just feels so right.  ‘Apertus’ was the name of the first episode of the far too short-lived NBC sci-fi-ish VR-based drama Reverie.

The show starred Sarah Shahi (Person Of Interest) as an ex-hostage negotiator brought into a virtual reality tech company to help with some problem customers.  She’s not there to sort out a compensation deal or write an NDA.  No, Mara needs all her persuasiveness and empathy to encourage VR users so caught-up in the fantasy world they’ve created for themselves to leave.  Their reasons are varied and complex so it is up to Mara and other members of the team to do the detective work IRL and in VR.

Kathryn’s Monica Shaw works for the Department Of Defence, not surprisingly interested in the ability to put people in life-like VR, has her own agendas, and involved herself in the company.

We didn’t get to see much of Kathryn in this opening episode but got to see that wonderful smile in the short time we had in her company.  A much missed highlight of any show.

Now available in the KM UK the Gallery is a new collection of full HD (1080p) screencaps from ‘Apertus’.