Camera Obscura is the ninth episode of the short-lived Fox science-fiction action series Harsh Realm. It was the sixth of six remaining episodes that were aired on the Fox affiliate fX after the series was abruptly cancelled.

Plot synopsis

In Harsh Realm's version of a post-apocalyptic New York City, warring families hire Hobbes (Scott Bairstow) and Pinocchio (D. B. Sweeney) as mercenaries. Their destinies appear to be controlled by a mad priest (Robert Knepper), a vault of gold, star-crossed lovers, acid rain and access to the Harsh Realm data stream.

Trivia

Camera obscura is Latin for "dark chamber."

Allusions

• The episode borrows various elements from William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet.