this pilot episode suck you right into the show very quickly . the episode start with a battle sequence in which hobbes save his best friend water life . a the episode continue we learn that hobbes have return home and be engage to be marry . because of this he plan to leave the service and settle down in california . he be however call on one last mission to which he remain extremely suspicious even after he be told that he be go to enter a virtual reality world create by the pentagon with the purpose of simulate war game . he be tell his mission be to enter the game and find a man name santiago and kill him . a he be watch the orientation video and the video suddenly cut off and hobbes wanders out to find out what be up . he quickly realize that he have enter the game and be immediately run for his life . the rest of the episode be full of action and mystery a he be heal mysteriously by a woman who do not talk and find that his fiancée virtual counterpart be marry to his best friend and water and who be one of santiago right hand men . hobbes also gain an unlikely companion in michael pinnocchio who rob him of his wed ring minute after enter harsh realm and continuously threaten to eat hobbes dog and dexter . the episode also feature two well know cameo for fan of carter other more popular show the x file and millennium . lance henricksen ( frank black ) play the general and the voice do the orientation video be none other than gillian anderson ( dana scully ) . very entertaining episode which set the show up very well for a wide variety of opportunity . this be the first ( and only really ) attempt by chris carter of a solely scifi non horror show and i think he do a great job and i be excite to see more .