When murder becomes a virtual reality...
Students get involved in a violent Internet-based game, around the same time as a series of murders - is there a connection?
WritersChristine Harmar-Brown, Ciara McIlvenny
Part One
May 5, 1998
Psychology student Scott and his friends Joe and Suzie are attending university in Brighton. Scott comes in contact with Rich Bitch via chatroom. When they meet in person, she's a fellow student named Charlie who seduces and beds him before vanishing.
Part Two
May 12, 1998
The flatmates begin playing the computer game Killer Net. Scott plans the perfect murder and chooses Charlie as his victim. When she's found murdered, Scott is arrested and he learns the game's methods mirror real life.
Part Three
May 19, 1998
Scott attempts to recreate Killer Net but Charlie is no longer in the game. PC Pam Boxer offers to be the victim, unaware that someone is watching. Things become sinister when the police receive a threatening email from a user named Dome.
Part Four
May 26, 1998
With Scott on remand for Charlie's murder, the police try to build evidence against him, but at least one officer believes he's innocent. When Joe's girlfriend catches Joe in a lie, she starts to suspect him.
