
The Outer Limits
Creator Leslie Stevens · Channel Showtime · Starring Alex Diakun, Eric Schneider, Larry Musser
Anthology series composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements that were often tied together during season-finale clip shows.
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Episodes
- Episode 1: 1. The SandkingsMarch 26, 1995 · 93 minScientist Simon Kress finds himself the master of a colony of Sandkings -- creatures from Mars that look like insects, but have the intelligence of much higher beings.
- Episode 2: 2. Valerie 23March 31, 1995 · 45 minFrank Hellner, a lonely paraplegic, takes part in a top-secret project -- allowing an "inorganic human," or robot named Valerie, to be his companion for a week. The experiment goes awry when Valerie, unable to control her programmed emotions, becomes jealous and threatens the life of Frank's physical therapist and close friend Rachel.
- Episode 3: 3. Blood BrothersApril 7, 1995 · 45 minTwo diametrically opposed brothers, wrestle for control of a million-dollar pharmaceutical company. A vaccine that could hold the secret to eternal life, becomes the object of the brothers' bitter struggle.
- Episode 4: 4. The Second SoulApril 14, 1995 · 45 minMan's first encounter with beings from another planet -- the N'Tal -- appears to be a mutually rewarding arrangement. But a leery doctor/scientist must decide whether the N'Tal are friend or foe.
- Episode 5: 5. White Light FeverApril 21, 1995 · 45 minAn experiment at St. Peter's Hospital threatens nature's order of existence, when billionaire Harlan Hawkes pays a brilliant cardiologist, Dr. "Mac" McEnerney to help him cheat death.
- Episode 6: 6. The ChoiceApril 28, 1995 · 45 minA young girl with strange, supernatural powers is shunned by her friends, but welcomed by a nanny with similar gifts, while her parents must decide what's ultimately best for their child.
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- Episode 7: 7. Virtual FutureMay 5, 1995 · 45 minA brilliant young scientist discovers a way to see the future, but gets caught up in a billionaire's ambitious political schemes, and must alter the future to save his own life.
- Episode 8: 8. Living HellMay 12, 1995 · 45 minBen Kohler's life is saved after having an experimental chip implanted in his brain, but when he starts seeing and experiencing violent images, it becomes clear something is desperately wrong.
- Episode 9: 9. Corner of the EyeMay 19, 1995 · 45 minA disillusioned priest is given healing power by aliens who use him as they attempt to save their own planet by destroying all human life.
- Episode 10: 10. Under the BedMay 26, 1995 · 45 minWhen a little boy is abducted the only witness, his sister, claims that someone or something under the bed took him.
- Episode 11: 11. Dark MattersJune 2, 1995 · 45 minDropped out of hyperspace by a mysterious chunk of dark matter, Pilot Paul Stein must save the transport vessel by facing his past and ultimately trusting his own decisions.
- Episode 12: 12. The ConversionJune 9, 1995 · 45 minHenry Marshall is a greedy man who has paid for his greed with a prison sentence but has yet to learn his lesson. His life abruptly changes when he encounters visitors from another planet who instill new sense of compassion for others.
- Episode 13: 13. Quality of MercyJune 16, 1995 · 45 minMajor John Skokes is taken prisoner by the enemy during a savage galactic war and a seemingly undefeatable alien race. The tension increases when his cellmate, a cadet named Pri, is being transformed into one of them. Skokes must find an escape to save his cellmate and to avoid a disturbing revelation of the course of this war.
- Episode 14: 14. The New BreedJune 23, 1995 · 45 minThe discovery of a gifted scientist falls into the wrong hands, bringing what at first appears to be a lifesaving miracle, but ultimately the untimely death of his closest friend.
- Episode 15: 15. The Voyage HomeJune 30, 1995 · 45 minWhen an astronaut returning from Mars discovers an alien aboard ship, he must face the loss of his shipmates, and make the ultimate sacrifice in order to prevent the alien from reaching Earth.
- Episode 16: 16. Caught in the ActJuly 1, 1995 · 45 minA chaste co-ed is enveloped by a strange power that gives her an insatiable sexual appetite, which is perpetuated by encounters with consenting men who, after making physical contact, morph into her body and disappear.
- Episode 17: 17. The MessageJuly 16, 1995 · 45 minA deaf woman with a transplanted device, which is supposed to enable her to hear, turns into a transmitter for aliens, who are crying for help.
- Episode 18: 18. I, RobotJuly 23, 1995 · 45 minAdam, a powerful robot, kills his creator when the scientist attempts to convert him into a military killing machine by destroying his more human qualities.
- Episode 19: 19. If These Walls Could TalkJuly 30, 1995 · 45 minLevi Mitchell, a physicist and skeptic, meets Lynda Tillman, a woman whose strength and faith help him unravel the mystery of a haunted house.
- Episode 20: 20. BirthrightAugust 13, 1995 · 45 minAn environmentally-friendly U.S. Senator's life changes drastically after a freak accident, when he realizes he's actually an alien in disguise, with a "mission" to surreptitiously reconfigure the earth's atmosphere.
- Episode 21: 21. The Voice of ReasonAugust 20, 1995 · 45 minA civilian with strong ties to the military tries desperately to use concrete evidence to convince a high level committee that alien forces are trying to overcome the human race.
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Credits
- Alex DiakunMinister · 8 episodes
- Eric SchneiderDr. Stanley Miller · 8 episodes
- Larry MusserMaj. Samuel Harbeck · 6 episodes
- Garvin CrossR & R Leader · 6 episodes
- Scott SwansonGeneral Baker · 5 episodes
- Tom ButlerCharlie Bouton · 5 episodes
- Leslie StevensCreator
- Mario AzzopardiDirector · 23 episodes
Film and series details
- EPISODE LENGTH
- 44 minutes
- FIRST AIRED
- March 26, 1995
- LAST AIRED
- January 18, 2002
- PRODUCTION COMPANIES
- Alliance Atlantis, Atlantis Films, Showtime Networks
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