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The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits
★ 7.7/10•1995•44m•TV-MA•Drama•Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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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.

StatusEnded
Runtime44m
LanguageEN
First Air DateMar 26, 1995

Episodes

Episode 1 - The SandkingsE193m

The Sandkings

Scientist 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.

Mar 26, 1995

Episode 2 - Valerie 23E245m

Valerie 23

Frank 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.

Mar 31, 1995

Episode 3 - Blood BrothersE345m

Blood Brothers

Two 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.

Apr 7, 1995

Episode 4 - The Second SoulE445m

The Second Soul

Man'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.

Apr 14, 1995

Episode 5 - White Light FeverE545m

White Light Fever

An 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.

Apr 21, 1995

Episode 6 - The ChoiceE645m

The Choice

A 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.

Apr 28, 1995

Episode 7 - Virtual FutureE745m

Virtual Future

A 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.

May 5, 1995

Episode 8 - Living HellE845m

Living Hell

Ben 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.

May 12, 1995

Episode 9 - Corner of the EyeE945m

Corner of the Eye

A disillusioned priest is given healing power by aliens who use him as they attempt to save their own planet by destroying all human life.

May 19, 1995

Episode 10 - Under the BedE1045m

Under the Bed

When a little boy is abducted the only witness, his sister, claims that someone or something under the bed took him.

May 26, 1995

Episode 11 - Dark MattersE1145m

Dark Matters

Dropped 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.

Jun 2, 1995

Episode 12 - The ConversionE1245m

The Conversion

Henry 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.

Jun 9, 1995

Episode 13 - Quality of MercyE1345m

Quality of Mercy

Major 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.

Jun 16, 1995

Episode 14 - The New BreedE1445m

The New Breed

The 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.

Jun 23, 1995

Episode 15 - The Voyage HomeE1545m

The Voyage Home

When 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.

Jun 30, 1995

Episode 16 - Caught in the ActE1645m

Caught in the Act

A 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.

Jul 1, 1995

Episode 17 - The MessageE1745m

The Message

A 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.

Jul 16, 1995

Episode 18 - I, RobotE1845m

I, Robot

Adam, a powerful robot, kills his creator when the scientist attempts to convert him into a military killing machine by destroying his more human qualities.

Jul 23, 1995

Episode 19 - If These Walls Could TalkE1945m

If These Walls Could Talk

Levi Mitchell, a physicist and skeptic, meets Lynda Tillman, a woman whose strength and faith help him unravel the mystery of a haunted house.

Jul 30, 1995

Episode 20 - BirthrightE2045m

Birthright

An 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.

Aug 13, 1995

Episode 21 - The Voice of ReasonE2145m

The Voice of Reason

A 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.

Aug 20, 1995

Recommendations

The Twilight Zone
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American Horror Stories
Tales from the Darkside
The Terror
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
Torchwood
The Hunger
Plan B
Black Mirror
Tales from the Loop
Masters of Horror
Creepshow
Fear Itself
The Hitchhiker
Freddy's Nightmares
Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
Monsterland
Lore
Travelers

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