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The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits
★ 7.8/10•1963•TV-PG•Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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The Outer Limits is an anthology tv series of self-contained sci-fi-horror stories, sometimes with a plot twist at the end.

StatusEnded
LanguageEN
First Air DateSep 16, 1963

Episodes

Episode 1 - The Galaxy BeingE152m

The Galaxy Being

A radio station engineer named Allan Maxwell establishes contact with an alien being. But when the station's power is turned up, the alien is teleported to Earth where its radioactive nature causes havoc.

Sep 16, 1963

Episode 2 - The Hundred Days of the DragonE252m

The Hundred Days of the Dragon

A sinister foreign power replaces the President of the United States with its own agent via the use of a powerful drug allowing the skin to be temporarily molded into any likeness.

Sep 23, 1963

Episode 3 - The Architects of FearE352m

The Architects of Fear

A noble scheme goes horribly awry when a group of scientists plan an elaborate hoax designed to frighten and ultimately unite humankind.

Sep 30, 1963

Episode 4 - The Man with the PowerE451m

The Man with the Power

A radical experiment gives a college professor incredible power, which his subconcious mind uses to destroy his enemies.

Oct 7, 1963

Episode 5 - The Sixth FingerE552m

The Sixth Finger

A scientist discovers a way to speed up evolution and tries out the process on a simple miner.

Oct 14, 1963

Episode 6 - The Man Who Was Never BornE652m

The Man Who Was Never Born

An astronaut travels to the 23rd Century, where he finds the Earth a blasted wasteland inhabited by monsters.

Oct 28, 1963

Episode 7 - O.B.I.T.E752m

O.B.I.T.

A new invention allows spying on anyone, anywhere.

Nov 4, 1963

Episode 8 - The Human FactorE852m

The Human Factor

At a military base far in the arctic, a man invents a machine which allows two minds to contact one another. An earthquake causes a malfunction and two men wake up to find that their minds have switched bodies.

Nov 11, 1963

Episode 9 - Corpus EarthlingE952m

Corpus Earthling

A man with a steel plate in his head overhears conversations about global conquest. But where are the voices coming from?

Nov 18, 1963

Episode 10 - NightmareE1052m

Nightmare

In a war action with the planet Ebon, some soldiers are captured, interrogated and tortured.

Dec 2, 1963

Episode 11 - It Crawled Out of the WoodworkE1152m

It Crawled Out of the Woodwork

An incredible being made of pure energy imperils the staff of a research lab and hides a deadly secret.

Dec 9, 1963

Episode 12 - The BorderlandE1252m

The Borderland

A scientist named Ian Fraser invents a machine which can pierce the borderland between this world and... The Afterlife? Maybe. Fraser convinces an industrialist to finance future experiments with the possibility of contacting the rich man's dead son.

Dec 16, 1963

Episode 13 - Tourist AttractionE1352m

Tourist Attraction

In a South American country a group of explorers discover a prehistoric monster in an ancient lake. The discovery leads them into conflict with the country's dictator.

Dec 23, 1963

Episode 14 - The Zanti MisfitsE1452m

The Zanti Misfits

Exiles from the planet Zanti arrive on Earth, and a startling truth is uncovered when two human renegades invade their privacy.

Dec 30, 1963

Episode 15 - The MiceE1552m

The Mice

A convict serving a life sentence finds that he has an alternative: change places with an alien.

Jan 6, 1964

Episode 16 - Controlled ExperimentE1652m

Controlled Experiment

Two Martian investigators probe our custom of homicide.

Jan 13, 1964

Episode 17 - Don't Open Till DoomsdayE1752m

Don't Open Till Doomsday

A young couple's honeymoon is cut short by the horrifying contents of a mysterious box.

Jan 20, 1964

Episode 18 - ZZZZZE1852m

ZZZZZ

A queen bee assumes a human appearance in order to make an unwary scientist into her new mate.

Jan 27, 1964

Episode 19 - The InvisiblesE1952m

The Invisibles

A government agent infiltrates a secret criminal organization that uses alien parasites to control its members.

Feb 3, 1964

Episode 20 - The Bellero ShieldE2052m

The Bellero Shield

A scientist captures an alien that can protect itself with an unbreakable shield.

Feb 10, 1964

Episode 21 - The Children of Spider CountyE2152m

The Children of Spider County

Four scientists disappear in one day. All were born in the same county, on the same day. A fifth scientist is in jail and a federal agent is assigned to the case. The fifth man is sprung from jail by a mysterious stranger who says he's the young man's father.

Feb 17, 1964

Episode 22 - Specimen: UnknownE2252m

Specimen: Unknown

Scientists on a space station discover an unusual and dangerous plant.

Feb 24, 1964

Episode 23 - Second ChanceE2352m

Second Chance

A group of people board an amusement park ride. Then they (and their surprised "captain") find that they're really going on a space jaunt.

Mar 2, 1964

Episode 24 - MoonstoneE2452m

Moonstone

Workers on a moon base find a mysterious rock that appears to be alive.

Mar 9, 1964

Episode 25 - The MutantE2552m

The Mutant

A radioactive rainstorm at a scientific base on a distant planet mutates a scientist driving him insane and making him telepathic.

Mar 16, 1964

Episode 26 - The GuestsE2652m

The Guests

After discovering an elderly man dying by the side of the road, a young man finds a strange house where some people are kept prisoner and ageless by an alien intelligence.

Mar 23, 1964

Episode 27 - Fun and GamesE2752m

Fun and Games

Two Earth people are transported to an alien planet, along with two aliens. The are told by their abductors that they will fight each other to the death. The stakes are high: the homeworld of the losers will be destroyed slowly, for the further amusement of their captors.

Mar 30, 1964

Episode 28 - The Special OneE2852m

The Special One

Parents of a gifted youngster discover that their son's new tutor is not quite human.

Apr 6, 1964

Episode 29 - A Feasibility StudyE2952m

A Feasibility Study

The people of Earth surprise their alien captors when an entire neighborhood is transported to another planet as part of a plan to enslave the human race.

Apr 13, 1964

Episode 30 - Production and Decay of Strange ParticlesE3052m

Production and Decay of Strange Particles

An accident in a nuclear research facility opens a dimensonal doorway and allows deadly creatures to emerge.

Apr 20, 1964

Episode 31 - The ChameleonE3152m

The Chameleon

A government agent faces a crisis of conscience when he infiltrates a band of aliens marooned aboard the wreckage of a flying saucer.

Apr 27, 1964

Episode 32 - The Forms of Things UnknownE3252m

The Forms of Things Unknown

Two women with a body in their car trunk come upon a house by chance wherein a crazed inventor has a machine that can bring back the dead.

May 4, 1964

Recommendations

Creeped Out
The Twilight Zone
The Ray Bradbury Theater
Amazing Stories
Mork & Mindy
Star Wars: Visions
Childhood's End
The Langoliers
Eyes of Wakanda
Calls
Dark Shadows
Resurrection
Debris
WandaVision
Goosebumps
Naomi
Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles
Doctor Who
Sliders
Invasion

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The Dead Hour
Amazing Stories
Stories to Stay Awake
Korean Ghost Stories
Spirits
Interview with the Vampire
Ergo Proxy
CAPSULES
Serial Experiments Lain
Time of Eve
The Man in the High Castle
The Twilight Zone
Ash vs Evil Dead
Yatterman Night
Brand New Cherry Flavor
Goosebumps: The Vanishing
Friday the 13th: The Series
Listeners
Teacup
The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells