The Best of The Outer Limits (1990s)
the episodes - season by season - that are worth watching. . .
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- DirectorTimothy BondStarsWilliam SadlerSofia ShinasTom ButlerA disabled man is offered a prototype android companion in the form of the beautiful Valerie. But when he begins a romance with his physical therapist, his robot develops feelings of jealousy.William Sadler (aka Colonel Stewart) is great in this. The lady is hot as hell but more on her later...
- DirectorPaul LynchStarsD.W. MoffettRae Dawn ChongRichard GroveWhen an alien race makes first contact with the Earth, they request only one thing: Earth's dead. It seems the alien beings exist in a gaseous state that will come to an end if they are not given host bodies to occupy. The bodies of the dead will serve that function. One year later, Dr. Michael Alders is in charge of the program to provide the aliens with bodies. He considers them them to be parasites but carries on as best he can. When his best friends, Karen and James Heatherton die and are included in the program, his discomfort grows. When he learns however that the aliens have transported potentially toxic gases to Earth, he assumes the worse.opening scene nails it to keep you hooked.."give us your dead".
- DirectorStuart GillardStarsLen CariouLouis FerreiraChris SarandonFather Jonascu is struck while ministering to the poor and looks up to see a vision of Hell - a leering demonic creature. An eye blink later he sees an ordinary patrol officer trying to help him. He dismisses the apparition until he sees another one in his church. Then he goes to the doctor to learn what's wrong and discovers that one must be careful who one trusts.dark episode with very strong performances.
- DirectorPaul LynchStarsAnnette O'TooleMichael DolanAllison HossackA cargo ship is forced from hyperspace into a strange region of "dark matter" where some of the normal laws of physics seem not to apply - even the dead linger, unable to find their reward. Worse, contact with these specters is fatal to the living. If the crew can't escape quickly, they'll join the current residents, human and alien, eternally denied whatever lies beyond death...Clark Kent's high school girlfriend rocks up in this one...and it is a very decent episode.
- DirectorBrad TurnerStarsRobert PatrickNicole de BoerMark McCrackenMajor John Skokes has been captured and imprisoned by enemy aliens. He finds he is not alone in his cell, however, but with a cadet, Bree Tristan, from the Europa base. She believes three months have gone by since her imprisonment and she has a skin graft on her arm which she believes is the aliens' attempt to transform her into one of them. Skokes believes the war is over for them and their only job now is to find away to escape. As the aliens continue their experiments on Bree, the two prisoners develop a tenderness for one another. When they realize their attempts at escape are futile, John gives her hope for the future of mankind, which she desperately wants to hear.most famous episode but not a re-watchable one.
- DirectorMario AzzopardiStarsRichard ThomasPeter OuterbridgeTammy IsbellA desperate dying man injects himself with experimental nanobots that can supposedly cure anything. It works, but then his body starts to hideously mutate. He asks his soon-to-be brother-in-law, who invented the nanobots, for help.highly disturburbing, but yet a a very memorable case of what if? . . .
- DirectorTibor TakácsStarsJay O. SandersMatt CravenMichael DornOn the last day of their mission to Mars, three astronauts - Ed Barkley, Alan Wells and Pete Claridge - discover a cave with hieroglyphics on one wall. They also find a pod-like object but they are knocked out after trying to move it. They make it back to their ship and begin their voyage home. Five months into that return trip they begin to have equipment malfunctions and find a small growth of alien origin. Soon, one of the astronauts begins to believe that the others are aliens who have taken over the bodies of his shipmates.expands on the alien invasion theory. pretty good episode.
- DirectorTibor TakácsStarsDwight SchultzAlberta WatsonTom McBeathPhysicist and professional debunker Leviticus Mitchell agrees to help professional psychic Lynda Tillman investigate the abandoned mansion where her son and his girlfriend have mysteriously disappeared.invasion expansion theory. recommended viewing if high or on LSD.
- DirectorWilliam FruetStarsPerry KingMimi KuzykJohn NovakSenator Richard Adams finishes a speech and gets into his car. En route to his next appointment he gets into an accident. When he wakes up, the doctor shows him his lab results that suggest something very strange: a four-lobed brain! Over time he realizes he's dying - until he finds a strange medicine, poisonous to normal people, that restores his health! What is Richard Adams, really, and who are the people trying to find him?excellent episode that once again goes into the alien invasion theory, but the story is strong.
- DirectorNeill FearnleyStarsGordon ClappLochlyn MunroDon S. DavisRandall Strong tries desperately to convince a skeptical high level committee that various alien forces are trying to take over the human race. In desperation, he becomes unhinged.Electric S1 final that features a standout performance from Gordon 'Medavoy' Clapp.
- DirectorMario AzzopardiStarsAmanda PlummerAndrew AirlieMichelle ForbesAt least 17 men have been executed in the last two decades without a clear motive, with the same gun. FBI Special Agent Jamie Pratt has to find how some of those murders were carried out when the gun had not yet been made.excellent thriller type episode that is revisited again. . .
- DirectorJoseph L. ScanlanStarsAlan RuckCatherine Mary StewartMary Beth RubensHoward and Joanne Sharp are expecting a baby and are considering the possibility of black-market genetic enhancement which will result in a perfect baby or a 1 in 10,000 of creating a monster. But what do their neighbors keep in the basement?highly disturbing, the follow on is even worse!!
- DirectorMario AzzopardiStarsAlly SheedyMichael SarrazinKen PogueA reporter hears a strange man talking over his phone about the "removal" of a controversial author. Despite official objections, she finds herself in a deadly game with people with violet eyes and corpses that are reduced to a violet ash.interesting episode that takes a lot to reveal.
- DirectorBrad TurnerStarsMatt FrewerJayne HeitmeyerClint HowardAs Norman Glass celebrates his first wedding anniversary, he must struggle with the strange, growing revulsion that he feels when he touches, smells, tastes or sees his stunningly beautiful and talented wife Ady.the most disturbing episode...a shocking case of what if?...
- DirectorJonathan GlassnerStarsRobert FoxworthIan TraceyLawrence DaneThe newly inaugurated President of the United States must deal with an approaching alien fleet of spaceships and determine whether to welcome them or destroy them, based on limited information.so re-watchable. every time.
- DirectorBrad TurnerStarsCostas MandylorColm FeoreJasmine GuyWhile expecting a shipment of missiles, the militia receive a sealed cargo and messenger refusing to reveal what the deadly cargo is. Shortly afterward, an alien life-form begins a series of chilling attacks.
- DirectorMario AzzopardiStarsClancy BrownBarbara GarrickDuncan FraserIn lieu of execution, Linden Stiles submits to a military experiment where he is injected with alien DNA. Fighting to retain his humanity, he finds himself hunted after he escapes using his new found super human strength.
- DirectorJoseph L. ScanlanStarsBrent SpinerErich AndersonNicole OliverAfter Earth is conquered by aliens called the Torkor and humans are programmed to be slaves, the human slave of the Torkor leader Koltok is kidnapped and deprogrammed by rebels.
- DirectorMichael KeuschStarsRobert PatrickGraham GreeneWil WheatonFormer POW John Skokes, a chief weapons officer and a glory seeking cadet obsessed with the poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade" try to drop a doomsday weapon on the aliens' homeworld and win the war.shocker twist...
- DirectorJoseph L. ScanlanStarsDavid Hyde PierceAndrea RothGarwin SanfordWhen Dr. Jack Henson, an ambitious inventor comes up with a "virtual prison" government officials are interested in its cost efficiency. Rather than life sentences, criminals would only have to spend hours being subjected to harsh treatment. When an innocent man's life is at stake, the doctor must submit himself to his own invention--while learning the true meaning of justice.insane episode that will blow your mind. once watched, never forgotten!
- DirectorJonathan GlassnerStarsHarley Jane KozakDavid HemblenBill CobbsFor 12 generations, humanity has been enslaved by aliens and imprisoned in camps overseen by androids. One woman dares to challenge the authority of the Commandant. Her desire to be free is pitted against the seemingly invincible aliens.dark, depressing story with the most hateable villain in the whole series.
- DirectorMario AzzopardiStarsEric McCormackKenneth WelshMarie StillinAfter being bitten by an alien spider, a crewman of a crashed spaceship has difficulty distinguishing between his hallucinations and reality.highly recommended if high or on LSD
- DirectorJason PriestleyStarsStephen LangTerence KellyNancy SorelA doctor is brought back to life using technology he and a colleague developed. He has one day to live and must decide between revenge on those who killed him or reunite with his neglected family.sucker twists don't get better than this
- DirectorJeff WoolnoughStarsJames Le GrosKristin LehmanDonnelly RhodesAn American soldier learns that he is one of five people around the world who are separately sealed underground for a year and are charged with preventing Earth's self-destruction as the world awaits a possible invasion by aliens.engaging episode with a mental final reveal!!
- DirectorDavid Warry-SmithStarsHoward HessemanJoshua JacksonLarry MusserA college student records what he believes to be an intelligent transmission from outer space, but when younger people are drawn to listening to it, they begin to undergo a terrifying transformation.bizarre episode that does not give much away - until the end.