The Outer Limits

(The Outer Limits)

 Season 2

22 Episodes

Episodes from the second season

23 - A STITCH IN TIME

Score
7.0
2 votes

Original title : A Stitch In Time
First Aired : 14.01.1996 (USA) 29.11.1996 (FRANCE)
Director : Mario Azzopardi
Writing credits : Steven Barnes
Cast : Amanda Plummer (Dr. Theresa Givens), Andrew Airlie (FBI Agent Corey), Michelle Forbes (FBI Agent Jamie Pratt), Brian Arnold (Newscaster), Samuel Khouth (Jerome Horowitz), Adrian Hughes (Warren), Kendall Cross (Allison), Corrie Clark (Young Theresa Givens), William McDonald (Mugger), Brent Id Sheppard (FBI Agent #1), Rob Morton (FBI Agent #2), David Longworth (Robert Beck), Gary Jones (Duncan), Sharon Holownia-Alexander (Angry Woman), Mar Andersons (Student)


The Story : An unstable doctor decides to use time travel as "a means by which to stop crime before it starts." Her vigilante activities in the past give an FBI agent a unique case: a series of murders carried out with a weapon that has yet to be built.

24 - RESURRECTION

Score
-
No vote

Original title : Resurrection
First Aired : 14.01.1996 (USA) 06.12.1996 (FRANCE)
Director : Mario Azzopardi
Writing credits : Chris Brancato
Cast : Heather Graham (Alicia), Nick Mancuso (Martin), Patrick Keating (GX-17), Dana Ashbrook (Kain), Ken Kirzinger (Moloch), Brad Loree (Patrol Android), Fawnia Louise Mondey (New Human)


The Story : Two andriods in a post-apocalyptic world try to reseed the Earth with a human cloned from a single strand of hair.

25 - UNNATURAL SELECTION

Score
-
No vote

Original title : Unnatural Selection
First Aired : 19.01.1996 (USA) 17.01.1997 (FRANCE)
Director : Joseph L. Scanlan
Writing credits : Eric A. Morris
Cast : Alan Ruck (Howard Sharp), Catherine Mary Stewart (Joanne Sharp), Mary Elizabeth Rubens (Fran Blake), Harrison Robert Coe (John Arkelian), Andrew Wheeler (Tony Blake), Ryan Slater (Timmy Blake), Pat Bermel (Dr. Reid), Branden McAfee (Pete), Roger Barnes (Tyler), Catherine Swing (Nurse), Sean Campbell (Police Officer #1), Mitchell Kosterman (Police Officer #2), Candice Connelly (Mother), Desiree Nicholson (Little Girl)


The Story : A young couple elect to use a new technique to genetically enhance their unborn baby.

26 - I HEAR YOU CALLING

Score
-
No vote

Original title : I Hear You Calling
First Aired : 26.01.1996 (USA) 10.01.1997 (FRANCE)
Director : Mario Azzopardi
Writing credits : Scott Shepherd From a Story by Catherine Weber
Cast : Ally Sheedy (Carter Jones), Michael Sarrazin (Man with Violet Eyes), Ken Pogue (Mr. Jones), John Tench (), Jon Cuthbert (), Ken Camroux (), Susan Hogan (Phoebe Collins), Jano Frandsen (Taylor), Eric Keenleyside (Peters), Russell Ferrier (Detective), Alan Peterson (Motel Manager), Francesco Ferrucci (Receptionist)


The Story : A news reporter investigates a string of mysterious murders after overhearing a phone conversation.

27 - MIND OVER MATTER

Score
8.0
1 vote

Original title : Mind Over Matter
First Aired : 02.02.1996 (USA) 20.12.1996 (FRANCE)
Director : Brad Turner
Writing credits : Jonathan Glassner
Cast : Debrah Farentino (Dr. Rachael Carter), Scott Hylands (), Noah Heney (Jim Kendal), Mark Hamill (Dr. Sam Stein), Natsuko Ohama (Dr. Stephanie Codada), Peter Breck (), Sara Jane Redmond (Kendal’s Girlfriend)


The Story : A doctor enters the mind of a comatose colleague via a virtual-reality device.
Note : Peter Breck was in the original Outer Limits episode O.B.I.T.

28 - BEYOND THE VEIL

Score
-
No vote

Original title : Beyond the Veil
First Aired : 09.02.1996 (USA) 24.01.1997 (FRANCE)
Director : Allan Eastman
Writing credits : Chris Brancato
Cast : Michael O'Keefe (Eddie Wexler), Finn Carter (Courtney), Nathaniel Deveaux (), Alex Diakun (), Stephen McHattie (Dr. Sherrick), Brian McGugan (Paramedic #1), Ingrid Tesch (Paramedic #2), Wren Robertz (Orderly), Bill Finck (Herman Fitch), Janyse Jaud (Woman on Suicide Helpline), Danny Wattley (Orderly #2), Paul Isaacson (Orderly #3), Bob Wilde (Lab Tech)


The Story : A man believes he's being pursued by aliens.

29 - FIRST ANNIVERSARY

Score
-
No vote

Original title : First Anniversary
First Aired : 16.02.1996 (USA) 27.12.1996 (FRANCE)
Director : Brad Turner
Writing credits : Jon Cooksey & Ali Marie Matheson From a Story by Richard Matheson, Sr.
Cast : Matt Frewer (Norman Glass), Jane Heitmeyer (Barbara), Clint Howard (Dennis), Steve Bacic (Roy), Michelle Johnson (Ady Sutton), Paul McLean (Dr. Phillips), Gillian Carfra (Angie), Garvin Cross (Ralph Sutton), Angela Moore (African American Woman), Morgan Lee Fae (Stacy), Kathrin Nicholson (Ady #1)


The Story : A man begins to find his wife repulsive.

30 - STRAIGHT AND NARROW

Score
9.0
1 vote

Original title : Straight and Narrow
First Aired : 23.02.1996 (USA) 03.01.1997 (FRANCE)
Director : Joseph L. Scanlan
Writing credits : Joel Metzger
Cast : Ryan Phillippe (Rusty Dobson), Tom Butler (Doctor), Jonathan Scarfe (Charlie Walter), Kavan Smith (Tenner), Peter Donat (Principal Kern), Jane McDougall (Marianne Dobson), Peter Yunker (Instructor), Tygh Runyan (James Scardale), Jabin Litwiniec (Student #1), Austin Basille (Student #2), Arnie Walters (Committee Member), Paul Hubbard (Officer Scovil), Steve Makaj (Officer Brown), Campbell Lane (Roland Baker), Kevin Hansen (Young Man)


The Story : A problem child has just enrolled in the Milgram Academy, renowned for turning out the leaders of tomorrow. But what the brochures don't say is that this school uses a rather unorthodox means for controlling the students.

31 - TRIAL BY FIRE

Score
8.0
1 vote

Original title : Trial By Fire
First Aired : 01.03.1996 (USA) 13.12.1996 (FRANCE)
Director : Jonathan Glassner
Writing credits : Brad Wright
Cast : Robert Foxworth (Charles Halsey), Ian Tracey (Hartman), Lawrence Dane (General Covington), Teryl Rothery (Janet Peston), Dale Wilson (NORAD General), Diana Scarwid (Elizabeth Halsey), Claire Riley (News Anchor), David Bloom (Expert), Bruce Harwood (Dr. Norris), Jason Gray-Stanford (Airman), Scott McNeil (Astronaut), Sudsy Ewan Clark (Congressman)


The Story : Soon after the new President of the U.S. is sworn in, he is informed an armada of alien ships is approaching the Earth.

32 - WORLDS APART

Score
7.0
1 vote

Original title : Worlds Apart
First Aired : 22.03.1996 (USA) 31.01.1997 (FRANCE)
Director : Brad Turner
Writing credits : Chris Dickie
Cast : Bonnie Bedelia (Nancy MacDonald), Robert Ito (Colonel Raymond), Michael MacRae (Greg Tilman), Chad Willett (Christopher Lindy), Donnelly Rhodes (), Alison Matthews (Karen Dunn), Robert Lewis (Commander Guy LeClerc), Colin Cunningham (Professor Ernst), Ian Bailey Mattia (Susan)


The Story : After 20 years of being lost in outer space, the sole survivor of a manned spacecraft re-establishes contact.

33 - THE REFUGE

Score
10.0
2 votes

Original title : The Refuge
First Aired : 05.04.1996 (USA) 07.02.1997 (FRANCE)
Director : Ken Girotti
Writing credits : Alan Brennert
Cast : James Wilder (Raymond Dalton), Jessica Steen (Gina Beaumont), David McNally (Thomas), Deb Podowski (Justine), Lisa Melilli (), Paul Jarrett (), Lorretta Bailey (Angel), M. Emmet Walsh (Sanford Valle), Malcolm Stewart (Joel Haas), Barry Levy (David Cohen), Warren Takeuchi (Male Med Tech), Lorraine Landry (Female Med Tech)


The Story : A confused man thinks that he's found the perfect refuge. That is until he realizes the people there are pitted against one another.

34 - INCONSTANT MOON

Score
8.0
1 vote

Original title : Inconstant Moon
First Aired : 12.04.1996 (USA) 14.02.1997 (FRANCE)
Director : Joseph L. Scanlan
Writing credits : Brad Wright From a Story by Larry Niven
Cast : Michael Gross (), Joanna Gleason (Leslie), Jeremy Hart (Henry Walker), Tom Heaton (Crazed Man), Willian deVry (Bartender), Scott Swanson (Silver Haired Man), James Bell (Drunk Executive)


The Story : A lonely physics professor discovers the sun will become a nova. Once he understands that his hopes and dreams will never be realized, he becomes fully determined to live out all his fantasies including approaching the woman he's secretly loved for years.

35 - FROM WITHIN

Score
-
No vote

Original title : From Within
First Aired : 28.04.1996 (USA) 21.02.1997 (FRANCE)
Director : Neill Fearnley
Writing credits : Jonathan Glassner
Cast : Neil Patrick Harris (Howie Morrison), Christianne Hirt (Sheila Morrison), Patrick Stevenson (Jake Hart), Gabrielle Miller (Charlotte Nichols), Charles Andre (Evan), Aaron Pearl (Clark), David Fredericks (Sheriff Lewis), Dwight McFee (Bruce Johnson), Bethoe Shirkoff (Mrs. Peal)


The Story : People in a small town fall victim to parasitic worms which infect the brain and cause people to lose their inhibitions.

36 - THE HEIST

Score
-
No vote

Original title : The Heist
First Aired : 05.05.1996 (USA) 28.02.1997 (FRANCE)
Director : Brad Turner
Writing credits : Steven Barnes
Cast : Costas Mandylor (Lee Taylor), Colm Feore (Major Mackie), Jasmine Guy (Captain Teri Washington), Barry Pepper (Tyson Ruddick), Katya Gardner (Bethany Wallace), Philip Granger (Calvin Taylor)


The Story : A disgraced former Army officer seeks revenge against the military by hijacking an Army shipment of missiles. He soon discovers that he has gotten more than he bargined for.

37 - AFTERLIFE

Score
-
No vote

Original title : Afterlife
First Aired : 19.05.1996 (USA) 07.03.1997 (FRANCE)
Director : Mario Azzopardi
Writing credits : John Whelpley
Cast : Clancy Brown (Linden Stiles), Barbara Garrick (Dr. Ellen Kersaw), Duncan Fraser (General Post), Alan Rachins (Maculhaney), Sean Allan (Priest), Robin Mossley (Doctor), Michael Andaluz (Lab Tech), Richard Leacock (Taylor), Garvin Cross (Hawkes), Terry Howson (Alien)


The Story : Convicted of a crime he did not commit, a man is given his choice of sentences - execution or participation in a covert military experiment. He chooses the latter which turns out to involve being injected with alien DNA.

38 - THE DEPROGRAMMERS

Score
-
No vote

Original title : The Deprogrammers
First Aired : 26.05.1996 (USA) 14.03.1997 (FRANCE)
Director : Joseph L. Scanlan
Writing credits : James Crocker
Cast : Brent Spiner (Trent Davis), Erich Anderson (Evan Cooper), Nicole Oliver (Jill Cooper), Sam Khouth (Akira Matsumoto), Vincent Hammond (Koltok/Megwan), Dean McKenzie (Newscaster), Adam Harrington (Puppet Show Host)


The Story : In the distant future, the inhabitants of the Earth are conquered by Aliens and programmed into being slaves. A rebel leader hatches a daring plot to assassinate the alien ruler.

39 - PARADISE

Score
-
No vote

Original title : Paradise
First Aired : 16.06.1996 (USA) 21.03.1997 (FRANCE)
Director : Mario Azzopardi
Writing credits : Jonathan Walker & Chris Dickie
Cast : Mel Harris (Dr. Christina Markham), Geraint Wyn Davies (Sheriff Grady Markham), Timothy Webber (), Maxine Miller (Helen), Heather Hanson (), Betty Linde (), Corrie Clark (), Sebastian Spence (), April Telek (), Harold Gould (Gerry), Walter Marsh (Dr. O'Keefe), A. J. Unger (Peter), Lindsay Bourne (Adminstrator), David Lewis (Deputy), Maria Louisa Figura (Virginia Masters), Crystal Cass (Alien)


The Story : Mysterious disappearances of several elderly women baffle a doctor and a sheriff.

40 - THE LIGHT BRIGADE

Score
9.0
1 vote

Original title : The Light Brigade
First Aired : 23.06.1996 (USA) 28.03.1997 (FRANCE)
Director : Michael Keusch
Writing credits : Brad Wright
Cast : Robert Patrick (Major John Skokes), Graham Greene (Chief Weapons Officer), Wil Wheaton (Cadet), Adrian Hughes (), Mike Kopsa (Engineer), Adrian Holmes (Soldier), Nathaniel Deveaux (Voice of Captain)


The Story : A crippled spaceship remains the Earth's last line of defense against Alien invaders. Despite the last assault which exposed the ship to fatal doses of radiation, the ailing crew tries to launch one last counter-attack.
Note : This is the first sequal to a new Outer Limits episode. It begins where the "Quality of Mercy" left off.

41 - FALLING STAR

Score
-
No vote

Original title : Falling Star
First Aired : 30.06.1996 (USA) 04.04.1997 (FRANCE)
Director : Ken Girotti
Writing credits : Michael Bryant
Cast : Sheena Easton (Melissa McCammon), John Pyper-Ferguson (Brian), Kristin Lehman (), Sarah Strange (), Victoria Morsell (), Xander Berkeley (), Peter Bryant (Geoff), Richard Lautsch (Eddie), Rick Burgess (Sam), Rod Wilson (D.J.)


The Story : A rock star's stellar career has faded and she is contemplating suicide when a fan from the future intervenes.

42 - OUT OF BODY

Score
-
No vote

Original title : Out of Body
First Aired : 14.07.1996 (USA) 12.04.1997 (FRANCE)
Director : Mario Azzopardi
Writing credits : James Crocker
Cast : Peri Gilpin (Rebecca Warfield), Victor Garber (Ben McCormick), William B. Davis (John Wymer), Joely Fisher (Amy), Alan Robertson (Dr. Minkoff), Richard Sargent (Carl Haven), Elan Ross Gibson (Woman), Stephen Tibbets (Campus Cop), Allixandria East (Nurse), Wally Dalton (Jason)


The Story : A researcher takes a dangerous step to pursue a controversial study on "out of body" experiences. When the funding for the project is pulled by "Family Foremost," a group that feels she's conducting "sacrilegious research," the scientist grows desperate. Declaring "God blessed us with curiosity," she sets her sights on the only test subject she can afford - herself.

43 - VANISHING ACT

Score
8.0
1 vote

Original title : Vanishing Act
First Aired : 21.07.1996 (USA) 05.04.1997 (FRANCE)
Director : Jonathan Glassner
Writing credits : Chris Dickie From a Story by Jonathan Walker
Cast : Jon Cryer (Trevor McPhee), Dean McDermott (Ray Carter), Richard Ian Cox (Mark McPhee), Jessica Lundy (Theresa McPhee), Eric Schneider (Dr. Golden), Brennan Kotowich (Young Mark), R. Nelson Brown (Bartender), Lenno Britos (Man in Bathroom)


The Story : One day a man goes out for ice cream and disappears for ten years. Upon his return, his wife is understandably shocked and upset, especially since he insists he left only hours ago.

44 - THE SENTENCE

Score
9.7
3 votes

Original title : The Sentence
First Aired : 04.08.1996 (USA) 26.04.1997 (FRANCE)
Director : Joseph L. Scanlan
Writing credits : Melissa Rosenberg
Cast : David Hyde Pierce (Dr. Jack Henson), Andrea Roth (Dana Elwin), Garwin Sanford (Senator Meade), Jan D’Arcy (Martha Adams), Doran Bell Jr. (Cory Izacks), Dave “Squatch” Ward (Giant Convict), Tamsin Kelsey (Dr. Glass), Alexander Boynton (Ex Con), J. Douglas Stewart (Watts), Crystal Verge (Hall), Judith Maxie (Judge), Robyn Driscoll (Detective), Adrien Dorval (Convict #1)


The Story : An inventor thinks that he's revolutionized the criminal justice system. His invention is a virtual prison which reduces life sentences to a few hours.