The Outer Limits

Original title : Bits of Love
First Aired : 19.01.1997 (USA) 04.12.1998 (FRANCE)
Director : Neill Fearnley
Writing credits : James Crocker
Cast : Jon Tenney (Aidan Hunter), Matthew Walker (Trevor Hunter), Sheila Larken (Francis Hunter), Steve Bacic (Griff), Natasha Henstridge (Emma), Ingrid Kavelaars (Nicole), Crystal Cass (Claire), Brett Stone (Michelle)

The Story : Following a nuclear holocaust in the year 2047, a man surrounds himself with computer-generated friends and relatives - but underestimates the capacity of the computer.

Original title : Second Thoughts
First Aired : 19.01.1997 (USA) 16.10.1999 (FRANCE)
Director : Mario Azzopardi
Writing credits : Sam Egan
Cast : Howie Mandel (Karl Durand), Jennifer Rubin (Rose Ciotti), John Gilbert (Dr. Valerian), Terry David Mulligan (), Lorena Gale (), William S. Taylor (), Ryan Michael (), Jerry Wasserman (William Talbot), Dean Balkwill (Willy), Althea McAdam (Dr. Behrens), Cindy Girling (Saleswoman), Gordon Tipple (Detective #1)

The Story : A dying scientist uses an invention he has been working on to transfer his memories and experiences into another man's brain. This man was in his 30's but had the mind of a child and the transference causes dramatic changes.

Original title : Re-Generation
First Aired : 24.01.1997 (USA) 25.09.1998 (FRANCE)
Director : Brenton Spencer
Writing credits : Tom J. Astle
Cast : Kim Cattrall (Rebecca Highfield), Daniel Benzali (Graham Highfield), Teryl Rothery (Dr. Lucy Cole), Liam Ranger (Justin Highfield), Bart Anderson (Doctor), Joseph Ramyr-Pascual (Paramedic), Carrie Cain Sparks (Nurse)

The Story : A woman impregnates herself with her dead child's cells in order to create an embroynic clone. She soon experiences her son's memories and discovers more about his death.

Original title : Last Supper
First Aired : 14.01.1997 (USA) 29.11.1997 (FRANCE)
Director : Helen Shaver
Writing credits : Scott Shepherd
Cast : Peter Onorati (Frank Martin), Sandrine Holt (Jade), Dey Young (Carol Martin), Michael Hogan (Dr. Lawrence Sinclair), Ron Halder (), Fred Savage (Danny), Scott Vickaryous (Young Sinclair)

The Story : When a mysterious, ageless woman falls in love with a young man, she is reunited with his father, who rescued her from inhuman experience twenty years earlier.

Original title : Stream of Consciousness
First Aired : 07.02.1997 (USA) 02.10.1998 (FRANCE)
Director : Joe Nimziki
Writing credits : David Shore
Cast : George Newbern (Ryan Unger), Suki Kaiser (Cheryl), Shane Meier (Mark), Blu Mankuma (Stanley), Tyler Van Blankenstein (Young Ryan), Kate Twa (Dr. Annaud), Andrew Airlie (Dr. Kevington), Angela Moore (Nurse #1), Dolly Scarr (Patient), Peta Brookstone (Waitress), Jennifer Sterling (Janet)

The Story : In a world where neural implants allow everyone instant access to information, Ryan is considered a moron. Because of a brain injury he suffered as a child, he's unable to tap into the "Stream" - an electronic collection of all human knowledge - so he struggles in vain to keep up by reading books, a primitive and forgotten art. When a virus enters the Steam, Ryan must try to stop it.

Original title : Dark Rain
First Aired : 14.02.1997 (USA) 16.10.1998 (FRANCE)
Director : Mario Azzopardi
Writing credits : David Braff
Cast : Don Franklin (Tim McAllister), Rachael Crawford (Sherry McAllister), Susan Hogan (), Christopher Bolton (), Christine Willes (), Alan Scarfe (Dr. Royce), Louva Meloche (Annie), Kyle Labine (Joe), Kenneth Ryan (Leader), Maxine McKay (Tessa), Chilton Crane (Pregnant Woman), Jean Daigle (N. W. A. Spokesperson)

The Story : After a chemical war renders the world's population unable to conceive healthy children, a mother and father escape from a sinister government agency intent on using their healthy newborn to re-populate the earth.

Original title : The Camp
First Aired : 21.02.1997 (USA) 06.11.1998 (FRANCE)
Director : Jonathan Glassner
Writing credits : Brad Wright
Cast : Harley Jane Kozak (Prisoner 98843), David Hemblen (Commandant), Bill Cobbs (Prisoner 91777), John Tench (Scarred Man), Frank C. Turner (Elder), Karen Austin (Old Woman), Jessica Harmon (Little Girl), Robert Weiss (Overseer #1), Mark Gibbon (Overseer #2), David Cameron (Overseer #3), Jonathon Young (Young Man), Izabella Zalewski (Young Woman)

The Story : For twelve generations, mankind has lived in concentration-type camps, imprisoned by the human collabators of the alien New Masters. One woman dares to challenge the authority of her Commandant and learns the truth about their captors.

Original title : Heart's Desire
First Aired : 28.02.1997 (USA) 11.12.1998 (FRANCE)
Director : Mario Azzopardi
Writing credits : Alan Brennert
Cast : Caspar Van Dien (Jake Miller), Gary Basaraba (Ben Miller), Jed Rees (J. D. Kelton), David Longworth (Preacher), Ocean Hellman (Miriam Turner), John Novak (Tom Grant), Esai Morales (Frank Kelton), Tom Heaton (Josiah Miller), Hamish Tildesley (Will), John Bear Curtis (Blacksmith), Bart Anderson (Townsman), Zook Matthews (Bartender), Dana Grahame (German Woman)

The Story : A mysterious alien visitor in the old west offers to share his extraordinary powers with four outlaws. The new powers make the outlaws virtually invincible.

Original title : Tempests
First Aired : 07.03.1997 (USA) 20.11.1999 (FRANCE)
Director : Mario Azzopardi
Writing credits : Hart Hanson
Cast : Eric McCormack (John Virgil), Kenneth Welsh (Dr. Vasquez), Marie Stillin (Governor Mudry), Charlene Fernetz (Corinne Virgil), Burt Young (Captain Parker), Lee Taylor (Colonel Lynne), Lachlan Murdoch (John Virgil, Jr.)

The Story : A rickety old spaceship piloted by some space colonists is on a mission of mercy. It is ferrying two VIPs from Earth and a lifesaving vial of serum to Tabloss Colony where an epidemic is devastating the population.

Original title : The Awakening
First Aired : 14.03.1997 (USA) 18.12.1998 (FRANCE)
Director : George Bloomfield
Writing credits : James Crocker
Cast : Lela Rochon (Beth Carter), Gordon Pinsent (Dr. Steven Molstad), Michele Greene (Joan Garrison), Roger R. Cross (Kevin Flynn), Micki Maunsell (Dolly Kellerman), Lloyd Berry (Mike Kellerman), Alannah Ong (Woman Journalist), Joanna Piros (T.V. Newscaster), Scott Owen (Robber), Desiree Nicholson (Jenny), Michael Reid MacKay (Alien #1), Kelly Anne Conroy (Alien #2)

The Story : A woman has lived her life in an emotional void, suffering from a condition called primary alexithymia. A doctor is able to cure her with a small implant in her brain and for the first time she can feel a full spectrum of emotions.

Original title : New Lease
First Aired : 21.03.1997 (USA) 06.11.1999 (FRANCE)
Director : Jason Priestley
Writing credits : Sam Egan
Cast : Stephen Lang (Dr. James Houghton), Terence Kelly (Oscar Reynolds), Nancy Sorel (Page Houghton), Michael Ontkean (Dr. Charles McCamber), Brittney Irvin (Katrine Houghton), Jason Priestley (Anthony Szigetti), Michael Kopsa (Detective Broder), Rick Ravanello (Driver)

The Story : After years of research two doctors have discovered how to bring the dead back to life with their new breakthrough invention, the Scanning Molecular Reorganizer. However, they find the process seems to be flawed after the first revival of a human has problems.

Original title : Double Helix
First Aired : 28.03.1997 (USA)
Director : Mario Azzopardi
Writing credits : Jonathan Glassner
Cast : Ron Rifkin (Dr. Martin Nodel), Ryan Reynolds (Paul Nodel), Ken Pogue (Dean Hardwick), Andrew Johnston (), L. Harvey Gold (Dr. Greeson), Scott Swanson (Reverend Leblanc), William deVry (Ben), Tara Spencer-Nairn (Heather), Kathleen Duborg (Hope), Edward Diaz (Derek), Sara Johnson (Brittany), Kirsten Williamson (Sharon), Linda Ko (Female Student), Brent Fordham (Overweight Student)

The Story : A brilliant-yet-eccentric geneticist unveils his research of "introns," the mysterious genetic material which he believes holds the code for future evolution. After successful testing on animals he secretly tries the formula on himself.

Original title : Dead Man's Switch
First Aired : 04.04.1997 (USA) 11.09.1998 (FRANCE)
Director : Jeff Woolnough
Writing credits : Ben Richardson
Cast : James LeGros (Lieutenant Ben Conklin), Kristin Lehman (Katya Rubanoff), Donnelly Rhodes (General James Eiger), Yee Jee Tso (Hong), Merrilyn Gann (Gwen Wellington), Ellis Williams (Donald)

The Story : A loner is one of four chosen to man the controls of a doomsday device set up by world leaders after spaceships were spotted heading towards Earth. The weapon is designed as a last-line deterrent against alien invasion. Their job is to hit a switch that prevents the device from going off and destroying aliens and mankind alike.

Original title : Music of the Spheres
First Aired : 09.05.1997 (USA)
Director : David Warry-Smith
Writing credits : Steven Barnes
Cast : Howard Hesseman (Dr. Emory Taylor), Joshua Jackson (Devon Taylor), Larry Musser (Dr. Evan Swift), Anna Hagan (), Kirsten Dunst (Joyce Taylor), Ryan Taylor (Vic), Jonathan Whittaker (Colonel Bowen), David Kaye (News Anchor), Ronin Wong (Doctor #1), Kamilyn Kaneko (Kelly), Andrew Younghusband (D.J.), Gina Chiarelli (Doctor #2), Douglas Newell (Principal), Freda Perry (Nurse)

The Story : A 20 year-old physic whiz intercepts transmissions from a distant solar system. Teenagers on Earth groove to the interplanetary rhythms, but begin to turn into silver-skinned mutations.

Original title : The Revelations of Becka Paulson
First Aired : 06.06.1997 (USA) 18.09.1998 (FRANCE)
Director : Steven Weber
Writing credits : Brad Wright From a Story by Steven King "The Revelations of Becka Paulson"
Cast : Catherine O’Hara (Becca Paulson), John Diehl (Joe Paulson), Bill Dow (Doc Fink), Marilyn Norry (), Steven Weber (8x10 Man), Barry Mickelson (Doctor), Jon Chardiet (Moss), Preston Maybank (Hank), Russell B. Porter (Actor), Carla White (Actress), Jo-Ann MacDonald (Cashier), David Glyn-Jones (Poker Pal)

The Story : A dowdy housewife develops a relationship with a store-bought photograph.

Original title : Bodies of Evidence
First Aired : 20.06.1997 (USA) 04.09.1998 (FRANCE)
Director : Melvin Van Peebles
Writing credits : Chris Dickie From a Story by Chris Dickie & Ryland Kelley
Cast : Mario Van Peebles (Captain William Clark), Guylaine St. Onge (Dr. Helene Dufour), Ken Camroux (), Barry W. Levy (), Roman Podhora (), Gerard Plunkett (), Jennifer Beals (Robyn Dysart), David Lloyd Austin (Admiral Sergei Yurov), Tatiana Chekhova (Commander Lara Nabakov), David Neale (Commander Richard Gordon), Linden Banks (Dr. Thomas Somerset), Patrick Keating (Technician), Alexander Pollock (Boy), Kathryn Anderson (Woman), Zinaid Memisevic (Young Man)

The Story : A space station captain is accused of killing his crew, but on close inspection, evidence indicates they were mysteriously duped into committing suicide.

Original title : Feasibility Study
First Aired : 11.07.1997 (USA) 20.11.1998 (FRANCE)
Director : Ken Girotti
Writing credits : Joseph Stefano
Cast : David McCallum (Joshua Hayward), Laura Harris (Sara Hayward), Malcolm Stewart (Mr. Tenzer), Don MacKay (), Peter Hanlon (), Chilton Crane (), Peter Bryant (Mike), Jesse Moss (Sean Tenzer), Zachary Ansley (Adrielo), Tobias Mehler (Nicky Reeves), French Tickner (Father Puglia), Christina Jastrzembska (Sonja), Eric Schneider (Triune)

The Story : An entire community is transported to another world as an experiment to see just how feasible it would be to breed humans into a perpetual race of slaves.
Note : This is another remake of an original Outer Limits episode which Joseph Stefano also wrote. Joseph was one of the creators of the original series and is a creative consultant on the new series. David McCallum starred in two of the other original series episodes.

Original title : A Special Edition
First Aired : 25.07.1997 (USA) 27.11.1999 (FRANCE)
Director : Mario Azzopardi
Writing credits : Naren Shankar From a Story by Naren Shankar & Jonathan Glassner
Cast : Alan Thicke (Donald Rivers), Bruce Harwood (Dr. Avery Strong), Louise Vallance (Sandra), Michael St. John Smith (Dr. Richard Morgan), Colin Lawrence (Technician), Harrison Coe (Man), Colleen Winton (Spokesperson), Gerry Rousseau (Bum)

The Story : A television journalist has concrete proof that the government is involved with genetic cloning activities. While the world waits by their sets to see the show, there are some that will stop at nothing to keep these facts a secret.
Note : This episode had excerpts from Last Supper, New Lease, Blood Brothers, The Voice of Reason, Afterlife, In Another Life, and Dark Rain.