The Outer Limits

Original title : Criminal Nature
First Aired : 23.01.1998 (USA) 11.12.1999 (FRANCE)
Director : Steve Anker
Writing credits : Brad Markowitz
Cast : Gary Cole (Detective Ray Venable), Louis Del Grande (Detective Renfro), Jason Gray-Stanford (Dylan), Lynda Boyd (Marie Venable), Jill Teed (Carolyn), Anthony Ulc (), Joel Palmer (Jesse Venable), Kavan Smith (Lieutenant O’Neill), Rachel Cronin (GRS Girl), John MacLaren (Rosen), Judith Maxie (Mayor Gant), Fred Henderson (Acosta), David Cameron (Medic)

The Story : A detective tries to prevent genetically enhanced children from wreaking havoc on his city.
Note : This was a sequel to Unnatural Selection.

Original title : The Hunt
First Aired : 30.01.1998 (USA) 01.01.2000 (FRANCE)
Director : Mario Azzopardi
Writing credits : Sam Egan
Cast : Doug Savant (Kel-54), Ron White (George Nichols), Sarah Strange (Tara), David McNally (Pete-41), Don Thompson (Doc), Tobias Mehler (Eric Nichols), Bob Gunton (Clute Nichols), Robert Moloney (Veeter), D. Harlan Cutshall (Driver), Russell Ferrier (Game Warden)

The Story : After hunting is banned, sportsmen hunt androids who have outlived their usefulness.

Original title : Hearts and Minds
First Aired : 06.02.1998 (USA) 30.10.1999 (FRANCE)
Director : Brad Turner
Writing credits : Naren Shankar
Cast : Christine Elise (), Miguel Fernandes (), Dylan Walsh (), Vincent Gale (), Heather Hanson (), Tong Lung (Asian Leader), Darryl Quon (Asian Worker), Michael Todd (Alien)

The Story : A captain and his squad is assigned a mission to to fight the bug-like aliens on a distant planet and prevent them from stealing a mineral, pergeium, that has become a vital source of energy on earth. The soldiers must take a special genetic drug that guards against being infected by alien spirochetes that can cause skin ruptures, hallucinations, and fatal brain lesions.

Original title : In Another Life
First Aired : 16.02.1998 (USA)  13.11.1999 (FRANCE)
Director : Allan Eastman
Writing credits : Naren Shankar From a Story by Naren Shankar, Brad Wright & Chris Brancato
Cast : Kelly Rowan (Kristin), Mitchell Laurance (Mason Stark), Matthew Laurance (Mr. Stark), Andrew Wheeler (), Peter Yunker (), Cheryl Wilson (Cynthia), Deshka Peneff (Janice), Phillip Mitchell (Mugger), Jim Swansburg (Man), Benz Antoine (Security Guard #1), Rob Daprocida (Security Guard #2)

The Story : A suicidal loser is transported to the world of a more successful version of himself to kill their homicidal variation.

Original title : In the Zone
First Aired : 20.02.1998 (USA) 09.10.1998 (FRANCE)
Director : David Warry-Smith
Writing credits : Naren Shankar From a Story by Jon Povill
Cast : Adrian Pasdar (Tanner Brooks), Claudette Mink (Jessica Brooks), Dwight McFee (), Pat Morita (Michael Chen), Rick Ravanello (Marcus), Douglas Smith (Kid), Paul Carson (Reporter #1), Catherine Swing (Reporter #2), Lori Fetrick (Helen)

The Story : An aging athlete undergoes treatments that speedup his reflexes and inadvertently enters an alternate time continuum.

Original title : Relativity Theory
First Aired : 27.02.1998 (USA) 18.12.1999 (FRANCE)
Director : Ken Girotti
Writing credits : Carleton Eastlake
Cast : Melissa Gilbert (Teresa Janovitch), Jeremy Ratchford (Sergeant Adam Sears), Tim Guinee (Corporal Charles Pendelton), Hiro Kanagawa (Tally), Michael Kopsa (Commander Ivers), Robert Lewis (Jake Sternlight), Mary Ann Skoll (Judith Mason), Doug Jones (Elder Alien), EG Mahan (Wounded Alien)

The Story : A survey team in search of resources depleted on Earth come upon a planet which sensors say has no intelligent life but is rich in minerals. They soon find out otherwise.

Original title : Josh
First Aired : 06.03.1998 (USA) 25.12.1999 (FRANCE)
Director : Jorge Montesi
Writing credits : Chris Ruppenthal
Cast : Alex McArthur (Josh Butler), Kate Vernon (Judy Warren), Grant Heslov (), Fulvio Cecere (), Larry Musser (Major Samuel Harbeck), Scott Hylands (Colonel Roger Tennent), Joe Pascual (Lieutenant Marquez), Caroline Elliot (Allison James), Allixandria East (Sarah James), Jon Raitt (Gordon Huntmeyer), Edward Evanko (Preacher)

The Story : A TV reporter tries to get a story from a man who seems to have mysterious powers. After the military becomes involved she takes even more of an interest.

Original title : Rite of Passage
First Aired : 13.03.1998 (USA) 13.11.1998 (FRANCE)
Director : Jimmy Kaufman
Writing credits : Chris Dickie
Cast : Jimmy Marsden (), Emmanuelle Vaugier (), Camille Mitchell (), Boyan Vukelic (Roan), Crystal Cass (K’ren), Mark Gibbon (Male Vorak)

The Story : Two sheltered teens rebel against their alien parental figures when their baby is taken from them.

Original title : Glyphic
First Aired : 20.03.1998 (USA) 08.01.2000 (FRANCE)
Director : Catherine O'Hara
Writing credits : Naren Shankar
Cast : Rachael Leigh Cook (Cassie Boussard), Peter Flemming (Tom Young), Tom McBeath (), Robin Duke (), Tom Heaton (), Lane Smith (Dr. Malcolm Boussard), Brad Swaille (Louis Boussard), Shannon Beaty (Young Cassie), Ryan DeEoer (Young Louis), Jonathon Young (Billy), Constance Barnes (Doctor), Heather Chopko (Receptionist)

The Story : A health official visits a town where a mysterious plague killed many of the children 12 years earlier.

Original title : Identity Crisis
First Aired : 27.03.1998 (USA) 22.01.2000 (FRANCE)
Director : Brad Turner
Writing credits : James Crocker
Cast : Lou Diamond Phillips (Captain Cotter McCoy), Robert Joy (Dr. Greg Olander), Scott Kraft (Colonel Pete Butler), Dale Wilson (General Langston Chase), Teri Polo (Sally McCoy), John McConnach (Commando), Awaovieyi Agie (Guard)

The Story : Some experiments are being done where a man's mind and brain functions are transfered into an android for short periods of time. Then during one of these times the man's body is killed.

Original title : The Vaccine
First Aired : 03.04.1998 (USA) 15.01.2000 (FRANCE)
Director : Neill Fearnley
Writing credits : Brad Wright
Cast : Maria Conchita Alonso (Marie Alexander), Lane Gates (Harry Andrews), Brent David Fraser (Graham), Biski Gugushe (), Eric Keenleyside (), Jay Brazeau (Bernard Katz), Megan Leitch (Barb), Joy Coghill (), Jason Gaffney (Kirk), Laurie Murdoch (Lawrence), Michael Buie (Soldier), Joanna Piros (News Anchor), Claire Riley (Dr. Egan)

The Story : A genetically engineered doomsday virus kills much of the Earth's population. A vaccine is delivered to 12 quarantined survivors but there is only enough to save 3 of them.

Original title : Fear Itself
First Aired : 19.01.1998 (USA) 29.01.2000 (FRANCE)
Director : James Head
Writing credits : Sam Egan
Cast : Ayre Gross (Bernard Selden), Tanya Allen (Lisa), Lorena Gale (), Benjamin Ratner (), Alex Diakun (Mr. Wilkes), Jeffrey De Munn (Dr. Adam Pike), Eric Schneider (Dr. Osgoode), Althea McAdam (Woman), Matthew Prior (Boy), Darren Moore (Gangmember), Michael Cram (McKenna), Howard Siegel (Superintendent), Max Peters (Young Bernard), Jim Smith (Orphanage Caretaker)

The Story : A man's brain is transformed into a psychic weapon while he's being treated for crippling phobias stemming from a childhood trauma.

Original title : The Joining
First Aired : 17.04.1998 (USA) 05.02.2000 (FRANCE)
Director : Brad Turner
Writing credits : Sam Egan From a Story by Sam Egan, Jonathan Glassner & Brad Wright
Cast : C. Thomas Howell (Captain Miles Davidow), Amanda Tapping (Commander Kate Girard), Jim Byrnes (Gary Latimer), Linda Darlow (Dr. Thuragood), Jeffrey Jones (Dr. Scott Perkins), Michael Tiernan (Major Braithwaite), Alvin Sanders (Chaplan)

The Story : In order to survive the atmosphere following a global disaster, a NASA scientist merges his DNA with life forms on Venus.

Original title : To Tell the Truth
First Aired : 24.04.1998 (USA) 01.04.2000 (FRANCE)
Director : Mario Azzopardi
Writing credits : Lawrence Meyers
Cast : Gregory Harrison (Dr. Larry Chambers), Kim Huffman (Amanda Harper), Alan Scarfe (Montgomery Bennett), Ken Pogue (Ian Harper), William Atherton (Franklin Murdock), David Allan Pearson (Stanley Fenton), Marcy Goldberg (Council Member Roark), Doug Jones (Alien #1), Eg Mahan (Alien #2)

The Story : A discredited scientist tries to convince colonists to evacuate their planet before they're destroyed by radiation.

Original title : Mary 25
First Aired : 29.05.1998 (USA) 12.02.2000 (FRANCE)
Director : James Head
Writing credits : Jonathan Glassner
Cast : Cynthia Geary (Teryl Bouton), Tom Butler (Charlie Bouton), Michael Shanks (Melburn Ross), Sophia Shinas (Mary 25), Britt McKillip (Brook Bouton), Matthew Prior (Brabdon Bouton), Patrica Mayen Salaxar (Carmen Ortega), Paula Shaw (Mrs. Janus), Ian Robison (Grant Kildale)

The Story : Inventor Charlie Bouton is determined to sell his newest creation, a robotic nanny, but is having a difficult time convincing influential corporate leaders of its potential success. Because of the former Valerie 23 fiasco they greet Mary 25 with a great deal of skepticism. Charlie decides to use his own children to prove Mary's capabilities.
Note : This was a sequel to Valerie 23 and included a few short clips from that episode.

Original title : Final Exam
First Aired : 26.06.1998 (USA) 19.02.2000 (FRANCE)
Director : Mario Azzopardi
Writing credits : Carleton Eastlake
Cast : Brett Cullen (Dr. James Martin), Peter Stebbings (Seth Toddman), Stellina Rusich (Sharon Martin), Kevin Tighe (General), Michael St.John Smith (Dean Irwin), Andrew McIlroy (Hal Kaplan), Garvin Cross (Lieutenant Jackson), Darcy Kirkpatrick (Communications Officer), Chris Nelson Norris (Captain Litvak), Derek Peakman (Professor Wylie), Kyra Azzopardi (Kate Martin), Gary Hetherington (Chief Davis), Bob Dawson (Mr. Walker), Sharon Alexander (Girl Hostage), Brennan Elliot (Tom), John Innes (Teacher), Derek Lowe (Student)

The Story : A student genius threatens to destroy millions of people with a cold fusion bomb. His demands on the government are to murder his enemies: a couple of cruel foster parents, corrupt professors, and a mean librarian.

Original title : Lithia
First Aired : 03.07.1998 (USA) 23.03.2000 (FRANCE)
Director : Helen Shaver
Writing credits : Sam Egan
Cast : David Keith (Major Jason Mercer), Claire Rankin (Ariel), Nadia Capone (Miranda), Kirsten Williamson (Pele), Camille Mitchell (), Julie Harris (Hera), Katie Stuart (Phoebe), Karin Konoval (Sarah), Beverley Elliot (Celeste), Jenny-Lynn Hutcheson (Nomi), Julie Bond (Pontella), Michelle Hart (Enya), Nadia Leigh Nascimento (Elysse)

The Story : A cryogenically frozen man awakens after 40 years to discover Earth is inhabited only by women.

Original title : Monster
First Aired : 10.07.1998 (USA) 15.04.2000 (FRANCE)
Director : Allan Eastman
Writing credits : Chris Ruppenthal
Cast : Harry Hamlin (Ford Maddox), Nicole deBoer (Rachel Sanders), Aaron Pearl (Roger Beckersly), Bridget O’Sullivan (Louise McDonnaugh), Robert Guillaume (Mr. Brown), David Lloyd Austin (Mistolav Krupchik), Ronald Selmour (Colonel Kikongo), Nicholas Harrison (Head of Security), Sean Millington (Delta #1 Leader), Michael Brynjolfson (Delta #2 Leader), Scott Swanson (General Baker), Richard Leacock (Dairy Guard)

The Story : The CIA experiments to use telekinesis as an assassination tool.

Original title : Sarcophagus
First Aired : 07.08.1998 (USA) 08.04.2000 (FRANCE)
Director : Jeff Woolnough
Writing credits : Bill Froehlich
Cast : Lisa Zane (Natalie Grainger), David Cubitt (Curtis Grainger), Peter Wilds (), Eli Gabay (), Robert Picardo (Emmet Harley), Doug Jones (Alien/Alien Doctor), Patricia Dahlquist (Doctor)

The Story : An Alaskan archeological team discovers what appears to be a burial mound containig an alien remains.
Note : This episode was dedicated to the memory of Michael Blacklock. He did special effects in the new Outer Limits and other shows.

Original title : Nightmare
First Aired : 14.08.1998 (USA) 22.04.2000 (FRANCE)
Director : James Head
Writing credits : Sam Egan From a Story by Sam Egan, Tracy Torme & Joseph Stefano
Cast : Steven Bauer (Sergeant Waylon Dumar), Maurice Dean Wint (Captain Robert R. Kimbro), Kerry Sandomirsky (Kristen Ann O'Keefe), Brandy Ledford (Dr. Elayna Chomski), Cameron Graham (Lieutenant Christopher Valentine), Garry Chalk (General), Robin Shou (Major Ronald Naguchi), Danny Wattley (Dennis Cameron), Adam Harrington (Billy Valentine), Eric Schneider (The Voice), Chantal Strand (Young Girl)

The Story : A voice plays a deadly game of interrogation when aliens capture a military cruiser.
Note : This episode was dedicated to the memory of Leslie Stevens who died April 24, 1998. He was an executive producer and director of the original Outer Limits. As the credits indicate, this episode was another one adapted from the original series.

Original title : Promised Land
First Aired : 21.08.1998 (USA) 29.04.2000 (FRANCE)
Director : Neill Fearnley
Writing credits : Brad Markowitz From a Story by Brad Markowitz & Brad Wright
Cast : Caroline Goodall (Rebecca), Joseph Kell (David), Susan Hogan (), Rene Auberjonois (Dlavan), Jessica Harmon (Tali), Jane Sowerby (Ruth), Lanchlan Murdoch (Ma’al), Paul Magel (Caleb), Kristian Ayre (T’sha), John Tench (Alex), Devin Drewitz (Isaac)

The Story : A family of aliens try to protect their food and farm from a group of hostile humans.
Note : This episode picks up where The Camp left off.

Original title : The Balance of Nature
First Aired : 04.09.1998 (USA) 06.05.2000 (FRANCE)
Director : Steve Johnson
Writing credits : Derek Lowe
Cast : Maurice Godin (Dr. Noah Phillips), Harve Presnell (Greg Matheson), Lisa Maris (Meredith Phillips), Fiona Loewi (Young Barbara Matheson), Andrew Airlee (Dr. Don Kingsly), Barbara Rush (Barbara Matheson)

The Story : A doctor develops the technology to reverse aging and disease.
Note : Barbara Rush was in the original Outer Limits episode The Forms Of Things Unknown. This episode was written by an independent writer and was Derek's first TV script produced. His original title was Picture Perfect Family which after some re-writes became Best Years of My Life then ended up as Balance of Nature. Derek also does acting and had a small part in Final Exam but his part was cut from the final cut of the episode even though he was still credited for it.

Original title : The Origin of Species
First Aired : 19.01.1998 (USA) 13.05.2000 (FRANCE)
Director : Brad Turner
Writing credits : Naren Shankar From a Story by Jonathan Glassner & Naren Shankar
Cast : Ryan Reynolds (Paul Nodel), Kathleen DuBorg (Hope), William de Vry (Ben), Tara Spencer-Nairn (Heather), Kirby Morrow (), Claire Lipinskie (), Terri Lynn Ibisoglu (), Silvio Pollio (), Ron Rifkin (Dr. Eric Nodel)

The Story : Dr. Ira Nodel has his body altered to communicate with aliens who have seeded Earth with their genetic material. He is joined on an alien spaceship by son Paul, Paul's girlfriend, and six students. When Dr. Nodel touches a glowing post in the ship's control room, both he and Paul are consumed by a mysterious light. Then the students start disappearing two by two.
Note : This episode is a sequal to Double Helix.

Original title : Phobos Rising
First Aired : 04.12.1998 (USA) 20.05.2000 (FRANCE)
Director : Helen Shaver
Writing credits : Garth Gerald Wilson
Cast : Adam Baldwin (Major James Bowen), Barbara Eve Harris (Colonel Samantha Elliot), Gordon Currie (), Kevin McNulty (), Joan Chen (Major Dara Talif), Jennifer Copping (Corporal Harrier), Robert Luft (Corporal Edwards), Mina E. Mina (Colonel Paz), Brendan Stitchman (Private Juanas), Winston Brown (Sergeant Nichols), Rob Freeman (Captain Rosen), Daryl Scheelar (Sergeant Laughton)

The Story : Soldiers on Mars fear an explosion on Earth marks the end of a long truce between opposing alliances.
Note : This is the first episode to air in syndication before on Showtime.

Original title : Black Box
First Aired : 11.12.1998 (USA) 02.01.2001 (FRANCE)
Director : Steven Weber
Writing credits : Brad Markowitz
Cast : Ron Perlman (Lieutenant Colonel Brandon Grace), Maria Del Mar (Jennifer Rigny), Chris Mulkey (Mike), Michael David Simms (Ed), Belinda Metz (Karen), Peter DeLuise (Cop), Julie Patzwald (Cammi), Terence Kelly (), Julie Fitzgerald (Penny), Nancy Kerr (Dr. Allensworth), Donna Lucas (Hornet)

The Story : A missing package contains powerful secrets, and everyone wants a piece of the action.

Original title : In Our Own Image
First Aired : 18.12.1998 (USA) 02.01.2001 (FRANCE)
Director : Steve Anker
Writing credits : Naren Shankar, Carleton Eastlake, Chris Ruppenthal, Brad Markowitz From a Story by Naren Shankar
Cast : Nana Visitor (Celia Fairman), Nicholas Lea (Mac 27), Timothy Webber (Martin Nash), Bill Dow (Dr. Keeler), Tim O’Halloran (Security Chief), Dana Pemberton (Security Guard), John Wardlow (Dr. Blake)

The Story : A woman abducted by an escaped android gets a crash course in robot repairs.
Note : This episode had excerpts from Bits of Love, Valerie 23, Identity Crisis, and The Camp.