The Outer Limits

(The Outer Limits)

 Season 5

22 Episodes

Episodes from the fifth season

89 - ALIEN RADIO

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Original title : Alien Radio
First Aired : 22.01.1999 (USA) 22.01.2003 (FRANCE)
Director : Neill Fearnley
Writing credits : A.L. Katz
Cast : Joe Pantoliano (Stan Harbinger), Leslie Hope (Darcy Kipling), Malcolm Stewart (Phil Krepuski), Alex Diakun (Moses Saxon), Barry Levy (Jules Mason), Eric Keenleyside (Friedkin), Cynthia Nixon (Trudy), Daryl Shuttleworth (Burns), Allan Zinyk (Eldon DeVries), Charles Payne (McCoy), Kasper Michaels (Bartender), Nancy Sivak (Eldon’s Wife), Klodyne Rodney (Reporter), Clay St. Thomas (Reporter), Federico Cervantes III (Alien)


The Story : An outrageous radio talk show host becomes the target of UFO believers.
Note : This might have originally been titled Dead Air.

90 - DONOR

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Original title : Donor
First Aired : 29.01.1999 (USA) 22.01.2003 (FRANCE)
Director : Jimmy Kaufman
Writing credits : Sam Egan
Cast : Robert Hays (Dr. Peter Halstead), Wendel Meldrum (Renee Stuyvescent), Thomas Cavanagh (Vance Ridout), Lorraine Landry (Deirdre Laird), Chantal Conlin (Kylie Laird), Rice Honeywell (Timothy Laird), B.J. Harrison (Administrator), Kimberly Unger (Reporter #1), Verne Prior (Reporter #2), Ross Douglas (Andy Morgan)


The Story : videWhen a doctor riddled with terminal cancer receives a full-body transplant, the medical community is thrilled by the procedure's success. But there are some aftereffects which include disturbing psychic flashes of love and murder.

91 - SMALL FRIENDS

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Original title : Small Friends
First Aired : 05.02.1999 (USA) 29.01.2003 (FRANCE)
Director : Neill Fearnley
Writing credits : Tom Szollosi
Cast : Ralph Waite (Gene Morton), Richard Yearwood (Lawrence), Ingrid Torrance (Becky), Andrew Johnston (Warden Taylor), Roddy Piper (Marlon), Joel Palmer (Phillip), Marc Baur (Board Member), Dean Wray (Tito), Tim Progosh (Walter Black), Bill Croft (Gabriel), Gerry Rousseau (Jimmy), Michasha Armstrong (Policeman), Benz Antoine (Fence Guard)


The Story : A brilliant inventor who is in jail for murder is blackmailed by fellow inmates who discover his secret invention.

92 - THE GRELL

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Original title : The Grell
First Aired : 12.02.1999 (USA) 26.01.2002 (FRANCE)
Director : Jorge Montesi
Writing credits : Jeff King
Cast : Ted Shackelford (High Secretary Paul Kohler), Maurice Dean Wint (Jesha), Britt McKillip (Sara Kohler), Blair Slater (Kenny Kohler), Roger R. Cross (Lieutenant Lockhart), Marina Sirtis (Olivia Kohler), David McNally (Shak-El), Jane Spence (Female Rebel), Gerry Currie (Ep), Jake T. Roberts (Colonel Valin)


The Story : A government official's jet is shot down by rebels crashing in the wilderness. He along with his family and alien slaves must make their way back through hostile territory to civilization.

93 - THE OTHER SIDE

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Original title : The Other Side
First Aired : 19.02.1999 (USA) 02.02.2002 (FRANCE)
Director : Jeff Woolnough
Writing credits : Bruce Lacey
Cast : Ralph Macchio (Dr. Neal Eberhardt), Susannah Hoffman (Janice Claymore), Aaron Smolinski (Adam Finlay), Emmanuelle Vaugier (Lisa Dobkins), Alec Willows (Warner Oland), Anthony Ulc (Roger Bowden), Michael Sarrazin (Marty Kilgore), Trevor White (Vince Carter), Scott Swanson (Emil Dobkins), P. Lynn Johnson (Vera Dobkins)


The Story : A scientist uses what he calls the Neural Stimulation Inter-cortex Array on brain dead people to stimulate their brains to build neural pathways around the damaged areas.

94 - JOYRIDE

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Original title : Joyride
First Aired : 26.02.1999 (USA) 09.02.2002 (FRANCE)
Director : James Head
Writing credits : Sam Egan From a Story by Dan Wright, David Alexander & Sam Egan
Cast : Cliff Robertson (Colonel Ted Harris), Andrea Martin (Lil Vaughn), Mackenzie Gray (Martin Reese), Erin Daniels (), Adam Harrington (Ty Chafey), Scott Hylands (Wayne), Barry Corbin (Carlton Powers), Peter Bryant (Commander Sullivan), Pamela Perry (Madelaine Parkhurst), Gerry Currie (Young Harris), Lorena Gale (Committee Member), Peter Kelamis (Brian Wakefield), Paul Magel (Navy Frogman), Joanna Piros (Reporter #1), Kevin Hayes (Reporter #2)


The Story : An aging astronaut is given the chance to return to the point in space where a bizarre incident that ruined his personal and professional life occurred decades before. The astronaut reprograms the spaceship's flight path into this unknown zone which concerns the other passengers.

95 - THE HUMAN OPERATORS

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Original title : The Human Operators
First Aired : 12.03.1999 (USA) 16.02.2002 (FRANCE)
Director : Jeff Woolnough
Writing credits : Naren Shankar From a Story by Harlan Ellison & A.E. van Vogt
Cast : Jack Noseworthy (Man), Polly Shannon (Woman), David Kaye (Young Man), Noah Heney (Man’s Father), Malcolm McDowell (Ship)


The Story : A man enslaved by the ship on which he lives learns secrets of his family's past and how he came to be in his present entrapment. When he meets a woman of like mind, a need for freedom is kindled inside him resulting in a war between man and machine.

96 - BLANK SLATE

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Original title : Blank Slate
First Aired : 02.04.1999 (USA) 23.02.2002 (FRANCE)
Director : Lou Diamond Phillips
Writing credits : Will Dixon
Cast : Dale Midkiff (Tom Cooper), Robbi Chong (Hope Wilson), Larry Musser (Jack Parsons), Brian Jensen (Cole), Michael Tiernan (Vincent), David Palffy (Kramer), Dean McKenzie (Kellar), Carmen Aguirre (Vagrant #1), Jimmy Herman (Mickey), Jeff Burnett (Terry), Harmoni Everett (Older Paula), Chelsea Jonasson (Younger Paula), Jerry Walliser (Father), Chris Moras (Young Brother)


The Story : A man stumbles into a homeless shelter but does not who he is or why some men are chasing him. He has five vials which hold all his memories. He uses an injector to restore those memories, and with the help of Hope who runs the shelter start to piece together his identity.

97 - WHAT WILL THE NEIGHBORS THINK?

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Original title : What Will the Neighbors Think?
First Aired : 23.04.1999 (USA) 02.03.2002 (FRANCE)
Director : Helen Shaver
Writing credits : Al Katz
Cast : Jane Adams (Mona Bailey), Peter Outerbridge (Ned Bailey), Jill Teed (Tory Beth Walters), Brent Stait (Vince Baxter), April Telek (Shirley Baxter), Bruce Harwood (Miles Pendergast), Tabitha St. Germaine (Delia Pendergast), Sheila Paterson (Leona Fletcher), Rondel Reynoldson (Esme O'Brien), Woody Jeffreys (Beck Sanders), Garwin Sanford (Dom Pardo)


The Story : A woman develops the power to read her neighbors minds' and though she tries to put her ability to good use, she ends up causing chaos instead.

98 - THE SHROUD

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Original title : The Shroud
First Aired : 30.04.1999 (USA) 09.03.2002 (FRANCE)
Director : Stuart Gillard
Writing credits : Scott Peters From a Story by Pen Densham & Scott Peters
Cast : Samantha Mathis (Marie Wells), Robert Wisden (Justin Wells), Sara Botsford (Dr. Cowlings), Nathaniel DeVeaux (Roger Cress), David Ogden Stiers (Reverend Thomas Tilford), John Innes (Priest), Jennifer Sterling (Nurse), Ben Eberhard (Orderly), Luc Corbeil (Driver)


The Story : A religious order creates an embryo from DNA in the Shroud of Turin which they secretly implant into an unsuspecting young woman.

99 - RIPPER

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Original title : Ripper
First Aired : 07.05.1999 (USA) 16.03.2002 (FRANCE)
Director : Mario Azzopardi
Writing credits : Chris Ruppenthal
Cast : Cary Elwes (John York), Clare Sims (Lady Ellen), Eliza Murbach (Lady Sophie), Robert Saunders (Assistant Inspector Appleby), France Nuyen (Madam Li Yu), Frances Fisher (Lady Julia), David Warner (Inspector Harold Langford), Deni DeLory (Annie Chapman), Marnie Alton (Lizzie Stride), Colin Skinner (Worthington), Scott Elam (Lord Reston), Mary Ann Skoll (Mary Jane Kelly), Candice Connelly (Woman in Cream Dress), Brian Linds (Reporter), Danielle Ayotte (Newsboy), Jim Boardman (Wickett), Marie-Sophie Girard (Young Prostitute), Bonnie Catterson (Blonde Woman), Carmen Casanova (Street Prostitute #1), Janet Funk (Street Prostitute #2), Maya Chang (Street Prostitute #3)


The Story : A Victorian doctor searches for Jack the Ripper which he thinks is some type of creature.

100 - TRIBUNAL

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Original title : Tribunal
First Aired : 23.01.1999 (USA) 27.04.2002 (FRANCE)
Director : Mario Azzopardi
Writing credits : Sam Egan
Cast : Saul Rubinek (Aaron Zgierski), Alex Diakun (Prentice), Alex Zahara (Rademacher), Peter Boretski (Leon Zgierski), Jan Rubeš (Robert Greene), Lindsay Crouse (Gwen Sawyer), Roman Danylo (Young Leon Zgierski), Holly Ferguson (Miriam), Kyra Azzopardi (Hannah), Robert Weiss (Guard), Apollonia Vanova (Female Prisoner), Vince Walker (Prisoner), Sue Astley (Grace)


The Story : A mysterious time traveler helps the son of a concentration camp survivor bring a war criminal to justice.
Note : If the episodes are counted as TV hours this is considered the 100th episode. At the end the episode was this note by Sam Egan: Dedicated to my father who survived Auschwitz... and to his wife and daughter who did not.

101 - SUMMIT

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Original title : Summit
First Aired : 21.05.1999 (USA) 30.03.2002 (FRANCE)
Director : James Head
Writing credits : Scott Peters
Cast : Marcia Cross (Kate Woods), Michael Ironside (Ambassador Prosser), Andrew Airlie (Jonathan Morris), Jonathan Walker (Brent Secor), Kevin Conway (), John Spencer (Colonel Thurman), Eric Schneider (High Commander Reese), David Adams (Desmond Shiff), Campbell Lane (Noel Bachman), Darryl Scheelar (Gorum), Matthew Prior (Todd Woods)


The Story : Doomsday is imminent when violence breaks out between Earth inhabitants and humanoids on the planet Dregocia.

102 - DESCENT

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Original title : Descent
First Aired : 25.06.1999 (USA) 06.04.2002 (FRANCE)
Director : Steve Anker
Writing credits : Erik Saltzgaber
Cast : Leland Orser (Arthur Zeller), Jenny Levine (Laura White), Greg Thirloway (Dr. Jim Feind), John Novak (Professor Martin Standfield), Frank C. Turner (Mikulak), Benita Ha (Cute Lab Technician), John Bear Curtis (Bum), Robyn Driscoll (Detective), David Neale (Security Guard)


The Story : A mild-mannered professor becomes bold and powerful after he injects himself with primitive DNA.

103 - THE HAVEN

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Original title : The Haven
First Aired : 02.07.1999 (USA) 13.04.2002 (FRANCE)
Director : Jimmy Kaufman
Writing credits : James Crocker
Cast : Chris Eigeman (Caleb Vance), Torri Higginson (Alyssa Selwyn), Kim Hawthorne (Morgan Winters), Jody Racicot (Oren Edgar), Gerard Plunkett (George), Brenda McDonald (Mrs. Eikenberry), Madeline Elder (Self-Centered Woman)


The Story : When a high-tech building malfunctions, previously isolated neighbors are forced to work together.

104 - DEJA VU

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Original title : Deja Vu
First Aired : 09.07.1999 (USA) 20.04.2002 (FRANCE)
Director : Brian Giddens
Writing credits : A.L. Katz & Naren Shankar
Cast : Kevin Nealon (Dr. Mark Crest), Terri Hawkes (Dr. Cleo Lazar), Jennifer Copping (Julie Alger), David Lewis (Oakridge), Ronny Cox (Lieutenant Colonel Lester Glade), Dean Marshall (Corporal Hanford), Angela Moore (Rutherford)


The Story : During tests to open a wormhole, a scientist is caught in a time loop and he suspects sabotage.

105 - THE INHERITORS

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Original title : The Inheritors
First Aired : 16.07.1999 (USA) 23.03.2002 (FRANCE)
Director : Mike Rohl
Writing credits : Sam Egan From a Story by Sam Neuman, Seeleg Lester & Ed Adamson
Cast : Tom Irwin (Dr. Ian Michaels), Nicholas Lea (Jacob Hardy), Stacy Grant (Kara Delaney), Don MacKay (Ollie Gibb), Sarah-Jane Redmond (Kelly Risely), Michael Kopsa (Curtis Sawyer), Bill Smitrovich (Lieutenant Joseph Dane), Corrine Koslo (Abby), Rachel Victoria (Shana), Michael St. John Smith (Angus Wheaton), Ron Small (Harold Sanborn), Nicole Robert (Librarian), Betty Linde (Helen Darnell), Candus Churchill (Nurse), Maya Massar (Daria Michaels)


The Story : A projectile from a meteorite strikes a man in the head. He is taken to the emergency room where he is pronounced dead. A short time later he suddenly comes to life.
Note : As the credits indicate this was a remake of an original series episode of the same name.

106 - ESSENCE OF LIFE

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Original title : Essence of Life
First Aired : 23.07.1999 (USA) 04.05.2002 (FRANCE)
Director : Brad Turner
Writing credits : Scott Peters From a Story by Steven Weber & Scott Peters
Cast : Daniel Baldwin (Dan Kagan), Jessica Steen (Stephanie Sawyer), Robert Moloney (Agent Pinter), Daphne Zuniga (Juliette Kagan), Joel Grey (Dr. Nathan Seward), Doris Chillcott (Mrs. Westbrook), Ron Halder (George White), John Moore (Butler), Benz Antoine (Sergeant), David Glyn-Jones (Mr. Westbrook), Kristina Matisic (Newscaster), Kyle Darling (Agent)


The Story : Assigned to catch a doctor who traffics in a substance that brings back the dead, an agent tries it himself.

107 - STRANDED

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Original title : Stranded
First Aired : 30.07.1999 (USA) 11.05.2002 (FRANCE)
Director : Steve Anker
Writing credits : Tom Szollosi From a Story by Chris Ruppenthal, Naren Shankar & Tom Szollosi
Cast : Adam Hann-Byrd (Kevin Buchannon), Chris Potter (Captain Turner), Lynda Boyd (Danielle Buchanan), Myles Ferguson (Brad), Daniel Hugh Kelly (Alex Buchanan), David Koff (Josh Buchanan), Will Sanderson (Nelson Tyler), Daniella Evangelista (Cindy Parker), Chris Wilding (Mean Kid #1), Jonathan Ndukwe (Mean Kid #2), Sal Sortino (Janitor)


The Story : A young boy, neglected by his own father, finds comfort in an alien who has crash-landed on earth.

108 - FATHERS & SONS

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Original title : Fathers & Sons
First Aired : 06.08.1999 (USA) 18.05.2002 (FRANCE)
Director : Michael Robison
Writing credits : A.L. Katz & Scott Nimerfro From a Story by William Mikulak & A.L. Katz
Cast : Eugene Bird (Ronnie Dell), Anthony Sherwood (Hank Dell), Julie Patzwald (Tara Venatter), Bob Morrisey (Dr. Benton Adle), Lesley Ewen (), Peter Williams (Chili Wayne), Bill Cobbs (Joe “Madman” Dell), Eleana Johnson (Edna Vanatter), Duane Keogh (Roger Nygard), Maria Louisa Figura (Inga), Matthew Harrison (Orderly), Tom Pickett (Security Guard), Barbara Dyke (Woman)


The Story : A man decides to put his father in an old folks home. After the father starts to forget things his grandson begins to suspect something is going on at the home.

109 - STAR CROSSED

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Original title : Star Crossed
First Aired : 13.08.1999 (USA) 25.05.2002 (FRANCE)
Director : Helen Shaver
Writing credits : Chris Ruppenthal
Cast : Angeline Ball (Cass Trenton), Nathan Fillion (Michael Ryan), Justin Louis (Winston Meyerburg), Robbi Chong (Teresita Arboleda), Natasha Vasiluk (Alexandra Nevsky), Zoran (Hector), Derek De Lint (High Centurion Sulat Ray), Jim Shield (Duro), Ian Marsh (Hing Centurion), Ian Brown (Innocuous Man), Stuart O’Connell (Hing Soldier)


The Story : In 2050 a war was fought between aliens and earthmen. An agreement was reached where the aliens retained control of the land they all ready won. It was not an easy truce especially in the city of Angel.

110 - BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME

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Original title : Better Luck Next Time
First Aired : 20.08.1999 (USA) 01.06.2002 (FRANCE)
Director : Martin Cummins
Writing credits : Naren Shankar
Cast : Megan Gallagher (Detective Terry Russo), Michael Riley (Gerard), Gillian Barber (), Kate Twa (), William McNamara (Kimble), Nicholas Campbell (Detective Frank Daniels), Benz Antoine (LaRue)


The Story : At a crime scene police find two men dead. The only suspect claims one of the men shot the other and then shot himself.
Note : The excerpts were from Ripper, Heart's Desire, A Stitch In Time, and Living Hell.