The Outer Limits
The Outer Limits
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The Outer Limits

7.7 / 10
1995
7 seasons
153 episodes
DramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

Anthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements that were often tied together during season-finale clip shows.

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Seasons

  • The Sandkings

    1.The Sandkings

    6.5
    26-03-199593m

    Scientist Simon Kress finds himself the master of a colony of Sandkings -- creatures from Mars that look like insects, but have the intelligence of much higher beings.

  • Valerie 23

    2.Valerie 23

    6.1
    31-03-199545m

    Frank Hellner, a lonely paraplegic, takes part in a top-secret project -- allowing an "inorganic human," or robot named Valerie, to be his companion for a week. The experiment goes...

  • Blood Brothers

    3.Blood Brothers

    5.9
    07-04-199545m

    Two diametrically opposed brothers, wrestle for control of a million-dollar pharmaceutical company. A vaccine that could hold the secret to eternal life, becomes the object of the...

  • The Second Soul

    4.The Second Soul

    5.2
    14-04-199545m

    Man's first encounter with beings from another planet -- the N'Tal -- appears to be a mutually rewarding arrangement. But a leery doctor/scientist must decide whether the N'Tal are...

  • White Light Fever

    5.White Light Fever

    4.8
    21-04-199545m

    An experiment at St. Peter's Hospital threatens nature's order of existence, when billionaire Harlan Hawkes pays a brilliant cardiologist, Dr. "Mac" McEnerney to help him cheat dea...

  • The Choice

    6.The Choice

    5.6
    28-04-199545m

    A young girl with strange, supernatural powers is shunned by her friends, but welcomed by a nanny with similar gifts, while her parents must decide what's ultimately best for their...

  • Virtual Future

    7.Virtual Future

    5.2
    05-05-199545m

    A brilliant young scientist discovers a way to see the future, but gets caught up in a billionaire's ambitious political schemes, and must alter the future to save his own life.

  • Living Hell

    8.Living Hell

    5.9
    12-05-199545m

    Ben Kohler's life is saved after having an experimental chip implanted in his brain, but when he starts seeing and experiencing violent images, it becomes clear something is desper...

  • Corner of the Eye

    9.Corner of the Eye

    5.4
    19-05-199545m

    A disillusioned priest is given healing power by aliens who use him as they attempt to save their own planet by destroying all human life.

  • Under the Bed

    10.Under the Bed

    5.3
    26-05-199545m

    When a little boy is abducted the only witness, his sister, claims that someone or something under the bed took him.

  • Dark Matters

    11.Dark Matters

    6.3
    02-06-199545m

    Dropped out of hyperspace by a mysterious chunk of dark matter, Pilot Paul Stein must save the transport vessel by facing his past and ultimately trusting his own decisions.

  • The Conversion

    12.The Conversion

    7.3
    09-06-199545m

    Henry Marshall is a greedy man who has paid for his greed with a prison sentence but has yet to learn his lesson. His life abruptly changes when he encounters visitors from another...

  • Quality of Mercy

    13.Quality of Mercy

    6.9
    16-06-199545m

    Major John Skokes is taken prisoner by the enemy during a savage galactic war and a seemingly undefeatable alien race. The tension increases when his cellmate, a cadet named Pri, i...

  • The New Breed

    14.The New Breed

    6.8
    23-06-199545m

    The discovery of a gifted scientist falls into the wrong hands, bringing what at first appears to be a lifesaving miracle, but ultimately the untimely death of his closest friend.

  • The Voyage Home

    15.The Voyage Home

    6.9
    30-06-199545m

    When an astronaut returning from Mars discovers an alien aboard ship, he must face the loss of his shipmates, and make the ultimate sacrifice in order to prevent the alien from rea...

  • Caught in the Act

    16.Caught in the Act

    5.2
    01-07-199545m

    A chaste co-ed is enveloped by a strange power that gives her an insatiable sexual appetite, which is perpetuated by encounters with consenting men who, after making physical conta...

  • The Message

    17.The Message

    6.7
    16-07-199545m

    A deaf woman with a transplanted device, which is supposed to enable her to hear, turns into a transmitter for aliens, who are crying for help.

  • I, Robot

    18.I, Robot

    6.3
    23-07-199545m

    Adam, a powerful robot, kills his creator when the scientist attempts to convert him into a military killing machine by destroying his more human qualities.

  • If These Walls Could Talk

    19.If These Walls Could Talk

    5.2
    30-07-199545m

    Levi Mitchell, a physicist and skeptic, meets Lynda Tillman, a woman whose strength and faith help him unravel the mystery of a haunted house.

  • Birthright

    20.Birthright

    7.2
    13-08-199545m

    An environmentally-friendly U.S. Senator's life changes drastically after a freak accident, when he realizes he's actually an alien in disguise, with a "mission" to surreptitiously...

  • The Voice of Reason

    21.The Voice of Reason

    4.8
    20-08-199545m

    A civilian with strong ties to the military tries desperately to use concrete evidence to convince a high level committee that alien forces are trying to overcome the human race.

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