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The Outer Limits — Season 1

199521 episodes6.0/10 (185 votes)

About this season

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.

Episodes (21)

The Sandkings
E1

1. The Sandkings

6.3

Aired 26 March 1995 • 93 min

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
E2

2. Valerie 23

6.1

Aired 31 March 1995 • 45 min

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 awry when Valerie, unable to control her programmed emotions, becomes jealous and threatens the life of Frank's physical therapist and close friend Rachel.

Blood Brothers
E3

3. Blood Brothers

5.9

Aired 7 April 1995 • 45 min

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 brothers' bitter struggle.

The Second Soul
E4

4. The Second Soul

5.4

Aired 14 April 1995 • 45 min

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 friend or foe.

White Light Fever
E5

5. White Light Fever

4.9

Aired 21 April 1995 • 45 min

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 death.

The Choice
E6

6. The Choice

5.7

Aired 28 April 1995 • 45 min

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 child.

Virtual Future
E7

7. Virtual Future

5.2

Aired 5 May 1995 • 45 min

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
E8

8. Living Hell

5.9

Aired 12 May 1995 • 45 min

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 desperately wrong.

Corner of the Eye
E9

9. Corner of the Eye

5.4

Aired 19 May 1995 • 45 min

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
E10

10. Under the Bed

5.3

Aired 26 May 1995 • 45 min

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

Dark Matters
E11

11. Dark Matters

6.3

Aired 2 June 1995 • 45 min

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
E12

12. The Conversion

7.5

Aired 9 June 1995 • 45 min

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 planet who instill new sense of compassion for others.

Quality of Mercy
E13

13. Quality of Mercy

6.9

Aired 16 June 1995 • 45 min

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, is being transformed into one of them. Skokes must find an escape to save his cellmate and to avoid a disturbing revelation of the course of this war.

The New Breed
E14

14. The New Breed

6.8

Aired 23 June 1995 • 45 min

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
E15

15. The Voyage Home

6.9

Aired 30 June 1995 • 45 min

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 reaching Earth.

Caught in the Act
E16

16. Caught in the Act

5.2

Aired 1 July 1995 • 45 min

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 contact, morph into her body and disappear.

The Message
E17

17. The Message

6.7

Aired 16 July 1995 • 45 min

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
E18

18. I, Robot

6.3

Aired 23 July 1995 • 45 min

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
E19

19. If These Walls Could Talk

5.2

Aired 30 July 1995 • 45 min

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
E20

20. Birthright

7.2

Aired 13 August 1995 • 45 min

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 reconfigure the earth's atmosphere.

The Voice of Reason
E21

21. The Voice of Reason

4.8

Aired 20 August 1995 • 45 min

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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