The Outer Limits (1963–1965)

1. S01E01The Galaxy BeingSeptember 16, 1963 7.0A radio station engineer named Allan Maxwell establishes contact with an alien being. But when the station's power is turned up, the alien i
2. S01E02The Hundred Days of the DragonSeptember 23, 1963 6.8A sinister foreign power replaces the President of the United States with its own agent via the use of a powerful drug allowing the skin to
3. S01E03The Architects of FearSeptember 30, 1963 7.0A noble scheme goes horribly awry when a group of scientists plan an elaborate hoax designed to frighten and ultimately unite humankind.
4. S01E04The Man with the PowerOctober 7, 1963 7.0A radical experiment gives a college professor incredible power, which his subconcious mind uses to destroy his enemies.
5. S01E05The Sixth FingerOctober 14, 1963 7.7A scientist discovers a way to speed up evolution and tries out the process on a simple miner.
6. S01E06The Man Who Was Never BornOctober 28, 1963 6.9An astronaut travels to the 23rd Century, where he finds the Earth a blasted wasteland inhabited by monsters.
7. S01E07O.B.I.T.November 4, 1963 5.0A new invention allows spying on anyone, anywhere.
8. S01E08The Human FactorNovember 11, 1963 6.7At a military base far in the arctic, a man invents a machine which allows two minds to contact one another. An earthquake causes a malfunct
9. S01E09Corpus EarthlingNovember 18, 1963 6.7A man with a steel plate in his head overhears conversations about global conquest. But where are the voices coming from?
10. S01E10NightmareDecember 2, 1963 7.0In a war action with the planet Ebon, some soldiers are captured, interrogated and tortured.
11. S01E11It Crawled Out of the WoodworkDecember 9, 1963 6.0An incredible being made of pure energy imperils the staff of a research lab and hides a deadly secret.
12. S01E12The BorderlandDecember 16, 1963 5.5A scientist named Ian Fraser invents a machine which can pierce the borderland between this world and... The Afterlife? Maybe. Fraser convin
13. S01E13Tourist AttractionDecember 23, 1963 6.3In a South American country a group of explorers discover a prehistoric monster in an ancient lake. The discovery leads them into conflict w
14. S01E14The Zanti MisfitsDecember 30, 1963 6.8Exiles from the planet Zanti arrive on Earth, and a startling truth is uncovered when two human renegades invade their privacy.
15. S01E15The MiceJanuary 6, 1964 5.5A convict serving a life sentence finds that he has an alternative: change places with an alien.
16. S01E16Controlled ExperimentJanuary 13, 1964 6.3Two Martian investigators probe our custom of homicide.
17. S01E17Don't Open Till DoomsdayJanuary 20, 1964 5.0A young couple's honeymoon is cut short by the horrifying contents of a mysterious box.
18. S01E18Season's bestZZZZZJanuary 27, 1964 8.2A queen bee assumes a human appearance in order to make an unwary scientist into her new mate.
19. S01E19The InvisiblesFebruary 3, 1964 5.0A government agent infiltrates a secret criminal organization that uses alien parasites to control its members.
20. S01E20The Bellero ShieldFebruary 10, 1964 7.0A scientist captures an alien that can protect itself with an unbreakable shield.
21. S01E21The Children of Spider CountyFebruary 17, 1964 5.0Four scientists disappear in one day. All were born in the same county, on the same day. A fifth scientist is in jail and a federal agent is
22. S01E22Specimen: UnknownFebruary 24, 1964 6.0Scientists on a space station discover an unusual and dangerous plant.
23. S01E23Second ChanceMarch 2, 1964 7.5A group of people board an amusement park ride. Then they (and their surprised "captain") find that they're really going on a space jaunt.
24. S01E24MoonstoneMarch 9, 1964 7.0Workers on a moon base find a mysterious rock that appears to be alive.
25. S01E25The MutantMarch 16, 1964 5.0A radioactive rainstorm at a scientific base on a distant planet mutates a scientist driving him insane and making him telepathic.
26. S01E26The GuestsMarch 23, 1964 6.0After discovering an elderly man dying by the side of the road, a young man finds a strange house where some people are kept prisoner and ag
27. S01E27Fun and GamesMarch 30, 1964 6.7Two Earth people are transported to an alien planet, along with two aliens. The are told by their abductors that they will fight each other
28. S01E28The Special OneApril 6, 1964 5.5Parents of a gifted youngster discover that their son's new tutor is not quite human.
29. S01E29A Feasibility StudyApril 13, 1964 7.5The people of Earth surprise their alien captors when an entire neighborhood is transported to another planet as part of a plan to enslave t
30. S01E30Production and Decay of Strange ParticlesApril 20, 1964 6.0An accident in a nuclear research facility opens a dimensonal doorway and allows deadly creatures to emerge.
31. S01E31The ChameleonApril 27, 1964 7.0A government agent faces a crisis of conscience when he infiltrates a band of aliens marooned aboard the wreckage of a flying saucer.
32. S01E32The Forms of Things UnknownMay 4, 1964 7.0Two women with a body in their car trunk come upon a house by chance wherein a crazed inventor has a machine that can bring back the dead.

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1. S02E01SoldierSeptember 19, 1964 8.0Two soldiers from the future are thrust back through time to the present day.
2. S02E02Cold Hands, Warm HeartSeptember 26, 1964 6.0After returning from a mission to Venus, an astronaut can't seem to stay warm enough and has strange dreams about encountering a wraith-like
3. S02E03Season's bestBehold, Eck!October 3, 1964 10.0A scientist invents a pair of glasses which enable him to see and communicate with a two dimensional being.
4. S02E04Expanding HumanOctober 10, 1964 7.0A man experimenting with conciousness expansion drugs becomes super-human and not really human at all.
5. S02E05Demon with a Glass HandOctober 17, 1964 8.2Continuance of the human race against alien invaders depends on a man with a glass hand and no memory of his past.
6. S02E06Cry of SilenceOctober 24, 1964 8.0A couple of motorists stranded in the desert are stalked by a bunch of tumbleweeds.
7. S02E07The Invisible EnemyOctober 31, 1964 5.0A manned mission to Mars is menaced by Martian creatures who swim in the planet's sandy soil.
8. S02E08Wolf 359November 7, 1964—A college professor recreates the environment of a distant planet in a lab in order to study its evolution... which happens quickly.
9. S02E09I, RobotNovember 14, 1964 8.7A robot is put on trial for the murder of his creator.
10. S02E10The Inheritors Part INovember 21, 1964 8.0After being shot in the head, a soldier gains a genius IQ and begins working fervently toward a mysterious goal.
11. S02E11The Inheritors Part IINovember 28, 1964 8.5An investigation reveals a desperate plan involving the construction of a spaceship and a group of special children.
12. S02E12Keeper of the Purple TwilightDecember 5, 1964—An alien offers his technical knowledge of how to build a ray gun in exchange for a scientist's ability to feel emotions.
13. S02E13The Duplicate ManDecember 19, 1964 5.0A man wants to capture a dangerous alien creature. Doing it himself would be way too dangerous, so he has his clone do it.
14. S02E14CounterweightDecember 26, 1964 4.0Six future astronauts are put through a simulation of a long space flight.
15. S02E15The Brain of Colonel BarhamJanuary 2, 1965 8.0A dying astronaut agrees to have his brain implanted into a robot body.
16. S02E16The PremonitionJanuary 9, 1965 3.0An out-of-control test flight traps a pilot and his wife in a slow-moving time warp, and they're not alone.
17. S02E17The ProbeJanuary 16, 1965 4.0After flying into a hurricane, the crew of a cargo plane bound for Tokyo is captured by an alien space probe.

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