
The Outer Limits
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Like the classic 1960's series of the same name, each episode is an imaginative exploration of humanity's greatest hopes and darkest fears and include special guest appearances by Alyssa Milano, Ryan Reynolds, Rae Dawn Chong, Beau Bridges, Rebecca De Mornay and Robert Patrick. Winner of the Cable Ace Award for best Dramatic Series, this Emmy® nominated show deals with the consequences of such controversial and thought-provoking topics as genetic manipulation, alien visitation and life after death.
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- 01
Inconstant MoonWhen a lonely physics professor realizes the sun is going to burn out, he knows that he and humanity have only a few hours to live. In that time, Stan resolves to make up for lost years. He courts and proposes to Leslie, a woman he has known for two years but never dated. Leslie, although puzzled, finds herself more and more entranced by Stan until she finds out the reason for Stan's sudden attention. - 02
Dead Man's SwitchAn American soldier learns that he is one of five people around the world who are separately sealed underground for a year and are charged with preventing earth's self-destruction as the world awaits a possible invasion by aliens. - 03
The ConversionHenry 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 in him a new sense of compassion for others.
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Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01
SandkingsMarch 26, 1995When his research project is closed down, Simon Kress rescues a few of its living subjects and transplants them to a recreation of their nat - S01E02
SandkingsMarch 26, 1995When his research project is closed down, Simon Kress rescues a few of its living subjects and transplants them to a recreation of their nat - S01E03
Valerie 23March 31, 1995A disabled man is offered a prototype android companion in the form of the beautiful Valerie. But when he begins a romance with his physical - S01E04
Blood BrothersApril 7, 1995Medical researcher Dr. Spencer Deighton has discovered a formula which apparently gives a human being eternal life. When he shares his disco - S01E05
The Second SoulApril 14, 1995Man's first encounter with beings from another planet—the N'Tal—appears to be a mutually rewarding arrangement. But a leery doctor/scientist - S01E06
White Light FeverApril 21, 1995Harlan Hawkes is old—so old he must have a team of doctors and nurses in constant attendance on him to ward off death. Why is the old man so - S01E07
The ChoiceApril 28, 1995A young girl with strange, supernatural powers is shunned by her friends, but welcomed by a nanny with similar gifts, while her parents must - S01E08
Virtual FutureMay 5, 1995A brilliant young scientist discovers a way to see the future, but gets caught up in a billionaire's ambitious political schemes, and must a - S01E09
Living HellMay 12, 1995Ben Kohler's life is saved after having an experimental chip implanted in his brain, but when he starts seeing and experiencing violent imag - S01E10
Corner of the EyeMay 19, 1995A disillusioned priest is given healing power by aliens who use him as they attempt to save their own planet by destroying all human life. - S01E11
Under the BedMay 26, 1995When a little boy is abducted, the only witness, his sister, claims that someone or something under the bed took him. - S01E12
Dark MattersJune 2, 1995Dropped out of hyperspace by a mysterious chunk of dark matter, Pilot Paul Stein must save the transport vessel by facing his past and ultim - S01E13
Season's bestThe ConversionJune 9, 1995Henry 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 - S01E14
Quality of MercyJune 16, 1995Major John Skokes is taken prisoner by the enemy during a savage galactic war and a seemingly undefeatable alien race. The tension increases - S01E15
Caught in the ActJune 23, 1995A chaste co-ed is enveloped by a strange power that gives her an insatiable sexual appetite, which is perpetuated by encounters with consent - S01E16
The Voyage HomeJune 30, 1995When an astronaut returning from Mars discovers an alien aboard ship, he must face the loss of his shipmates, and make the ultimate sacrific - S01E17
The New BreedJuly 5, 1995The discovery of a gifted scientist falls into the wrong hands, bringing what at first appears to be a lifesaving miracle, but ultimately th - S01E18
The MessageJuly 16, 1995A deaf woman with a transplanted device, which is supposed to enable her to hear, turns into a transmitter for aliens, who are crying for he - S01E19
I, RobotJuly 23, 1995Adam, a powerful robot, kills his creator when the scientist attempts to convert him into a military killing machine by destroying his more - S01E20
If These Walls Could TalkJuly 30, 1995Levi Mitchell, a physicist and skeptic, meets Lynda Tillman, a woman whose strength and faith help him unravel the mystery of a haunted hous - S01E21
BirthrightAugust 13, 1995An environmentally friendly U.S. Senator's life changes drastically after a freak accident, when he realizes he's actually an alien in disgu - S01E22
The Voice of ReasonAugust 20, 1995A civilian with strong ties to the military tries desperately to use concrete evidence to convince a high level committee that alien forces
Season02
- S02E01
A Stitch in TimeJanuary 14, 1996At least 17 men have been executed in the last two decades without a clear motive, with the same gun, and Special Agent Jaimie Pratt has to - S02E02
ResurrectionJanuary 14, 1996Life on planet Earth has been wiped out by biological warfare, leaving behind only androids. Two of those androids, Martin and Alicia, have - S02E03
Unnatural SelectionJanuary 19, 1996Howard and Joanne Sharp are expecting a baby and are considering the possibility of black-market genetic enhancement which will result in a - S02E04
I Hear You CallingJanuary 26, 1996A reporter, over the phone, hears about the "removal" of a controversial author. Despite official objections she finds herself in a deadly g - S02E05
Mind Over MatterFebruary 2, 1996A doctor uses a virtual reality device that gives him direct access inside the human mind to enter the mind of a colleague that has slipped - S02E06
Beyond the VeilFebruary 9, 1996After memories of an alien abduction, Eddie Wexler finds himself at an institute where the staff makes patients with similar memories relive - S02E07
First AnniversaryFebruary 16, 1996As a husband celebrates his first wedding anniversary, he must struggle with the strange, growing revulsion he feels when he touches, smells - S02E08
Straight and NarrowFebruary 23, 1996Two students discover an academy with an outstanding reputation for taming youthful rebellion is using brain implants to create political as - S02E09
Trial by FireMarch 1, 1996The brand new President of the United States must deal with an approaching alien fleet of spaceships and determine whether to welcome them o - S02E10
Worlds ApartMarch 22, 1996An astronaut who was missing for 20 years contacts Earth from an alien planet. However, mere minutes have passed for him, and the wormhole t - S02E11
The RefugeApril 5, 1996A man walking through a snow storm suddenly finds himself at a refuge. They tell him that the entire world is covered in ice. Just as he beg - S02E12
Season's bestInconstant MoonApril 12, 1996When a lonely physics professor realizes the sun is going to burn out, he knows that he and humanity have only a few hours to live. In that - S02E13
From WithinApril 28, 1996A town is attacked after ancient parasites are unearthed affecting the brain and causing madness. Their only hope is a mentally challenged b - S02E14
The HeistMay 5, 1996While expecting a shipment of missiles, the militia receive a sealed cargo and messenger refusing to reveal what the deadly cargo is. Shortl - S02E15
AfterlifeMay 19, 1996In lieu of execution, Linden Stiles submits to a military experience where he is injected with alien DNA. Fighting to retain his humanity, h - S02E16
The DeprogrammersMay 26, 1996After the earth is conquered by aliens and programmed to be slaves, the human slave of the alien leader is kidnapped and deprogrammed by reb - S02E17
ParadiseJune 16, 1996Dr. Christina Markham has a mother suffering from Alzheimer's disease. When three apparently healthy young women age and die within hours, t - S02E18
The Light BrigadeJune 23, 1996Major Skokes returns (Quality of Mercy) to the war against the aliens. He's been stationed aboard a ship making a last ditch effort to destr - S02E19
Falling StarJune 30, 1996Pop singer Melissa McCammon is about to commit suicide, but Rachel, an ardent fan from the future, wants to save her. Later the authorities - S02E20
Out of BodyJuly 14, 1996Rebecca Warfield escapes from her body during a scientific experiment, but due to the meddling of her assistant, she is now trapped and must - S02E21
Vanishing ActJuly 21, 1996Trevor wants to celebrate New Years in style. On his way back from the store with the champagne he has an accident. When he wakes, he hitche - S02E22
The SentenceAugust 4, 1996When Dr. Jack Henson, an ambitious inventor comes up with a "virtual prison," government officials are interested in its cost efficiency. Ra
Season03Best season
- S03E01
Bits of LoveJanuary 19, 1997The last man on earth living in an underground bunker has a computerized system takes care of his every need, including providing holographi - S03E02
Second ThoughtsJanuary 19, 1997—Karl Durand is in his 30s, but he has the mind of a child. That is, until he receives a unique gift from Dr. Jacob Valerian, a dying scienti - S03E03
Re-GenerationJanuary 24, 1997—Rebecca Highfield is impregnated by Dr. Lucy Cole with the cells of her dead child, which have been cloned from his brain. - S03E04
Last SupperJanuary 31, 1997—Danny Martin falls in love with Jade, a girl from college. When he brings her home for supper, his father recognizes her as the woman he sav - S03E05
Stream of ConsciousnessFebruary 7, 1997—When a virus starts killing people hooked up neurally to a worldwide information network, the only person who can stop it is a man unable to - S03E06
Dark RainFebruary 14, 1997—With the majority of humanity unable to produce healthy children, the government wants to keep a couple's healthy newborn in order to repopu - S03E07
The CampFebruary 21, 1997—For three centuries mankind has been enslaved by a aliens and imprisoned in camps overseen by androids. One woman dares to challenge the aut - S03E08
Heart's DesireFebruary 28, 1997—An alien gives a group of diverse people alien powers. They then go on a crime spree using them. - S03E09
TempestsMarch 7, 1997—After being bitten by an alien spider, a crewman of a crashed spaceship has difficulty distinguishing between his hallucinations and reality - S03E10
The AwakeningMarch 14, 1997—A woman born with a condition that prevents her access to her feelings has a chip installed in her brain so that she can experience human em - S03E11
New LeaseMarch 21, 1997—A doctor is brought back to life using technology he and a colleague developed. He has one day to live and must decide between revenge on th - S03E12
Double HelixMarch 28, 1997Dr. Martin Nodel, a brilliant geneticist, tries a formula to advance evolution on himself with amazing and disturbing results. - S03E13
Season's bestDead Man's SwitchApril 4, 1997An American soldier learns that he is one of five people around the world who are separately sealed underground for a year and are charged w - S03E14
Music of the SpheresMay 9, 1997—A college student records what he believes to be an intelligent transmission from outer space, but when younger people are drawn to listenin - S03E15
Revelations of 'Becka PaulsonJune 6, 1997Becka Paulson accidentally shoots herself in the head, survives and suddenly becomes more intelligent. And strangely, a photo is talking to - S03E16
Bodies of EvidenceJune 20, 1997—The commander of the space station Meridian is accused of murdering the crew, however he claims that the crew were lured to their deaths by - S03E17
Feasibility StudyJuly 11, 1997The residents of a suburban neighborhood have their lives turned upside down when a four block section of their subdivision is ripped from t - S03E18
A Special EditionJuly 25, 1997—TV journalist Donald Rivers goes on the air with solid proof that the government and private defense contractors have been engaging in secre
Season04
- S04E01
Criminal NatureJanuary 23, 1998—Genetically enhanced children who grew up to become monsters are committing murders. Ray Venable has a "secret" son with GRS and injects him - S04E02
The HuntJanuary 30, 1998—Since the hunting of animals is now illegal, people now pay to hunt outdated androids who cannot fight back due to a chip which prevents the - S04E03
Hearts and MindsFebruary 6, 1998—Soldiers are on a mission to kill aliens on a distant planet to protect a mineral necessary and profitable for earth. The soldiers are injec - S04E04
In Another LifeFebruary 16, 1998—A despondent man is pulled into another dimension full of different versions of himself and is given a mission to track and kill another ver - S04E05
In the ZoneFebruary 20, 1998—Tanner Brooks has his reflexes artificially enhanced to win one last Octal tournament, which involves deadly lasers and hand-to-hand battles - S04E06
Relativity TheoryFebruary 27, 1998—A survey team searching for resources for Earth land on a promising planet which appears to be uninhabited, but who is attacking the team? - S04E07
JoshMarch 6, 1998—A reporter records a man who brings an injured girl back to life and then finds herself and the man detained at a military base and must ove - S04E08
Rite of PassageMarch 13, 1998—The birth of a child is a joyful event, but not for Shal and Brav, two young naive humans who live in a small commune in the woods. After Sh - S04E09
GlyphicMarch 20, 1998—A Government official arrives in a small town where an epidemic disease killed mostly all the children. The two surviving children of a loca - S04E10
Identity CrisisMarch 27, 1998—After the military devises a way to transfer a soldier's mind temporarily into an better android body, what do they do when the soldier's or - S04E11
The VaccineApril 3, 1998—After a doomsday cult releases a genetically engineered virus, a nurse named Marie must decide which patients under quarantine get a vaccine - S04E12
Fear ItselfApril 10, 1998—Bernard Selden has always had a paralyzing fear which is cured by isolating his brain from the fear. After recovery he finds that he can pro - S04E13
The JoiningApril 17, 1998—The sole survivor of a disaster on Venus reacts strangely to Earth's environment and when radiation is applied, he begins to manufacture dup - S04E14
To Tell the TruthApril 24, 1998—The founder of a colony on Janus Five believes that their sun will explode. However, the council chairman resists his pleas to move the colo - S04E15
Mary 25May 29, 1998—An android replaces the current nanny of a family. It is programmed to protect the children and gets involved in a romantic triangle between - S04E16
Final ExamJune 5, 1998—An ex-student returns to blow up a university with bombs he's made by cracking the secret of cold fusion, after being booted from the school - S04E17
LithiaJuly 3, 1998—Major Jason Mercer awakes from a cryogenics experiment to a primitive earth society devoid of men. His presence among these women, many of w - S04E18
MonsterJuly 10, 1998—A group of talented psychics are gathered together in an underground bunker for a military project. But then some kind of mysterious assaila - S04E19
SarcophagusAugust 7, 1998—A amber-like cocoon mass is found in an ancient burial chamber. It begins to affect a man, imprinting him with the last memories of a long s - S04E20
NightmareAugust 14, 1998—Men on a mission to deploy a doomsday device against an alien planet are captured and psychologically tortured. - S04E21
Promised LandAugust 21, 1998—On future Earth a group of alien settlers and a group of escaped human slaves battle the environment and each other. As the casualties pile - S04E22
Balance of NatureSeptember 4, 1998—Dr. Noah Phillips develops a cellular rejuvenation machine that he uses to cure his wife's cancer. When she dies shortly thereafter, he move - S04E23
The Origin of SpeciesNovember 27, 1998—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 sp - S04E24
Phobos RisingDecember 4, 1998—The Earth has suffered a planet-wide catastrophe. The crews of two rival Mars bases suspect each other of being responsible. Tensions mount - S04E25
Black BoxDecember 11, 1998—Lt. Col. Brandon Grace returns to civilian life and is haunted by memories of his previous mission; he attempts to reconcile with his estran - S04E26
In Our Own ImageDecember 18, 1998—An android that cannot kill humans and is capable of emotions, is injured and escapes from the laboratory. When he kidnaps a female technici
Season05
- S05E01
Alien RadioJanuary 22, 1999—A skeptical radio show host, who loves to shoot down his listeners, reports an alien encounter. One of his listeners, who claims to be posse - S05E02
DonorJanuary 29, 1999—With a cutting edge operation, Dr. Halstead, who should have died, gets a new lease on life. What he doesn't know is how they found such a p - S05E03
Small FriendsFebruary 5, 1999—A prisoner who fixes other prisoners' electronic devices builds a few small mechanical friends who perform mechanical tasks for him. The oth - S05E04
The GrellFebruary 12, 1999—An alien slave of the species Grell rescues his owner's family after their plane is shot down in an attack by the Grell rebellion. - S05E05
The Other SideFebruary 19, 1999—A young scientist's efforts to regenerate the minds of brain-dead patients is endangered when his own single-mindedness drives off his assis - S05E06
JoyrideFebruary 26, 1999—An American Project Mercury astronaut who had aborted his flight due to some mysterious purple lights in space has a chance to revisit the e - S05E07
The Human OperatorsMarch 12, 1999—On a ship controlled by an authoritarian computer maintained by human slaves, a man and woman learn that the ship fears them. The humans dre - S05E08
Blank SlateApril 2, 1999—Hope Wilson knows there's something different about the man who stumbles into the homeless shelter. This well-manicured man is being changed - S05E09
What Will the Neighbors Think?April 23, 1999—Mona is a bit of a hypochondriac. One day in the basement she sees two people having sexual intercourse and in the process is electrocuted. - S05E10
The ShroudApril 30, 1999—When Marie and Justin can't have a child, they turn to the fertility clinic using invitro fertilization to implant an embryo in her uterus. - S05E11
RipperMay 7, 1999—An alien that inhabits women, eventually killing them, is resulting in a modern "Jack the Ripper" crime wave and wants to plant the blame on - S05E12
TribunalMay 14, 1999—A lawyer looking to convict a Nazi war criminal gets help from a mysterious time traveler who is able to procure evidence from the place of - S05E13
SummitMay 21, 1999—A planet of genetically engineered humanoids that are mining resources for Earth are demanding their independence from human oppression. - S05E14
DescentJune 25, 1999—A milquetoast scientist who has been working at a museum develops a genetic dominance DNA serum that should bring out the competitive nature - S05E15
The HavenJuly 2, 1999—Residents of an apartment house whose lives are isolated and provided for by an internal automated system find that they must now work toget - S05E16
Deja VuJuly 9, 1999—With the funding of the military, Dr. Crest is trying to create the ability to teleport objects. Someone has sabotaged the project causing h - S05E17
The InheritorsJuly 16, 1999—A man is killed when a meteor strikes him in the head. When the coroner examines him, tentacles exit the hole in his head and then the corps - S05E18
Essence of LifeJuly 23, 1999—A new designer drug called S is available to those wanting to "reunite" with a deceased loved one. The catch? It's illegal, addictive and ca - S05E19
StrandedJuly 30, 1999—A lonely high school boy finds friendship in an alien that crash lands on Earth. - S05E20
Fathers and SonsAugust 6, 1999—A young man's grandfather is sent to a home by his father. When he learns the home is causing his grandfather to have weird dreams his inves - S05E21
Star CrossedAugust 13, 1999—A futuristic reinterpretation of "Casablanca," a couple is carrying a parasite that might win the war for the humans. The couple flees looki - S05E22
Better Luck Next TimeAugust 20, 1999—A man is arrested for killing another and claims he is possessed by an alien. As he convinces one of the detectives through mental images, h
Season06
- S06E01
Judgment DayJanuary 21, 2000—A reality television show has victims' family members hunting the murderers, becoming their executioners. The quest for ratings makes the hu - S06E02
The GunJanuary 28, 2000—An ex-con who was serving time for spousal abuse buys a gun to kill his wife and then the gun becomes permanently attached to his body and b - S06E03
Skin DeepFebruary 4, 2000—A holographic projector which allows a person to disguise themselves as another is taken out for a thrilling test ride by a lonely accountan - S06E04
Manifest DestinyFebruary 11, 2000—The scientific ship UFS Mercury finds a derelict battleship that had just destroyed all the vegetation on a planet prior to their colonizati - S06E05
Breaking PointFebruary 18, 2000—A man gets fired as a scientist because his bosses don't believe in his time travel theories. He uses his time machine to prove them wrong, - S06E06
The BeholderFebruary 25, 2000—A man blind from an early age undergoes a new medical procedure to restore his vision. When is proves successful, he begins to get messages - S06E07
Seeds of DestructionMarch 3, 2000—A small town veterinarian links an epidemic of tumors in humans to a new breed of genetically engineered corn. - S06E08
Simon SaysMarch 10, 2000—An engineer builds a robot and incorporates the memories of his son who had died in a car accident twenty years ago. - S06E09
StasisApril 14, 2000—In a world where resources are limited, each shift of workers is placed in stasis during their off hours. A man and woman from different shi - S06E10
Down to EarthApril 21, 2000—Alien encounter buffs gather at a national convention where someone shows up with what appears to be a piece of an alien spaceship. - S06E11
The Inner ChildApril 28, 2000—Anne Reynolds, estranged from her mother, haunted by her dead father, and terrified of being close to anyone, is attacked, and wakes up on t - S06E12
GlitchMay 5, 2000—Tom and Wendy are happy together, however Tom has terrible memories. He is really an android that was used to save people in dangerous situa - S06E13
DecompressionJune 30, 2000—An emissary from the future struggles to convince the next U.S. President to jump from an airplane. The candidate is already torn in several - S06E14
AbaddonJuly 7, 2000—In the late in the 23rd century, an outdated star ship is on a ten-year reclamation project. The crew is in suspended animation and awakens - S06E15
The GridJuly 14, 2000—On Scott Bowman's urgent return to his hometown of Halford, Washington, he finds the town full of antenna towers and its inhabitants under s - S06E16
RevivalJuly 21, 2000—Ezra and his daughter, Sarah, work together on the revival circuit. They do a phony healing act performing miracles with prearranged plants. - S06E17
GettysburgJuly 28, 2000—Two 21st century Civil War enthusiasts find themselves back in time at the original Battle of Gettysburg and meet another time traveler who - S06E18
Something About HarryAugust 4, 2000—Nancy Henninger's teenaged son Zak is suspicious of the man who rents out her backyard apartment and claims to be opening a new factory for - S06E19
Zig ZagAugust 11, 2000—The only surviving bomber has his finger on the trigger to destroy the super-computers at the Department of Information Technology. Afterwar - S06E20
NestAugust 18, 2000—A scientific team based in the Arctic discover an ancient species of polar mites that infest humans and cause them to go insane. - S06E21
Final AppealSeptember 3, 2000—In a world that has banned technology, Dr. Theresa Givens is on trial for using her time machine. - S06E22
Final Appeal Part IISeptember 3, 2000—In a world that has banned technology, Dr. Theresa Givens is on trial for using her time machine.
Season07
- S07E01
Family ValuesMarch 16, 2001—An overworked man acquires a robot to take care of his household and family in his absence. He realizes too late that the machine may be doi - S07E02
Patient ZeroMarch 23, 2001—A colonel goes back in time to poison a physician who unintentionally spread a global pandemic. When the traveler returns to the future, not - S07E03
A New LifeMarch 30, 2001—A couple flee a present-day religious community they've joined but find it's entirely surrounded by an invisible wall. With nowhere to go an - S07E04
The SurrogateApril 6, 2001—Heather Donahue takes part in a surrogate mother program, unaware that it is a plot to invade and take over the planet Earth. - S07E05
The VesselApril 13, 2001—After a U.S. space shuttle crash, one of the crew, a writer, miraculously survives and appears to be indestructible and have gifted insight. - S07E06
Mona LisaApril 20, 2001—Mona Lisa is a robotic assassin that develops a sense of humanity after the creators disengage her fail safe devices. She proceeds to find o - S07E07
ReplicaApril 27, 2001—After his wife dies, a scientist uses his own discovery to clone his wife illegally. - S07E08
Think Like a DinosaurJune 15, 2001—During the testing of a molecular transporter device, a duplicate of a woman is created, causing ethical problems as to whether to have this - S07E09
Alien ShopJune 22, 2001—An alien shape-shifter owns a unique curio shop whose merchandise possess strange powers; when a petty crook accepts a peculiar wallet he le - S07E10
Worlds WithinJune 29, 2001—A scientist tries to save a mutant child who is connected to another reality from manipulation by the government. - S07E11
In the BloodJuly 6, 2001—Explorers, including an astrophysicist member of the Diné tribe and her medical doctor husband, are sent through a hole which scientists hav - S07E12
Flower ChildJuly 21, 2001—After an alien seed takes root in an old woman's garden, it sucks the life from her and becomes a beautiful woman who continues to look for - S07E13
Free SpiritJuly 28, 2001—The schizophrenic inhabitants of a mental institution find themselves being possessed by a mysterious entity. - S07E14
MindreacherAugust 4, 2001—A doctor puts her sanity on the line when testing a psychological tool that allows her to enter her patients' minds. - S07E15
Time to TimeAugust 11, 2001—A 60s radical's daughter ventures back in time to undo the bombing which killed her father. But the time travel institute that recruited her - S07E16
AbductionAugust 18, 2001—An alien abducts five typical teenagers and decrees that one of them must die. - S07E17
Rule of LawAugust 25, 2001—A circuit court judge goes to a frontier planet that has never known the law or had a judicial system. His first trial is of an alien accuse - S07E18
Lion's DenSeptember 8, 2001—A losing high school wrestling coach gets access to a performance enhancing drug that allows his team to win, with some dreaded side effects - S07E19
The Tipping PointSeptember 15, 2001—A computer hacker fights the development of a universal computer language in order to stop the computers from becoming sentient and a threat - S07E20
Dark ChildJanuary 4, 2002—A single mother's memories of being abducted by aliens resurface when her story appears in a newspaper article. Her moody teenage daughter h - S07E21
The Human FactorJanuary 11, 2002—In the year 2084, humans fight an android whose artificial intelligence has determined humans must no longer be allowed to spread colonies t - S07E22
Human TrialsJanuary 18, 2002—Military personnel are tested to find the best candidate for a very special mission. Each test may eliminate one of the four candidates. But
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