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Last aired · S07E22 · January 18, 2002

Human Trials

EndedThe Outer Limits ended with this episode — no new season is coming.

Military personnel are tested to find the best candidate for a very special mission. Each test may eliminate one of the four candidates. But what is the ultimate mission?

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  1. 22

    S07E22 · January 18, 2002

    Human Trials

    Military personnel are tested to find the best candidate for a very special mission. Each test may eliminate one of the four candidates. But what is the ultimate mission?

  2. 21

    S07E21 · January 11, 2002

    The Human Factor

    In the year 2084, humans fight an android whose artificial intelligence has determined humans must no longer be allowed to spread colonies throughout space.

  3. 20

    S07E20 · January 4, 2002

    Dark Child

    A single mother's memories of being abducted by aliens resurface when her story appears in a newspaper article. Her moody teenage daughter has an English teacher who is helping her, but also seems familiar to her mother.

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