The essential episodes of The Outer Limits
Watch these 15 in order and you've got The Outer Limits — each pick states its reason.
- 01
A radio station engineer named Allan Maxwell establishes contact with an alien being. But when the station's power is turned up, the alien is teleported to Earth where its radioactive nature causes havoc.
- 02
A noble scheme goes horribly awry when a group of scientists plan an elaborate hoax designed to frighten and ultimately unite humankind.
- 03
A scientist discovers a way to speed up evolution and tries out the process on a simple miner.
- 04
A queen bee assumes a human appearance in order to make an unwary scientist into her new mate.
- 05
A group of people board an amusement park ride. Then they (and their surprised "captain") find that they're really going on a space jaunt.
- 06
The people of Earth surprise their alien captors when an entire neighborhood is transported to another planet as part of a plan to enslave the human race.
- 07
Two soldiers from the future are thrust back through time to the present day.
- 08
A scientist invents a pair of glasses which enable him to see and communicate with a two dimensional being.
- 09
Continuance of the human race against alien invaders depends on a man with a glass hand and no memory of his past.
- 10
A couple of motorists stranded in the desert are stalked by a bunch of tumbleweeds.
- 11
A robot is put on trial for the murder of his creator.
- 12
After being shot in the head, a soldier gains a genius IQ and begins working fervently toward a mysterious goal.
- 13
An investigation reveals a desperate plan involving the construction of a spaceship and a group of special children.
- 14
A dying astronaut agrees to have his brain implanted into a robot body.
- 15
After flying into a hurricane, the crew of a cargo plane bound for Tokyo is captured by an alien space probe.
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