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The Outer Limits Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1996 - 1996
Episode 1
A Stitch in Time
Sun, Jan 14, 199645 mins
FBI Special Agent Jamie Pratt is working on a case involving a serial killer. They've found series of murders - some as far back as 30 years ago - where the victims were all killed with the same gun. They seem to have one victim per year over those 30 years and the murders are spread across the country. They can find no connection between the victims however. They get a break when recently declassified information shows that the gun used in all the murders was manufactured only a few years before and issued to a Dr. Theresa Givens at the National Security Agency. It makes no sense and no one can figure out how a recent gun could have been used in a murder 30 years ago. Givens left the NSA six months ago after her project was canceled and is now a university professor. Finding out the nature of that canceled project will give them the answers they seek.
Episode 2
Resurrection
Sun, Jan 14, 199645 mins
In a future world populated only by robots two android scientists, Alicia and Martin, decide to clone a human being. Human have long been extinct on the planet but at one time were served by the androids. Today, it is a tightly controlled society where one android in particular, Moloch, commands an armed force that is continually searching out and ensuring there are no humans on the planet. After several months of study, their human creation sets off on his own to learn more about his past and in doing so learns about his future.
Episode 3
Unnatural Selection
Fri, Jan 19, 199645 mins
Joanne and Howard Sharp want to have the perfect baby. Not only healthy, but also to have above average intelligence and good looks. They hire John Arkelian to genetically engineer that perfect child for them. The procedure is not foolproof, however, and mutant children are known to exist. Their doctor strongly advises against the procedure, telling them that what they are considering is illegal and carries a five year prison sentence. Their friends and neighbors, the Blakes, lost a child recently and they agree not to tell them what they're planning. The Blakes have a secret too, however.
Episode 4
I Hear You Calling
Fri, Jan 26, 199645 mins
Stuck in traffic and talking on the phone in her car, the signal on print journalist Carter Jones. phone is crossed with another and overhears plans to eliminate a controversial author, Joseph Krieger. It's clear that the crossed call came from a car near hers and she sees the caller - who has bright violet eyes. Neither her editor nor the police make much of her story even after Krieger disappears. As she digs into the story she begins to receive threatening phone calls and emails. She eventually finds the man with the violet eyes in the process of eliminating people with a futuristic weapon. Things are not what they seem however.
Episode 5
Mind Over Matter
Fri, Feb 2, 199645 mins
Dr. Sam Stein has created the CAVE (Computer Aided Virtual Environment) system which creates a virtual environment that allows a medical professional to enter the mind of an individual to treat them. Their first subject, James Kendal, suffers from schizophrenia and while Stein was able to observe the psychosis, it will take a number of attempts to successfully treat him. Stein is quite shy and has never had the courage to tell a member of his team, Dr. Rachel Carter, how much he likes her. When Rachel is the victim of a hit and run however, he uses CAVE to enter her comatose body and intends to keep her company until she awakens. He is convinced that Rachel is conscious but trapped in her own body. A colleague can't help but wonder however if the Rachel Sam sees in the CAVE isn't just an image from his own mind. The explanation lies elsewhere forcing Sam to make a choice.
Episode 6
Beyond the Veil
Fri, Feb 9, 199645 mins
Eddie Wexler is haunted by memories of having been abducted and abused by aliens. He survives a suicide attempt and enters a facility founded by Dr. Sherrick that specializes in treating people like Eddie who believe they were abducted. He befriends a fellow patient, Courtney Bowe, who feels that her four month stay has been beneficial. Sherrick's method includes having patients relive their memories and many of the patients believe he is an alien. Eddie slowly begins to believe the same and with Courtney plots to escape from the clinic. As he drifts between reality and delusion Eddie realizes he's only partly correct.
Episode 7
First Anniversary
Fri, Feb 16, 199645 mins
Norman Glass is celebrating his first wedding anniversary. He married Ady Sutton a year ago and they are very much in love. So is Norman's friend Dennis who is married to the very attractive Barbara. Suddenly however, Norman believes that something is wrong with Ady. When he kisses her she tastes rancid; then she smells foul; another time he loses his sense of touch, but only in relation to his wife. His friend Dennis seemingly goes mad leaving Barbara convinced she is not human. Slowly, Norman similarly begins to believe Ady is not what she appears to be.
Episode 8
Straight and Narrow
Fri, Feb 23, 199645 mins
Rusty Dotson is not too keen when his mother enrolls him in a private school. The residential academy for boys have a long history of turning troubled boys around many of whom have gone on to outstanding careers. Rusty is rebellious to say the least and doesn't fall into what everyone refers to as "the program". He finds another student who hasn't been brainwashed, Charlie Walters, and they learn that they have had computer chips implanted in their brains. When Rusty realizes the students are being programmed as killers, he is determined to stop them.
Episode 9
Trial by Fire
Fri, Mar 1, 199645 mins
The newly inaugurated president, Charles Halsey, is rushed to a secret bunker when authorities realize that an alien object is racing towards Earth. It crashes on the moon but the military soon discovers a fleet of alien vessels heading straight for the planet. Halsey's only advisers are two outgoing members of the previous administration and the Air Force general in charge of Space Command. There is little information to go on and the new president has to decide if the aliens are friends or foes.
Episode 10
Worlds Apart
Fri, Mar 22, 199645 mins
An astronaut crash lands on an alien planet thanks to an unstable wormhole, but is miraculously able to contact Earth. Unfortunately, what was minutes, maybe hours, for him was 20 years for Earth, and his former girlfriend has moved on from his disappearance and is now head of the space agency. As he endures attacks by an alien monster, the space agency discusses the merits and risks of a rescue operation.
Episode 11
The Refuge
Fri, Apr 5, 199645 mins
Caught in a freezing blizzard, Raymond Dalton loses consciousness in the snow. He awakens to find himself in the Refuge, a self-contained and self-sufficient house built by Sanford Vallé. He was taken in by the attractive Gina Beaumont who clearly was not supposed to do so. Vallé explains to Raymond that the Earth has undergone a new ice age brought about by a bacteria that polymerized water allowing water to freeze at a much higher temperature. There are 7 others living in the house and with the exception of Gina, they seem to be quite an odd crew. Suddenly however, the characters all adopt a different personality. When it happens again, an explanation begins to take shape.
Episode 12
Inconstant Moon
Fri, Apr 12, 199645 mins
When Professor Stanley Hurst sees the moon suddenly shine brightly, he concludes that something must have happened to the sun. If it's gone nova, it means the end of the world. It's the middle of the night and few people know what's happened. He decides to contact Leslie, a woman he has known for many years - she runs a local bookstore he frequents - and ask her out for coffee. She thinks he's crazy but goes along. He's been in love with her for a long while and never had the nerve to ask her out, let alone tell her how he felt. Now he has only a few hours to make up for his foolishness.
Episode 13
From Within
Sun, Apr 28, 199645 mins
Howie Morrison is a nice young man who is the butt of many jokes owing to his low IQ. His sister Sheila, a paleobiologist, is called in by the local mine manager when they discover a dinosaur of sorts in a newly opened mine shaft. What no one realizes is that the creature was killed by a caterpillar-like virus that has also infected the three miners who opened the new shaft. Soon everyone in town except Howie has turned into a zombie-like creature. He realizes that the creatures only come out at night and hide in the mine during daylight hours. He hatches a plan to save everyone.
Episode 14
The Heist
Sun, May 5, 199645 mins
While expecting a shipment of missiles, the militia receive a sealed cargo and messenger refusing to reveal what the deadly cargo is. Shortly afterward, an alien life-form begins a series of chilling attacks.
Episode 15
Afterlife
Sun, May 19, 199645 mins
In lieu of execution, Linden Styles submits to a military experiment where he is injected with alien DNA. Fighting to retain his humanity, he finds himself hunted after he escapes using his new found super human strength.
Episode 16
The Deprogrammers
Sun, May 26, 199645 mins
After Earth is conquered by aliens called the Torkor and humans are programmed to be slaves, the human slave of the Torkor leader Koltok is kidnapped and deprogrammed by rebels.
Episode 17
Paradise
Sun, Jun 16, 199645 mins
Dr. Christina Markham's mother is suffering from Alzheimer's disease. When three apparently healthy young women age and die within hours, the Markhams are baffled and frightened. The solution comes after the older patients vanish.
Episode 18
The Light Brigade
Sun, Jun 23, 199645 mins
Major Skokes returns (Quality of Mercy) to the war against the aliens. He's been stationed aboard a ship making a last ditch effort to destroy the alien home world as a Re-commissioned Prisoner of War. After the ship is attacked only a handful of survivors, suffering from lethal doses of radiation, attempt to complete the mission, and end the war.
Episode 19
Falling Star
Sun, Jun 30, 199645 mins
Fading pop singer Melissa McCammon is about to commit suicide, but, Rachel, an ardent fan from the future, wants to save her. Later, authorities from the future show up wanting Melissa dead in order to restore their time-line.
Episode 20
Out of Body
Sun, Jul 14, 199645 mins
Rebecca Warfield escapes from her body during a scientific experiment, but, due to the meddling of her assistant, she is now trapped and must find a way to communicate with her associates.
Episode 21
Vanishing Act
Sun, Jul 21, 199645 mins
Trevor McPhee wants to celebrate New Year's in style. On his way back from the store with the champagne, he has an accident. When he wakes, he hitches a ride home and finds his wife thinks that he abandoned her - ten years ago.
Episode 22
The Sentence
Sun, Aug 4, 199645 mins
When Dr. Jack Henson, an ambitious inventor comes up with a "virtual prison" government officials are interested in its cost efficiency. Rather than life sentences, criminals would only have to spend hours being subjected to harsh mental treatment. When an innocent man's life is at stake, the doctor must risk himself to prove his invention is worthwhile.
