A modern revival of the classic science fiction horror anthology show The Outer Limits (1963). Episodes often have twist-endings and involve aliens. Sometimes, a story from one episode continues in a later episode.
Episodes
Season 2 - Episodes
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S02E01A Stitch in Time
Aired: 14 Jan. 1996
Show details expand_moreAt least 17 men have been executed in the last two decades without a clear motive, with the same gun. FBI Special Agent Jamie Pratt has to find how some of those murders were carried out when the gun had not yet been made.
Stars: Amanda Plummer, Andrew Airlie, Michelle Forbes
Director(s): Mario Azzopardi
Writer(s): Steven Barnes, Leslie Stevens
Stars: Amanda Plummer, Andrew Airlie, Michelle Forbes
Director(s): Mario Azzopardi
Writer(s): Steven Barnes, Leslie Stevens
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S02E02Resurrection
Aired: 14 Jan. 1996
Show details expand_moreIn a post-human dystopian future, an android class society ruled by ruthless sentries has developed. A rebellious android scientist and his assistant clone a human to lead an uprising and repopulate Earth.
Stars: Heather Graham, Nick Mancuso, Patrick Keating
Director(s): Mario Azzopardi
Writer(s): Chris Brancato, Jonathan Glassner, Leslie Stevens
Stars: Heather Graham, Nick Mancuso, Patrick Keating
Director(s): Mario Azzopardi
Writer(s): Chris Brancato, Jonathan Glassner, Leslie Stevens
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S02E03Unnatural Selection
Aired: 19 Jan. 1996
Show details expand_moreHoward and Joanne Sharp are expecting a baby and are considering the possibility of black-market genetic enhancement which will result in a perfect baby or a 1 in 10,000 of creating a monster. But what do their neighbors keep in the basement?
Stars: Alan Ruck, Catherine Mary Stewart, Mary Beth Rubens
Director(s): Joseph L. Scanlan
Writer(s): Eric Morris, Leslie Stevens
Stars: Alan Ruck, Catherine Mary Stewart, Mary Beth Rubens
Director(s): Joseph L. Scanlan
Writer(s): Eric Morris, Leslie Stevens
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S02E04I Hear You Calling
Aired: 26 Jan. 1996
Show details expand_moreA reporter hears a strange man talking over his phone about the "removal" of a controversial author. Despite official objections, she finds herself in a deadly game with people with violet eyes and corpses that are reduced to a vi...
Stars: Ally Sheedy, Michael Sarrazin, Ken Pogue
Director(s): Mario Azzopardi
Writer(s): Katherine Weber, Scott Shepherd, Leslie Stevens
Stars: Ally Sheedy, Michael Sarrazin, Ken Pogue
Director(s): Mario Azzopardi
Writer(s): Katherine Weber, Scott Shepherd, Leslie Stevens
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S02E05Mind Over Matter
Aired: 2 Feb. 1996
Show details expand_moreA doctor uses a virtual reality A.I. device that gives him direct access inside the human mind to enter the mind of a colleague he deeply cares about and help her after she's hit by a car and slips into a coma. Things go horribly ...
Stars: Debrah Farentino, Scott Hylands, Noah Heney
Director(s): Brad Turner
Writer(s): Jonathan Glassner, Leslie Stevens
Stars: Debrah Farentino, Scott Hylands, Noah Heney
Director(s): Brad Turner
Writer(s): Jonathan Glassner, Leslie Stevens
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S02E06Beyond the Veil
Aired: 9 Feb. 1996
Show details expand_moreAfter memories of an alien abduction, Eddie Wexler finds himself at an institute where the staff makes patients with similar memories relive their experiences. Are the patients paranoid, or is the institute infiltrated by aliens?
Stars: Michael O'Keefe, Finn Carter, Nathaniel DeVeaux
Director(s): Allan Eastman
Writer(s): Chris Brancato, Leslie Stevens
Stars: Michael O'Keefe, Finn Carter, Nathaniel DeVeaux
Director(s): Allan Eastman
Writer(s): Chris Brancato, Leslie Stevens
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S02E07First Anniversary
Aired: 16 Feb. 1996
Show details expand_moreAs Norman Glass celebrates his first wedding anniversary, he must struggle with the strange, growing revulsion that he feels when he touches, smells, tastes or sees his stunningly beautiful and talented wife Ady.
Stars: Matt Frewer, Jayne Heitmeyer, Clint Howard
Director(s): Brad Turner
Writer(s): Richard Matheson, Jon Cooksey, Ali Marie Matheson
Stars: Matt Frewer, Jayne Heitmeyer, Clint Howard
Director(s): Brad Turner
Writer(s): Richard Matheson, Jon Cooksey, Ali Marie Matheson
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S02E08Straight and Narrow
Aired: 23 Feb. 1996
Show details expand_moreTwo students discover an academy with an outstanding reputation for taming youthful rebellion is using brain implants to create political assassins.
Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Tom Butler, Jonathan Scarfe
Director(s): Joseph L. Scanlan
Writer(s): Joel Metzger, Leslie Stevens
Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Tom Butler, Jonathan Scarfe
Director(s): Joseph L. Scanlan
Writer(s): Joel Metzger, Leslie Stevens
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S02E09Trial by Fire
Aired: 1 Mar. 1996
Show details expand_moreThe newly inaugurated President of the United States must deal with an approaching alien fleet of spaceships and determine whether to welcome them or destroy them, based on limited information.
Stars: Robert Foxworth, Ian Tracey, Lawrence Dane
Director(s): Jonathan Glassner
Writer(s): Leslie Stevens, Brad Wright
Stars: Robert Foxworth, Ian Tracey, Lawrence Dane
Director(s): Jonathan Glassner
Writer(s): Leslie Stevens, Brad Wright
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S02E10Worlds Apart
Aired: 22 Mar. 1996
Show details expand_moreAn astronaut who was missing for 20 years contacts Earth from an alien planet. However, mere minutes have passed for him, and the wormhole that brought him there is unstable. What are the risks of a rescue operation?
Stars: Bonnie Bedelia, Robert Ito, Michael MacRae
Director(s): Brad Turner
Writer(s): Chris Dickie, Leslie Stevens
Stars: Bonnie Bedelia, Robert Ito, Michael MacRae
Director(s): Brad Turner
Writer(s): Chris Dickie, Leslie Stevens
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S02E11The Refuge
Aired: 5 Apr. 1996
Show details expand_moreA 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 begins to fall in love with someone, the people's personalities suddenly change. What's happe...
Stars: James Wilder, Jessica Steen, David McNally
Director(s): Ken Girotti
Writer(s): Alan Brennert, Leslie Stevens
Stars: James Wilder, Jessica Steen, David McNally
Director(s): Ken Girotti
Writer(s): Alan Brennert, Leslie Stevens
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S02E12Inconstant Moon
Aired: 12 Apr. 1996
Show details expand_moreWhen 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 ...
Stars: Michael Gross, Joanna Gleason, Jeremy Hart
Director(s): Joseph L. Scanlan
Writer(s): Larry Niven, Brad Wright, Leslie Stevens
Stars: Michael Gross, Joanna Gleason, Jeremy Hart
Director(s): Joseph L. Scanlan
Writer(s): Larry Niven, Brad Wright, Leslie Stevens
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S02E13From Within
Aired: 28 Apr. 1996
Show details expand_moreA town gets possessed after a dinosaur skeleton that hides ancient parasites that affect the brain and cause madness is unearthed. The only hope is an immune mentally challenged boy who must learn how to destroy them.
Stars: Neil Patrick Harris, Christianne Hirt, Patrick Stevenson
Director(s): Neill Fearnley
Writer(s): Jonathan Glassner, Leslie Stevens
Stars: Neil Patrick Harris, Christianne Hirt, Patrick Stevenson
Director(s): Neill Fearnley
Writer(s): Jonathan Glassner, Leslie Stevens
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S02E14The Heist
Aired: 5 May 1996
Show details expand_moreWhile 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.
Stars: Costas Mandylor, Colm Feore, Jasmine Guy
Director(s): Brad Turner
Writer(s): Steven Barnes, Leslie Stevens
Stars: Costas Mandylor, Colm Feore, Jasmine Guy
Director(s): Brad Turner
Writer(s): Steven Barnes, Leslie Stevens
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S02E15Afterlife
Aired: 19 May 1996
Show details expand_moreIn lieu of execution, Linden Stiles 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.
Stars: Clancy Brown, Barbara Garrick, Duncan Fraser
Director(s): Mario Azzopardi
Writer(s): Leslie Stevens, John Whelpley
Stars: Clancy Brown, Barbara Garrick, Duncan Fraser
Director(s): Mario Azzopardi
Writer(s): Leslie Stevens, John Whelpley
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S02E16The Deprogrammers
Aired: 26 May 1996
Show details expand_moreAfter Earth is conquered by aliens and humans are programmed to be slaves, the human slave of the alien leader is kidnapped and deprogrammed by rebels. The slave assassinates his owner, with disastrous results.
Stars: Brent Spiner, Erich Anderson, Nicole Oliver
Director(s): Joseph L. Scanlan
Writer(s): James Crocker, Leslie Stevens
Stars: Brent Spiner, Erich Anderson, Nicole Oliver
Director(s): Joseph L. Scanlan
Writer(s): James Crocker, Leslie Stevens
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S02E17Paradise
Aired: 16 Jun. 1996
Show details expand_moreDr. 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.
Stars: Mel Harris, Geraint Wyn Davies, Timothy Webber
Director(s): Mario Azzopardi
Writer(s): Jonathan Walker, Chris Dickie, Leslie Stevens
Stars: Mel Harris, Geraint Wyn Davies, Timothy Webber
Director(s): Mario Azzopardi
Writer(s): Jonathan Walker, Chris Dickie, Leslie Stevens
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S02E18The Light Brigade
Aired: 23 Jun. 1996
Show details expand_moreFormer POW John Skokes, a chief weapons officer and a glory seeking cadet obsessed with the poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade" try to drop a doomsday weapon on the aliens' homeworld and win the war.
Stars: Robert Patrick, Graham Greene, Wil Wheaton
Director(s): Michael Keusch
Writer(s): Chris Dickie, Leslie Stevens, Brad Wright
Stars: Robert Patrick, Graham Greene, Wil Wheaton
Director(s): Michael Keusch
Writer(s): Chris Dickie, Leslie Stevens, Brad Wright
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S02E19Falling Star
Aired: 30 Jun. 1996
Show details expand_moreFading pop singer Melissa McCammon is about to commit suicide but Rachel, an ardent fan from the future, wants to save her. Later the authorities show up from the future want Melissa dead to restore the timeline.
Stars: Sheena Easton, John Pyper-Ferguson, Kristin Lehman
Director(s): Ken Girotti
Writer(s): Alan Brennert, Leslie Stevens
Stars: Sheena Easton, John Pyper-Ferguson, Kristin Lehman
Director(s): Ken Girotti
Writer(s): Alan Brennert, Leslie Stevens
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S02E20Out of Body
Aired: 14 Jul. 1996
Show details expand_moreRebecca 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.
Stars: Peri Gilpin, Victor Garber, William B. Davis
Director(s): Mario Azzopardi
Writer(s): James Crocker, Chris Dickie, Leslie Stevens
Stars: Peri Gilpin, Victor Garber, William B. Davis
Director(s): Mario Azzopardi
Writer(s): James Crocker, Chris Dickie, Leslie Stevens
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S02E21Vanishing Act
Aired: 21 Jul. 1996
Show details expand_moreTrevor 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.
Stars: Jon Cryer, Dean McDermott, Richard Ian Cox
Director(s): Jonathan Glassner
Writer(s): Jonathan Walker, Chris Dickie, Leslie Stevens
Stars: Jon Cryer, Dean McDermott, Richard Ian Cox
Director(s): Jonathan Glassner
Writer(s): Jonathan Walker, Chris Dickie, Leslie Stevens
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S02E22The Sentence
Aired: 4 Aug. 1996
Show details expand_moreWhen 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 treatment. When an innocent man's life is at stake, the doctor must submit himself to his own invention--while learning the true meaning of justice.
Stars: David Hyde Pierce, Andrea Roth, Garwin Sanford
Director(s): Joseph L. Scanlan
Writer(s): Melissa Rosenberg, Leslie Stevens
Stars: David Hyde Pierce, Andrea Roth, Garwin Sanford
Director(s): Joseph L. Scanlan
Writer(s): Melissa Rosenberg, Leslie Stevens










































