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The Outer Limits

Season 1 Episode 13: Quality of Mercy

Major John Skokes has been captured and imprisoned by enemy aliens. He finds he is not alone in his cell, however, but with a cadet, Bree Tristan, from the Europa base. She believes three months have gone by since her imprisonment and she...

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Sandkings

1. Sandkings

Aired: Mar 25, 1995

In his own garage, a discredited scientist creates intelligent, insect-like c...

Episode 2 Valerie 23

2. Valerie 23

Aired: Mar 30, 1995

A disabled man is offered a prototype android companion in the form of the be...

Episode 3 Blood Brothers

3. Blood Brothers

Aired: Apr 7, 1995

Medical researcher Dr Spencer Deighton has discovered a formula which apparen...

Episode 4 The Second Soul

4. The Second Soul

Aired: Apr 14, 1995

When an alien race makes first contact with the Earth, they request only one ...

Episode 5 White Light Fever

5. White Light Fever

Aired: Apr 21, 1995

Harlan Hawkes is selfish, rich and very old. A private team of top doctors ca...

Episode 6 The Choice

6. The Choice

Aired: Apr 28, 1995

A young girl with strange, supernatural powers is shunned by her friends, but...

Episode 7 Virtual Future

7. Virtual Future

Aired: May 5, 1995

Dr. Jack Pierce realizes in shock that the VR device he's been developing all...

Episode 8 Living Hell

8. Living Hell

Aired: May 12, 1995

After Ben Kohler is shot in the head during a mugging, Dr. Jennifer Martinez ...

Episode 9 Corner of the Eye

9. Corner of the Eye

Aired: May 19, 1995

Father Jonascu is struck while ministering to the poor and looks up to see a ...

Episode 10 Under the Bed

10. Under the Bed

Aired: May 26, 1995

Police psychoanalyst Dr. Jon Holland and Detective Caitlin Doyle must solve t...

Episode 11 Dark Matters

11. Dark Matters

Aired: Jun 2, 1995

A cargo ship is forced from hyperspace into a strange region of "dark matter"...

Episode 12 The Conversion

12. The Conversion

Aired: Jun 9, 1995

An omniscient friendly stranger tries to convince a man on the run who tried ...

Episode 13 Quality of Mercy

13. Quality of Mercy

Aired: Jun 16, 1995

Major John Skokes has been captured and imprisoned by enemy aliens. He finds ...

Episode 14 The New Breed

14. The New Breed

Aired: Jun 23, 1995

A desperate dying man injects himself with experimental nanobots that can sup...

Episode 15 The Voyage Home

15. The Voyage Home

Aired: Jun 30, 1995

On the last day of their mission to Mars, three astronauts - Ed Barkley, Alan...

Episode 16 Caught in the Act

16. Caught in the Act

Aired: Jul 1, 1995

A bashful woman gets possessed by an incorporeal alien that feeds on sexual e...

Episode 17 The Message

17. The Message

Aired: Jul 16, 1995

Implants that should've allowed deaf Jennifer Winter to finally hear cause he...

Episode 18 I, Robot

18. I, Robot

Aired: Jul 23, 1995

Legendary lawyer Thurman Cutler is hired to defend Adam, a humanoid robot wit...

Episode 20 Birthright

20. Birthright

Aired: Aug 13, 1995

Senator Richard Adams finishes a speech and gets into his car. En route to hi...

Episode 21 The Voice of Reason

21. The Voice of Reason

Aired: Aug 20, 1995

Randall Strong tries desperately to convince a skeptical high level committee...

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Info about The Outer Limits

Seasons: 7

Current Status: Ended

Network: Showtime

Production Countries: Canada, United States

Genres:Drama, Thriller, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Fantasy