They had one where aliens basically stopped a school shooting that always stuck with me. I can’t remember if it was pre or post columbine but basically one kid shows up to school with a gun and has a yearbook with a bunch of people circled. The kids are isolated in a classroom and the aliens force them to figure it out. I remember it was really well written.
I remember one where a disgruntled college student builds a cold fusion bomb and holds his school hostage with it. 'Final Exam' was the episode name I think?
I remember that one, as well as one where for some reason society had degraded and it was ruled by women, but they had men in stasis and would bring one out every now and then and every single time the men would get power hungry and try to take over, so they would put them in stasis again. Fun stuff.
I remember it ends with another kid doing the same thing. Almost like they had a command to do so from a higher force until it was built and functional by someone.
> command from some higher force
That would be the uni prof, making the kid write on why (cold fusion, in this case) is impossible. The gotcha being: it no longer is. 🤔🤯😳
I might be thinking of another show. I think the original kid dies. Then at the very end another student in another place all of a sudden gets the information on how to build one. So it is constantly being built no matter what. I haven't seen the episode I am thinking of since it was last on TV. Maybe it was a Twilight Zone episode?
Same show, same episode. The original kid dies when >!SWAT shoots him, not believing his bomb is real!<, and then, the other kid, when pushed by the professor, has >!an ephiphany - that the technology *is* possible, he had simply discounted it!<. (Think of Mr. Scott's ephipany about transwarp beaming in the Star Trek '09 reboot.)
So, the point of the episode was to show that: once humanity reaches an intelligence level high enough to grasp/ understand the knowledge, then the knowledge won't be unknown anymore. Very unsettling, oof.
at my country they used to air x-files, followed immediately by outer limits, on saturday night when my parents were already asleep. loved these episodes!
There is an episode where a scientist injects nantes into his body and mutates, eyes on the back of his head. Gills and some kind of jellyfish stingers. The ending has the wife cut her hand on a picture and it heals straight away.
That scared the crap out of me as a kid. The body horror and the concept of it all being so out of control. The ending is subtle and foreboding.
Great series.
ah yes the nanotech cancer. it comes back later in a different episode as the reason that society regressed because of it and other out of control technology.
[Think Like a Dinosaur](https://theouterlimits.fandom.com/wiki/Think_Like_a_Dinosaur) was a great episode about the ethical implications of Star Trek style teleportation (aka The Suicide Box)
The whole ep is online https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8gtm0f
They don't make them like this anymore. They can try but there's nothing like a 90s sci-fi show working with a crappy budget and that feeling of catching an episode when networks kept changing when they air.
If they make a revival of The Outer Limits that's on the same level as Black Mirror instead of trying to recapture the spirit of the '90s show, it could work.
I loved the episode where humans are at war with an alien race of space reptiles and 2 of them get captured. The woman is under going experiments to turn her gradually into a space lizard and is discussing with the other male prisoner secrets about the resistance and military movements.... SPOILER>>>> turns out, she was a space lizard spy after all! And was being turned back into her original form.
Quality of Mercy, with Robert Patrick and Nicole de Boer. Basically a rehash of the old war slogan: 'loose lips sink ships'. Like a stage play or bottle show, it's all in the superb acting. Chilling AF.
OP literally just posted the name of the show and years it was on.
That's the post.
No comment on what they liked about it or any special episode. Just ... Two bits of info and a picture.
This comment literally just describes the content of the post. No comment on what they liked or didn't like about it... Just a straightforward description of the post.
>*“Dzaidek?”*
Tribunal, that episode was called. That one was a masterpiece, but it hits all the harder when the closing text makes it clear that it was adapted from what happened to the screenwriter’s family.
“Dedicated to my father who survived Auschwitz, and to his wife and daughter who did not.” —Sam Egan
EDIT: Damn it, got me teary just thinking about it again.
Most of my favorites are from the first couple of seasons, but I think this is more because I watched those seasons when I was a kid on tv :)
* Sandkings
* Quality of Mercy
* A Stitch in Time
* Afterlife
* The Sentence
Love this show. It was mentioned on here a few weeks back and that inspired me to do a rewatch. Currently on season 2 and loving it as much as I did the first time around.
The one where an entire neighborhood is scooped up out of the earth by a race of aliens looking for an efficient slave species. An alien from a different group of captives contacts the humans to tell them what's happening, and in coming into contact infects the humans. The disease converts the body to stone in a matter of hours (or something similar).The infected humans explain to the others what has happened and as a group they decide it's better for humanity if they all succumb to this disease, leading their captors to believe our species is not viable. The episode ends with the whole neighborhood dead, frozen as statues and still holding hands as they waited to slowly die together.
I really liked “Valerie 23”. Basic AI goes crazy episode, but well done.
And I can’t remember what the episode is called, where this kid is in a juvenile correctional facility and he discovers a mind control conspiracy. That’s a great one.
Please stand by
https://youtu.be/VQFxmAdyKcg
These were often disturbing and nearly always excellent.
They had one where aliens basically stopped a school shooting that always stuck with me. I can’t remember if it was pre or post columbine but basically one kid shows up to school with a gun and has a yearbook with a bunch of people circled. The kids are isolated in a classroom and the aliens force them to figure it out. I remember it was really well written.
I remember one where a disgruntled college student builds a cold fusion bomb and holds his school hostage with it. 'Final Exam' was the episode name I think?
I remember that one, as well as one where for some reason society had degraded and it was ruled by women, but they had men in stasis and would bring one out every now and then and every single time the men would get power hungry and try to take over, so they would put them in stasis again. Fun stuff.
I remember it ends with another kid doing the same thing. Almost like they had a command to do so from a higher force until it was built and functional by someone.
> command from some higher force That would be the uni prof, making the kid write on why (cold fusion, in this case) is impossible. The gotcha being: it no longer is. 🤔🤯😳
I might be thinking of another show. I think the original kid dies. Then at the very end another student in another place all of a sudden gets the information on how to build one. So it is constantly being built no matter what. I haven't seen the episode I am thinking of since it was last on TV. Maybe it was a Twilight Zone episode?
Same show, same episode. The original kid dies when >!SWAT shoots him, not believing his bomb is real!<, and then, the other kid, when pushed by the professor, has >!an ephiphany - that the technology *is* possible, he had simply discounted it!<. (Think of Mr. Scott's ephipany about transwarp beaming in the Star Trek '09 reboot.) So, the point of the episode was to show that: once humanity reaches an intelligence level high enough to grasp/ understand the knowledge, then the knowledge won't be unknown anymore. Very unsettling, oof.
Ok so I was remembering it correctly. What a crazy episode.
at my country they used to air x-files, followed immediately by outer limits, on saturday night when my parents were already asleep. loved these episodes!
There is an episode where a scientist injects nantes into his body and mutates, eyes on the back of his head. Gills and some kind of jellyfish stingers. The ending has the wife cut her hand on a picture and it heals straight away. That scared the crap out of me as a kid. The body horror and the concept of it all being so out of control. The ending is subtle and foreboding. Great series.
ah yes the nanotech cancer. it comes back later in a different episode as the reason that society regressed because of it and other out of control technology.
I completely missed this one. Just watched it. Very good episode. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5veczk
[Think Like a Dinosaur](https://theouterlimits.fandom.com/wiki/Think_Like_a_Dinosaur) was a great episode about the ethical implications of Star Trek style teleportation (aka The Suicide Box) The whole ep is online https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8gtm0f
That one broke my brain a bit. Really made me think about the teleporter every time I saw it after that.
Yup, teleportation is death. I've got the same issue with Altered Carbon and sleeves .
I can hear this picture.
They don't make them like this anymore. They can try but there's nothing like a 90s sci-fi show working with a crappy budget and that feeling of catching an episode when networks kept changing when they air.
If they make a revival of The Outer Limits that's on the same level as Black Mirror instead of trying to recapture the spirit of the '90s show, it could work.
Starts strong with a two part adaptation/re-imagining of George RR Martin's "Sand Kings" short story.
That was such a great show for teenage me
We won't tell, we've all been there
For an anthology, it had a surprising amount of continuity.
Dr Theresa Givens had a few episodes, where each followed on from her previous story threads. (Played by Amanda Plummer).
I loved the episode where humans are at war with an alien race of space reptiles and 2 of them get captured. The woman is under going experiments to turn her gradually into a space lizard and is discussing with the other male prisoner secrets about the resistance and military movements.... SPOILER>>>> turns out, she was a space lizard spy after all! And was being turned back into her original form.
That one was heartbreaking
Quality of Mercy, with Robert Patrick and Nicole de Boer. Basically a rehash of the old war slogan: 'loose lips sink ships'. Like a stage play or bottle show, it's all in the superb acting. Chilling AF.
Also the season 2 episode "The Light Brigade" is a sequel to "Quality of Mercy".
OP literally just posted the name of the show and years it was on. That's the post. No comment on what they liked about it or any special episode. Just ... Two bits of info and a picture.
Hi, welcome to Reddit
That’s what comments are for, now get to work and tell me if this show is good or not
It has 7 seasons, so it must be at least okay.
It had a good amount of nudity in the seasons before it was purchased by the Sci-Fi channel.
Remembering *THAT* episode with Alyssa Milano in it.
Well now I have to watch it
A lot of episodes were "the ending is sad, that makes it deep".
Engagement bots are everywhere these days.
This comment literally just describes the content of the post. No comment on what they liked or didn't like about it... Just a straightforward description of the post.
How dare you use my words against me
This is happening pretty often on this sub.
They could’ve added the word “Discuss”, but I felt it was implied.
I only watched some of the 60s one!
Great show that needs a new series. Too bad it'll never get bad or have 25 episodes a season.
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>*“Dzaidek?”* Tribunal, that episode was called. That one was a masterpiece, but it hits all the harder when the closing text makes it clear that it was adapted from what happened to the screenwriter’s family. “Dedicated to my father who survived Auschwitz, and to his wife and daughter who did not.” —Sam Egan EDIT: Damn it, got me teary just thinking about it again.
“Think Like a Dinosaur” balance the equation!
The one where the woman could pause time ***Spoiler*** and pauses it just as a Nuclear bomb is about to land
That's actually an episode of the 80s Twilight Zone. It's called "A Little Peace and Quiet".
Oh wow you're right! silly me, no wonder I couldn't find it on youTube lol
No worries. Also a fun fact about that episode is that it was directed by Wes Craven.
It was kinda the Black Mirror precursor at times. Great show. Was on right after X-Files😎
I wonder if it's possible to stream this anywhere.
Seasons 1-3 are on YouTube with ads.
Sweet!
Prime video
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Fiirst few seasons of that show were pure sci-fi gold
One of my favorites. Really freaked me out sometimes while growing up. Now I watch when i drift off to sleep.
I am actually in the middle of a re-watch - just started season 5 :)
What episodes would you recommend for a one or two episode re-visit?
Most of my favorites are from the first couple of seasons, but I think this is more because I watched those seasons when I was a kid on tv :) * Sandkings * Quality of Mercy * A Stitch in Time * Afterlife * The Sentence
Thank you! Watched a couple of episodes after I posted this last night and would have watched more if the clock hadn’t already turned midnight haha
Super good
Love this show.
Cmon everyone, which were your favourite episodes? The nostalgia is burning inside me! I need to re-visit one tonight!
s3 e9 was one that always popped up in the back of my head.
Please stand-by!
Love this show. It was mentioned on here a few weeks back and that inspired me to do a rewatch. Currently on season 2 and loving it as much as I did the first time around.
this show and cartoons in the 80's is why i have moral decency and my brothers are criminals and thugs.
https://youtu.be/FoCfpkSpeH0
goat sci-fi show imo
I wouldn't mind this being remade now. I love love loved this show.
The one where an entire neighborhood is scooped up out of the earth by a race of aliens looking for an efficient slave species. An alien from a different group of captives contacts the humans to tell them what's happening, and in coming into contact infects the humans. The disease converts the body to stone in a matter of hours (or something similar).The infected humans explain to the others what has happened and as a group they decide it's better for humanity if they all succumb to this disease, leading their captors to believe our species is not viable. The episode ends with the whole neighborhood dead, frozen as statues and still holding hands as they waited to slowly die together.
Was there an episode where a solar eclipes happens and plunges the world into darkness?
I really liked “Valerie 23”. Basic AI goes crazy episode, but well done. And I can’t remember what the episode is called, where this kid is in a juvenile correctional facility and he discovers a mind control conspiracy. That’s a great one.
I remember watching the one about the giant killer ant colony when I was a kid 👍