The Outer Limits

Season 5 (22 Episodes)

7 Seasons 1999 TV-PG 44m 7.7

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.

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Season 5 Episodes:

Episode 1 Alien Radio

1. Alien Radio

Aired: Jan 21, 1999

A skeptical radio show host, who loves to shoot down his listener, reports of...

Episode 2 Donor

2. Donor

Aired: Jan 28, 1999

With a cutting edge operation, Dr. Halstead who should have died, gets a new ...

Episode 3 Small Friends

3. Small Friends

Aired: Feb 4, 1999

A prisoner who fixes other prisoners' electronic devices, builds a few small ...

Episode 4 The Grell

4. The Grell

Aired: Feb 11, 1999

An alien slave belonging to the species Grell rescues his owner's family afte...

Episode 5 The Other Side

5. The Other Side

Aired: Feb 18, 1999

A young scientist's efforts to regenerate the minds of brain-dead patients is...

Episode 6 Joyride

6. Joyride

Aired: Feb 25, 1999

An American Project Mercury astronaut who had aborted his flight due to some ...

Episode 7 The Human Operators

7. The Human Operators

Aired: Mar 11, 1999

On a ship controlled by an authoritarian computer maintained by human slaves,...

Episode 8 Blank Slate

8. Blank Slate

Aired: Apr 1, 1999

Hope Wilson knows there's something different about the man who stumbles into...

Episode 10 The Shroud

10. The Shroud

Aired: Apr 30, 1999

When Marie and Justin can't have a child, they turn to the fertility clinic u...

Episode 11 Ripper

11. Ripper

Aired: May 7, 1999

In London in 1888, Jack the Ripper is killing prostitutes. The chief suspect ...

Episode 12 Tribunal

12. Tribunal

Aired: May 14, 1999

Aaron Zgierski, a lawyer and the son of Holocaust survivors, is investigating...

Episode 13 Summit

13. Summit

Aired: May 21, 1999

A planet of genetically engineering humanoids that are mining resources for E...

Episode 14 Descent

14. Descent

Aired: Jun 25, 1999

A milquetoast scientist who has been working at a museum develops a genetic d...

Episode 15 The Haven

15. The Haven

Aired: Jul 2, 1999

Residents of an apartment house whose lives are isolated and provided for by ...

Episode 16 Déjà Vu

16. Déjà Vu

Aired: Jul 9, 1999

With the funding of the military, Dr. Crest is trying to create the ability t...

Episode 17 The Inheritors

17. The Inheritors

Aired: Jul 16, 1999

A man is killed when a meteor strikes him in the head. When the coroner exami...

Episode 18 Essence of Life

18. Essence of Life

Aired: Jul 23, 1999

A new designer drug called S is available to those wanting to "reunite" with ...

Episode 19 Stranded

19. Stranded

Aired: Jul 30, 1999

A lonely high school boy who is continually neglected by his father finds fri...

Episode 20 Fathers & Sons

20. Fathers & Sons

Aired: Aug 6, 1999

A young man's grandfather is sent to a home by his father. When he learns the...

Episode 21 Starcrossed

21. Starcrossed

Aired: Aug 13, 1999

In 2056, Cass Trenton and Winston Meyerburg are carrying a parasite that migh...

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Info about The Outer Limits

Current Status: Ended

Network: Showtime

Production Countries: Canada, United States

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

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