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The Outer Limits

Season 5 Episode 14: Descent

7 Seasons Jun 25, 1999 TV-PG 44m 6.1

A milquetoast scientist who has been working at a museum develops a genetic dominance DNA serum that should bring out the competitive nature inherent in all of us that has been muted over the years. Trying it on himself brings out more...

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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