This page is a list of the episodes of '' The Outer Limits'', a 1995

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. The series was broadcast on Showtime from 1995 to 2000, and on the Sci Fi Channel in its final year (2001–2002).

Background

Showtime's head of programming, Jeffrey Offsay, said the show "found a home at Showtime because MGM, which produced the original series, supplies feature films to both Showtime and The Movie Channel. At the time we were making our deal to get into business with them, they were restarting their TV operation as well. They had the idea of wanting to make ''The Outer Limits'' and they thought it was the kind of thing that would work very well for us". Executive producer

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noted how anthologies can be "risky". He explained that "every week no stories are the same, no actors are the same, we don't have an easy path of an ongoing character, we have to make sure the stories are so strong, and not resort to remaking original ''Outer Limits'' scripts". All but one of the 43 episodes in season 1 and season 2 are originals, the only remake is 'I Robot', which starred

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in the original, and he also appears in the new episode. The premiere episode, The Sandkings, featured

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, his son

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, and Beau's son Dylan Bridges. In 2000, Showtime cancelled the series after 132 episodes. The show was then revived on the Sci-Fi Channel in 2001, with the first episode featuring Tom Arnold, premiering on March 16, 2001. Two of the executive producers at Showtime, Pen Densham and Mark Stern, also returned for the revival of the series. After one season, the Sci-Fi Channel cancelled the show in 2002, primarily due to declining viewership ratings.

Series overview

Episodes

Season 1 (1995)

Season 2 (1996)

Season 3 (1997)

Season 4 (1998)

Season 5 (1999)

Season 6 (2000)

Season 7 (2001–02)

Story arcs and connected episodes

Innobotics Corporation

* s. 1 ep. 2 " Valerie 23" * s. 4 ep. 15 " Mary 25" * s. 4 ep. 2 " The Hunt" * s. 4 ep. 26 " In Our Own Image", which includes footage from s. 3 ep. 1 " Bits of Love", as well as footage from s. 3 ep. 7 " The Camp". These timelines do not match, though this is partially remedied by the android's statement that the footage from ''The Camp'' comes from a prison camp during the Second Balkan War. * s. 2 ep. 2 "

Resurrection Resurrection or anastasis is the concept of coming back to life after death. Reincarnation is a similar process hypothesized by other religions involving the same person or deity returning to another body. The disappearance of a body is anothe ...

Major John Skokes/Earth Defence

* s. 1 ep. 13 " Quality of Mercy" * s. 2 ep. 18 " The Light Brigade"

Alien Infiltration

* s. 1 ep. 20 " Birthright" * s. 1 ep. 21 " The Voice of Reason"

Time Traveler Dr. Theresa Givens

* s. 2 ep. 1 " A Stitch in Time" * s. 6 ep. 21 " Final Appeal"

Genetic Rejection Syndrome

* s. 2 ep. 3 " Unnatural Selection" * s. 4 ep. 1 " Criminal Nature"

The New Masters

* s. 3 ep. 7 " The Camp" – The last humans are kept by the android guards, simply because the guards are following the last orders they received. * s. 4 ep. 21 "

Promised Land In the Abrahamic religions, the "Promised Land" ( ) refers to a swath of territory in the Levant that was bestowed upon Abraham and his descendants by God in Abrahamic religions, God. In the context of the Bible, these descendants are originally ...

" – The remaining humans must interact with aliens still on Earth.

Geneticist Dr. Martin Nodel

* s. 3 ep. 12 "

Double Helix In molecular biology, the term double helix refers to the structure formed by base pair, double-stranded molecules of nucleic acids such as DNA. The double Helix, helical structure of a nucleic acid complex arises as a consequence of its Nuclei ...

" * s. 4 ep. 23 "

Origin of Species ''On the Origin of Species'' (or, more completely, ''On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life'')The book's full original title was ''On the Origin of Species by M ...

The Eastern Coalition-Free Alliance Cold War / War

* s. 4 ep. 24 " Phobos Rising" * s. 7 ep. 22 " Human Trials" * s. 7 ep. 21 " The Human Factor"

Jack the Ripper

* s. 5 ep. 11 " Ripper" * s. 5 ep. 22 " Better Luck Next Time"

Time Traveler Nicholas Prentice

* s. 5 ep. 12 "

Tribunal A tribunal, generally, is any person or institution with authority to judge, adjudicate on, or determine claims or disputes—whether or not it is called a tribunal in its title. For example, an advocate who appears before a court with a singl ...

" * s. 7 ep. 15 " Time to Time" * s. 6 ep. 17 " Gettysburg"

USAS

* s. 4 ep. 13 " The Joining" * s. 7 ep. 5 " The Vessel" * s. 7 ep. 11 " In the Blood"

References

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