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Best Episodes of The Outer Limits
I, Robot
S2 Ep9
7.8
14th Nov 1964
A robot is put on trial for the murder of his creator.
Soldier
S2 Ep1
7.5
19th Sep 1964
Two soldiers from the future are thrust back through time to the present day.
Demon with a Glass Hand
S2 Ep5
7.4
17th Oct 1964
A man with a glass hand attempts to unravel the mystery of who he is.
The Galaxy Being
S1 Ep1
7.4
16th Sep 1963
A radio station engineer named Allan Maxwell establishes contact with an alien being. But when the station's power is turned up, the alien is teleported to Earth where its radioactive nature causes havoc.
The Inheritors Part II
S2 Ep11
7.3
28th Nov 1964
An investigation reveals a desperate plan involving the construction of a spaceship and a group of special children.
Behold, Eck!
S2 Ep3
7.3
3rd Oct 1964
A scientist invents a pair of glasses which enable him to see and communicate with a two dimensional being.
The Inheritors Part I
S2 Ep10
7.3
21st Nov 1964
After being shot in the head, a soldier gains a genius IQ and begins working fervently toward a mysterious goal.
The Premonition
S2 Ep16
7.3
9th Jan 1965
An out-of-control test flight traps a pilot and his wife in a slow-moving time warp, and they're not alone.
Keeper of the Purple Twilight
S2 Ep12
7.3
5th Dec 1964
An alien offers his technical knowledge of how to build a ray gun in exchange for a scientist's ability to feel emotions.
The Brain of Colonel Barham
S2 Ep15
7.3
2nd Jan 1965
A dying astronaut agrees to have his brain implanted into a robot body.
Expanding Human
S2 Ep4
7.3
10th Oct 1964
A man experimenting with conciousness expansion drugs becomes super-human and not really human at all.
The Sixth Finger
S1 Ep5
7.2
14th Oct 1963
A scientist discovers a way to speed up evolution and tries out the process on a simple miner.
The Zanti Misfits
S1 Ep14
7.2
30th Dec 1963
Exiles from the planet Zanti arrive on Earth, and a startling truth is uncovered when two human renegades invade their privacy.
The Chameleon
S1 Ep31
7.2
27th Apr 1964
A government agent faces a crisis of conscience when he infiltrates a band of aliens marooned aboard the wreckage of a flying saucer.
The Man Who Was Never Born
S1 Ep6
7.1
28th Oct 1963
An astronaut travels to the 23rd Century, where he finds the Earth a blasted wasteland inhabited by monsters.
Worst Episodes of The Outer Limits
Tourist Attraction
S1 Ep13
6.1
23rd Dec 1963
In a South American country a group of explorers discover a prehistoric monster in an ancient lake. The discovery leads them into conflict with the country's dictator.
Corpus Earthling
S1 Ep9
6.2
18th Nov 1963
A man with a steel plate in his head overhears conversations about global conquest. But where are the voices coming from?
Fun and Games
S1 Ep27
6.5
30th Mar 1964
Two Earth people are transported to an alien planet, along with two aliens. The are told by their abductors that they will fight each other to the death. The stakes are high: the homeworld of the losers will be destroyed slowly, for the further amusement of their captors.
The Mutant
S1 Ep25
6.5
16th Mar 1964
A radioactive rainstorm at a scientific base on a distant planet mutates a scientist driving him insane and making him telepathic.
The Children of Spider County
S1 Ep21
6.5
17th Feb 1964
Four scientists disappear in one day. All were born in the same county, on the same day. A fifth scientist is in jail and a federal agent is assigned to the case. The fifth man is sprung from jail by a mysterious stranger who says he's the young man's father.
The Invisibles
S1 Ep19
6.6
3rd Feb 1964
A government agent infiltrates a secret criminal organization that uses alien parasites to control its members.
Second Chance
S1 Ep23
6.6
2nd Mar 1964
A group of people board an amusement park ride. Then they (and their surprised "captain") find that they're really going on a space jaunt.
The Forms of Things Unknown
S1 Ep32
6.6
4th May 1964
Two women with a body in their car trunk come upon a house by chance wherein a crazed inventor has a machine that can bring back the dead.
The Duplicate Man
S2 Ep13
6.6
19th Dec 1964
A man wants to capture a dangerous alien creature. Doing it himself would be way too dangerous, so he has his clone do it.
It Crawled Out of the Woodwork
S1 Ep11
6.6
9th Dec 1963
An incredible being made of pure energy imperils the staff of a research lab and hides a deadly secret.
The Human Factor
S1 Ep8
6.6
11th Nov 1963
At a military base far in the arctic, a man invents a machine which allows two minds to contact one another. An earthquake causes a malfunction and two men wake up to find that their minds have switched bodies.
The Special One
S1 Ep28
6.7
6th Apr 1964
Parents of a gifted youngster discover that their son's new tutor is not quite human.
Don't Open Till Doomsday
S1 Ep17
6.7
20th Jan 1964
A young couple's honeymoon is cut short by the horrifying contents of a mysterious box.
The Mice
S1 Ep15
6.7
6th Jan 1964
A convict serving a life sentence finds that he has an alternative: change places with an alien.
O.B.I.T.
S1 Ep7
6.7
4th Nov 1963
A new invention allows spying on anyone, anywhere.
The Outer Limits Episode Guide
The Galaxy Being
S1 Ep1
7.4
16th Sep 1963
A radio station engineer named Allan Maxwell establishes contact with an alien being. But when the station's power is turned up, the alien is teleported to Earth where its radioactive nature causes havoc.
The Hundred Days of the Dragon
S1 Ep2
6.7
23rd Sep 1963
A sinister foreign power replaces the President of the United States with its own agent via the use of a powerful drug allowing the skin to be temporarily molded into any likeness.
The Architects of Fear
S1 Ep3
6.9
30th Sep 1963
A noble scheme goes horribly awry when a group of scientists plan an elaborate hoax designed to frighten and ultimately unite humankind.
The Man with the Power
S1 Ep4
6.9
7th Oct 1963
A radical experiment gives a college professor incredible power, which his subconcious mind uses to destroy his enemies.
The Sixth Finger
S1 Ep5
7.2
14th Oct 1963
A scientist discovers a way to speed up evolution and tries out the process on a simple miner.
The Man Who Was Never Born
S1 Ep6
7.1
28th Oct 1963
An astronaut travels to the 23rd Century, where he finds the Earth a blasted wasteland inhabited by monsters.
O.B.I.T.
S1 Ep7
6.7
4th Nov 1963
A new invention allows spying on anyone, anywhere.
The Human Factor
S1 Ep8
6.6
11th Nov 1963
At a military base far in the arctic, a man invents a machine which allows two minds to contact one another. An earthquake causes a malfunction and two men wake up to find that their minds have switched bodies.
Corpus Earthling
S1 Ep9
6.2
18th Nov 1963
A man with a steel plate in his head overhears conversations about global conquest. But where are the voices coming from?
Nightmare
S1 Ep10
6.8
2nd Dec 1963
In a war action with the planet Ebon, some soldiers are captured, interrogated and tortured.
It Crawled Out of the Woodwork
S1 Ep11
6.6
9th Dec 1963
An incredible being made of pure energy imperils the staff of a research lab and hides a deadly secret.
The Borderland
S1 Ep12
6.9
16th Dec 1963
A scientist named Ian Fraser invents a machine which can pierce the borderland between this world and... The Afterlife? Maybe. Fraser convinces an industrialist to finance future experiments with the possibility of contacting the rich man's dead son.
Tourist Attraction
S1 Ep13
6.1
23rd Dec 1963
In a South American country a group of explorers discover a prehistoric monster in an ancient lake. The discovery leads them into conflict with the country's dictator.
The Zanti Misfits
S1 Ep14
7.2
30th Dec 1963
Exiles from the planet Zanti arrive on Earth, and a startling truth is uncovered when two human renegades invade their privacy.
The Mice
S1 Ep15
6.7
6th Jan 1964
A convict serving a life sentence finds that he has an alternative: change places with an alien.
Controlled Experiment
S1 Ep16
6.8
13th Jan 1964
Two Martian investigators probe our custom of homicide.
Don't Open Till Doomsday
S1 Ep17
6.7
20th Jan 1964
A young couple's honeymoon is cut short by the horrifying contents of a mysterious box.
ZZZZZ
S1 Ep18
6.8
27th Jan 1964
A queen bee assumes a human appearance in order to make an unwary scientist into her new mate.
The Invisibles
S1 Ep19
6.6
3rd Feb 1964
A government agent infiltrates a secret criminal organization that uses alien parasites to control its members.
The Bellero Shield
S1 Ep20
6.8
10th Feb 1964
A scientist captures an alien that can protect itself with an unbreakable shield.
The Children of Spider County
S1 Ep21
6.5
17th Feb 1964
Four scientists disappear in one day. All were born in the same county, on the same day. A fifth scientist is in jail and a federal agent is assigned to the case. The fifth man is sprung from jail by a mysterious stranger who says he's the young man's father.
Specimen: Unknown
S1 Ep22
6.9
24th Feb 1964
Scientists on a space station discover an unusual and dangerous plant.
Second Chance
S1 Ep23
6.6
2nd Mar 1964
A group of people board an amusement park ride. Then they (and their surprised "captain") find that they're really going on a space jaunt.
Moonstone
S1 Ep24
6.9
9th Mar 1964
Workers on a moon base find a mysterious rock that appears to be alive.
The Mutant
S1 Ep25
6.5
16th Mar 1964
A radioactive rainstorm at a scientific base on a distant planet mutates a scientist driving him insane and making him telepathic.
The Guests
S1 Ep26
6.8
23rd Mar 1964
After discovering an elderly man dying by the side of the road, a young man finds a strange house where some people are kept prisoner and ageless by an alien intelligence.
Fun and Games
S1 Ep27
6.5
30th Mar 1964
Two Earth people are transported to an alien planet, along with two aliens. The are told by their abductors that they will fight each other to the death. The stakes are high: the homeworld of the losers will be destroyed slowly, for the further amusement of their captors.
The Special One
S1 Ep28
6.7
6th Apr 1964
Parents of a gifted youngster discover that their son's new tutor is not quite human.
A Feasibility Study
S1 Ep29
6.8
13th Apr 1964
The people of Earth surprise their alien captors when an entire neighborhood is transported to another planet as part of a plan to enslave the human race.
Production and Decay of Strange Particles
S1 Ep30
7.0
20th Apr 1964
An accident in a nuclear research facility opens a dimensonal doorway and allows deadly creatures to emerge.
The Chameleon
S1 Ep31
7.2
27th Apr 1964
A government agent faces a crisis of conscience when he infiltrates a band of aliens marooned aboard the wreckage of a flying saucer.
The Forms of Things Unknown
S1 Ep32
6.6
4th May 1964
Two women with a body in their car trunk come upon a house by chance wherein a crazed inventor has a machine that can bring back the dead.
The Outer Limits is an anthology tv series of self-contained sci-fi-horror stories, sometimes with a plot twist at the end.
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The best rated episodes of The Outer Limits are:
I, Robot S2E9 rated 7.8
Soldier S2E1 rated 7.5
Demon with a Glass Hand S2E5 rated 7.4
The Galaxy Being S1E1 rated 7.4
The Inheritors Part II S2E11 rated 7.3
Behold, Eck! S2E3 rated 7.3
The Inheritors Part I S2E10 rated 7.3
The Premonition S2E16 rated 7.3
Keeper of the Purple Twilight S2E12 rated 7.3
The Brain of Colonel Barham S2E15 rated 7.3
The lowest rated episodes of The Outer Limits are:
Tourist Attraction S1E13 rated 6.1
Corpus Earthling S1E9 rated 6.2
Fun and Games S1E27 rated 6.5
The Mutant S1E25 rated 6.5
The Children of Spider County S1E21 rated 6.5
The Invisibles S1E19 rated 6.6
Second Chance S1E23 rated 6.6
The Forms of Things Unknown S1E32 rated 6.6
The Duplicate Man S2E13 rated 6.6
It Crawled Out of the Woodwork S1E11 rated 6.6
The first episode of The Outer Limits aired on September 16, 1963.
The last episode of The Outer Limits aired on January 16, 1965.
