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The Best Episodes of The Outer Limits

Every episode of The Outer Limits ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Outer Limits!

The Best Episodes of The Outer Limits

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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  1. Background image for Behold, Eck!
    10.0/10(2 votes)

    #1 - Behold, Eck!

    S2:E3

    A scientist invents a pair of glasses which enable him to see and communicate with a two dimensional being.

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  2. Background image for Demon with a Glass Hand
    10.0/10(2 votes)

    #2 - Demon with a Glass Hand

    S2:E5

    A man with a glass hand attempts to unravel the mystery of who he is.

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  3. Background image for ZZZZZ
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    #3 - ZZZZZ

    S1:E18

    A queen bee assumes a human appearance in order to make an unwary scientist into her new mate.

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    Director:John Brahm
  4. Background image for A Feasibility Study
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - A Feasibility Study

    S1:E29

    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.

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  5. Background image for Soldier
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #5 - Soldier

    S2:E1

    Two soldiers from the future are thrust back through time to the present day.

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  6. Background image for I, Robot
    8.7/10(2 votes)

    #6 - I, Robot

    S2:E9

    A robot is put on trial for the murder of his creator.

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  8. Background image for The Inheritors Part II
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #7 - The Inheritors Part II

    S2:E11

    An investigation reveals a desperate plan involving the construction of a spaceship and a group of special children.

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  9. Background image for Second Chance
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Second Chance

    S1:E23

    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.

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  10. Background image for Moonstone
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Moonstone

    S1:E24

    Workers on a moon base find a mysterious rock that appears to be alive.

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  11. Background image for The Inheritors Part I
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #10 - The Inheritors Part I

    S2:E10

    After being shot in the head, a soldier gains a genius IQ and begins working fervently toward a mysterious goal.

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  12. Background image for The Brain of Colonel Barham
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - The Brain of Colonel Barham

    S2:E15

    A dying astronaut agrees to have his brain implanted into a robot body.

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  13. Background image for The Sixth Finger
    7.8/10(5 votes)

    #12 - The Sixth Finger

    S1:E5

    A scientist discovers a way to speed up evolution and tries out the process on a simple miner.

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  14. Background image for The Bellero Shield
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #13 - The Bellero Shield

    S1:E20

    A scientist captures an alien that can protect itself with an unbreakable shield.

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  15. Background image for Fun and Games
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #14 - Fun and Games

    S1:E27

    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.

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  16. Background image for Nightmare
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #15 - Nightmare

    S1:E10

    In a war action with the planet Ebon, some soldiers are captured, interrogated and tortured.

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    Director:John Erman
  17. Background image for The Zanti Misfits
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #16 - The Zanti Misfits

    S1:E14

    Exiles from the planet Zanti arrive on Earth, and a startling truth is uncovered when two human renegades invade their privacy.

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  18. Background image for The Galaxy Being
    7.1/10(9 votes)

    #17 - The Galaxy Being

    S1:E1

    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.

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  19. Background image for The Architects of Fear
    7.1/10(6 votes)

    #18 - The Architects of Fear

    S1:E3

    A noble scheme goes horribly awry when a group of scientists plan an elaborate hoax designed to frighten and ultimately unite humankind.

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  20. Background image for The Hundred Days of the Dragon
    7.0/10(4 votes)

    #19 - The Hundred Days of the Dragon

    S1:E2

    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.

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  21. Background image for The Man with the Power
    7.0/10(4 votes)

    #20 - The Man with the Power

    S1:E4

    A radical experiment gives a college professor incredible power, which his subconcious mind uses to destroy his enemies.

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  22. Background image for The Man Who Was Never Born
    7.0/10(6 votes)

    #21 - The Man Who Was Never Born

    S1:E6

    An astronaut travels to the 23rd Century, where he finds the Earth a blasted wasteland inhabited by monsters.

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  23. Background image for The Human Factor
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #22 - The Human Factor

    S1:E8

    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.

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  24. Background image for Corpus Earthling
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #23 - Corpus Earthling

    S1:E9

    A man with a steel plate in his head overhears conversations about global conquest. But where are the voices coming from?

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  25. Background image for It Crawled Out of the Woodwork
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - It Crawled Out of the Woodwork

    S1:E11

    An incredible being made of pure energy imperils the staff of a research lab and hides a deadly secret.

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  26. Background image for Expanding Human
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Expanding Human

    S2:E4

    A man experimenting with conciousness expansion drugs becomes super-human and not really human at all.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Behold, Eck!" is the best rated episode of "The Outer Limits". It scored 10/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Byron Haskin and written by John Mantley, William R. Cox, it aired on 10/3/1964. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Demon with a Glass Hand".