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The Best Episodes of The Outer Limits Season 1

Every episode of The Outer Limits Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Outer Limits Season 1!

The Best Episodes of The Outer Limits Season 1

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 The Galaxy Being
    7.1/10(9 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. Background image for The Hundred Days of the Dragon
    7.0/10(4 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. Background image for The Architects of Fear
    7.1/10(6 votes)

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

    #4 - 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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  5. Background image for The Sixth Finger
    7.8/10(5 votes)

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

    #6 - 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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  8. Background image for O.B.I.T.
    4.5/10(1 votes)

    #7 - O.B.I.T.

    S1:E7

    A new invention allows spying on anyone, anywhere.

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

    #8 - 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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  10. Background image for Corpus Earthling
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #9 - 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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  11. Background image for Nightmare
    7.3/10(3 votes)

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

    #11 - 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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  13. Background image for The Borderland
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - The Borderland

    S1:E12

    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.

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  14. Background image for Tourist Attraction
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    #13 - Tourist Attraction

    S1:E13

    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.

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  15. Background image for The Zanti Misfits
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    #14 - 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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  16. Background image for The Mice
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - The Mice

    S1:E15

    A convict serving a life sentence finds that he has an alternative: change places with an alien.

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  17. Background image for Controlled Experiment
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Controlled Experiment

    S1:E16

    Two Martian investigators probe our custom of homicide.

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  18. Background image for Don't Open Till Doomsday
    5.0/10(2 votes)

    #17 - Don't Open Till Doomsday

    S1:E17

    A young couple's honeymoon is cut short by the horrifying contents of a mysterious box.

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

    #18 - 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
  20. Background image for The Invisibles
    5.0/10(2 votes)

    #19 - The Invisibles

    S1:E19

    A government agent infiltrates a secret criminal organization that uses alien parasites to control its members.

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

    #20 - The Bellero Shield

    S1:E20

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

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  22. Background image for The Children of Spider County
    4.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - The Children of Spider County

    S1:E21

    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.

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  23. Background image for Specimen: Unknown
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    #22 - Specimen: Unknown

    S1:E22

    Scientists on a space station discover an unusual and dangerous plant.

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    Director:Gerd Oswald
  24. Background image for Second Chance
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - 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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    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Moonstone

    S1:E24

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

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  26. Background image for The Mutant
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    #25 - The Mutant

    S1:E25

    A radioactive rainstorm at a scientific base on a distant planet mutates a scientist driving him insane and making him telepathic.

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Galaxy Being" is the best rated episode of "The Outer Limits" season 1. It scored 7.1/10 based on 9 votes. Directed by Leslie Stevens and written by Leslie Stevens, it aired on 9/16/1963. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Hundred Days of the Dragon".