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The Best Episodes of The Outer Limits Season 2

Genre:Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:ABC

Every episode of The Outer Limits Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Outer Limits Season 2!

The Outer Limits is an anthology tv series of self-contained sci-fi-horror stories, sometimes with a plot twist at the end.
Episodes
17
Avg. Rating
7.2
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  • Demon with a Glass Hand
    8.6/10(1,185)
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    #1 - Demon with a Glass Hand

    Season 2 Episode 5

    Aired 10/17/1964

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

    Director: Byron Haskin

    Writer: Harlan Ellison

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  • The Inheritors Part II
    8.4/10(686)
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    #2 - The Inheritors Part II

    Season 2 Episode 11

    Aired 11/28/1964

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

    Director: James Goldstone

    Writer: Seeleg Lester, Sam Neuman, Ed Adamson

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  • The Inheritors Part I
    8.3/10(730)
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    #3 - The Inheritors Part I

    Season 2 Episode 10

    Aired 11/21/1964

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

    Director: James Goldstone

    Writer: Seeleg Lester, Sam Neuman

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  • I, Robot
    7.9/10(636)
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    #4 - I, Robot

    Season 2 Episode 9

    Aired 11/14/1964

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

    Director: Leon Benson

    Writer: Robert C. Dennis, Otto Binder

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  • Soldier
    7.8/10(800)
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    #5 - Soldier

    Season 2 Episode 1

    Aired 9/19/1964

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

    Director: Gerd Oswald

    Writer: Harlan Ellison

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  • The Premonition
    7.4/10(545)
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    #6 - The Premonition

    Season 2 Episode 16

    Aired 1/9/1965

    An out-of-control test flight traps a pilot and his wife in a slow-moving time warp, and they're not alone.

    Director: Gerd Oswald

    Writer: Ib Melchior, Samuel Roeca

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  • Behold, Eck!
    6.9/10(534)
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    #7 - Behold, Eck!

    Season 2 Episode 3

    Aired 10/3/1964

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

    Director: Byron Haskin

    Writer: John Mantley, William R. Cox

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  • Keeper of the Purple Twilight
    6.9/10(468)
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    #8 - Keeper of the Purple Twilight

    Season 2 Episode 12

    Aired 12/5/1964

    An alien offers his technical knowledge of how to build a ray gun in exchange for a scientist's ability to feel emotions.

    Director: Charles F. Haas

    Writer: Stephen Lord, Milton Krims

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  • The Duplicate Man
    6.9/10(459)
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    #9 - The Duplicate Man

    Season 2 Episode 13

    Aired 12/19/1964

    A man wants to capture a dangerous alien creature. Doing it himself would be way too dangerous, so he has his clone do it.

    Director: Gerd Oswald

    Writer: Robert C. Dennis, Clifford D. Simak

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  • Expanding Human
    6.8/10(477)
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    #10 - Expanding Human

    Season 2 Episode 4

    Aired 10/10/1964

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

    Director: Gerd Oswald

    Writer: Francis M. Cockrell

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  • Cry of Silence
    6.7/10(539)
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    #11 - Cry of Silence

    Season 2 Episode 6

    Aired 10/24/1964

    A couple of motorists stranded in the desert are stalked by a bunch of tumbleweeds.

    Director: Charles F. Haas

    Writer: Louis Charbonneau, Robert C. Dennis

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  • Cold Hands, Warm Heart
    6.6/10(603)
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    #12 - Cold Hands, Warm Heart

    Season 2 Episode 2

    Aired 9/26/1964

    After returning from a mission to Venus, an astronaut can't seem to stay warm enough and has strange dreams about encountering a wraith-like being outside his spaceship window.

    Director: Charles F. Haas

    Writer: Milton Krims, Daniel B. Ullman

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  • Wolf 359
    6.6/10(487)
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    #13 - Wolf 359

    Season 2 Episode 8

    Aired 11/7/1964

    A college professor recreates the environment of a distant planet in a lab in order to study its evolution... which happens quickly.

    Director: László Benedek

    Writer: Seeleg Lester, Richard H. Landau

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  • The Probe
    6.6/10(457)
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    #14 - The Probe

    Season 2 Episode 17

    Aired 1/16/1965

    After flying into a hurricane, the crew of a cargo plane bound for Tokyo is captured by an alien space probe.

    Director: Felix E. Feist

    Writer: Seeleg Lester, Sam Neuman

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  • The Invisible Enemy
    6.5/10(556)
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    #15 - The Invisible Enemy

    Season 2 Episode 7

    Aired 10/31/1964

    A manned mission to Mars is menaced by Martian creatures who swim in the planet's sandy soil.

    Director: Byron Haskin

    Writer: Jerry Sohl

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  • The Brain of Colonel Barham
    6.5/10(408)
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    #16 - The Brain of Colonel Barham

    Season 2 Episode 15

    Aired 1/2/1965

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

    Director: Charles F. Haas

    Writer: Robert C. Dennis, Sidney Ellis

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  • Counterweight
    6.2/10(428)
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    #17 - Counterweight

    Season 2 Episode 14

    Aired 12/26/1964

    Six future astronauts are put through a simulation of a long space flight.

    Director: Paul Stanley

    Writer: Jerry Sohl, Milton Krims

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Demon with a Glass Hand" is the best rated episode of "The Outer Limits" season 2. It scored 8.6/10 based on 1185 votes. Directed by Byron Haskin and written by Harlan Ellison, it aired on 10/17/1964. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Inheritors Part II".