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The Worst 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 - Specimen: Unknown

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    S1:E22

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

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    Director:Gerd Oswald
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    #2 - The Mutant

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    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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    #3 - Production and Decay of Strange Particles

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    S1:E30

    An accident in a nuclear research facility opens a dimensonal doorway and allows deadly creatures to emerge.

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    #4 - The Chameleon

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    S1:E31

    A government agent faces a crisis of conscience when he infiltrates a band of aliens marooned aboard the wreckage of a flying saucer.

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    #5 - The Forms of Things Unknown

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    S1:E32

    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.

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  6. 4.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - The Children of Spider County

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    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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  8. 4.5/10(1 votes)

    #7 - O.B.I.T.

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    S1:E7

    A new invention allows spying on anyone, anywhere.

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  9. 5.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - The Borderland

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    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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  10. 5.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - The Mice

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    S1:E15

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

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  11. 5.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Controlled Experiment

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    S1:E16

    Two Martian investigators probe our custom of homicide.

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  12. 5.0/10(2 votes)

    #11 - Don't Open Till Doomsday

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    S1:E17

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

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  13. 5.0/10(2 votes)

    #12 - The Invisibles

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    S1:E19

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

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  14. 6.0/10(2 votes)

    #13 - Tourist Attraction

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    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. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - The Guests

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    S1:E26

    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.

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  16. 6.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - The Special One

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    S1:E28

    Parents of a gifted youngster discover that their son's new tutor is not quite human.

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  17. 6.2/10(429 votes)

    #16 - Counterweight

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    S2:E14

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

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  18. 6.5/10(561 votes)

    #17 - The Invisible Enemy

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    S2:E7

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

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    Director:Byron Haskin
    Writer:Jerry Sohl
  19. 6.5/10(411 votes)

    #18 - The Brain of Colonel Barham

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    S2:E15

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

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  20. 6.6/10(608 votes)

    #19 - Cold Hands, Warm Heart

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    S2:E2

    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.

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  21. 6.6/10(493 votes)

    #20 - Wolf 359

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    S2:E8

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

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  22. 6.6/10(460 votes)

    #21 - The Probe

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    S2:E17

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

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  23. 6.7/10(542 votes)

    #22 - Cry of Silence

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    S2:E6

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

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  24. 6.8/10(482 votes)

    #23 - Expanding Human

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    S2:E4

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

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  25. 6.9/10(540 votes)

    #24 - Behold, Eck!

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    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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  26. 6.9/10(472 votes)

    #25 - Keeper of the Purple Twilight

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    S2:E12

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

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Specimen: Unknown" is the worst rated episode of "The Outer Limits". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Gerd Oswald and written by Stephen Lord, it aired on 2/24/1964. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Mutant".