The Outer Limits

The Worst Episodes of The Outer Limits

Genre:Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:ABC

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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. 6.1/10(630 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. 6.2/10(540 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. 6.2/10(428 votes)

    #3 - Counterweight

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    S2:E14

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

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  4. 6.3/10(531 votes)

    #4 - 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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  5. 6.5/10(559 votes)

    #5 - 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
  6. 6.5/10(410 votes)

    #6 - 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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  8. 6.6/10(669 votes)

    #7 - 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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  9. 6.6/10(606 votes)

    #8 - 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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  10. 6.6/10(491 votes)

    #9 - 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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  11. 6.6/10(459 votes)

    #10 - 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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  12. 6.7/10(605 votes)

    #11 - 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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  13. 6.7/10(541 votes)

    #12 - 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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  14. 6.8/10(556 votes)

    #13 - 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
  15. 6.8/10(530 votes)

    #14 - Moonstone

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    S1:E24

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

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  16. 6.8/10(524 votes)

    #15 - 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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  17. 6.8/10(480 votes)

    #16 - 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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  18. 6.9/10(702 votes)

    #17 - The Human Factor

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    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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  19. 6.9/10(742 votes)

    #18 - Corpus Earthling

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    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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  20. 6.9/10(539 votes)

    #19 - 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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  21. 6.9/10(470 votes)

    #20 - 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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  22. 6.9/10(461 votes)

    #21 - The Duplicate Man

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    S2:E13

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

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  23. 7.0/10(666 votes)

    #22 - 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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  24. 7.0/10(698 votes)

    #23 - ZZZZZ

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    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
  25. 7.1/10(709 votes)

    #24 - Controlled Experiment

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    S1:E16

    Two Martian investigators probe our custom of homicide.

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  26. 7.1/10(517 votes)

    #25 - 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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Tourist Attraction" is the worst rated episode of "The Outer Limits". It scored 6.1/10 based on 630 votes. Directed by László Benedek and written by Dean Riesner, it aired on 12/23/1963. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Children of Spider County".