The Outer Limits backdrop
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The Outer Limits poster

The Worst Episodes of The Outer Limits

Every episode of The Outer Limits ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of The Outer Limits!

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.

Seasons2

  1. Background image for Tourist Attraction
    6.1/10(671 votes)

    #1 - 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.

    0 Comments

    Be first to comment!

    Start
    !

    Be the first to comment!

  2. Background image for Production and Decay of Strange Particles
    6.2/10(557 votes)

    #2 - Production and Decay of Strange Particles

    S1:E30

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

    0 Comments

    Be first to comment!

    Start
    !

    Be the first to comment!

  3. Background image for Counterweight
    6.2/10(451 votes)

    #3 - Counterweight

    S2:E14

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

    0 Comments

    Be first to comment!

    Start
    !

    Be the first to comment!

  4. Background image for The Children of Spider County
    6.3/10(569 votes)

    #4 - 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.

    0 Comments

    Be first to comment!

    Start
    !

    Be the first to comment!

  5. Background image for The Invisible Enemy
    6.5/10(587 votes)

    #5 - The Invisible Enemy

    S2:E7

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

    Director:Byron Haskin
    Writer:Jerry Sohl
    0 Comments

    Be first to comment!

    Start
    !

    Be the first to comment!

  6. Background image for The Borderland
    6.6/10(710 votes)

    #6 - 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.

    0 Comments

    Be first to comment!

    Start
    !

    Be the first to comment!

  7. Trending NowTRENDING NOW

    The 20 BEST Episodes of The Outer Limits

    READ
  8. Background image for Cold Hands, Warm Heart
    6.6/10(640 votes)

    #7 - Cold Hands, Warm Heart

    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.

    0 Comments

    Be first to comment!

    Start
    !

    Be the first to comment!

  9. Background image for Wolf 359
    6.6/10(519 votes)

    #8 - Wolf 359

    S2:E8

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

    0 Comments

    Be first to comment!

    Start
    !

    Be the first to comment!

  10. Background image for The Brain of Colonel Barham
    6.6/10(431 votes)

    #9 - The Brain of Colonel Barham

    S2:E15

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

    0 Comments

    Be first to comment!

    Start
    !

    Be the first to comment!

  11. Background image for The Probe
    6.6/10(484 votes)

    #10 - The Probe

    S2:E17

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

    0 Comments

    Be first to comment!

    Start
    !

    Be the first to comment!

  12. Background image for The Mice
    6.7/10(642 votes)

    #11 - The Mice

    S1:E15

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

    0 Comments

    Be first to comment!

    Start
    !

    Be the first to comment!

  13. Background image for Expanding Human
    6.7/10(503 votes)

    #12 - Expanding Human

    S2:E4

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

    0 Comments

    Be first to comment!

    Start
    !

    Be the first to comment!

  14. Background image for Cry of Silence
    6.7/10(567 votes)

    #13 - Cry of Silence

    S2:E6

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

    0 Comments

    Be first to comment!

    Start
    !

    Be the first to comment!

  15. Background image for Specimen: Unknown
    6.8/10(595 votes)

    #14 - Specimen: Unknown

    S1:E22

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

    Director:Gerd Oswald
    0 Comments

    Be first to comment!

    Start
    !

    Be the first to comment!

  16. Background image for Moonstone
    6.8/10(566 votes)

    #15 - Moonstone

    S1:E24

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

    0 Comments

    Be first to comment!

    Start
    !

    Be the first to comment!

  17. Background image for The Mutant
    6.8/10(562 votes)

    #16 - 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.

    0 Comments

    Be first to comment!

    Start
    !

    Be the first to comment!

  18. Background image for The Human Factor
    6.9/10(742 votes)

    #17 - 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.

    0 Comments

    Be first to comment!

    Start
    !

    Be the first to comment!

  19. Background image for Corpus Earthling
    6.9/10(785 votes)

    #18 - 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?

    0 Comments

    Be first to comment!

    Start
    !

    Be the first to comment!

  20. Background image for Don't Open Till Doomsday
    6.9/10(710 votes)

    #19 - Don't Open Till Doomsday

    S1:E17

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

    0 Comments

    Be first to comment!

    Start
    !

    Be the first to comment!

  21. Background image for Behold, Eck!
    6.9/10(567 votes)

    #20 - Behold, Eck!

    S2:E3

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

    0 Comments

    Be first to comment!

    Start
    !

    Be the first to comment!

  22. Background image for Keeper of the Purple Twilight
    6.9/10(497 votes)

    #21 - Keeper of the Purple Twilight

    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.

    0 Comments

    Be first to comment!

    Start
    !

    Be the first to comment!

  23. Background image for The Duplicate Man
    6.9/10(487 votes)

    #22 - The Duplicate Man

    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.

    0 Comments

    Be first to comment!

    Start
    !

    Be the first to comment!

  24. Background image for ZZZZZ
    7.0/10(733 votes)

    #23 - ZZZZZ

    S1:E18

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

    Director:John Brahm
    0 Comments

    Be first to comment!

    Start
    !

    Be the first to comment!

  25. Background image for Controlled Experiment
    7.1/10(747 votes)

    #24 - Controlled Experiment

    S1:E16

    Two Martian investigators probe our custom of homicide.

    0 Comments

    Be first to comment!

    Start
    !

    Be the first to comment!

  26. Background image for The Special One
    7.1/10(550 votes)

    #25 - The Special One

    S1:E28

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

    0 Comments

    Be first to comment!

    Start
    !

    Be the first to comment!

Worst Episodes Summary

"Tourist Attraction" is the worst rated episode of "The Outer Limits". It scored 6.1/10 based on 671 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, "Production and Decay of Strange Particles".