Best Episodes Of The Outer Limits


The Outer LimitsThe Outer Limits is a TV series starring Bob Johnson, Ben Wright, and William Douglas. An anthology series of insightful science fiction tales.

Release Date: September 1963


10. I, Robot


The Outer Limits Season 2 Episode 9Air Date: 14 Nov. 1964
Season 2, Episode 9

A cynical lawyer is hired by a young woman to prove that her uncle was not killed by his invention – a sophisticated robot.


9. Nightmare


The Outer Limits Season 1 Episode 10Air Date: 2 Dec. 1963
Season 1, Episode 10

A stranded team of soldiers are captured and experimented on by demonic looking aliens.


8. The Bellero Shield


The Outer Limits Season 1 Episode 20Air Date: 10 Feb. 1964
Season 1, Episode 20

Richard Bellero, a dedicated scientist, is working on experiments involving sending laser beams into outer space. His father, Richard Bellero Sr., believes the scientist isn’t strong enough to take over the Bellero business empire. In the meantime, Richard’s wife Judith has more than enough ambition for the two of them. Richard, through a freak accident, reels in a being from another dimension with his laser experiment. The being has a small device that can project a shield that no force can penetrate. The alien at first wants to learn all about earth that he can and …


7. The Inheritors: Part II


The Outer Limits Season 2 Episode 11Air Date: 28 Nov. 1964
Season 2, Episode 11

Four soldiers have been shot in the head by bullets made from the fragment of a meteorite. As a result, they have developed genius level IQs. Three of them have disappeared, one remains in hospital. Adam Ballard, Assistant Secretary of Science, believes the men have been taken over by an alien intelligence, and that they are working to bring some evil plan to fruition.


6. Soldier


The Outer Limits Season 2 Episode 1Air Date: 19 Sep. 1964
Season 2, Episode 1

A soldier from the far future is accidentally teleported back to 1964. The psychiatrist assigned to examine the soldier realizes that he has been bred purely as a killing machine, but he believe he can reawaken the warrior’s humanity. Meanwhile, a second soldier arrives, dedicated to hunting and killing his enemy.


5. The Zanti Misfits


The Outer Limits Season 1 Episode 14Air Date: 30 Dec. 1963
Season 1, Episode 14

Perfectionist aliens from the planet Zanti, with human aide, decides to make Earth a penal colony for their criminals- large ants with grotesque human-like faces; but a fleeing bank robber and his girlfriend threatens the agreement.



4. The Man Who Was Never Born


The Outer Limits Season 1 Episode 6Air Date: 28 Oct. 1963
Season 1, Episode 6

Earth awaits a terrible fate in the far future, so a 20th Century astronaut and a typically hideously malformed future Earthling go back in time hoping to change history. They target a beautiful young woman just before she gives birth to the scientist who created the bio-warfare agent which ravages the future Earth and all humans. But how can the repulsive Andro succeed when he’s likely to be shot on sight ?


3. The Sixth Finger


The Outer Limits Season 1 Episode 5Air Date: 14 Oct. 1963
Season 1, Episode 5

A scientist hires a miner to be the human subject in an experiment to speed-up evolution, which slowly turns the miner into a highly intelligent, alien-like being.


2. A Feasibility Study


The Outer Limits Season 1 Episode 29Air Date: 13 Apr. 1964
Season 1, Episode 29

The inhabitants of a typical suburban street find that they’ve been abducted by a diseased alien race, which wants to discover if humans will make suitable slaves for them.


1. The Inheritors: Part I


The Outer Limits Season 2 Episode 10Air Date: 21 Nov. 1964
Season 2, Episode 10

Four soldiers have been shot in the head by bullets made from the fragment of a meteorite. As a result, they have developed genius level IQs. Three of them have disappeared, one remains in hospital. Adam Ballard, Assistant Secretary of Science, believes the men have been taken over by an alien intelligence, and that they are working to bring some evil plan to fruition.