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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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Checked Nov 8, 2026
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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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Episode 1
Two soldiers from the future are thrust back through time to the present day.
Directed by Gerd OswaldWritten by Harlan EllisonGuest stars Lloyd Nolan, Michael Ansara, Tim O'Connor, Ralph Hart, Jill Hill, Allen Jaffe, Marlowe Jensen, Catherine McLeod
Episode 2
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.
Directed by Charles F. HaasWritten by Milton Krims, Daniel B. UllmanGuest stars William Shatner, Geraldine Brooks, Lloyd Gough, Malachi Throne, Dean Harens, James B. Sikking, Lawrence Montaigne, Henry Scott
Episode 3
A scientist invents a pair of glasses which enable him to see and communicate with a two dimensional being.
Directed by Byron HaskinWritten by William R. Cox, John MantleyGuest stars Peter Lind Hayes, Joan Freeman, Parley Baer, Douglas Henderson, Sam Reese, Marcelle Hebert, Paul Sorensen, Richard Gittings
Episode 4
A man experimenting with conciousness expansion drugs becomes super-human and not really human at all.
Directed by Gerd OswaldWritten by Francis M. CockrellGuest stars Skip Homeier, Keith Andes, James Doohan, Vaughn Taylor, Aki Aleong, Mary Gregory, Barbara Wilkin, Robert Doyle
Episode 5
Continuance of the human race against alien invaders depends on a man with a glass hand and no memory of his past.
Directed by Byron HaskinWritten by Harlan EllisonGuest stars Robert Culp, Arlene Martel, Abraham Sofaer, Rex Holman, Steve Harris, Robert Fortier
Episode 6
A couple of motorists stranded in the desert are stalked by a bunch of tumbleweeds.
Directed by Charles F. HaasWritten by Louis Charbonneau, Robert C. DennisGuest stars Eddie Albert, June Havoc, Arthur Hunnicutt
Episode 7
A manned mission to Mars is menaced by Martian creatures who swim in the planet's sandy soil.
Directed by Byron HaskinWritten by Jerry SohlGuest stars Adam West, Rudy Solari, Joe Maross, Ted Knight, Chris Alcaide, Anthony Costello, Robert DoQui, Peter Marko
Episode 8
A college professor recreates the environment of a distant planet in a lab in order to study its evolution... which happens quickly.
Directed by László BenedekWritten by Richard H. Landau, Seeleg LesterGuest stars Patrick O'Neal, Sara Shane, Peter Haskell, Ben Wright, Dabney Coleman
Episode 9
A robot is put on trial for the murder of his creator.
Directed by Leon BensonWritten by Otto Binder, Robert C. DennisGuest stars Howard Da Silva, Ford Rainey, Marianna Hill, Leonard Nimoy, John Hoyt, Robert Sorrells, Hugh Sanders, Mary Jackson
Episode 10
After being shot in the head, a soldier gains a genius IQ and begins working fervently toward a mysterious goal.
Directed by James GoldstoneWritten by Seeleg Lester, Sam Neuman, Ed AdamsonGuest stars James Shigeta, Dabbs Greer, Robert Nelson, Robert Cinder, William Wintersole, Robert Duvall, Donald Harron, Steve Ihnat
Episode 11
An investigation reveals a desperate plan involving the construction of a spaceship and a group of special children.
Directed by James GoldstoneWritten by Seeleg Lester, Ed Adamson, Sam NeumanGuest stars Robert Duvall, Donald Harron, Steve Ihnat, Ivan Dixon, Dee Pollock, James Frawley, Ted de Corsia, Jan Shutan
Episode 12
An alien offers his technical knowledge of how to build a ray gun in exchange for a scientist's ability to feel emotions.
Directed by Charles F. HaasWritten by Stephen Lord, Milton KrimsGuest stars Robert Webber, Warren Stevens, Gail Kobe, Curt Conway, Edward Platt
Episode 13
A man wants to capture a dangerous alien creature. Doing it himself would be way too dangerous, so he has his clone do it.
Directed by Gerd OswaldWritten by Clifford D. Simak, Robert C. DennisGuest stars Ron Randell, Constance Towers, Mike Lane, Steven Geray, Konstantin Shayne, Alan Gifford, Jeffrey Stone, Jonathan Hole
Episode 14
Six future astronauts are put through a simulation of a long space flight.
Directed by Paul StanleyWritten by Jerry Sohl, Milton KrimsGuest stars Michael Constantine, Charles H. Radilak, Larry Ward, Stephen Joyce, Crahan Denton, Shary Marshall, Sandy Kenyon, Jacqueline Scott
Episode 15
A dying astronaut agrees to have his brain implanted into a robot body.
Directed by Charles F. HaasWritten by Sidney Ellis, Robert C. DennisGuest stars Grant Williams, Elizabeth Perry, Anthony Eisley, Douglas Kennedy, Paul Lukather, Martin Kosleck, Wesley Addy, Peter Hansen
Episode 16
An out-of-control test flight traps a pilot and his wife in a slow-moving time warp, and they're not alone.
Directed by Gerd OswaldWritten by Ib Melchior, Samuel RoecaGuest stars Dewey Martin, Mary Murphy, Kay E. Kuter, Emma Tyson, William Bramley, Dorothy Green, Coby Denton
Episode 17
After flying into a hurricane, the crew of a cargo plane bound for Tokyo is captured by an alien space probe.
Directed by Felix E. FeistWritten by Seeleg Lester, Sam NeumanGuest stars Ron Hayes, Peggy Ann Garner, William Boyett, William Stevens, Richard Tretter, Janos Prohaska, Peter Mark Richman
Episode information updated Nov 14, 2026
David FrankhamCapt. Terrence Ralph Brookman
Philip AbbottBen Fields
Henry SilvaGeneral Juan Mercurio
Kent SmithDr. Block
Geraldine BrooksAnn Barton
Martin LandauRichard Bellero
ABCUnited States
