The Outer Limits - Season 5

The Outer Limits - Season 5

Season 5

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Episodes22
DatesJan 22, 1999 - Aug 20, 1999
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Episodes

Alien Radio
Season 5Episode 160 min

Alien Radio

A skeptical radio show host, who loves to shoot down his listeners, reports an alien encounter. One of his listeners, who claims to be possessed by an alien, sets himself on fire in front of him.

Jan 22, 1999
Donor
Season 5Episode 260 min

Donor

With a cutting edge operation, Dr. Halstead, who should have died, gets a new lease on life. What he doesn't know is how they found such a perfect match in such a short amount of time.

Jan 29, 1999
Small Friends
Season 5Episode 360 min

Small Friends

A prisoner who fixes other prisoners' electronic devices builds a few small mechanical friends who perform mechanical tasks for him. The other prisoners learn of their existence and want them to help in a prison break.

Feb 5, 1999
The Grell
Season 5Episode 460 min

The Grell

An alien slave of the species Grell rescues his owner's family after their plane is shot down in an attack by the Grell rebellion.

Feb 12, 1999
The Other Side
Season 5Episode 560 min

The Other Side

A young scientist's efforts to regenerate the minds of brain-dead patients is endangered when his own single-mindedness drives off his assistants and alienates his superiors. He links up the patients' brains, which hooks up the subjects together, in another reality. But the method threatens the continuation of the study.

Feb 19, 1999
Joyride
Season 5Episode 660 min

Joyride

An American Project Mercury astronaut who had aborted his flight due to some mysterious purple lights in space has a chance to revisit the experience on a private space flight sponsored by an American billionaire.

Feb 26, 1999
The Human Operators
Season 5Episode 760 min

The Human Operators

On a ship controlled by an authoritarian computer maintained by human slaves, a man and woman learn that the ship fears them. The humans dream of sabotaging the ship's sentient control system and free themselves.

Mar 12, 1999
Blank Slate
Season 5Episode 860 min

Blank Slate

Hope Wilson knows there's something different about the man who stumbles into the homeless shelter. This well-manicured man is being changed by somebody and is carrying all of his memories in a box.

Apr 2, 1999
What Will the Neighbors Think?
Season 5Episode 960 min

What Will the Neighbors Think?

Mona is a bit of a hypochondriac. One day in the basement she sees two people having sexual intercourse and in the process is electrocuted. When she awakes, she finds out that she can hear the thoughts of the people in her building.

Apr 23, 1999
The Shroud
Season 5Episode 1060 min

The Shroud

When Marie and Justin can't have a child, they turn to the fertility clinic using invitro fertilization to implant an embryo in her uterus. What Marie doesn't know is that her fetus contains DNA lifted from the Shroud of Turin in a plot to artificially create the second coming of Christ.

Apr 30, 1999
Ripper
Season 5Episode 1160 min

Ripper

An alien that inhabits women, eventually killing them, is resulting in a modern "Jack the Ripper" crime wave and wants to plant the blame on a man who is trying to stop him.

May 7, 1999
Tribunal
Season 5Episode 1260 min

Tribunal

A lawyer looking to convict a Nazi war criminal gets help from a mysterious time traveler who is able to procure evidence from the place of the crimes: Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944.

May 14, 1999
Summit
Season 5Episode 1360 min

Summit

A planet of genetically engineered humanoids that are mining resources for Earth are demanding their independence from human oppression.

May 21, 1999
Descent
Season 5Episode 1460 min

Descent

A milquetoast scientist who has been working at a museum develops a genetic dominance DNA serum that should bring out the competitive nature inherent in all of us. Trying it on himself brings out more than he bargained for.

Jun 25, 1999
The Haven
Season 5Episode 1560 min

The Haven

Residents of an apartment house whose lives are isolated and provided for by an internal automated system find that they must now work together when it no longer functions properly.

Jul 2, 1999
Deja Vu
Season 5Episode 1660 min

Deja Vu

With the funding of the military, Dr. Crest is trying to create the ability to teleport objects. Someone has sabotaged the project causing him to relive the several hours before the final countdown over and over again.

Jul 9, 1999
The Inheritors
Season 5Episode 1760 min

The Inheritors

A man is killed when a meteor strikes him in the head. When the coroner examines him, tentacles exit the hole in his head and then the corpse gets up and walks off.

Jul 16, 1999
Essence of Life
Season 5Episode 1860 min

Essence of Life

A new designer drug called S is available to those wanting to "reunite" with a deceased loved one. The catch? It's illegal, addictive and can drive the user insane if they take too much too often.

Jul 23, 1999
Stranded
Season 5Episode 1960 min

Stranded

A lonely high school boy finds friendship in an alien that crash lands on Earth.

Jul 30, 1999
Fathers and Sons
Season 5Episode 2060 min

Fathers and Sons

A young man's grandfather is sent to a home by his father. When he learns the home is causing his grandfather to have weird dreams his investigation leads him to discover the secret behind Silver Sunset.

Aug 6, 1999
Star Crossed
Season 5Episode 2160 min

Star Crossed

A futuristic reinterpretation of "Casablanca," a couple is carrying a parasite that might win the war for the humans. The couple flees looking for a way to escape and gain the support of a former lover who owns a casino.

Aug 13, 1999
Better Luck Next Time
Season 5Episode 2260 min

Better Luck Next Time

A man is arrested for killing another and claims he is possessed by an alien. As he convinces one of the detectives through mental images, her partner is questioning another witness who was also there.

Aug 20, 1999

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