Joyride (The Outer Limits)
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| The Outer Limits episode | |
|---|---|
| “Joyride” | |
| Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 94 |
| Guest star(s) | Cliff Robertson (Theodore Harris), Andrea Martin (Lil Vaughn), Barry Corbin (Carlton Powers), Pamela Parry (Madelaine Harris), Adam Harrington (Ty Chafey), Joanna Piros (Reporter #1), Peter Bryant (Commander Sullivan), Erin Daniels (Barbara Chafey), Mackenzie Gray (Martin Reese), Johanna Lebovitz (), G. Patrick Currie (Young Harris), Lorena Gale (Committee Member), Peter Kelamis (Brain Wakefield), Kavin Hayes (Reporter #2) |
| Writer(s) | Sam Egan, David Alexander and Dan Wright |
| Director | James Head |
| Production no. | |
| Original airdate | 26 February 1999 |
| Episode chronology | |
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| “The Other Side” | “The Human Operators” |
"Joyride" is an episode of television show The Outer Limits. It first aired on 26 February 1999 .
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[edit] Opening narration
- "The burden of solitude is a mighty one; be it a lone voice echoing in the dark, or the cry of humanity in a desolate universe."
[edit] Plot synopsis
Theodore Harris' first time in space, in 1963, did not go quite as planned. Alone in his Mercury capsule, he panicked and aborted the mission when a mysterious violet light penetrated the cockpit and began to envelop his body. In the investigation that followed, no evidence could be found to support his story, leaving a blot on Harris' NASA record and his life in ruins. Now at age 63, he knows he can never make amends with his estranged wife Madelaine, but he feels he can clear his name if he could just get back to where he saw the light. When NASA turns him down, Harris is recruited by Carlton Powers, a self-made billionaire who plans to privatize space travel and thinks Harris' presence on the inaugural flight will help him sell the service. Harris and Power are joined on the flight by Martin Reese, a skeptical tabloid reporter, Lil Vaughn, an eccentric fashion mogul, and Ty and Barbara Chafey, young newlyweds who won a contest to travel on the space plane. None of the passengers know, however, that Harris has reprogrammed the flight plan to take the flight to the site of the close encounter that shattered the young man's life.
[edit] Closing narration
- "Our lives are defined by our choices; paths taken, worlds explored. But once we commit, we can never go back and choose again...
