Counterweight (The Outer Limits)

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“Counterweight”
The Outer Limits episode
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 14
Written by	Milton Krims (teleplay) Jerry Sohl (story)
Directed by	Paul Stanley
Guest stars	Michael Constantine Jacqueline Scott
Photographed by	Kenneth Peach
Production no.	36
Original airdate	December 26, 1964
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"Counterweight" is an episode of the original The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 26 December 1964, during the second season.

Contents 1 Opening narration 2 Plot 3 Closing narration 4 Cast 5 External links

[edit] Opening narration

"The great unknown: Limitless heavens crowded with sparking mysteries, challenging Man's curiosity. But the heavens are not oceans. Man cannot push a boat into its currents and set sail for the next horizon. The heavens are a mystery only science can solve, as it penetrates the unknown."

[edit] Plot

Four scientists, a newspaper man and a construction tycoon agree to spend 261 days in isolation in an interstellar flight simulation. But the experiment is secretly infiltrated by an alien being.

[edit] Closing narration

"Panic button pressed. Passengers returned. One side always in the sunlight, the other always in darkness; the known and the unknown. Frightening to each other only when they are both unknown... and misunderstood."

[edit] Cast

• Michael Constantine – as Joe Dix
• Jacqueline Scott – as Dr. Alicia Hendrix
• Sandy Kenyon – as Prof. Henry Craif
• Larry Ward – as Keith Ellis
• Stephen Joyce – as Harvey Branson
• Shary Marshall – as Margaret O'Hara
• Charles H. Radilak – as Michael Lint
• Crahan Denton – as Matthew James
• Robert Johnson – as Voice

[edit] External links

• Detailed episode guide by 'Monsieur Vincent'
• "Counterweight (The Outer Limits)" at TV.com