Lithia (The Outer Limits)
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| “Lithia” | |||||||
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| The Outer Limits episode | |||||||
| Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 17 |
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| Written by | Sam Egan | ||||||
| Directed by | Helen Shaver | ||||||
| Guest stars | David Keith as Maj. Jason Mercer, Jenny-Lynn Hutcheson as Nomi | ||||||
| Production no. | 79 | ||||||
| Original airdate | 3 July 1998 | ||||||
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| List of The Outer Limits episodes | |||||||
"Lithia" is an episode of The Outer Limits (new series) television show. It was first aired on 3 July 1998, during the fourth season.
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[edit] Introduction
Major Jason Mercer wakes from a cryogenically frozen state to find that he is the only male left alive.
[edit] Opening narration
"Evolution teaches that the failure of a species to adapt will result in extinction. But could an entire gender fall victim to the same immutable loss?"
[edit] Plot
Lithia is set in 2055, in a world populated only by women. The men were killed years earlier in a war.
The women are living in a commune, and seem to be living full and happy lives, although they lack some of the technology of the past. Neighboring villages are in control of many of the resources, which makes Mercer jealous. He tries to tell the women living in the commune that they must make sure that they have enough resources for themselves. Their leader tells him that kind of thinking is what led to war.
Mercer becomes aggressive and proceeds to steal resources from the rival villages. Unfortunately, this leads to the deaths of several different women. Mercer is then condemned to being frozen again as punishment. It is revealed that the women have had the technology to revive the male population, but refuse to because of the violence men like Mercer and others who came out of freezing caused. Also, the leader of the women's village happens to be a former love interest of Mercer's before he was frozen.
[edit] Closing narration
"The differences between men and women have been debated among philosophers since recorded history began. If indeed males are, by their nature the aggressor, it is this quality that may one day be their undoing."
