Living Hell (The Outer Limits)

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Living Hell
The Outer Limits episode
Episode no. Season 1
Episode 9
Written by Pen Densham & Melinda Snodgrass
Directed by Graeme Campbell
Guest stars Sam Robards as Ben Kohler, Elizabeth Peña as Dr. Jennifer Martinez, Doug Abrahams as Foreman, Lesley Ewen as Nurse Sally Scofield, Kymberly Sheppard as Woman in Bath, Stephen Shellen as Wayne Haas, Don S. Davis as Detective
Production no. 9
Original airdate 12 May 1995
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"Living Hell" is an episode of The Outer Limits television show. It was first broadcast on 12 May 1995 during the first season.

Contents

[edit] Introduction

Ben Kohler is shot in the head during an armed robbery. His only chance of survival is to undergo an experimental procedure to have a chip implanted in his brain.

[edit] Opening narration

"It is a common scientific belief that humans use but a small fraction of the brain. Researchers all over the world try to unlock the secrets hidden in these darkened parts of the mind. But do we really want to unlock some secrets? And how will we deal with the dark discoveries that lie within?"

[edit] Plot

Ben Kohler's life is saved after having an experimental chip implanted in his brain, but when he starts seeing and experiencing violent images, it becomes clear something is desperately wrong.

[edit] Closing narration

"If you were offered the chance to communicate with another person's mind, would you choose to do it, knowing that in return you would have to expose your own deepest and most intimate thoughts?"

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