Nightmare (1998 The Outer Limits)
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| “Nightmare” | |||||||
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| The Outer Limits episode | |||||||
| Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 20 |
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| Written by | Sam Egan | ||||||
| Directed by | James Head | ||||||
| Guest stars | Adam Harrington as Billy Valentine, Chantal Strand as Young Girl, Cameron Graham as Lt. Christopher Valentine, Brandy Ledford as Dr. Elayna Chomski, Robin Shou as Maj. Ronald Naguchi, Kerry Sandomirsky as Kristen Ann O'Keefe, Steven Bauer as Sgt. Waylon Dumar, Maurice Dean Wint as Capt. Roger Kimbro, Garry Chalk as General, Danny Wattley as Dennis Cameron, Eric Schneider as The Voice, Melanie Angel as Paramedic | ||||||
| Production no. | 82 | ||||||
| Original airdate | August 14, 1998 | ||||||
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| List of The Outer Limits episodes | |||||||
"Nightmare" is an episode of The Outer Limits television show. It was first broadcast on Friday August 14 of 1998, during the fourth season. It is a remake of "Nightmare" (1963), an episode of the original series.
[edit] Opening Narration
- "While some prisoners of war show bravery beyond the call of duty, others succumb to an enemy often more formidable than the one which captured them."
[edit] Plot
During a war with the planet Ebon, a group of Earth soldiers are sent to deploy a top-secret device on an uninhabited planet near enemy territory. Captured there, the soldiers undergo physical and psychological torture by an unseen enemy. The prisoners become suspicious of each other when their captors claim they have received cooperation, and physical wounds from torture are healed after interrogation. Eventually Dr. Elayna Chomski, one of the primary designers of the device, is forced to activate the device so the enemy can use it for themselves, but sets the device to go off. It is revealed that they were on earth the whole time being tested, and now that the device has been turned on, which was supposed to be impossible, it cannot be turned off and they have doomed the planet.
[edit] Closing Narration
- "In our efforts to plumb the depths of our psychological endurance, we may do more than drive ourselves to the breaking point... we may destroy the very world we’re seeking to protect."
