To Tell the Truth (The Outer Limits)

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“To Tell the Truth”
The Outer Limits episode
Episode no.	Season 4 Episode 14
Written by	Brad Wright
Directed by	Neil Fearnley
Guest stars	Kim Huffman, Gregory Harrison, William Atherton, Ken Pogue, Alan Scarfe
Production no.	?
Original airdate	April 17, 1998
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"To Tell the Truth" is an episode of The Outer Limits television show. It was first broadcast on April the 24th, of 1998, during the fourth season.

[edit] Opening Narration

"It has been said that for the truth to exist it takes two people... one to speak it and another to hear it."

[edit] Plot

Dr. Larry Chambers (Gregory Harrison) helped build the colony on the Janus Five. He and fellow scientist Amanda Harper (Kimberly Huffman) run computer simulations that show the planet's star will flash over in a matter of days, emitting waves of deadly radiation, so Dr. Chambers urges evacuation. This is not a popular recommendation, especially among the colony's leaders who include council chairman Franklin Murdock (William Atherton), security head Montgomery Bennett (Alan Scarfe) and Amanda's father, Ian Harper (Ken Pogue). They point out that Chambers has been wrong before; the colony had to be moved at great cost after he warned of deadly volcanic activity that never occurred; and suggest that his judgment has been clouded by the death of his wife Elise. When that doesn't stop Chambers, Murdock and Bennett discredit him by falsely accusing him of being one of the aliens who originally inhabited the planet, suggesting that the evacuation plan is a plot to reclaim the planet for his people. Imprisoned and threatened with death, Chamber's only hope is that Amanda will uncover the truth in time to save him and the colony.

[edit] Closing Narration

"Mankind will be forever doomed to destruction, if we continue to ask for the truth but then... refuse to listen."