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| Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 18 |
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| Directed by | Brad Turner | ||
| Written by | Scott Peters | ||
| Original air date | 23 July 1999 | ||
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"Essence of Life" is an episode of The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 23 July 1999, during the fifth season.
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An old woman is given a tube containing a mysterious liquid by an equally mysterious man. When the man leaves she inhales the fumes from the liquid as she seems to have done many times before and is once again reunited with her dead husband.
| “ | Man creates laws to maintain the order of his world, but what happens when the laws of man defies the laws of nature? | ” |
While the world is struggling to rebuild itself from a plague eleven years earlier such conduct like "looking back" or open displays of emotion are prohibited by the international "Code of Conduct".
The Code is enforced by government agents like Dan Kagan and his partner Stephanie Sawyer, who are tracing "social terrorists" like Dr. Nathan Seward. Seward traffics in Essence of Life — a substance made of the dearly departed's DNA that allows the living a brief but poignant reunion.
In trying to catch Dr. Seward, Dan decides to visit his late wife, Juliette, who died two years ago, and to talk with her...
| “ | The power of human emotion can neither be controlled by laws we create, nor confined by the will we impose. | ” |
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Season 5 of The Outer Limits (1995-2002) |
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Alien Radio • Donor • Small Friends • The Grell • The Other Side • Joyride • The Human Operators • Blank Slate • What Will The Neighbors Think • The Shroud • Ripper • Tribunal • Summit • Descent • The Haven • Deja Vu • The Inheritors • Essence of Life • Stranded • Fathers and Sons • Star Crossed • Better Luck Next Time |
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List of The Outer Limits episodes: Original Series (1963–1965) • The New Series (1995–2002) |
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