This page is a list of the episodes of The Outer Limits, a U.S. science fiction anthology television series originally lasting two seasons in the 1960s, which was revived for a seven season run in the 1990s. The original series ran on the ABC television network from 1963 to 1965, and the revival series was broadcast on Showtime from 1995 to 2001, and on the Sci Fi Channel in its final year.
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| # | Title | Director | Writer | Original air date | Prod # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Soldier" | Gerd Oswald | Harlan Ellison | 19 September 1964 | 34 |
| 2 | "Cold Hands, Warm Heart" | Charles Haas | Dan Ullman | 26 September 1964 | 33 |
| 3 | "Behold, Eck!" | Byron Haskin | John Mantley (teleplay), William R. Cox (story) | 3 October 1964 | 37 |
| 4 | "Expanding Human" | Gerd Oswald | Francis Cockrell | 10 October 1964 | 40 |
| 5 | "Demon with a Glass Hand" | Byron Haskin | Harlan Ellison | 17 October 1964 | 41 |
| 6 | "Cry of Silence" | Charles Haas | Robert C. Dennis (teleplay), Louis Charbonneau (story) | 24 October 1964 | 42 |
| 7 | "The Invisible Enemy" | Byron Haskin | Jerry Sohl | 31 October 1964 | 35 |
| 8 | "Wolf 359" | Laslo Benedek | Seeleg Lester (teleplay & story), Richard Landau (story) | 7 November 1964 | 38 |
| 9 | "I, Robot" | Leon Benson | Robert C. Dennis (teleplay) | 14 November 1964 | 43 |
| 10 | "The Inheritors – Part 1"" | James Goldstone | Seeleg Lester and Sam Neuman (teleplay & story), Ed Adamson (story) | 21 November 1964 | 44 |
| 11 | "The Inheritors – Part 2"" | James Goldstone | Seeleg Lester and Sam Neuman (teleplay & story), Ed Adamson (story) | 28 November 1964 | 44 |
| 12 | "Keeper of the Purple Twilight" | Charles Haas | Milton Krims (teleplay), Stephen Lord (story) | 5 December 1964 | 39 |
| 13 | "The Duplicate Man" | Gerd Oswald | Robert C. Dennis (teleplay), Clifford Simak (story) | 19 December 1964 | 45 |
| 14 | "Counterweight" | Paul Stanley | Milton Krims (teleplay), Jerry Sohl (story) | 26 December 1964 | 36 |
| 15 | "The Brain of Colonel Barham" | Charles Haas | Robert C. Dennis (teleplay), Sidney Ellis (story) | 2 January 1965 | 46 |
| 16 | "The Premonition" | Gerd Oswald | Sam Roeca (teleplay), Ib Melchior (teleplay & story) | 9 January 1965 | 47 |
| 17 | "The Probe" | Felix Feist | Seeleg Lester (teleplay), Sam Neuman (story) | 16 January 1965 | 48 |
| # | Title | Director | Writer | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Criminal Nature" | Steve Anker | Brad Markowitz | 23 January 1998 |
| 2 | "The Hunt" | Mario Azzopardi | Sam Egan | 30 January 1998 |
| 3 | "Hearts and Minds" | Brad Turner | Naren Shankar | 6 February 1998 |
| 4 | "In Another Life" | Allan Eastman | Naren Shankar, Brad Wright, Naren Shankar, Chris Brancato | 16 February 1998 |
| 5 | "In The Zone" | David Warry-Smith | Jon Povill (story), Naren Shankar (teleplay) | 20 February 1998 |
| 6 | "Relativity Theory" | Ken Girotti | Carleton Eastlake | 27 February 1998 |
| 7 | "Josh" | Jorge Montesi | Chris Ruppenthal | 6 March 1998 |
| 8 | "Rite of Passage" | Jimmy Kaufman | Chris Dickie | 13 March 1998 |
| 9 | "Glyphic" | Catherine O'Hara | Naren Shankar | 20 March 1998 |
| 10 | "Identity Crisis" | Brad Turner | James Crocker | 27 March 1998 |
| 11 | "The Vaccine" | Neil Fearnley | Brad Wright | 3 April 1998 |
| 12 | "Fear Itself" | James Head | Sam Egan | 10 April 1998 |
| 13 | "The Joining" | Brad Turner | Sam Egan | 17 April 1998 |
| 14 | "To Tell the Truth" | Neil Fearnley | Brad Wright | 24 April 1998 |
| 15 | "Mary 25" | James Head | Jonathan Glassner | 29 May 1998 |
| 16 | "Final Exam" | Mario Azzopardi | Carleton Eastlake | 5 June 1998 |
| 17 | "Lithia" | Helen Shaver | Sam Egan | 3 July 1998 |
| 18 | "Monster" | Allan Eastman | Chris Ruppenthal | 10 July 1998 |
| 19 | "Sarcophagus" | Jeff Woolnough | Bill Froehlich | 7 August 1998 |
| 20 | "Nightmare" | James Head | Sam Egan | 14 August 1998 |
| 21 | "Promised Land" | Neill Fearnley | Brad Markowitz, Brad Wright | 21 August 1998 |
| 22 | "Balance of Nature" | Steve Johnson | Derek Lowe | 4 September 1998 |
| 23 | "The Origin of Species" | Brad Turner | Naren Shankar | 27 November 1998 |
| 24 | "Phobos Rising" | Helen Shaver | Garth Gerald Wilson | 4 December 1998 |
| 25 | "Black Box" | Steven Webber | Brad Markowitz | 11 December 1998 |
| 26 | "In Our Own Image" | Steve Anker | Naren Shankar | 18 December 1998 |
| # | Title | Director | Writer | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Alien Radio" | Neill Fearnley | Alan Katz | 22 January 1999 |
| 2 | "Donor" | Jimmy Kaufman | Sam Egan | 29 January 1999 |
| 3 | "Small Friends" | Neill Fearnley | Tom Szollosi | 5 February 1999 |
| 4 | "The Grell" | Jorge Montesi | Jeff King | 12 February 1999 |
| 5 | "The Other Side" | Jeff Woolnough | Bruce Lacey | 19 February 1999 |
| 6 | "Joyride" | James Head | Sam Egan, David Alexander and Dan Wright | 26 February 1999 |
| 7 | "The Human Operators" | Jeff Woolnough | Naren Shankar (script), Harlan Ellison and A.E. van Vogt (story) | 12 March 1999 |
| 8 | "Blank Slate" | Lou Diamond Phillips | Will Dixon | 2 April 1999 |
| 9 | "What Will The Neighbors Think" | Helen Shaver | A L Katz | 23 April 1999 |
| 10 | "The Shroud" | Stuart Gillard | Pen Dansham, Scott Peters | 30 April 1999 |
| 11 | "Ripper" | Mario Azzopardi | Chris Ruppenthal | 7 May 1999 |
| 12 | "Tribunal" | Mario Azzopardi | Sam Egan | 14 May 1999 |
| 13 | "Summit" | James Head | Scott Peters | 21 May 1999 |
| 14 | "Descent" | Steve Anker | Erik Saltzgaber | 25 June 1999 |
| 15 | "The Haven" | Jimmy Kaufman | James Crocker | 2 July 1999 |
| 16 | "Deja Vu" | Brian Giddens | A L Katz, Naren Shankar | 9 July 1999 |
| 17 | "The Inheritors" | Mike Rohl | Sam Egan | 16 July 1999 |
| 18 | "Essence of Life" | Brad Turner | Steven Weber, Scott Peters | 23 July 1999 |
| 19 | "Stranded" | Steve Anker | Chris Ruppenthal, Naren Shankar, Tom Szollosi | 30 July 1999 |
| 20 | "Fathers and Sons" | Michael Robison | William Mikulak, A L Katz | 6 August 1999 |
| 21 | "Star Crossed" | Helen Shaver | Chris Ruppenthal | 13 August 1999 |
| 22 | "Better Luck Next Time" | Martin Cummins | Naren Shankar | 20 August 1999 |
| # | Title | Director | Writer | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Judgment Day" | Brad Turner | A L Katz and Scott Nimerfro | 21 January 2000 |
| 2 | "The Gun" | Jeff Woolnough | Sam Egan | 28 January 2000 |
| 3 | "Skin Deep" | Dan Ireland | Scott Peters | 4 February 2000 |
| 4 | "Manifest Destiny" | Brad Turner | Lawrence Meyers, Mark Stern, Geoffrey Hollands | 11 February 2000 |
| 5 | "Breaking Point" | Neill Fearnley | Grant Rosenberg | 18 February 2000 |
| 6 | "The Beholder" | Jeff Woolnough | Sam Egan | 25 February 2000 |
| 7 | "Seeds of Destruction" | Steve Anker | Chris Ruppenthal | 3 March 2000 |
| 8 | "Simon Says" | Helen Shaver | Scott Peters | 10 March 2000 |
| 9 | "Stasis" | Brian Giddens | Lawrence Meyers | 14 April 2000 |
| 10 | "Down to Earth" | Mike Rohl | A L Katz and Scott Nimerfro | 21 April 2000 |
| 11 | "Inner Child" | Ken Girotti | Grant Rosenberg | 28 April 2000 |
| 12 | "Glitch" | Mike Rohl | Michael Burman and Ron Greenstein | 5 May 2000 |
| 13 | "Decompression" | Jorge Montesi | Brad Wright, James Crocker | 30 June 2000 |
| 14 | "Abaddon" | Steve Anker | A L Katz, Scott Nimerfro | 7 July 2000 |
| 15 | "The Grid" | Charles Winkler | Duncan Kennedy | 14 July 2000 |
| 16 | "Revival" | Michael Robison | Chris Ruppenthal (story), Mark Stern (teleplay) | 21 July 2000 |
| 17 | "Gettysburg" | Mario Azzopardi | Sam Egan | 28 July 2000 |
| 18 | "Something About Harry" | Brent-Karl Clackson | Grant Rosenberg | 4 August 2000 |
| 19 | "Zig Zag" | James Head | A L Katz, Nora O'Brien | 11 August 2000 |
| 20 | "Nest" | Scott Peters | Scott Peters | 18 August 2000 |
| 21 | "Final Appeal, Part 1" | Jimmy Kaufman | Sam Egan | 3 September 2000 |
| 22 | "Final Appeal, Part 2" | Jimmy Kaufman | Sam Egan | 3 September 2000 |
| # | Title | Director | Writer | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Family Values" | Mike Rohl | James Crocker | 16 March 2001 |
| 2 | "Patient Zero" | Mario Azzopardi | James Crocker | 23 March 2001 |
| 3 | "A New Life" | Mario Azzopardi | Mark Stern | 30 March 2001 |
| 4 | "The Surrogate" | Ken Girotti | A L Katz | 6 April 2001 |
| 5 | "The Vessel" | Jimmy Kaufman | Sam Egan | 13 April 2001 |
| 6 | "Mona Lisa" | Brad Turner | John Schulian | 20 April 2001 |
| 7 | "Replica" | Brad Turner | Sam Egan | 27 April 2001 |
| 8 | "Think Like a Dinosaur" | Jorge Montesi | James Patrick Kelly, Mark Stern | 15 June 2001 |
| 9 | "Alien Shop" | Peter DeLuise | Pen Densham, Nora O'Brien | 22 June 2001 |
| 10 | "Worlds Within" | Brian Giddens | Michael Sloan | 29 June 2001 |
| 11 | "In the Blood" | Jorge Montesi | Alan Brennert | 6 July 2001 |
| 12 | "Flower Child" | Brad Turner | Jeffrey Hirschfield | 21 July 2001 |
| 13 | "Free Spirit" | Brad Turner | Danny McBride | 28 July 2001 |
| 14 | "Mindreacher" | Brad Turner | Naomi Janzen | 4 August 2001 |
| 15 | "Time to Time" | James Head | Sam Egan | 11 August 2001 |
| 16 | "Abduction" | Mario Azzopardi | James Crocker | 18 August 2001 |
| 17 | "Rule of Law" | Mike Rohl | Tracy Tormé, John-Michael Maas | 25 August 2001 |
| 18 | "Lion's Den" | Matt Hastings | Matt Hastings | 8 September 2001 |
| 19 | "The Tipping Point" | Brent Clackson | Jim Crocker | 15 September 2001 |
| 20 | "Dark Child" | Steve Anker | Michael Sloan | 4 January 2002 |
| 21 | "The Human Factor" | Steve Aspis and Robert Habros | Grady Hall and A.E. van Vogt (story) | 11 January 2002 |
| 22 | "Human Trials" | Brad Turner | Grady Hall and Brian Nohr | 18 January 2002 |