The Outer Limits

S01E07: Virtual Future

A brilliant young scientist discovers a way to see the future, but gets caught up in a billionaire's ambitious political schemes, and must alter the future to save his own life.

Overview

Anthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements that were often tied together during season-finale clip shows.

Episodes

The Sandkings

S01E01 The Sandkings

March 26, 1995 6.4 93 min
Scientist Simon Kress finds himself the master of a colony of Sandkings -- creatures from Mars that look like insects, but have the intelligence of much higher beings.
Valerie 23

S01E02 Valerie 23

March 31, 1995 6.4 45 min
Frank Hellner, a lonely paraplegic, takes part in a top-secret project -- allowing an "inorganic human," or robot named Valerie, to be his companion for a week. The experiment goes awry when Valerie, unable to...
Blood Brothers

S01E03 Blood Brothers

April 7, 1995 5.9 45 min
Two diametrically opposed brothers, wrestle for control of a million-dollar pharmaceutical company. A vaccine that could hold the secret to eternal life, becomes the object of the brothers' bitter struggle.
The Second Soul

S01E04 The Second Soul

April 14, 1995 5.0 45 min
Man's first encounter with beings from another planet -- the N'Tal -- appears to be a mutually rewarding arrangement. But a leery doctor/scientist must decide whether the N'Tal are friend or foe.
White Light Fever

S01E05 White Light Fever

April 21, 1995 4.8 45 min
An experiment at St. Peter's Hospital threatens nature's order of existence, when billionaire Harlan Hawkes pays a brilliant cardiologist, Dr. "Mac" McEnerney to help him cheat death.
The Choice

S01E06 The Choice

April 28, 1995 5.4 45 min
A young girl with strange, supernatural powers is shunned by her friends, but welcomed by a nanny with similar gifts, while her parents must decide what's ultimately best for their child.
Virtual Future

S01E07 Virtual Future

May 5, 1995 5.4 45 min
A brilliant young scientist discovers a way to see the future, but gets caught up in a billionaire's ambitious political schemes, and must alter the future to save his own life.
Living Hell

S01E08 Living Hell

May 12, 1995 5.7 45 min
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.
Corner of the Eye

S01E09 Corner of the Eye

May 19, 1995 5.3 45 min
A disillusioned priest is given healing power by aliens who use him as they attempt to save their own planet by destroying all human life.
Under the Bed

S01E10 Under the Bed

May 26, 1995 5.2 45 min
When a little boy is abducted the only witness, his sister, claims that someone or something under the bed took him.
Dark Matters

S01E11 Dark Matters

June 2, 1995 6.3 45 min
Dropped out of hyperspace by a mysterious chunk of dark matter, Pilot Paul Stein must save the transport vessel by facing his past and ultimately trusting his own decisions.
The Conversion

S01E12 The Conversion

June 9, 1995 7.3 45 min
Henry Marshall is a greedy man who has paid for his greed with a prison sentence but has yet to learn his lesson. His life abruptly changes when he encounters visitors from another planet who...
Quality of Mercy

S01E13 Quality of Mercy

June 16, 1995 6.4 45 min
Major John Skokes is taken prisoner by the enemy during a savage galactic war and a seemingly undefeatable alien race. The tension increases when his cellmate, a cadet named Pri, is being transformed into one...
The New Breed

S01E14 The New Breed

June 23, 1995 7.1 45 min
The discovery of a gifted scientist falls into the wrong hands, bringing what at first appears to be a lifesaving miracle, but ultimately the untimely death of his closest friend.
The Voyage Home

S01E15 The Voyage Home

June 30, 1995 6.8 45 min
When an astronaut returning from Mars discovers an alien aboard ship, he must face the loss of his shipmates, and make the ultimate sacrifice in order to prevent the alien from reaching Earth.
Caught in the Act

S01E16 Caught in the Act

July 1, 1995 5.5 45 min
A chaste co-ed is enveloped by a strange power that gives her an insatiable sexual appetite, which is perpetuated by encounters with consenting men who, after making physical contact, morph into her body and disappear.
The Message

S01E17 The Message

July 16, 1995 6.4 45 min
A deaf woman with a transplanted device, which is supposed to enable her to hear, turns into a transmitter for aliens, who are crying for help.
I, Robot

S01E18 I, Robot

July 23, 1995 6.0 45 min
Adam, a powerful robot, kills his creator when the scientist attempts to convert him into a military killing machine by destroying his more human qualities.
If These Walls Could Talk

S01E19 If These Walls Could Talk

July 30, 1995 5.3 45 min
Levi Mitchell, a physicist and skeptic, meets Lynda Tillman, a woman whose strength and faith help him unravel the mystery of a haunted house.
Birthright

S01E20 Birthright

August 13, 1995 7.2 45 min
An environmentally-friendly U.S. Senator's life changes drastically after a freak accident, when he realizes he's actually an alien in disguise, with a "mission" to surreptitiously reconfigure the earth's atmosphere.
The Voice of Reason

S01E21 The Voice of Reason

August 20, 1995 4.4 45 min
A civilian with strong ties to the military tries desperately to use concrete evidence to convince a high level committee that alien forces are trying to overcome the human race.

Cast

Kevin Conway
Kevin Conway
The Control Voice (voice) (uncredited)

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