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The Original Outer Limits TV Series: Quick Reference Guide.

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Preface: The following reference guide to The OOLs is based upon
AH's personal viewing and his study of David Schow's encyclopedic
book, "The Outer Limits Companion". Hopefully all inmates who are
fans of The OOLs will find it helpful.
1st Tier Episodes (Very Good to Excellent): The Galaxy Being; The
Hundred Days of the Dragon; The Sixth Finger; The Man Who Was Never
Born; Nightmare; The Bellero Shield; A Feasibility Study; The Chameleon; The Forms of Things Unknown; Demon With A Glass Hand;
The Inheritors(Parts I & 2).
2nd Tier Episodes (Fairly Good to Good): The Borderland; The Human
Factor; The Architects of Fear; Controlled Experiment; The Man With
The Power; O.B.I.T.; Corpus Earthling; The Zanti Misfits; It Crawled
Out of the Woodwork; The Invisibles; ZZZZZ; Fun and Games; The Guests; I, Robot; Soldier; Keeper of the Purple Twilight.
3rd Tier Episodes (Poor to Fair): Moonstone; Tourist Attraction;
The Mice; Production and Decay of Strange Particles; Specimen Unknown; Don't Open Till Doomsday; Second Chance; Children of Spider
County; The Mutant; The Special One; Cold Hands,Warm Heart; The Invisible Enemy; Cry of Silence; Behold Eck!; Counterweight; Wolf 359; Expanding Human; The Duplicate Man; The Brain of Colonel Barham;
The Premonition; The Probe.

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Re: The Original Outer Limits TV Series: Quick Reference Guide. - Ladok 17:17:37 04/04/03 (3)
Thanks, AudioHead. I'm asssuming your list refers to the original series from the '60s and not the inferior '90s version. If so, baby boomers who were into sci-fi should have fond memories of this one-of-a-kind show ("We control the horizontal...").
I recall bits and pieces of several episodes that really made an impression in my hormone-overloaded mind at the time. What was that gooey thing in the attic in that weird house and what was it doing to the stupid old people downstairs? At the end of another episode, the space alien who got sucked into Cliff Robertson's radio tells Earthlings, "Go home and ponder the wonders of the Universe." Great advice, especially today.
- Your Assumption Is Correct..... - AudioHead 18:16:13 04/04/03 (2)
  The gooey thing in the attic was featured in the episode, "Don't
  Open Till Doomsday", producer/writer Joseph Stephano was being
  self-indulgent here, not one of the better episodes,(or one of his individual efforts.) However, the
  episode will no doubt appeal to some because of certain individual
  performances, photography,music, etc.
  The Cliff Robertson episode was "The Galaxy Being", the pilot
  episode that impressed ABC execs enough to air the sci-fi series (the odds
  were initially against it). Also, see my short review on Schow's
  superb reference volume, "The Outer Limits Companion" at www.amazon.com - Enjoy, AH
  - Great show!. - SmokeTest 21:05:30 04/11/03 (1)
    "We are in control of your TV set...." Still sends chills up my spine. It's on cable, I think around my area on the Sci-Fi channel..but, but! They truncate or completely cut out a few scenes (argh!)to make room for more blip-verts? Argh!
    - Scene Cutting..... - AudioHead 08:09:50 04/12/03 (0)
      Believe that a torture scene (the pain recipent being POW Major Jong
      ^James Shigeta^ - his arm was mangled) was cut from "Nightmare" aired on Sci-Fi Channel.
      Do you remember seeing the scene? - AH

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