Manifest Destiny (The Outer Limits)

Manifest Destiny (The Outer Limits)
"Manifest Destiny"
The Outer Limits episode
Episode no. Season 6
Episode 4
Directed by Brad Turner
Original air date 2000-02-11
Guest stars
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"Manifest Destiny" is an episode from the sixth season of The Outer Limits. It originally aired on 2000-02-11.

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Synopsis

An invisible alien race inhabits a spaceship and causes a salvage team to go insane.

Opening narration

“ Human history is marked by our desire to expand our boundaries. But what happens when our reach exceeds our grasp? ”

Plot

The UFS Mercury is en route to the planet Trion to do scientific tests in preparation to establish a colony when they receive a distress call from a battleship, the UFS Rhesos. It was only weeks ago that the Rhesos dropped bombs on Trion, killing the local flora and fauna, making it ready for colonization.

Before the crew of the Mercury boards the Rhesos, medical officer Dr. Will Olsten dons a miniature audio/visual recording device to chronicle the events on the massive ship. It is through this device that we see and hear what takes place during their rescue mission. The team quickly realizes that things are not as they should be when they find the ship eerily empty, and come across strange writing on the walls in what looks like blood.

Soon, the crew starts becoming paranoid and suspicious of one another. They begin hearing things and seeing things that aren't there - or are they? One by one, the crew members go crazy, attacking each other or committing suicide.

By the time Dr. Olsten figures out that this lethal, mental degradation is being caused by a virus which was unleashed by the dying aliens from Trion, it's too late to stop it. In a final and ultimate act of alien revenge, the virus, which is transmitted via electrical current, is unknowingly downloaded and sent to Earth.

Closing narration

“ Ultimately, our survival may depend less on our ability to overcome our enemies, than the weakness of our character. ”

Cast

External links


Season 6 of The Outer Limits (1995-2002)

Judgment Day • The Gun • Skin Deep • Manifest Destiny • Breaking Point • The Beholder • Seeds of Destruction • Simon Says • Stasis • Down to Earth • Inner Child • Glitch • Decompression • Abaddon • The Grid • Revival • Gettysburg • Something About Harry • Zig Zag • Nest • Final Appeal, Part 1 • Final Appeal, Part 2

List of The Outer Limits episodes: Original Series (1963-1965) • The New Series (1995-2002)

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