"The Outer Limits" The Inheritors: Part 2 (1964)

User Rating:

9.0/10   

Director:

James Goldstone

Writers:

Sam Neuman (teleplay) and
Seeleg Lester (teleplay) ...

TV Series:

"The Outer Limits" (1963)

Original Air Date:

28 November 1964 (Season 2, Episode 11)

Genre:

Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Anthology | Cult Favorite | Psychotronic | Alien | Supernatural

Cast

Robert Duvall	...	Adam Ballard
Donald Harron	...	Art Harris
Steve Ihnat	...	Lieutenant Minns
Ivan Dixon	...	Sgt. James Conover
Dee Pollock	...	Francis Hadley, P.F.C
James Frawley	...	Robert Renaldo
Ted de Corsia	...	Randolph E. Branch
Jan Shutan	...	Mrs. Subiron
Joanne Stewart	...	Miss Steen
Paulle Clark	...	Second Nurse
David Brady	...	Danny Masters
Kim Hector	...	Johnny Subiron
Morgan Brittany	...	Minerva Gordon (as Suzanne Cupito)

Runtime:

51 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Daystar Productions

Quotes:

[last lines]
Control Voice: The inheritors are on their way. In a universe of billions of stars, there are places of love and happiness. On this Earth, in this spot, magic settled for a moment, wonder touched a few lives, and a few odd pieces fell smoothly into the jigsaw of creation.

OK, a bit sugary, but good, a goodness we need today...

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

The pieces of the puzzle come together. A story written for Christmas, of hope, for the children.

As the lieutenant rounds up the children, who have no hope, no friends, no family, the G-man confronts them, but cannot stop them.

The four men (my mistake on the part 1 episode review was to say 5) put their project together. The Lieutenant brings the children. The G-man says "don't do it" to the 4 men as he is cynical that there is evil behind it.

But we find out that it is very wise, very good 'aliens' behind the project. They set out in the galaxy their genetic instructions to be embedded in the minds of the 4 men to build a rocket.

And in the rocket is a simulation of the environment from the planet the children are destined to go to. It helps those helpless, hopeless children to have a life they would not have here on this "heartless" earth. We see the crutches removed. The blind can see, the deaf can hear.

A noble and wonderful gift.

I haven't cried such tears of joy in a long time. For, I too, am disabled like the children, I have Deafness, a spinal injury, and more.

I live in hopelessness. Yet I have hope. Thank you, everyone who put this episode together.