This is a sequel to a previous episode about a group of carefully selected young people on a mission to the home planet of a race that has contacted Earth. During their time on their space ship they are tested over and over. The ship looks like an expanded lightning bolt and has numerous cells. Two characters die, one from a disease caused by his experimentation and another, a young man. The older woman on board, named, strangely, Hope, seems the one willing to face off with the testosterone laden young man who tries to assume control. Most of the episode has to do with a willingness to make contact with the alien culture and confront what is out there. They are at times isolated and apparently being educated in their future roles in maintaining their species. The problem is trust because most of them are scared to death. I'm afraid the conclusion is pure schmaltz. I will leave it up to you to decide what you think.
6 Reviews
Part 2
tonyandpam10 October 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Good story, although the ship's shenanigans seemed more to fill the time. I don't know if this episode was planned or if it was a deliberate follow on. In my opinion the two one-hour episodes could have been combined into a single 90-minute episode with no content loss.
Once again the writers took lead from another great sci-fi flick - having landed on a planet it wasn't a giant leap to figure out where they were, and the snippet of the Golden Gate Bridge was precisely the same gimmick used in Planet Of The Apes when both finally realized they hadn't gone anywhere after all.
Still a good story and definitely worth watching both parts.
Once again the writers took lead from another great sci-fi flick - having landed on a planet it wasn't a giant leap to figure out where they were, and the snippet of the Golden Gate Bridge was precisely the same gimmick used in Planet Of The Apes when both finally realized they hadn't gone anywhere after all.
Still a good story and definitely worth watching both parts.
Brilliant, Hopeful, Optimistic Two-Parter
Enrique-Sanchez-568 December 2009
I thoroughly enjoyed the two-part episode of Outer Limits. I have watched it often and derive different lessons from it.
What makes this special episode compelling was the aura of complete mystery until the final minutes reveal the entire arc of the story.
The acting especially by Ron Rifkin, Kathleen Duborg and Tara Spencer-Nairn was compelling and always sounded true to the tensions of the story.
The story is complicated but it takes one beyond what the viewer may imagine. It winds around a premise of pure discovery and comes out an exercise in hope's possibilities.
What makes this special episode compelling was the aura of complete mystery until the final minutes reveal the entire arc of the story.
The acting especially by Ron Rifkin, Kathleen Duborg and Tara Spencer-Nairn was compelling and always sounded true to the tensions of the story.
The story is complicated but it takes one beyond what the viewer may imagine. It winds around a premise of pure discovery and comes out an exercise in hope's possibilities.
TERRIBLE SEQUEL TO ONE OF THE BEST EPISODES
asalerno1031 May 2022
This is the continuation of the excellent Double Helix episode from the previous season. The story picks up right where its predecessor left off, and shows to what extent the human will remains unscathed aboard a ship that traverses distances. Unfortunately this continuation is not up to the original, its development is slow and its dialogues bland. The most redeemable is the fact that the production has been able to reunite the original cast again.
Mediocre two-part episode
sivadlp12 April 2022
Too much over-acting by a few of the actors. Feigned outrage, no comaraderie among the actors trying to present a story. Interesting story, performances might have been improved had Will Smith given each actor a good slap before the first take.
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