
The Outer Limits
1995 · TV Series · TV-MA · 44 min
★ 7.7(253)unSUB Rating
The Outer Limits is a science-fiction anthology series with self-contained episodes that often land with a late-story surprise. While most stories stand alone, there are occasional recurring elements that can come together during season finale clip-style recaps.
Based on The Outer Limits
Also known as The New Outer Limits
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Watch free on The Roku Channel — also streaming on Amazon Prime Video and MGM+.
116 hours to watch · 153 episodes.
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Details
- Years
- 1995–2002
- Release date
- 1995-03-26
- Network
- Syfy, Showtime
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Runtime
- 44 min
- TMDB rating (input)
- 7.7/10 (253 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy The Outer Limits if you want dark, standalone sci-fi episodes with occasional twists and frequent moral reflection; Not for you if you dislike anthologies, don’t want clip-show wrapups, or prefer brighter, less preachy storytelling like Masters of Horror.
Pros: strong sci-fi atmosphere; memorable moral ideas; mix of standout episodes | Cons: story quality varies; clip shows drag; preachy/dark-leaning tales
Themes
- time travel
- anthology
- mysterious force
- horror anthology
Cast & crew
- KC
Kevin Conway
as The Control Voice (voice) (uncredited)

Keith David
as Captain Ira Merit

Kelly McGillis
as Nicole Whitley

Ron Rifkin
as Dr. Martin Nodel

Jeremy Sisto
as Tom

Jon Tenney
as Aidan Hunter

Eric McCormack
as John Virgil

Doug Savant
as Kel

David Ogden Stiers
as Reverend Dr. Thomas Tilford

Rachel Ticotin
as Theodora 'Teddi' Madden
Directed by Steven Weber, Helen Shaver, Catherine O'Hara +5 more
Episodes7 seasons · 153 episodes
Season 121 episodes
- S1E1The Sandkings93mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S1E2Valerie 2345mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S1E3Blood Brothers45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S1E4The Second Soul45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S1E5White Light Fever45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S1E6The Choice45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S1E7Virtual Future45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S1E8Living Hell45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S1E9Corner of the Eye45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S1E10Under the Bed45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S1E11Dark Matters45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S1E12The Conversion45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S1E13Quality of Mercy45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S1E14The New Breed45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S1E15The Voyage Home45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S1E16Caught in the Act45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S1E17The Message45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S1E18I, Robot45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S1E19If These Walls Could Talk45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S1E20Birthright45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S1E21The Voice of Reason45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
Season 222 episodes
- S2E1A Stitch in Time45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S2E2Resurrection45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S2E3Unnatural Selection45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S2E4I Hear You Calling45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S2E5Mind Over Matter45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S2E6Beyond the Veil45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S2E7First Anniversary45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S2E8Straight and Narrow45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S2E9Trial by Fire45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S2E10Worlds Apart45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S2E11The Refuge45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S2E12Inconstant Moon45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S2E13From Within45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S2E14The Heist45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S2E15Afterlife45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S2E16The Deprogrammers45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S2E17Paradise45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S2E18The Light Brigade45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S2E19Falling Star45mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E20Out of Body45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S2E21Vanishing Act45mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E22The Sentence45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
Season 318 episodes
- S3E1Bits of Love45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S3E2Second Thoughts45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S3E3Re-Generation45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S3E4Last Supper45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S3E5Stream of Consciousness45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S3E6Dark Rain45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S3E7The Camp45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S3E8Heart's Desire45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S3E9Tempests45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S3E10The Awakening45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S3E11New Lease45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S3E12Double Helix45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S3E13Dead Man's Switch45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S3E14Music of the Spheres45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S3E15The Revelations of Becka Paulson45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S3E16Bodies of Evidence45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S3E17Feasibility Study45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S3E18A Special Edition45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
Season 426 episodes
- S4E1Criminal Nature45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S4E2The Hunt45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S4E3Hearts and Minds45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S4E4In Another Life45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S4E5In the Zone45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S4E6Relativity Theory45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S4E7Josh45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S4E8Rite of Passage45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S4E9Glyphic45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S4E10Identity Crisis45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S4E11The Vaccine45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S4E12Fear Itself45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S4E13The Joining45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S4E14To Tell the Truth45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S4E15Mary 2545mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S4E16Final Exam45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S4E17Lithia45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S4E18Monster45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S4E19Sarcophagus45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S4E20Nightmare45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S4E21Promised Land45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S4E22The Balance of Nature45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S4E23The Origin of Species45mThe Roku Channel
- S4E24Phobos Rising45mThe Roku Channel
- S4E25Black Box45mThe Roku Channel
- S4E26In Our Own Image45mThe Roku Channel
Season 522 episodes
- S5E1Alien Radio45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S5E2Donor45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S5E3Small Friends45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S5E4The Grell45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S5E5The Other Side45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S5E6Joyride45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S5E7The Human Operators45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S5E8Blank Slate45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S5E9What Will the Neighbors Think?44mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S5E10The Shroud45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S5E11Ripper45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S5E12Tribunal45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S5E13Summit45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S5E14Descent45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S5E15The Haven45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S5E16Déjà Vu45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S5E17The Inheritors45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S5E18Essence of Life45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S5E19Stranded45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S5E20Fathers & Sons45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S5E21Starcrossed45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S5E22Better Luck Next Time45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
Season 622 episodes
- S6E1Judgment Day45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S6E2The Gun45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S6E3Skin Deep45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S6E4Manifest Destiny45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S6E5Breaking Point45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S6E6The Beholder45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S6E7Seeds of Destruction45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S6E8Simon Says45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S6E9Stasis45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S6E10Down to Earth45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S6E11The Inner Child45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S6E12Glitch45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S6E13Decompression45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S6E14Abaddon45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S6E15The Grid45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S6E16Revival45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S6E17Gettysburg45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S6E18Something About Harry45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S6E19Zig Zag45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S6E20Nest45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S6E21Final Appeal (1)45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S6E22Final Appeal (2)45mThe Roku Channel
Season 722 episodes
- S7E1Family Values45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S7E2Patient Zero45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S7E3A New Life45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S7E4The Surrogate45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S7E5The Vessel45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S7E6Mona Lisa45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S7E7Replica45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S7E8Think Like a Dinosaur45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S7E9Alien Shop45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S7E10Worlds Within45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S7E11In the Blood45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S7E12Flower Child45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S7E13Free Spirit45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S7E14Mindreacher45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S7E15Time to Time45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S7E16Abduction45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S7E17Rule of Law45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S7E18Lion's Den45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S7E19The Tipping Point45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S7E20Dark Child45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S7E21The Human Factor45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel
- S7E22Human Trials45mAmazon Prime VideoThe Roku Channel