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The Outer Limits (1995) :: Birthright (01x21)
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Episode Information |
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| Title: | Birthright |
| Episode #: | 01x21 |
| Original Airdate: | Sunday August 13th, 1995 |
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Senator Adams wakes up in the hospital following a car accident. Medical tests reveal some strange abnormalities, but before the doctor can learn more the senator’s security forces hustle him off to a darkened room. There men ask him if he remembers “the mission” and when he does not, they order him killed! Now on the run, Adams must discover who he is and what he is part of before his pursuers catch up with him.
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Control Voice: (opening narration) The Roman philosopher Boethius said, “In other living creatures, the ignorance of themselves is nature. But in men, it is a vice.” Imagine treading into the deep recesses of one Senator and finding someone you never knew existed.
| Peter Tennyson: Don’t you know how dangerous it is, letting them run all these tests? You want medical attention, you come to us!
| Dave Pettigrew: You fool! Don’t you realize that your entire race is counting on you!!
| Control Voice: (closing narration) People have long feared invasion by forces from other worlds. If that horror comes to pass, our leaders will stand as our first line of defense. Unless, of course, our leaders are the invaders.
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Your skull is how large?
There is very little extra room inside a human skull. It would be impossible to fit two additional lobes of brain inside the skull in the manner depicted. In addition, the extra lobes cannot be human brain tissue as stated, for human neurons would not survive in a methane based metabolism without considerable genetic tampering.
| You can’t terraform Earth!
Dave Pettigrew claims the aliens intend to terraform Earth. But that word literally means “Earth-shaping”. What he really meant was they intended to Torshaform Earth to make it like their own world.
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Boethius
Anicius Boethius was a Roman philosopher born approximately 480CE whose most important works were translations of Aristotle’s works on logic. He occupied high office in the Roman empire until his arrest on charges of treason and subsequent execution approximately 524CE.
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The plot of this episode is somewhat hackneyed, to the point where most viewers will realize what must be going on fairly quickly. Decent performances somewhat compensate for this, and the episode is told from an interesting perspective – the protagonist was once part of the conspiracy!
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