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The Outer Limits (1995) :: The Voice of Reason (01x22)

Episode Information

Title:

The Voice of Reason

Episode #:

01x22

Original Airdate:

Sunday August 20th, 1995

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Episode Crew
Director:	Neill Fearnley
Writer:	Brad Wright (1) Manny Coto Eric Estrin Michael Berlin Rob Forsyth Grant Rosenberg David J. Schow Melinda Snodgrass

Episode Summary

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Randall Strong appears before a secretive committee to present evidence of a deadly threat: infiltration of the Earth by aliens! The committee and its chairman Mr. Thornhill are unreceptive to his evidence if not outright hostile. Ultimately, convinced he’s right, Strong makes a desperate gamble to prove his case...

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•Don S. Davis	played	Callahan	Recurring (second appearance)
•Lochlyn Munro	played	Waters	Recurring (first appearance)
•Daniel J. Travanti	played	Thornwell (credited by character name)
•Gordon Clapp	played	Randall Strong
Co-Guest Stars
•Alberta Watson	played	Lynda Tillman (archive footage)	Recurring (second appearance)
•Alyssa Milano	played	Hannah Valesic (archive footage) (credited by character name)	Recurring (second appearance)
•Andrew McIlroy	played	Pallas (Demon) (archive footage)	Recurring (second appearance)
•Beau Bridges	played	Simon Kress (archive footage)	Recurring (third appearance)
•Chris Sarandon	played	Dr. Pallas (archive footage) (credited by character name)	Recurring (second appearance)
•Dwight Schultz	played	Leviticus Mitchell (archive footage)	Recurring (second appearance)
•Garvin Cross	played	Officer #1 (archive footage)	Recurring (third appearance)
•Gillian Barber	played	Fisk	Recurring (first appearance)
•Jay O. Sanders	played	Ed Barkley (archive footage)	Recurring (second appearance)
•John Novak	played	Dave Pettigrew (archive footage)	Recurring (third appearance)
•Justin Louis	played	Father John Royce (archive footage)	Recurring (second appearance)
•Kavan Smith (3)	played	Quarterback (archive footage)	Recurring (second appearance)
•Len Cariou	played	Father Anton Jenescu (archive footage)	Recurring (second appearance)
•Matt Craven	played	Alan Wells (archive footage)	Recurring (second appearance)
•Michael Dorn	played	Pete Claridge (archive footage) (credited by character name)	Recurring (second appearance)
•Mimi Kuzyk	played	Dr. Leslie McKenna (archive footage)	Recurring (second appearance)
•Perry King	played	Richard Adams (archive footage)	Recurring (second appearance)
•Peter Outerbridge	played	Dr. Andy Groening (archive footage)	Recurring (second appearance)
•Richard Thomas (1)	played	Dr. Stephen Ledbetter (archive footage)	Recurring (second appearance)
•Robert Lewis (4)	played	Gould (archive footage)	Recurring (second appearance)
•Ryan Reynolds	played	Derek Tillman (archive footage)	Recurring (second appearance)
•Tom McBeath	played	Detective Roth (archive footage)	Recurring (second appearance)
•Vanessa Morley	played	Miranda (archive footage)	Recurring (second appearance)
•D. Neil Mark	played	Guard
•David Birznieks	played	Horner
•Kate Robbins (2)	played	Perry

Main Cast

•Kevin Conway (1)

voiced

The Control Voice

Episode Notes

This episode is a clip show – a show consisting of a loose framing sequence linking scenes from previous episodes (see “Internal References”)

This show is a bottle show – a show using a minimal number of sets. In this case, the action takes place entirely within a single conference room.

Episode Quotes

Control Voice: (opening narration) What is our last line of defense? Is it the military with all of their power and might? Or is it the courage of a solitary man?

Thornhill: Mr. Strong. If you are aware of this committee then you must be aware of its purpose.
Strong: Sir, this committee was formed to investigate unforeseen external threats to the United States
Thornhill: That’s exactly correct! Suffice it to say that we have not come to the same conclusions that you apparently have.
Strong: Then it will be up to me to convince you…

Waters: You know… Strong was right about those sandkings. They could be a real problem in twenty or thirty years.
Fisk: You think they can survive in a methane atmosphere?
Waters: I don’t know. But I suppose anything’s possible.

Control Voice: (closing narration) Sleep soundly in the knowledge that the dawn will come. Rest assured that our leaders are watching over us, but beware – for it is only their vigilance that stands between our restful slumber… and the end of the world.

Episode Goofs

Bloodless?
When Thornhill digs the bullet from the wall, there is no blood on it. There should be since it passed through his body on its way into the wall.

Episode References

As a clip show, the episode contains references to and actual footage from the following episodes, all in the first season:

Two members of the committee are revealed to be aliens at the end of the episode. The teleplay employs the hoary plot device of misdirection to convince viewers that someone else is the villain.

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