A Stitch in Time

Time travel is always a problem in science fiction from the simple fact that time would be mutable. When one reverses a decision in the past, what are the broad implications of that action. Also, does the time traveler maintain knowledge of the present and the past. This is responded to in this episode. A series of murders have taken place and young rape victim is responsible. She is going back in time to kill men whom she knows will eventually become violent rapists. This woman is played by Amanda Plummer who made a career out of playing many slightly unbalanced characters. Enter the police who have found fingerprints from past cases, linking Plummer's character to murders committed when she was in kindergarten. That's the story. We see Plummer go through a kind of time tunnel to locations where the pre-rapists are. She carries a gun and removes them cold-bloodedly. The interesting part of the story is how the young police detective maneuvers through the fourth dimension. This would make a good case study for a physics class.

Trust me; you will enjoy this production. It is a well-written, well acted episode. It is one of the best ever science fiction offerings! You don't need to know anything about the story to love it. Just go along for the ride!! You probably should see it twice to enjoy everything about it. It stars stunning Michelle Forbes and veteran actress Amanda Plummer. Forbes retains that special "something" that we all love about her! Of course Amanda takes a back seat to no one in the acting department! As you will see; her complex and intense performance is outstanding! The director of course deserves a lot credit for putting together a smoothly crafted highly entertaining product.

I don't want to explain the plot or anything because you will enjoy it more by letting it unfold in front of you!(I did and I was blown away!) I loved the little twists and turns in the story and also the "rules" the plot is governed by.

Of course you will like it most and understand the plot thoroughly if you like science fiction to begin with.

I know it is fiction but it's my favorite! (I have both a DVD and a High Def copy of it) Check it out for yourself! You won't be disappointed

P.S. You audiophiles out there will notice something in the production (that only we will notice)but We forgive them for doing it nevertheless.

Duff.

Seeing this in 1996 it had become my all time favorite episode. Michelle Forbes and Amanda Plummer knocked it out of the park. Very difficult to make a time travel story near "seamless". Since then only one other episode has equaled or exceeded ( personal opinion) this one. That episode is of course "Tribunal" starring Saul Rubinek (season 5).

Between the two, Tribunal is more heart wrenching and leaves more of a lump in one's throat, so get the nod, IMHO, but no other Outer Limits episodes, old series or new, even come close to these two.

These were borh rated 8.3 on some metric, and the next closest was 81, but really not at all in same league.

This episode is one of the best time travel TV episodes of all time of any series, comparable to Dr Who's Blink in quality and time travel concepts.

The acting is exceptional. Plummer gets all the kudos, but Forbes deserves as much praise.

I don't think I've quite seen the two premises done together quite like this before, but then I've also not seen every single Sci-Fi movie and TV show ever made, so I'm sure there's something similar out there somewhere but I just haven't seen it. Yet.

Amanda Plummer is fantastic in her role here of the time-traveling dispenser of Pre-Crime justice, killing serial killers before they can even start their sprees. She has an overarching purpose though, and it's one she's hesitant to face. Michelle Forbes is similarly great in the role of the FBI Agent doggedly trying to solve a string of murders over 30 years, all tied together by a single weapon and, eventually, a fingerprint that can't possibly be where it was found, despite indisputably being there.

The ending leaves a lot to be desired, but the journey TO that ending is fantastic.