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The Outer Limits
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Criminal Nature

  • Episode aired Jan 23, 1998
  • TV-PG
  • 45m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
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Lynda Boyd, Jason Gray-Stanford, and Joel Palmer in The Outer Limits (1995)
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Genetically enhanced children who grew up to become monsters are committing murders. Ray Venable has a secret son with GRS, injects himself with a serum to temporarily enhance his sensory ab... Read allGenetically enhanced children who grew up to become monsters are committing murders. Ray Venable has a secret son with GRS, injects himself with a serum to temporarily enhance his sensory abilities in order to hunt him.Genetically enhanced children who grew up to become monsters are committing murders. Ray Venable has a secret son with GRS, injects himself with a serum to temporarily enhance his sensory abilities in order to hunt him.

  • Director
    • Steve Anker
  • Writers
    • Brad Markowitz
    • Eric Morris
    • Leslie Stevens
  • Stars
    • Gary Cole
    • Louis Del Grande
    • Jason Gray-Stanford
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    289
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    • Director
      • Steve Anker
    • Writers
      • Brad Markowitz
      • Eric Morris
      • Leslie Stevens
    • Stars
      • Gary Cole
      • Louis Del Grande
      • Jason Gray-Stanford
    • 1User review
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    Gary Cole
    Gary Cole
    • Detective Ray Venable
    Louis Del Grande
    • Detective Renfro
    Jason Gray-Stanford
    Jason Gray-Stanford
    • Dylan Venable
    Lynda Boyd
    Lynda Boyd
    • Marie Venable
    Jill Teed
    Jill Teed
    • Dr. Carolyn Florey
    Anthony Ulc
    Anthony Ulc
    • Detective
    Joel Palmer
    Joel Palmer
    • Jesse Venable
    Kavan Smith
    Kavan Smith
    • Lt. O'Neill
    Rachel Cronin
    Rachel Cronin
    • GRS Girl - Melanie
    John Maclaren
    John Maclaren
    • Rosen
    • (as John MacLaren)
    Judith Maxie
    • Mayor Grant
    Fred Henderson
    Fred Henderson
    • Acosta
    David Cameron
    • Medic
    Kevin Conway
    Kevin Conway
    • Control Voice
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    • Director
      • Steve Anker
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      • Brad Markowitz
      • Eric Morris
      • Leslie Stevens
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    6Hitchcoc

    Another Self-Injenction

    GRS was featured in a previous episode. Parents who wanted their children to raise their physical and mental quotients went to a doctor to have an injection while the child was in the womb. Sometimes this procedure failed and the children became deformed and homicidal. Now some of these children, wielding special powers, are loose on society. A middle aged cop who has a gifted son but also one whose procedure failed, is known as the best hunter of these GSR victims. In the process, he encounters Dylan, his deformed son, and has the task of apprehending or killing him. It doesn't work so well because of his limited abilities to keep up with the beast like person. So Ray, the police officer, injects himself with the stuff that caused Dylan's condition. We know, because we've been here before, that this is going to end badly. The stuff is reversible if treated in time and if too much isn't used. The greatest danger is to the mother and the little brother because of Dylan's resentment. The ultimate confrontation is on its way. This episode left me fairly cold.

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    • Trivia
      This episode is a sequel to Unnatural Selection (1996).
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    • Quotes

      Control Voice: The most powerful thing we pass along to our children may not reside in the genes, but in the soul.

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      Features The Outer Limits: Valerie 23 (1995)

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    • Release date
      • January 23, 1998 (United States)
    • Filming locations
      • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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      • Atlantis Films
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      • 45m
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