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The Outer Limits
S2.E8
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Straight and Narrow

  • Episode aired Feb 23, 1996
  • TV-PG
  • 45m
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7.1/10
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Tom Butler and Peter Donat in The Outer Limits (1995)
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Two students discover an academy with an outstanding reputation for taming youthful rebellion is using brain implants to create political assassins.Two students discover an academy with an outstanding reputation for taming youthful rebellion is using brain implants to create political assassins.Two students discover an academy with an outstanding reputation for taming youthful rebellion is using brain implants to create political assassins.

  • Director
    • Joseph L. Scanlan
  • Writers
    • Joel Metzger
    • Leslie Stevens
  • Stars
    • Ryan Phillippe
    • Tom Butler
    • Jonathan Scarfe
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    409
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Joseph L. Scanlan
    • Writers
      • Joel Metzger
      • Leslie Stevens
    • Stars
      • Ryan Phillippe
      • Tom Butler
      • Jonathan Scarfe
    • 2User reviews
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    Ryan Phillippe
    Ryan Phillippe
    • Russell 'Rusty' Dobson
    Tom Butler
    Tom Butler
    • Dr. Werner
    Jonathan Scarfe
    Jonathan Scarfe
    • Charlie Walters
    Kavan Smith
    Kavan Smith
    • Harrison Taylor
    Peter Donat
    Peter Donat
    • Principal Kern
    Jane MacDougall
    • Marianne Dobson
    Peter Yunker
    • Instructor
    Tygh Runyan
    Tygh Runyan
    • James Scardale
    Jabin Litwiniec
    • Student #1
    Austin Basile
    • Student #2
    Arnie Walters
    Arnie Walters
    • Committee Member
    Paul Hubbard
    Paul Hubbard
    • Officer Scovil
    Steve Makaj
    Steve Makaj
    • Officer Brown
    Campbell Lane
    Campbell Lane
    • Roland Baker
    Kevin Hansen
    Kevin Hansen
    • Young Man
    Kevin Conway
    Kevin Conway
    • Control Voice
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    • Director
      • Joseph L. Scanlan
    • Writers
      • Joel Metzger
      • Leslie Stevens
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    10krakrazykat18

    Outer Limits Gold

    This is what we watch the series for. Awesome episode. Mini movie full of suspense, anxiety, and evil corporate undermindings, with brain implants into unsuspecting young men in a boarding school where their parents send them to "get with the program". Excellent directing and acting. One of my favorites now!

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    • Trivia
      The school's name, the Milgram Institute, is a reference to the infamous Milgram Shock experiments. Beginning in 1961 at Yale University, they were designed to study a subject's unquestioning obedience to orders.
    • Goofs
      Referring to his mother, Rusty says, "She can play a place like this to take care of the problem" instead of "She can pay a place like this to take care of the problem."
    • Quotes

      Control Voice: In our relentless pursuit of career and worldly possessions, is it we who pay the highest price, or is it our children?

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    • Release date
      • February 23, 1996 (United States)
    • Filming locations
      • Riverview Hospital, Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
    • Production company
      • Atlantis Films
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      • 45m
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      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby

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