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The Beholder

  • Episode aired Feb 25, 2000
  • TV-PG
  • 45m
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Mackenzie Astin and Claire Rankin in The Outer Limits (1995)
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A man blind from an early age undergoes a new medical procedure to restore his vision which is successful and he begins to get messages from an alien who is trapped on earth.A man blind from an early age undergoes a new medical procedure to restore his vision which is successful and he begins to get messages from an alien who is trapped on earth.A man blind from an early age undergoes a new medical procedure to restore his vision which is successful and he begins to get messages from an alien who is trapped on earth.

  • Director
    • Jeff Woolnough
  • Writers
    • Sam Egan
    • Leslie Stevens
  • Stars
    • Mackenzie Astin
    • Rebecca Jenkins
    • Claire Rankin
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    • Director
      • Jeff Woolnough
    • Writers
      • Sam Egan
      • Leslie Stevens
    • Stars
      • Mackenzie Astin
      • Rebecca Jenkins
      • Claire Rankin
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    Mackenzie Astin
    Mackenzie Astin
    • Patrick Tarloff
    Rebecca Jenkins
    Rebecca Jenkins
    • Dr. Louise Burrows
    Claire Rankin
    Claire Rankin
    • Kyra
    Peter Wingfield
    Peter Wingfield
    • Dwight Bordon
    Obba Babatundé
    Obba Babatundé
    • Dr. Joseph Lennox
    Tatiana Turner
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    Kevin Conway
    Kevin Conway
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    8Hitchcoc

    A Variation on a Theme

    Once again, a group of researchers turn out to be bad guys. The central character has been blind since a plane crash which killed his parents. He is a college English professor who announces to his class that he is going in for experimental surgery that may return his eyesight. We cut to the bandage removal. He is thrilled with seeing the faces of the doctor as well as a pretty psychologist who has been assigned to him in case he faces some difficult transitions. Suddenly, he looks to the ceiling and sees a figure, bathed in light, a mysterious female face coming out of the wall. As he recovers, he is haunted by this figure. It seems to be haunting him and wanting to make a connection with him. Finally, she is able to create a kind of written display that tells him that she needs him. Eventually, a sort of electric charge is sent into him which allows him to cross some kind of barrier and have physical contact with her. He is immediately in love. Of course, nothing like this is that easy. The people who restored his sight know that this experience could happen and they have been leading him down a road where he could betray the magical woman to them. This is a better episode and well worth a look.

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    • Trivia
      Patrick Tarloff's dog Molly Bloom is named after a character from the 1922 novel "Ulysses" by James Joyce, which is referenced during his lecture on stream of consciousness.
    • Goofs
      When Patrick spins around the woman he thinks is Kyra, the camera when behind him shows her being spun clockwise. When the camera is facing him, 'Kyra' is shown as spinning anti-clockwise.
    • Quotes

      Control Voice: Of all the gifts his maker has bestowed upon man, none is more precious than his ability to love another.

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      References The Six Million Dollar Man (1974)

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      • February 25, 2000 (Canada)
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      • Atlantis Films
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