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The Human Factor

  • Episode aired Jan 11, 2002
  • TV-PG
  • 43m
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Zack Ward in The Outer Limits (1995)
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In the year 2084, humans fight an android whose artificial intelligence has determined humans must no longer be allowed to spread colonies throughout space.In the year 2084, humans fight an android whose artificial intelligence has determined humans must no longer be allowed to spread colonies throughout space.In the year 2084, humans fight an android whose artificial intelligence has determined humans must no longer be allowed to spread colonies throughout space.

  • Director
    • Robert Habros
  • Writers
    • James Crocker
    • Carleton Eastlake
    • Sam Egan
  • Stars
    • Kevin Conway
    • Joseph Gordon-Levitt
    • Robert Duncan McNeill
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    6.4/10
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    • Director
      • Robert Habros
    • Writers
      • James Crocker
      • Carleton Eastlake
      • Sam Egan
    • Stars
      • Kevin Conway
      • Joseph Gordon-Levitt
      • Robert Duncan McNeill
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    Kevin Conway
    Kevin Conway
    • Control Voice
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    Joseph Gordon-Levitt
    Joseph Gordon-Levitt
    • Zach Henniger
    • (archive footage)
    Robert Duncan McNeill
    Robert Duncan McNeill
    • Commander Ellis Ward
    Kevan Ohtsji
    Kevan Ohtsji
    • Major Cho
    Peter Outerbridge
    Peter Outerbridge
    • Zach Griffiths
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    Talia Ranger
    • Kaila Ward
    Laara Sadiq
    Laara Sadiq
    • Lt. Amanda Conover
    Stephen Spender
    • Corbett
    Malcolm Stewart
    Malcolm Stewart
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    Zack Ward
    Zack Ward
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    • Jen Ward
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      • Robert Habros
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      • James Crocker
      • Carleton Eastlake
      • Sam Egan
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    6Hitchcoc

    The Outer Limits Slide Into Obscurity

    The plot is interesting. A group of astronauts are on board a ship that has been sent to create a biosphere. There is all kinds of conflict because the politicians on Earth are finding ways to destroy the planet. An android, who is hooked up to the computer on the ship, decides to activate a destruct sequence because in his "mind" he sees the human race as an infestation. The sad thing is that the final two episodes, the producers dredge up scenes from past episodes, which really don't work. For a few bucks, they could have created a set of original dramatic examples that would have progressed a reasonably adroit offering. Instead, those of us who saw all these previous shows wouldn't sit there saying, "But in that plot ........" Which means that a group of writers sit in a room for a few days trying like hell to patch together this drivel. As usual, there is quite a cynical denouement.

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    • Trivia
      Ellis Ward mentions that holograms give him a headache, a reference to Robert Duncan McNeill's character Tom Paris' initially difficult relationship with the Doctor (Robert Picardo) in Star Trek: Voyager (1995).
    • Quotes

      Control Voice: We have the capacity for great good or great evil. The path of our future is ours to decide.

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      Features The Outer Limits: Hearts and Minds (1998)

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      • January 11, 2002 (Canada)
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      • Atlantis Films
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