Valerie 23

I'm very disappointed until now on Outer Limits new series, the pilot episode was a bad introducing, the Valerie 23 also is an average attempt to bring to life the fabulous original concept, perhaps l've been nostalgic or something, however the new series wasn't a match the forerunner, the plot is quite promising, the science create a new kind of Android with emotional feelings, soft skin, fed like humans that provides everything that it needs and most important, will be available every time to make sex without complaints, no headaches, unwillingness, whatever a perfect companion that the man can buy, sadly it wasn't so easy, it will be collateral effects, should be better as expected, an alternative ending with Karen Allen being an Android neither, it will be unpredictable ending, just a suggestion!!

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First watch: 2019 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 6.5

I just saw this episode again after 25 years and i remember i was back then blown away by the story . See it again after so many years the story is still blows me away and is very well written . The actress who plays valerie does an amazing job and she is both beautiful and affectively robotic . The special effects are also very well for an tv show .

This story, about a paraplegic man and a prototype female android that was designed to be a companion, assistant, conversationalist, and sexual partner for the lonely, is oddly haunting and affecting. "Valerie", the robot, is an extraordinarily sympathetic character; I found myself wishing that her preoccupied male cohort weren't so inclined to be dismissive of her, because she is programmed to behave in remarkably human ways (for better or worse). But, then again, without conflict between man and robot, there would be no plot. The way Artificial Intelligence and robots are progressing in the 21st Century, something like this may actually happen in 60 or 70 years. This episode is well written, well acted, and superbly cast. I was such a fan of the original 1960's Outer Limits, it's great to delve into this color "sequel series" from the mid-1990's.

Not just enjoyable because we get to see some full-frontal female nudity (that's really just a bonus, especially as Sofia Shinas is stunning anyway) but also because we get to see William Sadler (who's always a joy to watch on screen) and Robocop's Nancy Allen.

The story IS predictable - a wheelchair-bound scientist working on synthetic human skin gets the chance to 'test run' a robotic companion the company he works for is also working on, he and his physiotherapist get unethically closer, the robotic companion gets jealous - but it's well-acted and well-written, and maybe I'm just a bit biased because being a bit of a shut-in myself I like the idea of having a robotic companion like this one, even without the intimacy.

There is one very good reason for watching this distaff version of "Frankenstein": our protagonist, a wheelchair-bound scientist (Sadler) has sex with a comely android creation (Shinas). Shinas is absolutely gorgeous, and fulfills an anatomically correct living doll in the closet fantasy all hetero males share. And unlike "Jeannie" and "My Living Doll," this stunner gets completely nekkid before doing the dirty deed with her master. Nothing new plot wise here, but it is definitely entertaining for an adult male audience. This OL episode, like so many others, contains female nudity (using the most stunning looking women imaginable) and soft core sex scenes -- which certainly also must have entertained young boys everywhere. Highly recommended for the sensuality, even when you know where the plot will end up.