Valerie 23

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.

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.

A young man finds himself confined to a wheelchair. He can't shake his depression and a friend/coworker feels that he could combat loneliness by having access to a beautiful android, manufactured in the lab. The stresses come from his futility in finding relationships. At first he rejects her because she is a "machine." However this machine is fully functional and breathtakingly beautiful and can provide everything a red-blooded man could want. Unfortunately, one emotion that was left in the mix by her creators was jealousy. When he fellow realizes that there is someone else and pursues a relationship with a real woman (less attractive but kind and caring), Valerie begins to flex her synthetic muscles. She becomes more than angry; she becomes a real threat. There is some serious talk about what makes a sentient creature (fearing death, for example), and this gives the episode some legs. The byplay between the man and his "plaything" is pretty believable (assuming such a being could be put together) and we feel for him, but once again, one mustn't mess with the gods and creation.

I am watching this episode 25 years after it was made and am impressed how accurate this OL prediction is turning out to be. Already there are some very humanoid companions available and AI is becoming more and more indistinguishable from real people. I give it another 10 years before a close approximation to "Valerie" becomes commercially available. Although tempting, I think I will stick with my very human female companion for now.

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 .