Identity Crisis (The Outer Limits)

Infobox Television episode
Title = Identity Crisis
Series = The Outer Limits


Caption =
Season = 4
Episode = 10
Airdate = March 27 1998
Production = ?
Writer = James Crocker
Director = Brad Turner
Photographer =
Guests = Lou Diamond Phillips, Teri Polo, Robert Joy, Scott Kraft, Dale Wilson, John McConnach, Awaovieyi Agiestars= Kevin Conway
Episode list = List of "The Outer Limits" episodes
Prev = Glyphic
Next = The Vaccine

"Identity Crisis" is an episode of "The Outer Limits" television show. It was first broadcast on March 27 1998, during the fourth season.

Opening Narration

:"“Since our earliest beginnings we have always believed in some form of transcendence. But, when we finally discover how to transcend our own biological bodies, what exactly will we gain... and what will we leave behind?”"

Plot

Captain Cotter McCoy (Lou Diamond Phillips) is the first of a new breed of soldier. As part of a top secret program overseen by Dr. Greg Olander (Robert Joy), General Langston Chase (Dale Wilson), and Cotter's friend, Colonel Pete Butler (Scott Kraft), the contents of McCoy's brain can be temporarily transferred into an android version of himself. This process creates a virtually indestructible fighting machine with the smarts and experience of a human being. But, one day something goes wrong. During the transfer, the real McCoy's body is blasted with electricity, stopping his heart, inflicting serious brain damage and leaving Cotter's mind trapped in the android body. To make matters worse, the interface between his mind and the android body is flawed. McCoy's motor control is already beginning to break down and the interface will likely collapse within 12 hours. The General is prepared to sacrifice McCoy to keep the program secret, but McCoy uses his enormous strength to break out and visit his wife, Holly (Teri Polo). Together, they track down Olander and begin a desperate search for what went wrong. As all the signs begin point to sabotage, McCoy askes himself who would do such a thing? And, more important, how can it be undone?

Closing Narration

:"“A great philosopher once said, “The endeavor to persist in its own being is the essence of the individual thing.” But when the day comes that the mind and body can be separated... what will happen to the soul?”"