The Choice (The Outer Limits)

Infobox Television episode
Title = The Choice
Series = The Outer Limits


Caption =
Season = 1
Episode = 7
Airdate = 28 April, 1995
Production = 7
Writer = Ann Lewis Hamilton
Director = Mark Sobel
Photographer =
Guests = Diana Stevan as Ruth, Thora Birch as Aggie Travers, Rebecca Toolan as Mrs. Whelan, Megan Follows as Karen Ross, Frances Sternhagen as Jean Anderson, Matthew Walker as Terry Walsh, Page Fletcher as Joe Travers, Sandra Nelson as Leslie Travers
Episode list = List of "The Outer Limits" episodes
Prev = White Light Fever
Next = Virtual Future

"The Choice" is an episode of "The Outer Limits" television show. It was first broadcast on 28 April, 1995 during the first season.

Introduction

A young girl with strange, supernatural powers is shunned by her friends, but welcomed by a nanny with similar gifts, while her parents must decide what's ultimately best for their child.

Opening narration

"It is the differences between people that cause conflicts. Differences in religion, in race, in beliefs. What wars would be fought if the differences grew between two intelligent species; humans... and those who might ultimately replace us."

Plot

A young girl, Aggie Travers, is an outcast at her elementary school, and mysterious things happen to people when she doesn't get along with them. Since it appears that she is responsible for these strange things, she is suspended from school. Her parents are at their wits end, so they decide to look for a nanny for their troubled child. Karen Ross, their first candidate, seems perfect; she bonds with Aggie from the start, and seems to understand her special needs.Karen helps Aggie to hone her powers, erstwhile forming a strong bond between the two. Meanwhile, Walsh, from a government organisation known as The Trackers, is hunting down young girls like Aggie for the purpose of scientific experiments under the guise of para-FBI agents.

Closing narration

"The wars of evolution are fought over generations. But sometimes only the fittest survive battles which last the briefest moments. A hundred years from now, a new race may look back and say, 'This little girl's stand was a turning point.'"

External links

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* [http://www.theouterlimits.com/episodes/season1/104.htm Episode at The Outer Limits site]
* [http://www.scifi.com/outerlimits/episodes/season1/106choice.html "The Choice"] at Sci Fi