Out of Body (The Outer Limits)

"Out of Body"
The Outer Limits episode
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 20
Directed by	Ken Girotti
Written by	Mario Azzopardi
Production code	42
Original air date	14 July 1996
Guest stars
Peri Gilpin as Rebecca Warfield, Victor Garber as Ben McCormick, William B. Davis as John Wymer, Joely Fisher as Amy
Episode chronology
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List of The Outer Limits episodes

"Out of Body" is an episode of The Outer Limits television series. It first aired on 14 July 1996, during the second season.

Introduction

A husband (Ben McCormick) and wife (Rebecca Warfield) scientific team are researching out-of-body experiences. When funding becomes desperate Rebecca decides to experiment on herself.

Opening narration

“

We exist in this time and in this space. But where are we when we dream, before we are born, or after we die? What if we exist in many times and many spaces. Now... and forever.

”

Plot

Rebecca Warfield and her husband Ben McCormick are investigating out of body experiences by subjecting monkeys to electric impulses. They see it as pure science, but to religious groups such as Family Foremost, it is a sacrilege. Desperate for funding, Rebecca decides to run the experiment with a human subject — herself. She asks her assistant, Amy, to help. But Amy, a secret religious fanatic, alters the experiment. Rebecca escapes from her body, but, unless she finds a way to communicate, she will remain trapped in another dimension.

Closing narration

“

Perhaps at the end of life's journey, another begins. Two hearts, two minds, two souls... one destiny.

”

External links

• "Out of Body" at TV.com
• "Out of Body" at Sci Fi

Season 2 of The Outer Limits (1995-2002)
Stitch in Time • Resurrection • Unnatural Selection • I Hear You Calling • Mind Over Matter • Beyond the Veil • First Anniversary • Straight and Narrow • Trial by Fire • Worlds Apart • The Refuge • Inconstant Moon • From Within • The Heist • Afterlife • The Deprogrammers • Paradise • The Light Brigade • Falling Star • Out of Body • Vanishing Act • The Sentence
List of The Outer Limits episodes: Original Series (1963-1965) • The New Series (1995-2002)