| “Awakening” | |||||||
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| The Outer Limits episode | |||||||
| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 10 |
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| Written by | James Crocker | ||||||
| Directed by | George Bloomfield | ||||||
| Guest stars | Lela Rochon as Beth Carter, Roger R. Cross as Kevin Flynn, Gordon Pinsent as Dr. Steven Molstad, Michele Greene as Joan Garrison | ||||||
| Production no. | 54 | ||||||
| Original airdate | 14 March, 1997 | ||||||
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"Awakening" is an episode of The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 14 March, 1997, during the third season.
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Introduction
Beth Carter suffers from a condition known as alexithymia — she cannot feel emotions or understand their effects on others. A revolutionary brain implant changes this, and for the first time she experiences the world the same way as everyone else: Friendship, attraction, happiness and even fear. When she begins to have strange experiences, she realizes that something is wrong.
Opening narration
"It is said that emotions are the language of the soul. But what happens when that expression is muted? What becomes of feelings... that have no voice?"
Plot
Beth begins to hear voices, and even sees space aliens who make experiments on her. The doctors suspect that this is a result of the implant and want to remove it. Beth escapes from the hospital and returns to the house where she was before. She discovers a secret room with space alien props. Two people get into the room and reveal that it was all a big show to discredit the implant as a favor for a competing company. Beth is hiding and hears all. Beth comes out and kills the two by pushing them out of a window. Then at the end she has the implant removed by a court decree. Days later at home she is stroking her cat and makes a small smile on her face.
Closing narration
"Errant computers can be reprogrammed, imperfect machines redesigned... but human beings are another matter."
