The Beholder (The Outer Limits)
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"The Beholder" is an episode from the sixth season of The Outer Limits
. It originally aired on 25 February 2000.
has been using the drug iridium
, used in treating stroke victims in order to trace and lure Kyra. The next day Kyra meets Patrick in the park and gives him a demagnetizing shock which allows him to hear and feel her as well. After a few weeks (wherein they share tactile and empathic moments and make love), Louise is told by Dwight and Patrick's doctor that they wish to investigate Kyra's origins and possibly send her home. Patrick and Kyra know she will be in danger if the doctors are allowed near her.
In a lab Patrick acts as an intermediary between the scientists and Kyra. It is revealed that Kyra is a peaceful alien from a neutron star
system out of our reach. The scientists trap her in magnetic field
causing her great pain. Despite some of the scientists' and Patrick's pleas to stop, Dwight Borden asks to continue the experiment. Knowing that they will never help her, Patrick fakes that Kyra has complications and unplugs the magnetic field, releasing her. Patrick is given the last iridium on earth and goes to the park to destroy it. Kyra appears and tries to stop him as it would mean she would be all alone and isolated again. Moreover, Patrick would lose his sight if he proceeds. As a selfless act of love for her, he continues to destroy the iridium and is soon caught by Dwight and the police. At the end Patrick is seen giving a lecture, blind again. Because the professor can still slightly sense her (because of his past iridium use), Kyra who visits the aula: is still faintly visible and touches his hand and his cheek softly.
The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)
The Outer Limits is an American television series that originally aired on Showtime,the Sci Fi Channel and in syndication between 1995 and 2002...
. It originally aired on 25 February 2000.
Opening narration
Synopsis
The episode begins as Patrick, a blind humanities professor, volunteers to undergo a medical operation that will allow him to see for the first time since childhood. Soon after the operation he begins to see a ghostly woman in the hospital. After he returns home she reveals herself to be an alien named Kyra who has been stranded on Earth and wishes to go home. Patrick's councilor Louise is told by the doctors that the drug that cured his blindness was manufactured in space and can also enhance his senses. Dwight Borden, a scientist from British Intelligence working for the NSANational Security Agency
The National Security Agency/Central Security Service is a cryptologic intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the collection and analysis of foreign communications and foreign signals intelligence, as well as protecting U.S...
has been using the drug iridium
Iridium
Iridium is the chemical element with atomic number 77, and is represented by the symbol Ir. A very hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal of the platinum family, iridium is the second-densest element and is the most corrosion-resistant metal, even at temperatures as high as 2000 °C...
, used in treating stroke victims in order to trace and lure Kyra. The next day Kyra meets Patrick in the park and gives him a demagnetizing shock which allows him to hear and feel her as well. After a few weeks (wherein they share tactile and empathic moments and make love), Louise is told by Dwight and Patrick's doctor that they wish to investigate Kyra's origins and possibly send her home. Patrick and Kyra know she will be in danger if the doctors are allowed near her.
In a lab Patrick acts as an intermediary between the scientists and Kyra. It is revealed that Kyra is a peaceful alien from a neutron star
Neutron star
A neutron star is a type of stellar remnant that can result from the gravitational collapse of a massive star during a Type II, Type Ib or Type Ic supernova event. Such stars are composed almost entirely of neutrons, which are subatomic particles without electrical charge and with a slightly larger...
system out of our reach. The scientists trap her in magnetic field
Magnetic field
A magnetic field is a mathematical description of the magnetic influence of electric currents and magnetic materials. The magnetic field at any given point is specified by both a direction and a magnitude ; as such it is a vector field.Technically, a magnetic field is a pseudo vector;...
causing her great pain. Despite some of the scientists' and Patrick's pleas to stop, Dwight Borden asks to continue the experiment. Knowing that they will never help her, Patrick fakes that Kyra has complications and unplugs the magnetic field, releasing her. Patrick is given the last iridium on earth and goes to the park to destroy it. Kyra appears and tries to stop him as it would mean she would be all alone and isolated again. Moreover, Patrick would lose his sight if he proceeds. As a selfless act of love for her, he continues to destroy the iridium and is soon caught by Dwight and the police. At the end Patrick is seen giving a lecture, blind again. Because the professor can still slightly sense her (because of his past iridium use), Kyra who visits the aula: is still faintly visible and touches his hand and his cheek softly.