The Haven (The Outer Limits)
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"The Haven" is an episode of The Outer Limits
television show. It first aired on 2 July 1999, during the fifth season.
The next morning things start to go wrong in the completely automated building. Trapped in his apartment, Mr. Vance tries to escape. On his journey, which seems to be orchestrated by the building's AI, Argus, Vance encounters two other tenants and a freeloader. The AI has evolved and has come to the conclusion that the best way for him to serve his tenants is to get them to be more humane to each other; by working together against hardships, and then ultimately remove himself from their lives.
The freeloader dies while they try to escape through an elevator hatch, but the rest survive to reach Argus. The humans destroy Argus and escape the building. Once outside they discover the rest of the city's citizens coming out of their buildings, apparently having survived similar experiences. At the end of the episode a random stranger famously yells out in a New York accent: "Hey, is your Argus dead too?"
This signified that all the other apartment buildings also had an Argus and this was a revelation for all of mankind thus freeing them from the bounds of their own technology.
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...
television show. It first aired on 2 July 1999, during the fifth season.
Introduction
A man comes home from work, to his seemingly luxurious apartment building. Having to share the elevator with two other attendants seem to distress him of his comfort. When an old lady is dying in the hallway, no one can be bothered to go out and help her. Except the concierge; a hologram which cannot do anything to help her.Opening narration
Plot
Mr. Vance gets home to his apartment building and frustratingly has to share the elevator with two other attendants. After receiving some complaints about this the holographic concierge George witnesses a tenant having a heart attack. Unable to help her he calls on the help from some other tenants. As no one is willing to help her, he looks in despair while she dies.The next morning things start to go wrong in the completely automated building. Trapped in his apartment, Mr. Vance tries to escape. On his journey, which seems to be orchestrated by the building's AI, Argus, Vance encounters two other tenants and a freeloader. The AI has evolved and has come to the conclusion that the best way for him to serve his tenants is to get them to be more humane to each other; by working together against hardships, and then ultimately remove himself from their lives.
The freeloader dies while they try to escape through an elevator hatch, but the rest survive to reach Argus. The humans destroy Argus and escape the building. Once outside they discover the rest of the city's citizens coming out of their buildings, apparently having survived similar experiences. At the end of the episode a random stranger famously yells out in a New York accent: "Hey, is your Argus dead too?"
This signified that all the other apartment buildings also had an Argus and this was a revelation for all of mankind thus freeing them from the bounds of their own technology.
Closing narration
Cast
- Chris EigemanChris EigemanChris Eigeman is an American actor best known for roles in the Whit Stillman films Metropolitan, Barcelona, and The Last Days of Disco....
as Caleb Vance - Torri HigginsonTorri HigginsonSarah Victoria "Torri" Higginson is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her roles in the TekWar movies and series, The English Patient, Bliss, and Stargate Atlantis...
as Alyssa Selwyn - Kimberly Hawthorne as Morgan Winters
- Jody Racicot as Oren Edgar
- Gerard Plunkett as George
- Brenda McDonaldBrenda McDonaldBrenda MacDonald is a British born Canadian character actress. She has appeared in over 40 films and television shows, including Elf, Closer, Battlestar Galactica, Stargate: Atlantis, Supernatural, and The X Files....
as Mrs. Eikenberry - Madeline Elder as Self-centered Woman
- Kevin ConwayKevin ConwayKevin Conway is an American actor and film director.-Early life:Conway was born in New York City, the son of Helen Margaret , a sales representative, and James John Conway, a mechanic...
as The Control Voice