S2E22
The Sentence
The Outer Limits · 1996-08-04 · 45 min
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what happens
Let the punishment fit the crime: an ambitious inventor, Dr. Jack Henson, creates a "" virtual prison"" and wants the government to adopt it nation-wide. Using his invention, convicts serve a life sentence in just a few hours. Henson claims the harsh sentences will ensure that criminals never offend again while the short time required cuts prison costs. He seems to be making his point until they connect an innocent man to the apparatus and the demonstration goes sour. To save the young man's life, Henson must submit to his own invention -- and to a lesson in the true meaning of justice.
nobody has mapped this one
We draw an episode's shape from public discussion of it, and there isn't enough about this one to draw anything honest. Forty-five seconds with the dial and it has a curve.
rate S2E22 →who made it
- directed
- Joseph L. Scanlan
- written
- Melissa Rosenberg
guest cast
Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.
David Hyde Pierce as Dr. Jack Henson
Jan D'Arcy as Senator Sara Watson
Andrea Roth as Dr. Dana Elwin
Garwin Sanford as Senator Meade
Dave 'Squatch' Ward as Giant Convict- JJ. Douglas Stewart as Watts
- DDoron Bell as Cory Izacks
Tamsin Kelsey as Dr. Glass