Essence of Life (The Outer Limits)

"Essence of Life"
The Outer Limits episode
Episode no.	Season 5 Episode 18
Directed by	Brad Turner
Written by	Scott Peters
Original air date	23 July 1999
Guest actors
Daniel Baldwin, Jessica Steen, Joel Grey, Daphne Zuniga

"Essence of Life" is an episode of The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 23 July 1999, during the fifth season.

Introduction

An old woman is given a tube containing a mysterious liquid by an equally mysterious man. When the man leaves she inhales the fumes from the liquid as she seems to have done many times before and is once again reunited with her dead husband.

Opening narration

“

Man creates laws to maintain the order of his world, but what happens when the laws of man defies the laws of nature?

”

Plot

While the world is struggling to rebuild itself from a plague eleven years earlier such conduct like "looking back" or open displays of emotion are prohibited by the international "Code of Conduct".

The Code is enforced by government agents like Dan Kagan and his partner Stephanie Sawyer, who are tracing "social terrorists" like Dr. Nathan Seward. Seward traffics in Essence of Life — a substance made of the dearly departed's DNA that allows the living a brief but poignant reunion.

In trying to catch Dr. Seward, Dan decides to visit his late wife, Juliette, who died two years ago, and to talk with her...

Closing narration

“

The power of human emotion can neither be controlled by laws we create, nor confined by the will we impose.

”

Cast

Daniel Baldwin as Dan Kagan
Jessica Steen as Stephanie Sawyer
Robert Moloney as Agent Pinter
Daphne Zuniga as Juliette Kagan
Joel Grey as Dr. Nathan Seward
Doris Chillcott as Mrs. Westbrook
Ron Halder as George White
John Moore as Butler
Benz Antoine as Sergeant
David Glyn-Jones as Mr. Westbrook
Kristina Matisic as News Anchor
Kyle Darling as Agent
Kevin Conway as The Control Voice

External links

"Essence of Life" at The Outer Limits official website
"Essence of Life" at Jessica Steen's webpage
"Essence of Life" at TV.com
"Essence of Life" at the Internet Movie Database

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