Fathers and Sons (The Outer Limits)

"Fathers and Sons"
The Outer Limits episode
Episode no.	Season 5 Episode 20
Directed by	Brad Turner
Written by	Alan Katz, William Mikaluk
Original air date	6 August 1999
Guest actors
Eugene Byrd Julie Patzwald Bob Morrisey Bill Cobbs Eleana Johnson Peter Williams

"Fathers and Sons" is an episode of The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 6 August 1999, during the fifth season.

Introduction

A young woman visits her grandmother, who appears as if she is suffering from Alzheimer's disease. As soon as the young woman leaves, the caretakers put the grandmother back into a container in a very large storage facility.

Opening narration

“

In a world where youth is valued more than wisdom, what will become of our elders?

”

Plot

A man decides that his father, a famous blues musician, needs to move to an old folks home. Shortly after joining the home the man begins to suffer memory problems and complain about bad dreams. It turns out that he is having his memories taken out of his brain at the home and they're then being sold. When the grandson tries to rescue the grandfather from the home, his father stops him and then destroys the memory stealing and transferring machines after removing the memories of the three staff members in that building.

Closing narration

“

The greatest lesson one generation can bestow upon the next is that reverence for the past ensures the future.

”

Cast

Eugene Byrd as Ronnie Dell
Anthony Sherwood as Hank Dell
Julie Patzwald as Tara Vanatter
Bob Morrisey as Dr. Benton Adler
Lesley Ewen as Mrs. Dell
Peter Williams as Chili Wayne
Bill Cobbs as Joe Dell
Eleana Johnson as Edna Vanatter
Duane Keogh as Roger Nygard
Maria Louisa Figura as Inga
Matthew Harrison as Orderly
Tom Pickett as Security Guard
Barbara Dyke as Woman
Kevin Conway as The Control Voice

External links

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Season 2	"Stitch in Time" "Resurrection" "Unnatural Selection" "I Hear You Calling" "Mind Over Matter" "Beyond the Veil" "First Anniversary" "Straight and Narrow" "Trial by Fire" "Worlds Apart" "The Refuge" "Inconstant Moon" "From Within" "The Heist" "Afterlife" "The Deprogrammers" "Paradise" "The Light Brigade" "Falling Star" "Out of Body" "Vanishing Act" "The Sentence"

Season 3	"Bits of Love" "Second Thoughts" "Re-Generation" "Last Supper" "Stream of Consciousness" "Dark Rain" "The Camp" "Heart's Desire" "Tempests" "Awakening" "New Lease" "Double Helix" "Dead Man's Switch" "Music of the Spheres" "The Revelations of Becka Paulson" "Bodies of Evidence" "Feasibility Study" "A Special Edition"

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