The Outer Limits: Season 07 (2001)

The world may have been utterly obliterated at the end of the sixth season of Showtime's The Outer Limits, but this didn't mean that the venerable science fiction-fantasy anthology was out of business. No sooner had the series left the Showtime schedule than it was picked up by a rival cable service, the Sci Fi Channel, for a seventh and final season of 22 hour-long episodes. The opener is "Family Values," starring comic actor Tom Arnold in a decidedly non-comic role. Other noteworthy guest stars appearing throughout season seven are Michael Rooker in "Patient Zero," Rachel Ticotin in "Mona Lisa," Sherilyn Fenn (Twin Peaks) in "Replica," Jamie Luner (Melrose Place) in "Mindreacher," Dennis Haysbert (24) in "Rule of Law," and Nora Dunn (Saturday Night Live) in "Dark Child." The series concludes with a brace of "clip shows," deftly blending excerpts from earlier episodes into a cogent and compelling new continuity: "The Human Factor," featuring clips from "Phobos Rising," "Hearts and Mind," "Manifest Destiny," "Something About Harry," "Haven," "Final Exam," "Final Appeal," "The Vaccine," and "Replica;" and "Human Trials," with highlights from "Nightmare," "Hearts and Mind," "The Human Operators," "In the Blood," "Monster," "The Voyage Home," "Tempests," and "Worlds Within." ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi