S1.E17

The Message

Episode aired Mar 17, 1997
TV-PG
45m

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Larry Drake and Marlee Matlin in The Outer Limits (1995)

Drama Fantasy Horror Mystery Sci-Fi Thriller

Implants that should've allowed deaf Jennifer Winter to finally hear cause her to receive a binary message no one else can hear. Her husband thinks she's insane. Her friend on meds, Robert, ... Read allImplants that should've allowed deaf Jennifer Winter to finally hear cause her to receive a binary message no one else can hear. Her husband thinks she's insane. Her friend on meds, Robert, thinks it's an alien distress signal.Implants that should've allowed deaf Jennifer Winter to finally hear cause her to receive a binary message no one else can hear. Her husband thinks she's insane. Her friend on meds, Robert, thinks it's an alien distress signal.

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Marlee Matlin

Jennifer Winter

Robert Wisden

Sam Winter

Larry Drake

Robert Vitale

Ken Camroux-Taylor

Dr. Madison
(as Ken Camroux)

Kevin McNulty

Dr. Leiberman

Kevin Conway

The Control Voice
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(uncredited)

Paul Joyce

School Principal
(uncredited)

Director
- Joseph L. Scanlan
Writers
- Brad Wright
- Leslie Stevens
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Trivia
This is the first episode of the series not to feature any on-screen deaths or reference deaths which took place prior to the events of the relevant episode.

Goofs
When Jennifer and Robert begin to trace the hidden message, Robert begins tracing above and to the right of Jennifer. When the completed message is shown, Robert's original part of the trace is no longer visible.

Quotes
[last lines]
The Control Voice: There is no sound, no voice, no cry in all the world that can be heard... until someone listens.

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6/10

Distracting amount of ableism.

I'd like rate this higher because I love Marlee Matlin. My problem with this episode is the constant and blatant ableism. I found it very hard to enjoy the plot while distracted by the unfair treatment. The character's doctors and husband speak about her behind her back and make decisions about her welfare without her input. When her own husband refuses to believe her and drags her around forcing her to what he wants its enough to make me want to write this episode off completely. All of this might have been palatable if they had only addressed the fact that the actions were ableist, but leaving this unaddressed is inappropriate and irresponsible.