Second Thoughts
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Outer Limits:
Season Three:
Second Thoughts
Karl Durand is in his 30's, but he has the mind of a child. That is, until he receives a unique gift from Dr. Jacob Valerian, a dying scientist who has been working on a secret project. As his last living act, Valerian uses his new invention to transfer his memories and experiences into Karl's brain. But Karl isn't content with just being a genius. In an effort to win the love of his social worker, Rose, he uses the doctor's invention to capture other minds. Leaving a trail of bodies in his wake and his own brain ever more crowded and confused, Karl soon discovers that sometimes the mind can be a minefield.
After seizing the consciousness of three more individuals--one a sinister, avaricious man, another a police detective, and yet another Rose's poetic husband-to-be--the mentally challenged individual finds himself and his mind crammed with too many images and mental records of history. As Rose is being notified of the death of Thomas Russell, Rose's poetic husband-to-be, the mentally challenged individual reaches for the police detective's handgun and places it to his head so that the point of injustice and wrong the elderly scientist's experiment reached shall come to an end. The handgun fires and the menagerie of images and mental records of history are the last things observed.
By D. Stuart, The Outer Limits moderator on Thursday, December 23, 1999 - 1:53 pm: The sinister, avaricious man's consciousness, which is of course inside Howie Mandel's character, arranges for the police detective to arrive at an ally at which he intends to cease the police detective's investigation. He does so and, in the process, transfers the police detective's consciousness into Howie Mandel's character's mind. Later on, though, this same sinister, avaricious man's consciousness blames Howie Mandel's character for killing a cop. Whose idea was it in the first place? I mean, the sinister, avaricious man's consciousness contacted the police detective.
If I had written this episode, I would have had Howie Mandel's character sacrifice himself and the police detective's, elderly scientist's, and sinister, avaricious man's consciousness so that Thomas Russell could live in his body and reunite with Rose, a woman with whom Howie Mandel's character had long since become infatuated. It would have illustrated how deeply Howie Mandel's character felt for Rose.
By Tim McCree (Tim_m) on Tuesday, February 06, 2024 - 5:28 am:As this show went on, happy endings became as elusive as a Loch Ness Monster sighting.