Ryan Reynolds | The Outer Limits

• Genre: Science fiction, Dark fantasy, Horror, Drama, Mystery fiction, Suspense
• Narrated by: Kevin Conway 
• Music by: John Van Tongeren, Daryl Bennett, Jim Guttridge
• No. of seasons: 7
• No. of episodes: 152
• Production locations: Vancouver, British Columbia, Victoria, British Columbia
• Running time: 43–44 minutes
• Production companies: Alliance Atlantis Communications, Atlantis Films, Showtime Networks, Trilogy Entertainment Group, CFCF-TV, CanWest Global Communications, Global Television Network, The Movie Network, SuperChannel, MGM Television
• Original network: Showtime (1995–2000), Sci Fi (2001–2002)
• Original release: March 26, 1995 – January 18, 2002

A modern revival of the classic science fiction horror anthology show The Outer Limits (1963). Episodes often have twist-endings and involve aliens. Sometimes, a story from one episode continues in a later episode.

"If These Walls Could Talk"

A woman (Alberta Watson) asks physicist Dr. Leviticus Mitchell (Dwight Schultz) to investigate a haunted house where her son (Ryan Reynolds) and his girlfriend were last seen.

"Double Helix"

A geneticist, Dr Martin Nodel (Ron Rifkin), is a researcher looking into introns, which are mysterious sections of DNA that he believes hold the secret to future evolution. Nodel develops a formula that he believes will activate the introns, and tests it on himself. Soon, he begins experiencinig strange symptoms, including a sort of map that grows on his back and a pattern that grows on his right hand. Shortly after Nodel's metamorphosis begins, he starts screening students for suitable candidates, ostensibly for an advanced seminar at the university where he performs his research and teaches. The candidates must have a high IQ, never had surgery, and are free from imperfections such as tattoos or glasses. They also must be a certain age, weight, and oheight range. After finding the qualified candidates, Nodel reveals to the group a map that has appeared on his back. The map leads them to an area in which is an unopenable door inside a cave. Suddenly,armed soldiers capture the entire group, which now includes Nodel's son (Ryan Reynolds) and his girlfriend, because the area is actually a hidden military installation. Inside the mysterious door is a spaceship with symbols on its outside that match the ones that have appeared on Nodel's hand. Nodel places his hand on the matching symbol and activates the ship. Through Nodel,a message from an alien race is transmitted to the students and the gathered military operatives. Nodel, the curated students, Nodel's son and his girlfriend board the ship, which then takes off.

"The Origin of Species"

In this sequel to "Double Helix" (Season 3, Episode 12), Dr. Ira Nodel (Ron Rifkin) has his body altered to communicate with aliens who have seeded Earth with their genetic material. He is joined on an alien spaceship by his son Paul (Ryan Reynolds) and six students, including Paul's girlfriend Hope. When Dr. Nodel touches a glowing post in the ship's control room, both he and Paul are consumed by a mysterious light. This leads Hope and the students to believe that they've been led into a trap, a suspicion that is reinforced when the ship captures two of the students and pulls them through the wall. Desperate to find out what's going on, Hope reads Dr. Nodel's journal and risks her life by touching the glowing post. Her body begins the same transformation, and a strange glowing entity speaks in the voices of Dr. Nodel and Paul, trying to communicate with her. The ship, however, continues to snatch the students two by two, until finally they are all suspended, naked and unconscious in a black void. When they awaken sometime later, they find the ship has landed on a dead planet. Have the aliens, who promised that they were part of a great experiment in hope, led them astray?