Episode
The Outer Limits: Quality of Mercy
Overview
Major John Skokes is taken prisoner by the enemy during a savage galactic war and a seemingly undefeatable alien race. The tension increases when his cellmate, a cadet named Pri, is being transformed into one of them. Skokes must find an escape to save his cellmate and to avoid a disturbing revelation of the course of this war.
Details
- Series
- The Outer Limits
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 13
- Air date
- 1995-06-16
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Quality of Mercy is Episode 13 in Season 1 of The Outer Limits. It aired on 1995-06-16. The runtime is 45 min.
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