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The Outer Limits · S02E08

Straight and Narrow

Still from The Outer Limits S02E08

Summary

Rusty Dobson has always been a problem child. His single mom decides to send him to the Milgram Academy, an ultra-strict private school that has produced some of the nation's top business and political leaders. What Rusty's mom doesn't know - and what Rusty finds out the hard way - is that Milgram doesn't just build the leaders of tomorrow, it controls them. The academy installs small computer chips in the student's brains, turning them into blindly loyal servants of the academy and The Committee, a shadowy body that controls the project. Thanks to a malfunctioning chip, Rusty has eluded their control so far, but can he escape from this prison of the mind?

Guest stars

  • Tygh Runyan as James Scardale
  • Kavan Smith as Harrison Taylor
  • Campbell Lane as Roland Baker
  • Tom Butler as Dr. Werner
  • Peter Donat as Principal Kern
  • Ryan Phillippe as Russell 'Rusty' Dobson
  • Jonathan Scarfe as Charlie Walters
  • Arnie Walters as Committee Member
  • Steve Makaj as Officer Brown
  • Jane MacDougall as Marianne Dobson