The Outer Limits · S03E05
Stream of Consciousness
Summary
In a world where neural implants allow everyone instant access to information, Ryan Unger is a throwback, a moron. Because of a brain injury he suffered as a child, he's unable to tap into the Stream -- an electronic collection of all human knowledge -- so he struggles in vain to keep up by reading books, a primitive and forgotten art. But, when a virus in the Stream starts killing people by overloading their brains with data, only Ryan has the skills and independence to stop it. Can a primitive human, relying only on books and his own brain, save a world of machine-made geniuses from self-destruction or will the Stream wash over all of them?
Guest stars
- George Newbern as Ryan Unger
- Andrew Airlie as Dr. Kevington
- Shane Meier as Mark
- Blu Mankuma as Stanley
- Suki Kaiser as Cheryl
- Tyler Van Blankenstein as Young Ryan
- Kate Twa as Dr. Annaud
- Angela Moore as Nurse #1
- Dolly Scarr as Patient
- Peta Brookstone as Waitress