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The Outer Limits · S03E05

Stream of Consciousness

Still from The Outer Limits S03E05

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