The Outer Limits
ZZZZZ
TV Flash files “ZZZZZ” as hour 18 of 49 in the TV Flash guide — The Outer Limits (1963–1965) on ABC, season 1, episode 18, aired 1964-01-27, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E18: listed hour 18 of 49 in the The Outer Limits guide, hour 18 of 32 in season 1. It aired 1964-01-27 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Don't Open Till Doomsday” (S01E17). Next is “The Invisibles” (S01E19).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A swarm of bees transform its queen into a human female so that she can mate with an entomologist studying them and conquer the world.
Viewer FAQ
Where does ZZZZZ sit in the The Outer Limits guide?
S01E18 is listed hour 18 of 49 — hour 18 of 32 in season 1, season 1 episode 18.
When did The Outer Limits S01E18 air?
ZZZZZ aired 1964-01-27 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
Any Control Voice cold open is the contract: do not adjust the picture. Pick a monster-forward hour from the Stefano stretch if you want literate pulp; the series is anthology, so order is optional.
In the series
Why this series still plays
There is nothing wrong with your television set — except Leslie Stevens is about to seize it. ABC's Outer Limits delivered creature-driven sci-fi anthology dread with a Control Voice cold open that still raises neck hair. The darker twin bill to Twilight Zone: more monster, slightly less sermon, two seasons that stamped a later revival.
There is nothing wrong with your television set — except Leslie Stevens is about to seize it. ABC's *The Outer Limits* (1963–1965) ran **two seasons, 49 episodes** of science-fiction anthology dread: monster-of-the-week creatures, Cold War paranoia, and a Control Voice cold open (Vic Perrin) that still raises neck hair. Joseph Stefano's producing stretch pushed literate pulp. Budget monsters became beloved anyway. Rex will twin-bill it with Serling and call the decade a sermon. Where Serling moralized, *Outer…
Filed against
- Vic Perrin as Control Voice
Vic Perrin’s Control Voice seized The Outer Limits before the picture started — there is nothing wrong with your television set, except Leslie Stevens is about to take it. ABC’s creature-driven sci-fi anthology, a cold open that still…