The Outer Limits
Demon with a Glass Hand
TV Flash files “Demon with a Glass Hand” as hour 37 of 49 in the TV Flash guide — The Outer Limits (1963–1965) on ABC, season 2, episode 5, aired 1964-10-17, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E05: listed hour 37 of 49 in the The Outer Limits guide, hour 5 of 17 in season 2. It aired 1964-10-17 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Expanding Human” (S02E04). Next is “Cry of Silence” (S02E06).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A man named Trent travels from future Earth to the present via a time mirror. Aliens who have invaded Earth come after him, seeking the secrets of Trent's glass hand... which will reveal where Earth's population has disappeared to.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Demon with a Glass Hand sit in the The Outer Limits guide?
S02E05 is listed hour 37 of 49 — hour 5 of 17 in season 2, season 2 episode 5.
When did The Outer Limits S02E05 air?
Demon with a Glass Hand aired 1964-10-17 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…