The Outer Limits
The Premonition
TV Flash files “The Premonition” as hour 48 of 49 in the TV Flash guide — The Outer Limits (1963–1965) on ABC, season 2, episode 16, aired 1965-01-09, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E16: listed hour 48 of 49 in the The Outer Limits guide, hour 16 of 17 in season 2. It aired 1965-01-09 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Brain of Colonel Barham” (S02E15). Next is “The Probe” (S02E17).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Air force test pilot Jim Darcy crashes and discovers that everyone is in a time warp except for him and his wife Linda. They investigate the local air force base Jim is stationed out of and discover a terrible event is about to happen that will affect both their lives.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Premonition sit in the The Outer Limits guide?
S02E16 is listed hour 48 of 49 — hour 16 of 17 in season 2, season 2 episode 16.
When did The Outer Limits S02E16 air?
The Premonition aired 1965-01-09 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…