Abaddon (The Outer Limits)
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"Abaddon" is the fourteenth episode of the sixth season of The Outer Limits
television show. It was first broadcast on July 7, 2000.
since 2102. While in theory everyone owns stock in The Company, in reality humans work for the company and quality of life has suffered. The crew, which includes Capt. Ira Merit (Keith David
), telemetry officer Gwen Hutchinson (Jill Teed
), payload specialist Augie Berger (Byron Lucas), paramedic Curtis Sandoval (Max Martini
), systems technician Isabella Bixel (Allixandra East) and The Company's Man, Gordon Knight (Dion Luther), is tucked away in hyper-sleep when the ship comes across a mysterious object floating through space. Awakened from their artificial slumber, they retrieve the pod and are shocked to discover the body of Virgil Nygard (Corbin Bernsen
), supposedly executed 150 years earlier for leading his militia in the slaughter of more than a million people. They are even more shocked to discover that Nygard is alive.
The crew are at odds over what to do with Nygard; while everyone agrees that he is a murderer, the pod he was in is made of a valuable and now rare material. The Company Man, Knight wants to keep the pod and doesn't care what happens to Nygard. Hutchinson and Bixel don't want Nygard on the ship. And the drug-using Sandoval doesn't care what happens to him. To further complicate matters, the ship isn't where it should be and it appears one of the crew deliberately sent it to pick up Nygard's pod. Bixel is murdered while investigating why the ship was millions of miles off-course and the survivors begin to wonder who among them is a follower of this mass-murderer. For his part, Nygard says The Company, which wanted to access valuable mineral deposits under his people's land, framed him and that he only fought to survive. Now, he says, he plans to return to Earth to lead his persecuted followers to freedom. As tensions mount, the survivors must ask themselves: is he telling the truth or is this a ruse concocted by a homicidal maniac and his mysterious ally? And is it more evil to kill some to save many, or to be put in a position where that choice is necessary at all?
(Book of Revelations) he is the king of tormenting locusts and the angel of the bottomless pit.
The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)
The Outer Limits is an American television series that originally aired on Showtime,the Sci Fi Channel and in syndication between 1995 and 2002...
television show. It was first broadcast on July 7, 2000.
Opening narration
Plot
It's late in the 23rd century and the aging interplanetary hauling vehicle Pequod is on a ten-year reclamation project on behalf of 'The Company', the corporation that has run North AmericaNorth America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
since 2102. While in theory everyone owns stock in The Company, in reality humans work for the company and quality of life has suffered. The crew, which includes Capt. Ira Merit (Keith David
Keith David
Keith David Williams , better known as Keith David, is an American film, television, voice actor, and singer. He is perhaps most known for his live-action roles in such films as Crash, There's Something About Mary, Barbershop and Men at Work...
), telemetry officer Gwen Hutchinson (Jill Teed
Jill Teed
Jill Teed is a Canadian actress who resides in Vancouver with her young daughter. She is a genre actress who appears in many sci-fi roles. She has appeared in a range of television guest roles such The X-Files, Stargate SG-1, Sliders, and The Outer Limits...
), payload specialist Augie Berger (Byron Lucas), paramedic Curtis Sandoval (Max Martini
Max Martini
Maximilian Carlo "Max" Martini is an American film, theater and television actor known for his roles as Corporal Fred Henderson in Saving Private Ryan, Wiley in Level 9, First Sergeant Sid Wojo in The Great Raid, and as Master Sergeant Mack Gerhardt on the military television drama, The...
), systems technician Isabella Bixel (Allixandra East) and The Company's Man, Gordon Knight (Dion Luther), is tucked away in hyper-sleep when the ship comes across a mysterious object floating through space. Awakened from their artificial slumber, they retrieve the pod and are shocked to discover the body of Virgil Nygard (Corbin Bernsen
Corbin Bernsen
Corbin Dean Bernsen is an American actor and director, known for his work on television. He is best known for his roles as divorce attorney Arnold Becker on the NBC drama series L.A. Law, and as retired police detective Henry Spencer on the USA Network comedy-drama series Psych...
), supposedly executed 150 years earlier for leading his militia in the slaughter of more than a million people. They are even more shocked to discover that Nygard is alive.
The crew are at odds over what to do with Nygard; while everyone agrees that he is a murderer, the pod he was in is made of a valuable and now rare material. The Company Man, Knight wants to keep the pod and doesn't care what happens to Nygard. Hutchinson and Bixel don't want Nygard on the ship. And the drug-using Sandoval doesn't care what happens to him. To further complicate matters, the ship isn't where it should be and it appears one of the crew deliberately sent it to pick up Nygard's pod. Bixel is murdered while investigating why the ship was millions of miles off-course and the survivors begin to wonder who among them is a follower of this mass-murderer. For his part, Nygard says The Company, which wanted to access valuable mineral deposits under his people's land, framed him and that he only fought to survive. Now, he says, he plans to return to Earth to lead his persecuted followers to freedom. As tensions mount, the survivors must ask themselves: is he telling the truth or is this a ruse concocted by a homicidal maniac and his mysterious ally? And is it more evil to kill some to save many, or to be put in a position where that choice is necessary at all?
Closing narration
Trivia
Per the title, Abaddon means "A place of destruction" and in the BibleBible
The Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...
(Book of Revelations) he is the king of tormenting locusts and the angel of the bottomless pit.