Simon Says (The Outer Limits)
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"Simon Says" is an episode from the sixth season of The Outer Limits
. It originally aired on 10 March 2000.
s to computers.
The company eventually gave up on the technology, but Gideon didn't. After years of quietly perfecting it, he built a small robot, using parts he stole from Concorde Robotics, where he now works. Zoe, Gideon's niece, discovers Gideon's secret, that the robot contains actual neural engrams from the real Simon. She becomes worried not only about Gideon but also about the robot that sounds and acts a lot like her little cousin used to.
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...
. It originally aired on 10 March 2000.
Synopsis
A man who lost his wife and his son in a car accident several years ago has built a robot which has his son's memories.Opening narration
Plot
Gideon Banks, an electronic engineer, twenty years ago lost his wife Liz and son Simon in a horrific car accident. At that period of time he was working at so called the Neural Archiving Project — NAP for short. This technology was developed to create smart computers — transferring human engramEngram (neuropsychology)
Engrams are a hypothetical means by which memory traces are stored as biophysical or biochemical changes in the brain in response to external stimuli....
s to computers.
The company eventually gave up on the technology, but Gideon didn't. After years of quietly perfecting it, he built a small robot, using parts he stole from Concorde Robotics, where he now works. Zoe, Gideon's niece, discovers Gideon's secret, that the robot contains actual neural engrams from the real Simon. She becomes worried not only about Gideon but also about the robot that sounds and acts a lot like her little cousin used to.
Closing narration
Cast
- Joel GreyJoel GreyJoel Grey is an American stage and screen actor, singer, and dancer, best known for his role as the Master of Ceremonies in both the stage and film adaptation of the Kander & Ebb musical Cabaret. He has won the Academy Award, Tony Award and Golden Globe Award...
as Gideon Banks - Tammy Pentecost as Elise Banks
- Riley DeMeyer as Simon
- Cathy WeseluckCathy WeseluckCathy Weseluck is a Canadian voice actress who frequently works with Ocean Productions in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is known with providing the voice for characters in various anime series such as Mirai Yashima , Dorothy Catalonia and Catherine Bloom , Near , Shampoo , Kagome's mother , Misa...
as Voice of Simon - Mikela J. Mikael as Zoe Kemp
- Hiro KanagawaHiro KanagawaHiro Kanagawa, born , is a Vancouver-based actor.He was born in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. He is perhaps best known as Principal Kwan from Smallville. His most notable anime role is Gihren Zabi from Mobile Suit Gundam...
as Ron Hikida - Rice Honeywell as Co-Worker