Skin Deep (The Outer Limits)
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"Skin Deep" is an episode of the of The Outer Limits
television show. It was first-aired at 4 February 2000, during the sixth season.
With the help of his friend Deb, Sid is able to acquire the image of good-looking co-worker Chad Warner, and soon Sid is stepping out on the town with his new and improved look. Deb gets involved with the real Chad and gets rid of her glasses in favor of contact lenses. Meanwhile, Sid decides to wreck Chad's life by using his appearance-duplicating abilities to get Chad fired. One night he even collects money that Chad had won in a bet.
Soon Deb begins to regret using the device, while Sid becomes more erratic and drunk with power. Once the real Chad arrives and hears about Sid's misuse of the device, a fight ensues and Chad is killed. Sid buries the body. He drives to a bridge and calls Deb, leaving a remorseful goodbye message on her answering machine. He speaks of jumping off of the bridge. Instead, he fakes his suicide by walking away and leaving the empty car behind. He can now take over Chad's identity fully.
At "Sid's" funeral, Deb gives an emotional eulogy and Sid in disguise as Chad comforts her and leaves. He is confronted by two armed men (who believe him to be Chad) and killed. Apparently, Chad was involved in shady dealings.
At the end, Deb is seen on a computer conversing in a chatroom. She is asked what she looks like. She types "the truth or a lie?" to which she is asked to lie.
Now, wearing glasses again, she just turns off the computer.
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-aired at 4 February 2000, during the sixth season.
Introduction
Sid Camden gets a hold of an experimental holographic disguise device that allows him to acquire the image of his handsome co-worker, Chad Warner...Opening narration
Synopsis
Sid Camden, a rather unremarkable, socially inept sort of guy, works in an accounting department of a high-tech company known as Veil-Tech. He spends days in chatrooms. Hal, one of the project managers, secretly loans Sid a prototype of one of the company's latest developments — a device known as an "Image Enhancer".With the help of his friend Deb, Sid is able to acquire the image of good-looking co-worker Chad Warner, and soon Sid is stepping out on the town with his new and improved look. Deb gets involved with the real Chad and gets rid of her glasses in favor of contact lenses. Meanwhile, Sid decides to wreck Chad's life by using his appearance-duplicating abilities to get Chad fired. One night he even collects money that Chad had won in a bet.
Soon Deb begins to regret using the device, while Sid becomes more erratic and drunk with power. Once the real Chad arrives and hears about Sid's misuse of the device, a fight ensues and Chad is killed. Sid buries the body. He drives to a bridge and calls Deb, leaving a remorseful goodbye message on her answering machine. He speaks of jumping off of the bridge. Instead, he fakes his suicide by walking away and leaving the empty car behind. He can now take over Chad's identity fully.
At "Sid's" funeral, Deb gives an emotional eulogy and Sid in disguise as Chad comforts her and leaves. He is confronted by two armed men (who believe him to be Chad) and killed. Apparently, Chad was involved in shady dealings.
At the end, Deb is seen on a computer conversing in a chatroom. She is asked what she looks like. She types "the truth or a lie?" to which she is asked to lie.
Now, wearing glasses again, she just turns off the computer.
Closing narration
Cast
- Antonio Sabàto, Jr.Antonio Sabàto, Jr.Antonio Sabàto, Jr. is an American actor and model. Born in Italy and raised in the U.S., Sabàto first became known as a Calvin Klein model and for his role on the soap opera General Hospital. He continued appearing in films and television series throughout the 1990s and 2000s.-Early life:Sabàto...
as Chad Warner - Christina CoxChristina CoxChristina Cox is a Canadian movie and television actress and stuntwoman.-Biography:Christina Cox was born just outside of Toronto, the youngest of three daughters. Her two sisters are named Tracey and Melissa...
as Deb Clement - Deanna MilliganDeanna MilliganDeanna Milligan is a Canadian actress. She has appeared in numerous Canadian and U.S. films and television shows. She had a major role playing Dave Thomas' daughter in the The Beachcombers made for TV movies: The New Beachcombers and A Beachcombers Christmas. She was the mystery woman in the...
as Gail - Adam GoldbergAdam GoldbergAdam Charles Goldberg is an American actor, director, producer, and musician.-Early life:Goldberg was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of Donna and Earl Goldberg, a former lifeguard. His father is Jewish and his mother is a "lapsed" Roman Catholic of Irish, French, and German descent...
as Sid Camden - Linden Banks as Hal Taylor
- Ted ColeTed Cole- Anime Roles :* Beyblade - Lee, Spencer, Kane, Coach Barthez* Dokkoida!? - Pierre the Slave* Death Note - Reiji Namikawa, Yukito Shiraba, John McEnroe/Larry Conners, Jack Neylon/Kal Snydar* Dragon Ball - Yamcha...
as Chris - Claude Duhamel as Grant
- Keith Provost as Bartender
- Gaetana Korbin as Deb Model
- Woody Jeffreys as Male Model
- Kevin DurandKevin DurandKevin Serge Durand is a Canadian actor known for his roles as Joshua in Dark Angel, Martin Keamy in Lost, Fred J. Dukes in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the Archangel Gabriel in Legion, and Little John in Robin Hood....
as Alan - Moya O'Connell as Girlfriend
- James Crescenzo as Host
- Tanya ReidTanya ReidTanya Reid is a Canadian television actress.Reid was theatrically trained at Vancouver, British Columbia's Gastown Actor's Studio and at the Lyric School of Acting. She played Rosha, the host of Jolinar, on Stargate SG-1. She currently appears as news producer Kennedy Marsh on CTV's The Eleventh...
as Amber - Avery Raskin as Boss
External links
- "Skin Deep" at The Outer Limits official website
- "Skin Deep" — a clip at YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....