Aaron_da_miller
1. The Passenger List 5/10- Has some cool ideas behind it, but nothing really new or shocking. The Bokor 4/10- The dead body is legitimately worth watching for how ridiculously funny it looks. Bad acting and mediocre script.2. Dead Air 7/10- Lou Philip Diomand really holds this episode together. Some creepy scenes and good acting make this one stand out.Renovation 5/10- Very predictable from the beginning, which makes the rest of the episode a bit of a chore to sit through and not very scary.3. A View through the window 6/10- Really cool sci-fi concept and a good story. I feel it could have been elaborated on a bit though. Great Ending.Quiet Please 7/10- Cary Elwes was pretty good in this episode. Kind of a comedy up until the end.4. Now He's Coming Up the Stairs- 5/10- Okay episode, nothing really scary or good about it though.Used Car 8/10 - Great acting. A few mediocre jump scares and a decent story.5. Rest Stop 2/10- Nothing but a load of dud false jump scares, where people sneak up on their friends or a friend is standing right behind them when they turn around. No tension and no scares.After Life 6/10- First half was a little slow, but the second half makes up for it. Good ending too.6. If a Tree Falls... 6/10- Gets some credit for being interesting and being an original take on a generic subject.The Occupant 5/10- Okay episode. The main character was stupid and annoying throughout, but had some good tension towards the end and a nice climax.7. Reunion 4/10- Had some good acting but everything was so predictable.Neighborhood Watch- 6/10- I liked this one a bit. It had some good acting and I liked the scenario.8 Bitter Harvest 6/10- Pretty decent episode. Good ending.My So Called Life and Death- 7/10 - While predictable, I still really enjoyed this episode. 9 The Doghouse 7/10- Had some really good scenes in it.Still Life 6/10- The beginning was slow, but the resolution made the entire segment worth it.10 Hate Puppet 8/10- I really liked the concept and execution. The acting was pretty decent as well. My main problem was I felt the ending was a bit anti climatic.Darkness 4/10- This one had such promise with the premise. Shadow people are one of my favorite (and most underused) horror elements. This one was a letdown from its premise. I feel a full length movie and a bigger budget would have been more suited.11. The Maze 8/10- Thora Birch is always fun to watch. This episode had a great premise and an excellent execution. One of the best of the series.Harmony 5/10- Some interesting questions were brought up as to what was going on, but the ultimate answers provided were not well implemented. The finale was really bad as well.12. Cargo 3/10- This episode was kind of stupid. Jaime Kennedy was not the problem, and was pretty decent in this. It was just the fact that nothing happened until the end and the twist was stupid.Switch 9/10- This is the best episode of the series. It was trippy and surreal, with some music video editing. I liked the story and the acting, while a little meh, was good enough.13. Patterns 7/10- Really great acting from both the leads. I liked the ideas behind the story. Towards the end, it gets a bit comical, but it was still really good.Voices 5/10- Started out with some potential, but kind of turned for the worse towards the end.
petra_ste
This was a passable horror/sci-fi series. A pity it was canceled after the first season: while not ground-breaking, it was always watchable and sometimes even memorable. Most episodes were decent: I'd give an average rating of 6.5 out of 10. There were a couple of clunkers but also some little gems. My three favorite episodes are: A View Through the Window, with Bill Pullman. The Army finds in the desert a portal to another dimension; it seems like a fantasy romance, but there is a creepy twist.Patterns, featuring Malcolm McDowell as a patient with obsessive-compulsive disoder.Bitter Harvest, perhaps the darkest entry, with the late Jack Palance as a grim farmer.The biggest problem is how, once you realize nearly every episode has a twist ending, you start to anticipate it - and often guess it halfway through. 6.5/10
kasperick
I caught a Sci-Fi Channel marathon of this series, and was very pleasantly surprised. If you are a fan of The Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, Night Gallery, Amazing Stories, Tales from the Crypt, and the like... this is a must see. With many of these types of compact suspense series, it's often hit or miss with each story - sometimes highly satisfying, sometimes disappointing. But, I found each episode in this series extremely entertaining, and well acted. It's no wonder with the consistent caliber of cast, including: Bill Pullman, Brian Dennehy, Bridget Fonda, Aidan Quinn, Natasha Lyonne, Lou Diamond Phillips, Chad Lowe, Jerry O'Connell, Sherilyn Fenn, Randy Quaid, Jay Mohr, Jamie Kennedy, Cary Elwes, Luke Perry, Pam Grier, Jack Palance, Stephen Baldwin, and MORE. The only unappealing portion of the show is Henry Rollins' hosting. Even as a fan of Henry, I found him to be ineffectively uptight and out of place in this role. There are 26 thirty minute episodes, each edition featuring two episodes. It's a shame this didn't last - I think it could have had a pretty good life!
chalz
If I had to describe what I've seen of this series so far (4 episodes) in one word: pedestrian.I found the stories to be trite and predictable. There was little originality - mostly old stories as the basis. It's like 'The Outer Limits', but in the 'Young Adults' section. Henry Rollins, while I dig him well enough, does a rather unconvincing job with the 'punchlines' at the end.If you want a cute 30 minute piece with an actor or two you'll easily identify, go ahead. Otherwise, I say stick to 'The Outer Limits'.