The lone survivor of a space shuttle disaster discovers he is indestructible and has become spiritually linked to an alien living within himself.

Opening narration

"It is said that those who survive a brush with death see the world anew, but what if that second chance became a second life?"

Plot

Jake Worthy is a cynical writer sent along as the civilian member of a space expedition. Upon re-entry into Earth, the shuttle malfunctions, and crashes. Jake is the only survivor, suddenly incapable of being harmed physically, as well as being endowed with flashes of brilliant insight.

An alien who was part of an expedition of interdimensional beings suffered a space disaster in Earth orbit. To save itself, it used its electromagnetic nature to transmit itself to a nearby space shuttle. Apparently at random, it picked the Jake as the closest human available and entered his mind.

Unfortunately, the alien energy being and its human host are not compatible and in a matter of days one or the other must perish. This all takes place whilst Jake is held in military custody in what amounts to a prison.

Ultimately, Jake chooses to die to allow the alien, who will do more good in the world, to fully take over his body and continue his existence, albeit in human form.

Closing narration

"Few of us have the opportunity to truly begin again, to redress the flaws that tarnish our souls, but only when we remake ourselves can we remake the world."

Notes

• The exterior shot of the USAS debriefing center is reused from "Afterlife".
• The scenes set in the debriefing center were filmed on the Stargate Command set of Stargate SG-1. For instance, the isolation room in which Jake Worthy is kept is part of the SGC infirmary and the control room is a redressed version of the Gate Room.

Cast

• Jere Burns as Jake Worthy
• Chilton Crane as Catharine McCarty
• Tom Butler as General Morehouse
• Zachary Ansley as Alien
• Brian Arnold as Newscaster
• Jay Brazeau as Dr. George Bader
• Erica Carroll as Nurse
• Anthony De Longis as Commander Phil McCarty
• Deni DeLory as Alexis Worthy
• Bruce Gray as James Harding
• Joe Maffei as Landlord
• Bill Meilen as Old Drunk
• Thomas Potter as Tattooed Thug
• Marie Stillin as Allison
• Kevin Conway as the Control Voice (voice)

Crew

• Michael Sloan - Executive producer
• Brent-Karl Clackson - Co-executive producer

The Outer Limits (1995)
Season 1	"Sandkings" • "Valerie 23" • "Blood Brothers" • "The Second Soul" • "White Light Fever" • "The Choice" • "Virtual Future" • "Living Hell" • "Corner of the Eye" • "Under the Bed" • "Dark Matters" • "The Conversion" • "Quality of Mercy" • "The New Breed" • "The Voyage Home" • "Caught in the Act" • "The Message" • "I, Robot" • "If These Walls Could Talk" • "Birthright" • "The Voice of Reason"
Season 2	"A Stitch in Time" • "Resurrection" • "Unnatural Selection" • "I Hear You Calling" • "Mind Over Matter" • "Beyond the Veil" • "First Anniversary" • "Straight and Narrow" • "Trial by Fire" • "Worlds Apart" • "The Refuge" • "Inconstant Moon" • "From Within" • "The Heist" • "Afterlife" • "The Deprogrammers" • "Paradise" • "The Light Brigade" • "Falling Star" • "Out of Body" • "Vanishing Act" • "The Sentence"
Season 3	"Bits of Love" • "Second Thoughts" • "Re-generation" • "Last Supper" • "Stream of Consciousness" • "Dark Rain" • "The Camp" • "Heart's Desire" • "Tempests" • "The Awakening" • "New Lease" • "Double Helix" • "Dead Man's Switch" • "Music of the Spheres" • "The Revelations of 'Becka Paulson" • "Bodies of Evidence" • "Feasibility Study" • "A Special Edition"
Season 4	"Criminal Nature" • "The Hunt" • "Hearts and Minds" • "In Another Life" • "In the Zone" • "Relativity Theory" • "Josh" • "Rite of Passage" • "Glyphic" • "Identity Crisis" • "The Vaccine" • "Fear Itself" • "The Joining" • "To Tell the Truth" • "Mary 25" • "Final Exam" • "Lithia" • "Monster" • "Sarcophagus" • "Nightmare" • "Promised Land" • "The Balance of Nature" • "The Origin of Species" • "Phobos Rising" • "Black Box" • "In Our Own Image"
Season 5	"Alien Radio" • "Donor" • "Small Friends" • "The Grell" • "The Other Side" • "Joyride" • "The Human Operators" • "Blank Slate" • "What Will the Neighbors Think?" • "The Shroud" • "Ripper" • "Tribunal" • "Summit" • "Descent" • "The Haven" • "Déjà Vu" • "The Inheritors" • "Essence of Life" • "Stranded" • "Fathers & Sons" • "Starcrossed" • "Better Luck Next Time"
Season 6	"Judgment Day" • "The Gun" • "Skin Deep" • "Manifest Destiny" • "Breaking Point" • "The Beholder" • "Seeds of Destruction" • "Simon Says" • "Stasis" • "Down to Earth" • "The Inner Child" • "Glitch" • "Decompression" • "Abaddon" • "The Grid" • "Revival" • "Gettysburg" • "Something About Harry" • "Zig Zag" • "Nest" • "Final Appeal"
Season 7	"Family Values" • "Patient Zero" • "A New Life" • "The Surrogate" • "The Vessel" • "Mona Lisa" • "Replica" • "Think Like a Dinosaur" • "Alien Shop" • "Worlds Within" • "In the Blood" • "Flower Child" • "Free Spirit" • "Mindreacher" • "Time to Time" • "Abduction" • "Rule of Law" • "Lion's Den" • "The Tipping Point" • "Dark Child" • "The Human Factor" • "Human Trials"

Story Arcs
Innobotics Corporation	"Valerie 23" • "Resurrection" • "The Hunt" • "Mary 25" • "In Our Own Image"
Major John Skokes	"Quality of Mercy" • "The Light Brigade"
Alien Infiltration	"Birthright" • "The Voice of Reason"
Strong Brothers Investigate Conspiracies	"The Voice of Reason" • "A Special Edition"
Dr. Theresa Givens' Time Machine	"A Stitch in Time" • "Better Luck Next Time" • "Final Appeal"
Genetic Rejection Syndrome	"Unnatural Selection" • "Criminal Nature"
The New Masters	"The Camp" • "Promised Land"
Dr. Martin Nodel	"Double Helix" • "The Origin of Species"
USAS	"The Joining" • "The Vessel" • "In the Blood"
Earth Coalition-Free Alliance Conflict	"Phobos Rising" • "The Human Factor" • "Human Trials"
Jack the Ripper	"Ripper" • "Better Luck Next Time"
Nicholas Prentice	"Tribunal" • "Gettysburg" • "Time to Time"