Blu-ray, DVD Release: The Outer Limits: Season Two (1964-65)

Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Nov.  20, 2018
Price: DVD $36.49, Blu-ray $43.99
Studio: Kino Lorber

The second season of the seminal 1963 science fiction anthology TV show The Outer Limits arrives in newly remastered in HD editions featuring all 17 episodes on four discs.

The show was created by Leslie Stevens, who wrote a bunch of the season’s most memorable episodes. , Aired during the 1964-1965 broadcast year, the series’ guest stars include the Star Trek trio of William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and James Doohan, as well as Adam West, Robert Duvall, Robert Culp, Eddie Albert, Dabney Coleman, Robert Webber, Lloyd Nolan, Ted Knight and Marianna Hill.

Bonus features, highlighted by a bunch of audio commentaries, include the following:

A scene from “Behold Eck!,” an episode from the second season of The Outer Limits.

-17 Episodes and 2 Alternates Episodes – All Newly Mastered in HD
-THE UNKNOWN – the alternate cut of “The Forms of Things Unknown” intended a pilot for a show that was never broadcast – with an optional audio commentary track by Dr. Reba Wissner
-PLEASE STAND BY – the alternate cut of “The Galaxy Being” was the pilot episode shown to ABC executives which later became THE OUTER LIMITS – with an optional commentary track by Film Historian Eric Grayson

AUDIO COMMENTARIES:
-SOLDIER by Film Historian David J. Schow
-COOL HANDS, WARM HEART by Film Historian Craig Beam
-BEHOLD ECK! by Film Historian Reba Wissner
-EXPANDING HUMAN by Film Historian Reba Wissner
-DEMON WITH A GLASS HAND by Film Historian Craig Beam
-CRY OF SILENCE by Film Historian Gary Gerani
-CRY OF SILENCE by Film Historian Reba Wissner
-THE INVISIBLE ENEMY by Film Historian Craig Beam
-WOLF 359 by Film Historian Craig Beam
-I, ROBOT by Film Historian David J. Schow
-THE INHERITORS: PART 1 by Film Historians Gary Gerani and Steve Mitchell
-THE INHERITORS: PART 2 by Film Historians Gary Gerani and Steve Mitchell
-KEEPER OF THE PURPLE TWILIGHT by Film Historian David J. Schow
-THE DUPLICATE MAN by Film Historian Tim Lucas
-COUNTERWEIGHT by Film Historian Reba Wissner
-THE PREMONITION by Film Historian Tim Lucas

-12 TNT PROMOS with Robert Culp, Harlan Ellison, Martin Landau, Cliff Robertson, William Shatner and Leslie Stevens (21:55)
-DAVID J. SCHOW – Showtime Interview (22:45)
-THE OUTER LIMITS PHENOMENON (12:08)
-PENN & TELLER TNT Host Segments (20:41)
-CLIFF ROBERTSON – THE GALAXY BEING – Full TNT Interview (36:00)
-JOSEPH STEFANO – Full TNT Interview (64:07)
-JOANNA FRANK – ZZZZZ – Full TNT Interview (21:02)
-TNT Interview with Casting Director Meryl O’Loughlin (23:44)
-ANTHONY LAWRENCE Interview (9:14)
-CREATURE FEATURES with DAVID J. SCHOW (2:39)
-The Museum of Television & Radio’s William S. Paley Television Festival – The Outer Limits – March 10, 2000 – with guests David M. Schow, Robert H. Justman, Lou Morheim, Conrad L. Hall, Martin Landau, Joseph Stefano (73:09)

-PROJECT UNLIMITED – Commentary by David J. Schow (10:28)
-ABC NEW YEAR’S PROMO (0:43)
-WHAT’S NEW ON ABC? – 1963 Promo with Edie Adams (6:32)
-5 TV SPOTS (4:30)
-THERE IS STILL NOTHING WRONG WITH YOUR TELEVISION SET – Booklet Essay by David J. Schow