The Outer Limits · SEASON 5

Small Friends

Episode 3 · 1999-02-05

★ 6.0
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Season 5Episode 3★ 6.0/10
  • Drama
  • Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Episode overview

When he was young, Gene Morton killed a man who tried to steal the credit for his brilliant research. Now working on a prison assembly line fixing the busted tape decks of fellow inmates, his chances at parole have been sabotaged by his own honesty and sense of guilt. Although it's a lonely life, late at night, after lights-out, Gene brings out his small friends, a swarm of microscopic machines that he made from prison scrap and keeps in a matchbox.

45 minutes

Season 5 episodes