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1 :01x01 - A Clean Escape
Director: Mark Rydell
Guest star: Judy Davis (Dr. Deanna Evans), Robert Moloney (Pierce), Peter Hall (Nick), Tom Butler (Geslow), Peter Bryant (Dr. Gavin), Kelly Cooks (Technician), Allison Hossack (Kelley), Cam Chai (Mansur), Iris Cooks (Technician), Sam Waterston (Havelman)
A sci-fi anthology featuring adaptations of works by noted writers begins with John Kessel's 1986 short story “A Clean Escape,” in which a psychiatrist questions a distinguished-looking man with a memory lapse that troubles her considerably more than it troubles him. In fact, he still thinks it's 2007, not 2031.
2 :01x02 - The Awakening
Director: Michael Petroni
Guest star: Terry O'Quinn (Albert Skynner), Elisabeth Röhm (Lt. Granger), William B. Davis (The President), Julian Christopher (General Mackenzie), Malcolm Stewart (Col. Dingham), Doron Bell (Kirby), Samir El Sharkawi (Iraqi), Dave Lantaigne (Army Officer), Adrian McMorran (Medic), Dean Marshall (General's Aide), Hiro Kanagawa (Captain Oguchi), Johannah Newmarch (Assistant), Mitra Loraz (Palestinian Woman (as Mitra Lohrasb)), Andre Fex (French Leader), Deni Delory (Interpreter), Veena Sood (Dr. Kashani), Eddy Ko (Chinese Leader), Parm Soor (Pakistani Leader), Scott Miller (Technician), Igor Ingelsman (Russian Leader), Laura Soltis (Skynner's Wife), Ben Cotton (Creature)
A retired U.S. military UFO investigator called back when troops in Iraq are unable to identify “corpses” that don't seem human...or dead. Eye contact with them causes instant catatonia, but their victims aren't traumatized. “It's like they're in a state of bliss,” says a stumped military doctor.
3 :01x03 - Jerry Was a Man
Director: Michael Tolkin
Guest star: Richard Ian Cox (Pudgy Dodge), Bill Dow (McCoy), Heale Col (Anchorman), Osmond L. Bramble (Bailiff), Matty Finochio (Judge #2), Russell B. Porter (Bronson), Jason Diablo (Jerry), Nicholas Podbrey (Ben), Jeanie Cloutier (Judge Wendy Narita), Sonja Bennett (Judge Alexa Pomfrey), Malcolm McDowell (Mr. Van Vogel), Anne Heche (Mrs. Van Vogel)
A rich woman living in 2077 leases a soon-to-be-destroyed anthropoid from the genetic engineer who designed it. Or is it really a human? The question ends up in court, and it's a life-or-death matter for Jerry.
4 :01x04 - The Discarded
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Guest star: Brian Dennehy (Bedzyk), John Hurt (Samswope), James Denton (Curran), Gina Chiarelli (Annie), Lori Ann Triolo (Harmony Teat), Donny Lucas (Steve), Alex Zahara (Bucky), Vicky Lambert (Frenchy), Leanne Adachi (Sharon), Jason Diablo (Smiler), Brian Dobson (Samswope 2), Barbara Kottmeier (Sis), Ken Kramer (Schmool), Gillian Barber (Dr. Goldstein), Harlan Ellison (Nate)
The season ends with Harlan Ellison's “The Discarded.” An emissary from Earth arrives on a spacecraft loaded with disfigured outcasts and offers their leader an opportunity for the group to return home. But there's a catch: They'll have to donate their blood first, because it's needed as an inoculation against a new outbreak of the disease that caused their disfigurement.
5 :01x05 - Watchbird
Writer: Sam Egan
Director: Harold Becker
Guest star: James Cromwell (Randolph Ludwin), Sean Astin (Charlie Kramer)
6 :01x06 - Little Brother
Director: Darnell Martin
Guest star: Kimberly Elise (Tilly Vee), Clifton Collins, Jr. (Frendon Blythe), Garwin Sanford (Judge - The Court), Daryl Shuttleworth (Otis Brill), Matthew Walker (Augustus), Lorena Gale (Mary (Mother)), Nicole Munoz (Frightened Girl), Adrien Dorval (Officer Bernard), Keith Dallas (Officer Latey), joanna reid (Defense Attorney)
In the future, a man argues for his life in a courtroom of computer generated judge and jury.