History Recap / TheOuterLimits1963S1E26TheGuests

* {{Expy}}: As noted elsewhere, Florida Patton is similar to Norma Desmond from ''Film/SunsetBoulevard''.

* CoolCar: Wade drives a 1930s [[EveryoneDrivesAFord Ford]] convertible.

* CoolCar: Wade drives a 1930s [[EverybodyDrivesAFord Ford]] convertible.

* CoolCar: Wade drives a 1930s Ford convertible.

-->''My Madcap Heart'' was the title of my first bad picture.

-->I'm a star. Audiences hear stars with their ''souls'', not with their ears!

* BigNo: Tess' reaction when the alien says it wants to "dissect and absorb" Wade's brain: "''NO!'' No! Don't do that to him!"

* NiceGuy: Despite occasional flashes of anger (especially toward the alien brain), at heart Wade is a kindly, gentle young man. No wonder he's attracted to Tess, who's a NiceGirl to the point of being an ExtremeDoormat.

* ProneToTears: Tess cries several times during the episode.
* RapidAging: The fate of anyone who leaves the house after staying too long, followed by death.

* WhiteDwarfStarlet: As with [[Film/SunsetBoulevard Norma Desmond]], Florida Patton was famous during UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfHollywood, but her career suffered when talkies began and she's still salty about it:

* WhiteDwarfStarlet: Florida Patton is ''The Outer Limits''' version of [[Film/SunsetBoulevard Norma Desmond]]. She was famous during UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfHollywood, but her career suffered when talkies began and she's still salty about it:

* ShowWithinAShow: Florida names and quotes from one of her old movies: "''My Madcap Heart'' was the title of my first bad picture."

* ChaosArchitecture: The alien's ability to physically alter the house makes it an InUniverse example, as Florida notes: "Interesting architecture, isn't it? Hallways that go nowhere, doors that open into empty rooms."

--->My father was a resigner. He saw this as a way of resigning from the human race. He asked me to stay with him, and I stayed because he needed me.

* WhiteDwarfStarlet: Florida Patton is ''The Outer Limits''' version of [[Film/SunsetBoulevard Norma Desmond]]. She was famous during the silent movie era, but her career suffered when talkies began and she's still salty about it:

* WhiteDwarfStarlet: Florida Patton is ''The Outer Limits''' version of [[Film/SunsetBoulevard Norma Desmond]]. She was famous during the silent movie era, but her career suffered when talkies began and she's still salty about it: "I'm a star. Audiences hear stars with their ''souls'', not with their ears!"

* EldritchAbomination: The alien brain is a formless, gelatinous, faceless glowing blob who takes over a Victorian mansion and keeps whoever occupies it prisoner for its studies. It appears to have [[RealityWarper reality warping]] abilities--the mansion is so under its influence that it can easily change its features around, including removing the main entrance door and adding doors and abstract, long hallways that weren't originally in it, and it seems to exist outside of space and time, so the people trapped in it don't age inside, but if they do manage to find an exit, [[RapidAging their real age will instantly catch up with them]] if they so much as set foot outside of its boundaries.
* EldritchLocation: The mansion was turned into this due to the influence of the alien occupying it. The outside of it has the appearance of a giant brain when it's not disguising itself as a mansion, and on the inside, the alien has total control over it--it resides upstairs in a [[WhiteVoidRoom completely pitch black room]] (save for the light it pulsates) where it conducts its studies. It can arrange the doors and hallways of the place in any way it feels like, precluding escape from it except for those savvy enough to find an exit--but even then, the mansion exists [[PlaceBeyondTime outside of space and time]], so if one spends too long in it, they can succumb to RapidAging if they set foot outside of it.

* NoImmortalInertia: People who leave the alien-controlled house where TimeStandsStill instantly become their real age--which leads to RapidAging and death for anyone who stays too long.

** She explains to Wade that she stayed in the house for her father's sake: "My father was a resigner. He saw this as a way of resigning from the human race. He asked me to stay with him, and I stayed because he needed me."

-->'''Florida (to Wade):''' I, on the other hand, require niceness. I wither without it. Be nice to me, or else (suddenly bursting into tears) ''get out of here!''

* ShowWithinAShow: Florida names one of her old movies: "''My Madcap Heart'' was the title of my first bad picture."

* BittersweetEnding: Wade is heartbroken when Tess dies for him, but her sacrifice not only allows him to leave the house, but shows the alien that ThePowerOfLove is humanity's salvation.