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* In the two-part episode "The Inheritors", four soldiers who survive getting shot in the brain find themselves compelled to work on a mysterious project involving a spaceship and crippled children. However, none of them know ''why'' they're doing this, or if their task is good or evil. One of the soldiers, Sergeant James Conover, is so shaken that he goes to a church to pray for guidance.

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* In the two-part episode "The Inheritors", "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1963S2E10TheInheritors The Inheritors]]", four soldiers who survive getting shot in the brain find themselves compelled to work on a mysterious project involving a spaceship and crippled disabled children. However, none of them know ''why'' they're doing this, or if their task is good or evil. One of the soldiers, Sergeant James Conover, is so shaken and doubtful that he goes to a church to pray for guidance.
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* In the two-part episode "The Inheritors", four soldiers who survive getting shot in the brain find themselves compelled to work on a mysterious project involving a spaceship and crippled children. However, none of them know ''why'' they're doing this, or if their task is good or evil. One of the soldiers, Sergeant James Conover, is so shaken that he goes to a church to pray for guidance.
-->'''Conover:''' I should be grateful I'm alive. I was at death's door. I looked death in the face. Is it Your will? This... this thing inside my head, it creates new and wonderful images. It makes me do things of such beauty, it can't be bad. No, it's not bad, it's good. It ''is'' good... isn't it, {{God}}?
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* The ending of "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1963S1E29AFeasibilityStudy A Feasibility Study]]", where the entire town performs a HeroicSacrifice together to save all humanity from being enslaved by aliens -- and no one on Earth will ever know what happened to them, or why.

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* The ending of "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1963S1E29AFeasibilityStudy A Feasibility Study]]", where the an entire town suburban neighborhood performs a HeroicSacrifice together to save all humanity from being enslaved by aliens -- and no one on Earth will ever know what happened to them, or why.why. Also a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}} because at least the characters (and the audience) know that their suffering was not in vain.
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With its frequent use of {{Bittersweet Ending}}s, ''Series/TheOuterLimits1963'' has several episodes that will bring a tear to your eye--when you're not being scared out of your wits.

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With its frequent use of {{Bittersweet Ending}}s, ''Series/TheOuterLimits1963'' has several episodes that will bring a tear to your eye--when eye -- when you're not being scared out of your wits.



* The ending of "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1963S1E26TheGuests The Guests]]" offers another example of StarCrossedLovers separated by a HeroicSacrifice. Trapped in [[EldritchLocation a Victorian mansion]] that's controlled by an alien BrainMonster, Wade Norton and Tess Ames fall in love. However, they can't be together outside of the house; TimeStandsStill inside it, so anyone who leaves [[YearInsideHourOutside reverts to]] [[NoImmortalInertia their real age]]--and Tess has been there for too long to survive. When Wade declares that he's willing to stay in the mansion forever to be with Tess, she refuses to let him throw his life away--so she leaves the house, knowing she will die from RapidAging. Wade watches helplessly as she crumbles to dust. To add to the tragedy, the only reason Tess was in the house is that her father decided to "resign from the human race" by staying there and she agreed to remain with him because "he needed me".

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* The ending of "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1963S1E26TheGuests The Guests]]" offers another example of StarCrossedLovers separated by a HeroicSacrifice. Trapped in [[EldritchLocation a Victorian mansion]] that's controlled by an alien BrainMonster, Wade Norton and Tess Ames fall in love. However, they can't be together outside of the house; TimeStandsStill inside it, so anyone who leaves [[YearInsideHourOutside reverts to]] [[NoImmortalInertia their real age]]--and age]] -- and Tess has been there for too long to survive. When Wade declares that he's willing to stay in the mansion forever to be with Tess, she refuses to let him throw his life away--so away -- so she leaves the house, knowing she will die from RapidAging. Wade watches helplessly as she crumbles to dust. To add to the tragedy, the only reason Tess was in the house is that her father decided to "resign from the human race" by staying there and she agreed to remain with him because "he needed me".



* The ending of "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1963S1E29AFeasibilityStudy A Feasibility Study]]", where the entire town performs a HeroicSacrifice together to save all humanity from being enslaved by aliens--and no one on Earth will ever know what happened to them, or why.

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* The ending of "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1963S1E29AFeasibilityStudy A Feasibility Study]]", where the entire town performs a HeroicSacrifice together to save all humanity from being enslaved by aliens--and aliens -- and no one on Earth will ever know what happened to them, or why.
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With its frequent uses of {{Bittersweet Ending}}s, ''Series/TheOuterLimits1963'' has several episodes that will bring a tear to your eye--when you're not being scared out of your wits.

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With its frequent uses use of {{Bittersweet Ending}}s, ''Series/TheOuterLimits1963'' has several episodes that will bring a tear to your eye--when you're not being scared out of your wits.

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* The ending of "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1963S1E26TheGuests The Guests]]" offers another example of StarCrossedLovers separated by a HeroicSacrifice. Trapped in [[EldritchLocation a Victorian mansion]] that's controlled by an alien BrainMonster, Wade Norton and Tess Ames fall in love. However, they can't be together outside of the house; TimeStandsStill inside it, so anyone who leaves [[YearInsideHourOutside reverts to]] [[NoImmortalInertia their real age]]--and Tess has been there for too long to survive. When Wade declares that he's willing to stay in the mansion forever to be with Tess, she refuses to let him throw his life away--so she leaves the house, knowing she will die from RapidAging. Wade watches helplessly as she crumbles to dust. To add to the tragedy, the only reason Tess was in the house is that her father decided to "resign from the human race" by staying there and she agreed to remain with him because "he needed me".



* The ending of "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1963S1E29AFeasibilityStudy A Feasibility Study]]", [[spoiler: where the entire town performs a HeroicSacrifice together to save all humanity from being enslaved by aliens--and no one on Earth will ever know what happened to them, or why.]]

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* The ending of "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1963S1E29AFeasibilityStudy A Feasibility Study]]", [[spoiler: where the entire town performs a HeroicSacrifice together to save all humanity from being enslaved by aliens--and no one on Earth will ever know what happened to them, or why.]]
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* The ending of "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1963S1E29AFeasibilityStudy A Feasibility Study]]", [[spoiler: where the entire town performs a HeroicSacrifice together to save all humanity from being enslaved by aliens--and no one will ever know what happened to them, or why.]]

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* The ending of "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1963S1E29AFeasibilityStudy A Feasibility Study]]", [[spoiler: where the entire town performs a HeroicSacrifice together to save all humanity from being enslaved by aliens--and no one on Earth will ever know what happened to them, or why.]]
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* The ending of "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1963S1E3TheArchitectsOfFear The Architects of Fear]]", when Yvette realizes the monster dying in front of her is her husband Allen, whose life was pointlessly sacrificed as the result of a botched GenghisGambit. To make it even more tragic, she's pregnant.

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* The ending of "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1963S1E3TheArchitectsOfFear The Architects of Fear]]", when Yvette realizes the monster dying in front of her is her husband Allen, whose life was [[SenselessSacrifice pointlessly sacrificed sacrificed]] as the result of a botched GenghisGambit. To make it even more tragic, she's pregnant.
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* A small, sad moment from "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1963S1E2TheHundredDaysOfTheDragon The Hundred Days of the Dragon]]". Vice-President Theodore Pearson confirms that President William Lyons Selby was not only [[KillAndReplace assassinated and replaced]] by a {{Doppelganger}} as part of a conspiracy to take over America, but cremated and buried in an unmarked grave to prevent IdentificationByDentalRecords. "He deserved so much more than that", Pearson says of his friend and colleague.

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* A small, sad moment from "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1963S1E2TheHundredDaysOfTheDragon The Hundred Days of the Dragon]]". Vice-President Theodore Pearson confirms that President William Lyons Selby was not only [[KillAndReplace assassinated and replaced]] by a {{Doppelganger}} an EvilDoppelganger as part of a conspiracy to take over America, but cremated and buried in an unmarked grave to prevent IdentificationByDentalRecords. "He deserved so much more than that", Pearson says of his friend and colleague.

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* The ending of "The Man Who Was Never Born"; Andros succeeds in averting the BadFuture, but at the expense of his own existence, leaving a despairing Noelle alone with the ship hanging in limbo as the screen fades to black...
* The ending of "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1963S1E3TheArchitectsOfFear The Architects of Fear]]", when Yvette realizes the monster dying in front of her is Allen, whose life was pointlessly sacrificed as the result of a botched GenghisGambit.
* The ending of "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1963S1E29AFeasibilityStudy A Feasibility Study]]", [[spoiler: where the entire town performs a HeroicSacrifice together.]]

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With its frequent uses of {{Bittersweet Ending}}s, ''Series/TheOuterLimits1963'' has several episodes that will bring a tear to your eye--when you're not being scared out of your wits.
* The ending of "The "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1963S1E6TheManWhoWasNeverBorn The Man Who Was Never Born"; Andros Born]]"; Andro succeeds in averting the BadFuture, but at the expense of his own existence, leaving a despairing Noelle alone with the on a ship hanging in limbo floating into outer space as the screen fades to black...
* The ending of "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1963S1E3TheArchitectsOfFear The Architects of Fear]]", when Yvette realizes the monster dying in front of her is her husband Allen, whose life was pointlessly sacrificed as the result of a botched GenghisGambit.
GenghisGambit. To make it even more tragic, she's pregnant.
* The ending of "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1963S1E29AFeasibilityStudy A Feasibility Study]]", [[spoiler: where the entire town performs a HeroicSacrifice together.]]together to save all humanity from being enslaved by aliens--and no one will ever know what happened to them, or why.]]
* A small, sad moment from "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1963S1E2TheHundredDaysOfTheDragon The Hundred Days of the Dragon]]". Vice-President Theodore Pearson confirms that President William Lyons Selby was not only [[KillAndReplace assassinated and replaced]] by a {{Doppelganger}} as part of a conspiracy to take over America, but cremated and buried in an unmarked grave to prevent IdentificationByDentalRecords. "He deserved so much more than that", Pearson says of his friend and colleague.
* The fate of the Limbo Being in "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1963S2E16ThePremonition The Premonition]]", who is forever trapped in a VoidBetweenTheWorlds, is this as well as NightmareFuel.
* The ending of "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1963S2E1Soldier Soldier]]". Just as it seems that Qarlo might adjust to the 20th century, The Enemy finds him in a violent, chaotic example of DiabolusExMachina.
* The ending of "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1963S2E5DemonWithAGlassHand Demon With a Glass Hand]]". Trent learns that he's [[RoboticReveal actually a robot]] ''and'' that his mission to save future Earth will prevent him from having anything resembling a normal life for at least 1,200 years. This shocks Consuela so much that she immediately abandons him.
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* The ending of "The Man Who Was Never Born"; Andros succeeds in averting the BadFuture, but at the expense of his own existence, leaving a despairing Noelle alone with the ship hanging in limbo as the screen fades to black...
* The ending of "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1963S1E3TheArchitectsOfFear The Architects of Fear]]", when Yvette realizes the monster dying in front of her is Allen, whose life was pointlessly sacrificed as the result of a botched GenghisGambit.
* The ending of "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1963S1E29AFeasibilityStudy A Feasibility Study]]", [[spoiler: where the entire town performs a HeroicSacrifice together.]]
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