"Falling Star" is an episode of The Outer Limits television series. It first aired on 30 June 1996, during the second season.
A pop singer is about to commit suicide, when she meets Rachel; a time traveler and her fan from the future.
Pop singer Melissa McCammon is about to commit suicide by overdosing on drugs. With her once meteoric career at a standstill and her husband (Xander Berkeley) cheating on her, she sees no hope. Then she encounters R...
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"Falling Star" is an episode of The Outer Limits television series. It first aired on 30 June 1996, during the second season.
A pop singer is about to commit suicide, when she meets Rachel; a time traveler and her fan from the future.
Pop singer Melissa McCammon is about to commit suicide by overdosing on drugs. With her once meteoric career at a standstill and her husband (Xander Berkeley) cheating on her, she sees no hope. Then she encounters Rachael, an ardent fan from the future. Rachael is a time traveler — and an uninvited tourist in Melissa's body. She tells Melissa that her music inspired her future fans to resist a totalitarian takeover, which will succeed if she dies now. However special authorities are out to punish Rachel for her crime, as time-traveling and using a host body plus changing the past is a serious offense, and she must be taken care of. The authorities from the future want Melissa dead and will resort to anything — including murder — to preserve their version...
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