Fun and Games

"Fun and Games" is an episode of the original The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 30 March 1964, during the first season. Mike Benson and Laura Hanley, each emotionally wounded by life, are offered a chance for redemption, of a sort. They can save Earth from being destroyed -- cataclysmically over a period of several years -- for the entertainment of a jaded extraterrestrial audience, but only if they will provide alternative ente... more

"Fun and Games" is an episode of the original The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 30 March 1964, during the first season. Mike Benson and Laura Hanley, each emotionally wounded by life, are offered a chance for redemption, of a sort. They can save Earth from being destroyed -- cataclysmically over a period of several years -- for the entertainment of a jaded extraterrestrial audience, but only if they will provide alternative entertainment by battling to the death two primitive aliens, who are likewise fighting to save their own distant world. The story is very similar to a subsequent Star Trek episode called Arena based on a short story by Fredric Brown. Additionally, the appearance of the alien lizard in both shows is very similar. less