The Man Who Was Never Born

"The Man Who Was Never Born" is an episode of the original The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 28 October 1963, during the first season. An astronaut returning to Earth finds himself flung 200 years into the future, where he finds the mutated remnants of humanity living on a ruined Earth. The astronaut, Joseph Reardon, lands on Earth only to find it a desolate and barren place. He meets Andro, a grotesque-looking creature who reve... more

"The Man Who Was Never Born" is an episode of the original The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 28 October 1963, during the first season. An astronaut returning to Earth finds himself flung 200 years into the future, where he finds the mutated remnants of humanity living on a ruined Earth. The astronaut, Joseph Reardon, lands on Earth only to find it a desolate and barren place. He meets Andro, a grotesque-looking creature who reveals that the year is now 2148 and the astronaut is almost 200 years into the future. Andro is one of the few survivors of a biological disaster brought on by a scientist called Bertram Cabot, Jr. Andro explains the situation and Reardon decides to see if he can return to his own time ... and take Andro with him to show the future, and perhaps avoid it. While returning through the time rift, Reardon mysteriously vanishes from the capsule, leaving Andro to find a way to prevent his disastrous future from occurring. Andro uses his ability to... less