The Message

"The Message" is an episode of The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 16 July 1995, during the first season. A deaf woman is given a revolutionary implant to restore her hearing — but it does not help her hear normal sounds. Instead she suffers nightmares, head pain and begins scribbling page after page of ones and zeroes. Jennifer Winter (Marlee Matlin), deaf since birth, has had a revolutionary implant placed in her ear, to help he... more

"The Message" is an episode of The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 16 July 1995, during the first season. A deaf woman is given a revolutionary implant to restore her hearing — but it does not help her hear normal sounds. Instead she suffers nightmares, head pain and begins scribbling page after page of ones and zeroes. Jennifer Winter (Marlee Matlin), deaf since birth, has had a revolutionary implant placed in her ear, to help her hear for the first time. The device doesn't help her to hear normal conversation and sounds, but she does hear something, and no one believes her. While on a routine visit to the hospital to check on the implant, Jennifer befriends the janitor, Robert (Larry Drake) who empathizes with her. Suddenly, Jennifer is plagued by nightmares and searing pain in her head, all at 3:16 in the morning or afternoon. Once the pain starts she begins furiously writing in binary code. It's Robert who suggests that perhaps the binary code's, 0s and 1s might be... less