S4.E3

Hearts and Minds

Episode aired Feb 6, 1998
TV-PG
45m

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Soldiers are on a mission to kill aliens on a distant planet to protect a mineral necessary and profitable for Earth. The soldiers are injected with a drug to enhance their abilities which h... Read allSoldiers are on a mission to kill aliens on a distant planet to protect a mineral necessary and profitable for Earth. The soldiers are injected with a drug to enhance their abilities which has consequences when the drug wears off.Soldiers are on a mission to kill aliens on a distant planet to protect a mineral necessary and profitable for Earth. The soldiers are injected with a drug to enhance their abilities which has consequences when the drug wears off.

Director
- Brad Turner
Writers
- Naren Shankar
- Leslie Stevens
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7.2/10

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Director
- Brad Turner
Writers
- Naren Shankar
- Leslie Stevens
Stars

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Trivia
The soldiers call the energy source that is being mined pergium. This was also the name used for an energy ore in The Devil in the Dark (1967).

Quotes
Control Voice: In order to survive a soldier must fight many battles physical as well as mental, but in the heat of the struggle reality can sometimes fade like memory, until only one thing remains, the first casualty of was is truth.

Connections
Featured in The Outer Limits: The Human Factor (2002)

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8/10

Energy Wars!

A group of mercenaries is on what appears to be a moon or planet. The planet contains minerals that are critical to Earth's energy supply. The people have been hired to kill "bugs" (like in Starship Troopers) who are preventing the Earth excavators from mining the good stuff. It is a really tense episode as the crew confronts what they believe are insignificant garbage. This takes a different turn when one of the characters has her supply of a kind of nutrient blocked so she has to confront the worrisome creatures without protection. There is a macho dynamic here. There is great suspicion all along and several hints as to what is going on. This teaches us some lessons about our dependence on energy resources. It also has to do with the potential for compassion for those we don't really understand. Apparently, the budget for this show grew a bit by this time. A worthy effort.