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Season Six
Kevin Conway ... Control Voice
  • Ep: 111
  • Judgment Day
  • Opening Control Voice: In the face of violent crime, the thin line between justice and vengeance can grow ever thinner. But what happens when society becomes as violent as the criminals it seeks to contain?

  • Starring: Chris Elliott (Jack Parson), Ian Tracey (Declan McMahon), Nicole Oliver (Heather Cattrell), Kevin McNulty (Everett Costello), Vincent Gale (Dooley McMahon)
  • And: Molly Ringwald (Allison Channing)
  • Featuring: Peter Kelamis (Stan Draper), Judith Maxie (Judge Peale), Louis Chirillo (Cheech), Jennifer Sterling (Detective Meacham), Colin Foo (Mr. Chow), Tony Alcantar (Director)
  • Written By: A L Katz & Scott Nimerfro
  • Directed By: Brad Turner

  • Closing Control Voice: To those who would corrupt the search for truth... be warned! The sword of justice cuts both ways.
  • Ep: 112
  • The Gun
  • Opening Control Voice: From muskets to sixguns to assault weapons, the pages of our history run red with blood. But which came first, the violent impulse or the weapon which answers its call?

  • Starring: Stacey Keach (Cord van Owen), Nancy Sorel (Dana), Christian Bocher (Matthew Logan), Eric Schneider (Dr. Stanley Miller), Devin Douglas Drewitz (Ty Logan), Stephen Dimopoulos (Horace Vaughn)
  • And: John de Lancie (Donald Finley)
  • Featuring: Bob Dawson (Sheriff Clay), Linnea Sharples (Sandra), Brock Johnson (Nate Jackson), Greg Anderson (Dealer), Christina Jastrzembska (Karen Miller), Nels Lennarson (Deputy), Marcel Maillard (Pastor Wickham)
  • Written By: Sam Egan
  • Directed By: Jeff Woolnough

  • Closing Control Voice: The path to our own destruction may lie less in the weapons we conceive... than the violence in our hearts.
  • Ep: 113
  • Skin Deep
  • Opening Control Voice: It is said that man is created in God's image. But what happens when we alter that image? Is our reflection the only thing that changes?

  • Starring: Antonio Sabato, Jr. (Chad Warner), Christina Cox (Deb), Deanna Milligan (Gail)
  • And: Adam Goldberg (Sid Camden)
  • Featuring: Linden Banks (Hal Taylor), Ted Cole (Chris), Claude Duhamel (Grant), Keith Provost (Bartender), Gaetana Korbin (Deb Model), Tony Alcantar (Director), Woody Jeffreys (Male Model), Kevin Durand (Alan), Moya O'Connell (Girlfriend), James Crescenzo (Host), Tanya Reid (Amber), Avery Raskin (Boss), Joyce Erickson (Old Lady), Paul Callaghan (Dad), Tyson Holmes (Teen Jock)
  • Written By: Scott Peters
  • Directed By: Dan Ireland

  • Closing Control Voice: In an age when we are led to believe that we can be anything we want to be, what most eludes us is simply, being ourselves.
  • Ep: 114
  • Manifest Destiny
  • Opening Control Voice: Human history is marked by our desire to expand our boundaries. But what happens when our reach exceeds our grasp?

  • Starring: Brad Johnson (Captain Abbott), Michael Shanks (Dr. William Olsten), Sarah Deakins (Megan), Ty Olsson (Franklin)
  • Featuring: Rob Freeman (Milus O'Brien), Linda Ko (Hanna Sheafer), Rick Dobran (Lieutenant Mason), D. Harlan Cutshall (Captain), john Murphy (Lieutenant)
  • Story By: Lawrence Meyers
  • Teleplay By: Mark Stern & Geoffrey Hollands
  • Directed By: Brad Turner

  • Closing Control Voice: Ultimately, our survival may depend less on our ability to overcome our enemies than the weakness of our own character.
  • Ep: 115
  • Breaking Point
  • Opening Control Voice: Nothing in our world is more unyielding than the inexorable march of time. But what will happen when man finds a way to manipulate that awesome force?

  • Starring: Rick Roberts (Andrew McLaren), Laurie Holden (Susan McLaren), Patricia Harras (Amy), William de Vry (Craig Swenson) Derek de Lint (Carl)
  • Featuring: Scott Owen (Collins), Carlos Joe Costa (Jailor), Kwesi Ameyaw (Policeman #1), Bill Mackenzie (Policeman #2)
  • Written By: Grant Rosenberg
  • Directed By: Neill Fearnley

  • Closing Control Voice: We have always struggled to control our destiny. But even when we think we've succeeded, fate may have the final word.
  • Ep: 116
  • The Beholder
  • Opening Control Voice: It is said that what we behold with our eyes is merely the surface of reality. But if we could see beneath that facade, what would lie within?

  • Starring: MacKenzie Astin (Patrick Tarloff), Rebecca Jenkins (Dr. Louise Burroughs), Claire Rankin (Kyra), Peter Wingfield (Dwight Borden), Obba Babatundé (Dr. Joseph Lennox)
  • Featuring: Tania Turner (Kyra Look-Alike)
  • Written By: Sam Egan
  • Directed By: Jeff Woolnough

  • Closing Control Voice: Of all the gifts his Maker has bestowed upon man, none is more precious than his ability to love another.
  • Ep: 117
  • Seeds of Destruction
  • Opening Control Voice: Who we are and what we will become are determined by our actions. But are those actions planting the seeds of our salvation... or destruction?

  • Starring: Jessica Tuck (Linda Andrews), Christopher Shyer (Harold Zimmer), Michael Ryan (Rex Andrews)
  • And: Len Cariou (Doc Wells)
  • Featuring: Curtis Bechdholt (Eddie), John R. Taylor (Old Man Rivers), Fiona Scott (Tara Akton), Chris J. Lovick (Matt Hooper), Bobby Stewart (Sheriff Blackwell), Sarah Hayward (Doris Hooper), Donna Larson (Sally Latimore), Cyndi Mason (Mother), Vince Walker (Boyfriend), Christine Elliott (Young Linda)
  • Written By: Chris Ruppenthal
  • Directed By: Steve Anker

  • Closing Control Voice: Let us always remember, as we sow... so shall we reap.
  • Ep: 118
  • Simon Says
  • Opening Control Voice: There is no greater tragedy for a parent than the loss of a child. But when does grief become obsession?

  • Starring: Joel Grey (Gideon Banks), Mikéla J. Mikael (Zoe), Hiro Kanagawa (Ron Hikida)
  • Featuring: Cathy Weseluck (Voice of Simon), Riley DeMeyer (Simon), Tammy Pentecost (Elise Banks), Rice Honeywell (Co-Worker)
  • Written By: Scott Peters
  • Directed By: Helen Shaver

  • Closing Control Voice: When we endeavor to fill a terrible void, sometimes the void can consume us.
  • Ep: 119
  • Stasis
  • Opening Control Voice: To sleep, perchance to dream. But what happens when the dream is to never sleep again?

  • Starring: Sean Patrick Flanery (Eric Waters), Kavan Smith (Dominic Langton), Matthew Walker (Winston), Maureen Thomas (Elizabeth), Robert Lewis (Miguel), Brenda M. Crichlow (Kayla)
  • And: Kristin Lehman (Larissa Whitehouse)
  • Featuring: Gordon Tipple (Finerman), Garfield Wilson (Officer), Phillip Mitchell (Security Man), Erica Carroll (Claudia)
  • Written By: Lawrence Meyers
  • Directed By: Brian Giddens

  • Closing Control Voice: Unless humankind awakens to the need to preserve its future, it may one day find itself asleep... for eternity.
  • Ep: 120
  • Down to Earth
  • Opening Control Voice: In an age of doubt, there is nothing more powerful than the need to seek answers. But what happens when the cloak is lifted and those answers... suddenly revealed?

  • Starring: Mackenzie Phillips (Boo Weston), Colin Mochrie (Dale Larose), Richard Side (Ike Pilchard), David Kaye (Ed Tupelo), Jerry Wasserman (Gunther Van Owen), Don Thompson (Max Buford)
  • Featuring: Klodyne Rodney (Tyler Buttram), C. Ernst Harth (Silverface), Colleen Wheeler (Uma), Buck (Polk), John Dadey (Special Agent Merton Handy), Martin Blaiz (Paramedic), Dan Shea (Cop)
  • Written By: A L Katz & Scott Nimerfro
  • Directed By: Mike Rohl

  • Closing Control Voice: Sometimes, the best way to hide the truth is to keep it in plain sight.
  • Ep: 121
  • The Inner Child
  • Opening Control Voice: Within each of us there is an internal voice that tempers our actions. But what happens when that inner self overwhelms the face we show the world?

  • Starring: Laura Leighton (Anne Marie Reynolds), Roberta Maxwell (Mrs. Reynolds), David Lovgren (Eric Tanner)
  • And: Michael Ontkean (Dr. Field)
  • Featuring: Gerry South (Mugger), Lyle St. Goddard (Paramedic), James Tsai (Technician), Monica Gemmer (Technician)
  • Written By: Grant Rosenberg
  • Directed By: Ken Girotti

  • Closing Control Voice: Without darkness there would be no light. Without error, no sure path to the truth. In a world where absolutes reign, what may be most important is finding the balance.
  • Ep: 122
  • Glitch
  • Opening Control Voice: Humanity defines itself by the capacity to think and feel. But what happens when a machine attains the same abilities?

  • Starring: Tate Donovan (Tom Seymour), Victor Garber (Dr. Edward Normandy), Gabrielle Miller (Wendy Seymour), Betty Phillips (Sylvia Walker), Stephen E. Miller (Lieutenant Colonel Hickox)
  • And: Jack Klugman (Joe Walker)
  • Featuring: Jayne Paterson (Technician), Garvin Cross (R & R Leader)
  • Story By: Michael Berman & Anurag Mehta
  • Teleplay By: Michael Berman & Ron Greenstein
  • Directed By: Mike Rohl

  • Closing Control Voice: If we choose to give birth to a thinking machine, we must be prepared for the day when our progeny will demand independence.
  • Ep: 123
  • Decompression
  • Opening Control Voice: We live in an egocentric age, where many of us believe we are the sun in our own universe. But what happens when these illusions collide with reality?

  • Starring: Bruce Boxleitner (Senator Wyndom Brody), Michael Riley (Jon Tarkman), Suzy Joachim (Catherine Walsh), Michael Tomlinson (Will Sunderland), Ken Tremblett (Michael Dowd), Dale Wilson (Frank McKenna)
  • And: CCH Pounder (The Stranger)
  • Featuring: Keith Martin Gordey (Pilot), Kristina Matisic (Reporter), Winston Brown (Male Staff Member), Colin Banner (Stranger #2)
  • Story By: Brad Wright & James Crocker
  • Teleplay By: James Crocker
  • Directed By: Jorge Montesi

  • Closing Control Voice: No idea is so strong it should not be tested by doubt, and no man so powerful that he is infallible.
  • Ep: 124
  • Abbadon
  • Opening Control Voice: Who among us does not think he knows evil when he sees it? But are such distinctions really so black and white or is morality simply a matter of perspective?

  • Starring: Keith David (Captain Ira Merit), Maximilian Martini (Curtis Sandoval), Jill Teed (Gwen Hutchinson), Byron Lucas (Augie Berger), Dion Luthor (Gordon Knight), Corbin Bernsen (Virgil Nygard)
  • Featuring: Allixandria East (Isabella Bixel)
  • Written By: A L Katz & Scott Nimerfro
  • Directed By: Steve Anker

  • Closing Control Voice: Powerful ideas do not die with those who gave them birth, so long as the seeds of those ideas are planted in their followers.
  • Ep: 125
  • The Grid
  • Opening Control Voice: Technology is designed to serve us, to ease our burdens. But will our machines become so sophisticated that it is we who do the serving?

  • Starring: D.B. Sweeney (Scott Bowman), Jessica Steen (Catherine), Colleen Rennison (Young Girl), Brent Stait (Wayne the Sheriff), Edward Evanko (Dr. Jim Holbrook), Gina Chiarelli (Eileen Bowman)
  • Featuring: Eric Breker (Peter Bowman), Brenda Campbell (Joanna Bowman), Patricia Idlette (Waitress), Kevin Hansen (Deputy), Sean Millington (Guard), Tim O'Halloran (Man #1), Chris Duggan (Man #2), Quinn Mjolsness (Teen #1), Jordan Weller (Teen #2), Kenneth McIntyre (Old Timer)
  • Written By: Duncan Kennedy
  • Directed By: Charles Winkler

  • Closing Control Voice: When the human mind is made obselete by advancing technology, the soul may not be far behind.
  • Ep: 126
  • Revival
  • Opening Control Voice: Faith is the bedrock of our religious beliefs. But what happens when that foundation is shaken to its core?

  • Starring: Gary Busey (Ezra Burnham), Peter Stebbings (Luke)
  • With: Margot Kidder (Serena)
  • And: Nicole Eggert (Sarah Burnham)
  • Featuring: Doug Abrahams (Sheriff O'Brien), Greg Rogers (Reverend Samuel Garland), Holly Dignard (Cindy), Ted Kozma (Mangled Man), Brenda McDonald (Old Arthritic Woman), Checo Tohomaso (Choir Master), Carrie Gibson & Nicole Farris & Kim Smith-Jensen & Marilyan Clements & Yvonne Clements & Phyllis States (Choir Singers)
  • Story By: Chris Ruppenthal
  • Teleplay By: Mark Stern
  • Directed By: Michael Robison

  • Closing Control Voice: Blind faith can lead us toward the light... or plunge us into eternal darkness.
  • Ep: 127
  • Gettysburg
  • Opening Control Voice: It is said that great conflicts are not settled by words but by iron and blood. But what if we could revisit those decisions? Would we still surrender to violence?

  • Starring: Joshua Leonard (Andy Larousse), Jonathan Scarfe (Vince), Alex Diakun (Nicholas Prentice), Aaron Pearl (Lieutenant Winters), Ocean Hellman (Pregnant Woman), Robert Moloney (Corporal Beauregard Larousse), Scott Bellis (Major Drummond), Blu Mankuma (President)
  • And: Meatloaf (Colonel Angus Devine)
  • Featuring: Todd Talbot (Reed Hollingsworth), David Storch (Major Hinton), Jason Gaffney (Joe Benton), Adrian Holmes (James), Haig Sutherland (Will Monroe), James Lauder (General Lee), Graeme Roberts (General Lee Re-Enactor), Lloyd Berry (Abraham Lincoln Re-Enactor)
  • Written By: Sam Egan
  • Directed By: Mario Azzopardi

  • Closing Control Voice: Despite everything we do, we may never free ourselves from the bonds of fate.
  • Ep: 128
  • Something About Harry
  • Opening Control Voice: From the time we are children we are taught to mistrust strangers. But are we always as wary as we encourage them to be?

  • Starring: Judd Nelson (Harry Longworth), Garry Chalk (Detective Frank Dayton), Barbara Tyson (Nancy Henninger), Shaun Johnston (Parker), Kaj-Erik Eriksen (Josh Dayton), Larry Musser (Detective Pete Button)
  • And: Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Zak Henninger)
  • Featuring: R. Nelson Brown (Bum), David Abbott (Mr. Lowry), Reg Tupper (Walt Coghlan), Erica Carroll (Elizabeth Andrews)
  • Written By: Grant Rosenberg
  • Directed By: Brent Karl Clackson

  • Closing Control Voice: As long as an enemy is judged solely by his appearance, his victory is assured.
  • Ep: 129
  • Zig Zag
  • Opening Control Voice: As we surrender more authority to our ever more capable technology, what will happen when that technology goes awry?

  • Starring: Frank Whaley (Cliff Unger / Zig Fowler), Leslie Hope (Weatherman), David McNally (Roy Chance), JR Bourne (Dell Tinker), Vincent Gale (Walt)
  • And: John Amos (Pete Yastremski)
  • Featuring: Fulvio Cecere (Stottlemeyer), Ron Small (Johnny), Irene Karas (Mickey), Karina Carreck (Secretary), Brendan Beiser (Ben Powell), Tiffany Knight (Technician), Yvonne Myers (Loretta)
  • Written By: A L Katz & Nora O'Brien
  • Directed By: James Head

  • Closing Control Voice: In the end, it may be our certainty that we are infallible which will prove our downfall.
  • Ep: 130
  • Nest
  • Opening Control Voice: Physical scars are evidence of a wound long since healed. But what about the wounds we can't see? What is left behind when there is trauma to the soul?

  • Starring: Robert Sean Leonard (Robby Archer), Martin Cummins (Jack Burrell)
  • And: Kelly Rutherford (Rachel)
  • Featuring: Paul Jarrett (Dr. Mauser), Brenda James (Marcy Hall), Jesai Jayhmes (Lou Wolsky), Brad McDonald (Grimes), Sam MacMillan (Pete), Guy Demong (A.J.)
  • Written By: Scott Peters
  • Directed By: Scott Peters

  • Closing Control Voice: The suffering we conceal and the sorrow we hide may only be fully understood by those who share a common pain.
  • Ep: 131/132
  • Final Appeal
  • Opening Control Voice: (Part 1) What will become of a world that outlaws the very tools it has always looked to for solutions?
    (Part 2) How is the world to survive once technology makes possible the day when one man holds our fate in his hands?

  • Starring: Amanda Plummer (Dr. Theresa Givens), Cicely Tyson (Justice Gretchen Parkhurst), Swoosie Kurtz (Justice Kendall Woods), Kelly McGillis (Nicole Whitley), Robert Loggia (Justice Earl Clayton), Wallace Langham (Ezekiel), Michael Moriarty (Solicitor General Wallace Gannon)
  • With: Hal Holbrook (Justice Oliver Harbison)
  • And: Charlton Heston (Chief Justice Haden Wainwright)
  • Featuring: Lee Taylor (Bailiff), Mark Gibbon (Bailiff), Laara Ong (Elise)
  • Excerpts From: A Stitch in Time, Donor, The Vaccine, The New Breed, Sandkings, Fathers & Sons, Final Exam, Deja Vu, Tribunal, New Lease, Relativity Theory
  • Written By: Sam Egan
  • Directed By: Jimmy Kaufman

  • Closing Control Voice: If we fail to be vigilant, we may find that the same miracles which define our greatness as a species will one day spell our doom.

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