The Outer Limits (TV Series) I Hear You Calling (1996) User Reviews

Lots of Twists

[Hitchcoc · 8/10 · 27 March 2014]

"The Outer Limits" differed from "Twilight Zone" by generally presenting a really dark image. The first two seasons of the newer version continued this. In this episode, Ally Sheedy's reporter character is on the track of a killer who fires a kind of death ray that leaves only purple residue. She is contacted by this supposed killer (Michael Sarazen) and told to mind her own business. Part of the problem is that he makes threats rather than trying to reason with her. She gets deeply involved in the case and sense she is under constant pursuit. She is really persistent and draws the ire of the police. When she attempts to tell her father (with whom she has a very strained relationship) and her editor, she is thought to be off her rocker. As is usually the case with the show, there are a series of interesting developments. Part of what works is Sheedy was quite a good actress in her prime and she carries the embattled reporter/character quite nicely. Sarazen is his creepy self, looking like a deranged Kevin McHale with purple eyes. Still, I really liked this episode.

I hear you calling

[spindry101 · 6 December 2010]

First off reviewing another review, i want to state that it is in error of the title. The deaf lady with the implant that writes thousands of I and Os is from the episode "the message". Season 1 episode 17. I hear you calling is about a female reporter played by Ally Sheedy who while talking on her cell phone gets cross feed and over hears whats she thinks is a death threat. Then realizes that the name she heard is then found dead. She is continually warned not to pursue her investigation but ignores it. She tracks the killer down after he fires a deadly energy ray at an unexpected couple, and makes them vanish only leaving a purplish pile of ash shaped like a body. She does some more research and investigates that several people went to an island on a charter and caught a deadly virus. And the killer turns out to be a helper that takes these virus ridden people to another world to live a better life.

One of my favorites

[jsh-23719 · 10/10 · 17 October 2021]

I really like this one. Ally Sheedy is great as the driven reporter. She can't stop till she gets the whole story. Unfortunately, she should have listened to Michael Sarrazin's character and let this story go. I've liked Sarrazin since he played Frankenstein's monster and twisted Jane Seymore's head off. I love the ending of this episode where she finds out that the victims of the horrible virus don't die, just get transferred to another planet. This episode builds suspense right to the end. I was right with her in thinking they died. When he told her they were just going to another world, I was sooo relieved. Just a great episode. I watch it every chance I get.

INTERESTING MYSTERY UNTIL THE END

[asalerno10 · 9/10 · 5 June 2022]

A journalist accidentally listens to the audio of a mysterious character, when he is discovered he begins to persecute her, she initiates an investigation since she suspects he is behind the strange disappearance of several people who seem to have burned spontaneously. A story very well interpreted by Ally Sheedy that causes the viewer to follow the clues step by step with her to decipher the inexplicable events. The ending is absolutely unpredictable which makes it a very entertaining and suspenseful episode.