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I, Robot

  • Episode aired Jul 23, 1995
  • TV-PG
  • 45m
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7.5/10
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John Novak in The Outer Limits (1995)
DramaFantasyHorrorMysterySci-FiThriller

Legendary lawyer Thurman Cutler is hired to defend Adam, a humanoid robot with many human qualities including speech, rational mind and empathy, who's been accused of murdering his creator. ... Read allLegendary lawyer Thurman Cutler is hired to defend Adam, a humanoid robot with many human qualities including speech, rational mind and empathy, who's been accused of murdering his creator. Cutler suspects there's more to the story.Legendary lawyer Thurman Cutler is hired to defend Adam, a humanoid robot with many human qualities including speech, rational mind and empathy, who's been accused of murdering his creator. Cutler suspects there's more to the story.

  • Director
    • Adam Nimoy
  • Writers
    • Otto Binder
    • Alison Lea Bingeman
    • Leslie Stevens
  • Stars
    • Cynthia Preston
    • Barbara Tyson
    • Nathaniel DeVeaux
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    • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    525
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Adam Nimoy
    • Writers
      • Otto Binder
      • Alison Lea Bingeman
      • Leslie Stevens
    • Stars
      • Cynthia Preston
      • Barbara Tyson
      • Nathaniel DeVeaux
    • 5User reviews
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    Cynthia Preston
    Cynthia Preston
    • Mina Link
    • (as Cyndy Preston)
    Barbara Tyson
    Barbara Tyson
    • Carrie Emerson
    Nathaniel DeVeaux
    • Col. Birch
    Leonard Nimoy
    Leonard Nimoy
    • Thurman Cutler
    Ken Kramer
    Ken Kramer
    • Judge Clancy
    Eric Schneider
    • Detective Barclay
    Robert Clothier
    Robert Clothier
    • Dr. Linstrop
    J.B. Bivens
    J.B. Bivens
    • Security Guard
    Robert Moloney
    Robert Moloney
    • Lab Technician
    Don MacKay
    Don MacKay
    • Dr. Link
    • (as Don Mackay)
    John Novak
    John Novak
    • Voice of Adam
    • (voice)
    Kevin Conway
    Kevin Conway
    • Control Voice
    • (voice)
    Jake McKinnon
    Jake McKinnon
    • Adam
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Adam Nimoy
    • Writers
      • Otto Binder
      • Alison Lea Bingeman
      • Leslie Stevens
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    • Trivia
      This is a remake of I, Robot (1964). Leonard Nimoy, who played the reporter Judson Ellis in that episode, played attorney Thurman Cutler in this version, a role played by Howard Da Silva in the original. This remake was directed by Nimoy's son Adam Nimoy.
    • Goofs
      In his ruling at the end of the episode, the judge says that "the Constitution defines a person as a human being", and that the Constitution "empowers the courts to interpret and reinterpret its meaning..." In fact, the U.S. Constitution contains no definition whatsoever of "person" (though the word is used frequently), never uses the words "human" or "human being" at all, and contains no grant of an "interpretative power" to the courts in any of its provisions or amendments.
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      The Control Voice: Empathy, sacrifice, love. These qualities are not confined to walls of flesh and blood, but are found within the deepest, best parts of man's soul, no matter where that soul resides.

    • Connections
      Featured in For the Love of Spock (2016)

    User reviews5

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    8/10

    What makes us human?

    Self-conscious android kills its creator, but does not remember it. The prosecution is trying to force its destruction, while the daughter of the murdered scientist sees it as a brother and hires a top lawyer to save it. This SF courtroom drama deals with the question of whether artificial intelligence can be considered a personality and have equal rights to people of flesh and blood. The story is very well told, the acting is on an enviable level in relation to most of the series of this type, and the episode finale, although already seen cliché, is quite effective. One of the best episodes of the first season.

    8/10
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    • Jan 28, 2019
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    • Release date
      • July 23, 1995 (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Vancouver Art Gallery, 750 Hornby Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada(courthouse exterior)
    • Production company
      • Atlantis Films
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    • Runtime
      45 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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