Name: Episode 16 — Final Exam
Released: 1998-06-05
Duration: 45 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Kevin Conway

The Outer Limits (1995 – 2002)

1995 • 7 seasons • Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy • TV-PG

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Episode 16 — Final Exam

Released: 1998-06-05 • Drama/Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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Dr. John Martin (Brett Cullen), a negotiator for the Department of Energy Nuclear Response Team, is called in when a disgruntled grad student takes hostages at a university. The student, Seth Todtman (Peter Stebbings) claims to have invented a cold-fusion bomb and is threatening to detonate it, killing millions, unless the government brings him five people on a list and kills them for him. Martin's colleagues dismiss Todtman as a crank, until a sample device he provides goes off with megaton force, wiping out a DOE team and the top-secret facility where they work. Faced with an impossible choice, Martin meets with Todtman face to face and tries to understand the logic behind his rage at the people he wants killed: cruel foster parents, corrupt professors, a heartless librarian. As the clock ticks, Martin tries to reason with Todtman while the military tries to find a way to disarm the device.

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Creator	Leslie Stevens
Episode air date	05.06.1998
Episode runtime	45 min
Episode rating	7.00
Genres	Drama / Sci-Fi & Fantasy
TMDB series rating	7.7
IMDb series rating	7.7
Series status	Ended
Age rating	6+
Country	US

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