"Man is forever solving the most perplexing problems as he ventures ever further into the unknown. But where are the outer limits of his ingenuity? Will he ever encounter a problem, a Gordian Knot, which he cannot ultimately cut?" As Alexander the Great was perplexed by the legendary Gordian Knot -- a knot so intricate and convoluted that no man could untie it -- so is X-15 test pilot, Jim Darcy (Dewey Martin), challenged by a different kind of unsolvable problem. Crashing his jet into the desert floor at the exact moment that his wife (Mary Murphy) rams her car into a boulder, both are hurled into a different dimension mere seconds into the future. Stranded in this time-frozen limbo, they find themselves helpless to avert an impending tragedy...unless they can solve the unsolvable. Tautly told with arresting visuals, this fascinating episode with its engaging "time-out-of-kilter" theme represents '60s science fiction at its timeless best.
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- The Outer Limits

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