Conflict and accident jeopardize a peace summit between two warring factions. The bulk of the plot is an "overcome our differences" potboiler, with the usual cliches and stock characters. But that's not the worst of it. After violence wipes out one of the diplomatic parties, the episode climax is their admiral on a videophone insisting the other party all kill themselves. Only if they do so will they prove their honesty and commitment, enough to persuade him to draw down his army and avoid World War III.
Thus do the last ten minutes basically turn into a snuff film, as Desperate Housewife Bree Van de Kamp, Leo McGarry from The West Wing, and two other officials slowly shoot or electrocute themselves.
This is Screenwriter Logic at its worst--a contrived scenario with characters who make and fulfill absurd, inhumane demands that no one would make in real life, all so we may solemnly nod our heads at what a noble, selfless thing these people are doing.
This isn't serious drama. So what is it? A brainless death fantasy by a self-dramatizing TV show? Or maybe it was just a sick joke all along, made for kicks? Either way, it's grotesque and anti-human.
Pathetic. Probably the worst Outer Limits episode I've seen.
Thus do the last ten minutes basically turn into a snuff film, as Desperate Housewife Bree Van de Kamp, Leo McGarry from The West Wing, and two other officials slowly shoot or electrocute themselves.
This is Screenwriter Logic at its worst--a contrived scenario with characters who make and fulfill absurd, inhumane demands that no one would make in real life, all so we may solemnly nod our heads at what a noble, selfless thing these people are doing.
This isn't serious drama. So what is it? A brainless death fantasy by a self-dramatizing TV show? Or maybe it was just a sick joke all along, made for kicks? Either way, it's grotesque and anti-human.
Pathetic. Probably the worst Outer Limits episode I've seen.