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| SHOWTIME'S THE OUTER LIMITS
: | WHITE LIGHT FEVER
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Reviewed by Andrew Borntreger on 3 October 2007
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Ebenezer Scrooge step aside, the wealthy old bastard in this story is even less likeable than you were (before the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future visited). He lives in the penthouse suite of a hospital and has invested millions of dollars in a talented doctor's research into developing a computerized artificial heart. The miserable miser's quest to cheat death goes against the laws of nature and the world beyond. A force crosses over from the afterlife and causes havoc. Whatever it is, it appears as living electricity, burns like freezing cold, and is able to infect equipment and people.
The big problem with a self-serving billionaire owning all of the research is that he threatens to have it destroyed unless he gets his way. I am not certain that could happen, even in a society that places more emphasis on individual gain than the public good, but the threat does separate the billionaire from the rest of the human race. Even the old man's explanation of why he refuses to accept death does little to balance the scales. It is nigh impossible to commiserate with the selfish creep.
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| Things I Learned From This Show: | |
|  | Never cut the grounding prong off of the plug for your defibrillation unit.
| | | Women with weak hearts should avoid exposure to well-endowed male strippers.
| | | Elevators are equipped with emergency brakes that can be activated by a switch on the control panel.
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| | | 14 mins - "Send me up a new electrician. This one is done."
| | | 22 mins - Harlan is 102? Has he been eating spit and drinking vinegar for the last ninety years?
| | | 36 mins - I would be covering him up with a rubber tarp, not that cotton sheet.
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