The Shroud (The Outer Limits)

"The Shroud"
The Outer Limits episode
Episode no.	Season 5 Episode 10
Directed by	Stuart Gillard
Written by	Scott Peters
Original air date	30 April 1999
Guest actors
David Ogden Stiers Samantha Mathis Robert Wisden Sara Botsford Nathaniel DeVeaux John Innes

"The Shroud" is an episode of The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 30 April 1999, during the fifth season.

Introduction

A married couple seeks help with conceiving a child. Behind the scenes, without their knowledge, a scientific team under the direction of a popular televangelist plans to use the woman to clone the human nature of Jesus Christ.

Opening narration

Man's empirical pursuit of science has often been at odd with his need for religious faith. But what happens when these two beliefs collide?

Plot

A couple Marie Wells (Samantha Mathis) and her husband Justin (Robert Wisden) have trouble conceiving a child on their own so they turn to the use of in vitro fertilisation to implant an embryo in Marie's uterus. Behind the scenes, however, some scientists, under the direction of a popular televangelist, plan to use the woman to clone Jesus Christ using DNA from the Shroud of Turin. As the child grows in Marie's womb, strange occurrence seem to herald the birth of the special child.

Closing narration

In Man's unending pursuit of salvation, the distractions of his science or his religion may be the very thing keeping him from his creator.

Starring

• Samantha Mathis as Marie Wells
• Robert Wisden as Justin Wells
• David Ogden Stiers as Rev. Thomas Tilford
• Sara Botsford as Dr. Gail Cowlings
• John Innes as Priest
• Luc Corbeil as Driver
• Ben Eberhard as Orderly
• Jennifer Sterling as Nurse
• Nathaniel Deveaux as Roger Cress

External links

• [broken link] "The Shroud" at The Outer Limits official website
• "The Shroud" at TV.com
• "The Shroud" at IMDb