The Sandkings
| "The Sandkings" | |
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| The Outer Limits episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 1 |
| Directed by | Stuart Gillard |
| Written by | Melinda M. Snodgrass (based on the work by George R. R. Martin) |
| Production code | 1 |
| Original air date | 26 March 1995 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
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Beau Bridges as Dr. Simon Kress |
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Beau Bridges as Dr. Simon Kress
Helen Shaver as Cathy Kress
Dylan Bridges as Josh Kress
Kim Coates as Dave Stockley
Lloyd Bridges as Colonel Kress
Patricia Harras as Debbie
"The Sandkings" is the first episode of the revived 1960s science-fiction television series The Outer Limits, based on the short story Sandkings by George R. R. Martin, first published in Omni Magazine in August 1979. The episode premiered on 26 March 1995 on Showtime and features three generations of the Bridges family, which was used to promote the new series. At 92:38 minutes, "The Sandkings" is twice the normal length of other episodes in the series.
The episode garnered five Gemini Award nominations. One of these was in the category of Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series for Beau Bridges' leading role as Simon Kress, which also garnered nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series and the CableACE Award for Best Actor in a Dramatic Series.
A scientist steals specimens of Martian life from his subterranean workplace laboratory to illegally continue research on an aborted, classified government project at home.
Dr. Simon Kress' (Beau Bridges) research for the government on Martian life is aborted because one of his specimens escaped his lab and almost made it to the surface. However, Kress does not agree with the abandonment of the project and decides to continue his experiments in his barn. He steals some sand containing Martian eggs from his lab and creates a makeshift incubator to hatch more of the Martian lifeforms. Kress' obsession with the project causes his relationship with his wife Cathy (Helen Shaver) to break down.
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