Tribunal (episode)
| "Tribunal" | |
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| The Outer Limits episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 12 |
| Directed by | Mario Azzopardi |
| Written by | Sam Egan |
| Production code | 100 |
| Original air date | 14 May 1999 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
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Saul Rubinek as Aaron Zgierski |
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Saul Rubinek as Aaron Zgierski
Alex Zahara as Karl Rademacher
Jan Rubes as Older Karl Rademacher/Robert Greene
Roman Danylo as Leon Zgierski
Peter Boretski as Older Leon Zgierski
Alex Diakun as Nicholas Prentice
"Tribunal" is an episode of The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 14 May 1999, during the fifth season.
Leon Zgierski, an inmate of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in 1944, is forced to watch as his wife is shot and killed by S.S. Obersturmführer Karl Rademacher—and two SS guards drag away Leon's daughter Hannah to what he believes are the gas chambers. The murder is witnessed by a mysterious man who writes in a digital notebook, but before he can be taken, he steals Rademacher's greatcoat, holds up a pocket watch and vanishes in a flash of light.
Many years later, Aaron—Leon Zgierski's son by a second marriage, and a Nazi hunter—becomes obsessed with tracking down Rademacher and bringing him to justice.
Aaron is sure he has finally found Rademacher in the United States, living under the name Robert Greene—but is unable to find enough evidence to convince the authorities to prosecute Greene. Aaron confronts the man himself and angrily denounces him as a war criminal with little success. Greene insists that he is not Rademacher, but—realizing that he has been found—makes plans to leave for Argentina to avoid any possible prosecution.
Nicholas Prentice, the mysterious man with the antique watch, appears and gives Aaron some artifacts from the camp: the greatcoat and a notebook of names and details. Aaron continues to build his case, but the authorities are reluctant to get involved even with the evidence provided by Prentice.
Determined to find out more about Nicholas Prentice, Aaron goes to the man's hotel room; Prentice is in the shower, but the room door has been left ajar and it opens when Aaron knocks. After searching the room, Aaron finds an antique watch with high-technology innards. He accidentally activates the device, drops it, and finds himself back in the 1944 concentration camp with his father and Rademacher—with no way to return home. The watch is a time travel device, and Prentice is from the late 21st Century. Fortunately for Aaron, Prentice returns from showering and finds the dropped watch. He realises what must have happened, follows Aaron back to 1944, and returns him to his own time.
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