Forgotten TV: 'The Outer Limits' Lets You See Dead People

 At last, I've reached the final Episode on the Disc.
Will this one be good?

Let's find out as we learn about the...

A man- Joel Grey- meets a sad woman and gives her a substance.

He tells her to take one drop, but she obviously takes more.

She sees her dead Husband and 'dances with him.'

Through some somewhat clumsy expedition, we learn that most of the World's population died off in a viral plague around the year 2000.

To help restore things, grieving was outlawed (how do you enforce that) and Grey is helping people.

A Cop- Daniel (looking more like Alec) Baldwin- is on his tail.

They set up a sting operation to meet him and Baldwin gets some of the drug- called S.

He takes it home, planning to bring it in for study the next day.

...but, being a widower, he takes some anyways.

This makes him see his dead wife- Daphne Zuniga- and, as we find out later, he imagined having 'relations' with her.

Only MacGruber dared to actually show this.

He uses it all, so he meets up with Grey again.

Meanwhile, he has to keep this secret from the organization- he's supposed to bring Grey in, after all.

His visions of Zuniga soon get less...friendly.

We eventually learn that his tragic backstory involves her caring for him before getting ill (not defined how) herself.

He drank to 'keep sane' during this and his guilt is palpable.

Honestly some good work here.

The Organization finally makes the connection and goes to find Grey at a Funeral Home (why does this exist in this world still?).

He takes the fall, giving the stuff to make more to Baldwin.
He knew who he was the whole time and wanted a replacement.

Baldwin and his Partner flee, but she's skilled by a stray bullet.

The Organization thinks that everything is wrapped up as Baldwin is making more S- lots more!

The End.

A strong Episode that uses sci-fi to really encapsulate the Drama.

People tend to think of this Show as being hard Sci-Fi and that's a bit misleading.
I suppose the fact that it was syndicated by the Sci-Fi Channel didn't help matters.

The Plot goes for a big swing and mostly nails it.
I'd love to know more about the plague that killed most of the World, how they decided to ban mourning, how they enforced this and how Grey actually made S.

We don't get that.  Oh well.

In its place, we get a focused tale of love, loss and acceptance with a renowned Actor (except for that one thing), a Baldwin and a prolific TV Show Director at the helm.

It's not perfect, but it was engaging.
Now what emotion is he going for here?

An Episode that wisely has enough Sci-Fi to make things work.  Otherwise, this is just good Drama.