The Shroud (The Outer Limits)
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"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 some scientists plan 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
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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. However, behind the scenes some scientists plan to use the woman to clone the 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
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