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The Outer Limits: Valerie 23 (1995)
Haunting and prescient
This story, about a paraplegic man and a prototype female android that was designed to be a companion, assistant, conversationalist, and sexual partner for the lonely, is oddly haunting and affecting. "Valerie", the robot, is an extraordinarily sympathetic character; I found myself wishing that her preoccupied male cohort weren't so inclined to be dismissive of her, because she is programmed to behave in remarkably human ways (for better or worse). But, then again, without conflict between man and robot, there would be no plot. The way Artificial Intelligence and robots are progressing in the 21st Century, something like this may actually happen in 60 or 70 years. This episode is well written, well acted, and superbly cast. I was such a fan of the original 1960's Outer Limits, it's great to delve into this color "sequel series" from the mid-1990's.