The Zanti are a vague and unknown threat, promising 'total destruction' if they are betrayed, and must be of immense power if they could master interplanetary travel. The situation is made more tense when the commanding officer receives orders to send a man in if the Zanti don't respond within 15 minutes.īriefly, paranoia rules the day.

The Zanti suddenly cut off communication, and the Air Force needs to maintain control over the compromised landing area but are afraid of making the situation worse by sending more people into their zone of privacy. The unexpected invasion of the Zanti's landing zone touches off a standoff of mistrust and suspicion between the Zanti misfits and the Air Force. It wouldn't be an episode of The Outer Limits if everything ran smoothly, now would it? Earth was not given a choice in the matter, so the US Air Force does what it can to secure a landing area for them.Īnd that's when the car smashes through their gate, killing the military guard. An advanced alien civilization called the Zanti have decided to use Earth as a penal colony for their misfits, or criminals. Sure enough, a car crashes through a military-controlled gate, killing the guard, and speeds into the small desert ghost town where the alien spaceship is scheduled to land.Ĭue the familiar opening credits: 'There is nothing wrong with your television set.'Īfter the commercial, we're given some background information, both in the form of the opening narration and then by some military personnel holding the ghost town. 'If anyone's anywhere near that ship when it lands, it'll be over someone's dead body.' It begins with a demand for privacy from some unknown source. The Zanti Misfits starts in the middle, leaving the viewer with the uncomfortable impression that he walked in after the first commercial break.

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