History Recap / TheOuterLimits1963S2E2ColdHandsWarmHeart

* BitByBitTransformation: Happens to Jeff throughout the episode.

That somebody is Colonel Jeff Barton (Creator/WilliamShatner), a brave astronaut working for Project Vulcan, a space exploration project whose ultimate goal is the colonization of UsefulNotes/{{Mars}}. After receiving a hero's welcome, Jeff returns to his devoted wife Ann (Geraldine Brooks) while preparing to help UsefulNotes/{{NASA}} with the next phase of the project, but their domestic bliss is shattered when Jeff suddenly collapses one night.

* BodyHorror: DownplayedTrope. Jeff outwardly isn't changing into something horrific, but it's clearly not pleasant for him to lack white blood cells.

->'''The Control Voice:''' The most brilliant planet in our solar system is UsefulNotes/{{Venus}}, named for [[Myth/ClassicalMythology the Greek love goddess]]. It is closer to UsefulNotes/{{Earth}} than any other planet — 28 million miles away. Until sometime in the last half of the twentieth century it is still a planet shrouded in mystery, enveloped in a heavy blanket of clouds and steam. Because its surface temperature was believed to be several times that of Earth's, it was not thought possible for Man to reach Venus and come back... until one day, somebody did it.

That somebody is Colonel Jeff Barton (Creator/WilliamShatner), a brave astronaut working for Project Vulcan, a space exploration project whose ultimate goal is the colonization of UsefulNotes/{{Mars}}.

-->'''The Control Voice:''' The most brilliant planet in our solar system is Venus, named for the Greek love goddess. It is closer to Earth than any other planet — 28 million miles away. Until sometime in the last half of the twentieth century it is still a planet shrouded in mystery, enveloped in a heavy blanket of clouds and steam. Because its surface temperature was believed to be several times that of Earth's, it was not thought possible for Man to reach Venus and come back... until one day, somebody did it.

-->'''The Control Voice:''' The eternal, never-ceasing search for knowledge often leads to dark and dangerous places. Sometimes it demands risks not only of those who are searching, but of others who love them. These, in their own special way, know that knowledge is never wasted, nor is love.

-->'''Control Voice:''' The most brilliant planet in our solar system is Venus, named for the Greek love goddess. It is closer to Earth than any other planet — 28 million miles away. Until sometime in the last half of the twentieth century it is still a planet shrouded in mystery, enveloped in a heavy blanket of clouds and steam. Because its surface temperature was believed to be several times that of Earth's, it was not thought possible for Man to reach Venus and come back... until one day, somebody did it.

-->'''Control Voice:''' The eternal, never-ceasing search for knowledge often leads to dark and dangerous places. Sometimes it demands risks not only of those who are searching, but of others who love them. These, in their own special way, know that knowledge is never wasted, nor is love."

* BodyHorror: Downplayed. Jeff outwardly isn't changing into something horrific, but it can't be pleasant for the protagonist to lack white blood cells.

* ThePowerOfLove: Jeff muscles through the treatment for his mutation by seeing his wife through a small window port and hearing her talk about how much she missed him during his space expedition.
* ThirdPersonPerson: During Jeff's "You married a man, not a headline" speech, he talks about his lifelong fascination with flight and exploration while continually referring to himself in the third person.

* BitByBitTransformation: Happens to our hero throughout the episode.
* BodyHorror: Downplayed. He outwardly isn't changing into something horrific, but it can't be pleasant for the protagonist to lack white blood cells.
* ThePowerOfLove: The protagonist muscles through the treatment for his mutation by seeing his wife through a small window port and hearing her talk about how much she missed him during his space expedition.

* ThePowerOfLove: The protagonist muscles through the treatment for his mutation by seeing his wife through a small window port and hearing her talk about how much she missed him during his space expedition.