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1	-->'''The Control Voice:''' It was once written: "To thine own self, be true". But how do we know who we really are?
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5	Four people with telekinesis are recruited as assassins.
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7	-->'''The Control Voice:''' Every man must confront the monster within himself... if he is ever to find peace... without.
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9	!!Tropes:
10	* ActorAllusion: ''Film/ClashOfTheTitans1981'' star Creator/HarryHamlin's character Ford Maddox is a spy whose codename is Charon, a reference to the ferryman of Hades in Greek Myth/ClassicalMythology.
11	* BottleEpisode: With the exception of three scenes above ground, all of this episode takes place in an underground bunker.
12	* {{Bulungi}}: It is mentioned that the African warlord General Lawrence Gecongo is attempting to seize power from the legitimately elected President of Uwanda.
13	* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Rachel Sanders has a dream which turns out to be prophetic in which she sees herself surrounded by the corpses of soldiers.
14	* EldritchAbomination: A rampaging energy creature is created as an unfortunate side effect of experiments being conducted with people possessing telekinetic powers.
15	* EnemyWithout: A group of telekinetics recruited by the CIA to perform long-distance assassinations are eventually stalked and killed by an amorphous cloud of hostile psychic energy that they apparently spawned.
16	* HeroicSacrifice: When Ford realizes the monster came from him, he lets it kill him, causing it to disappear.
17	* IHaveYourWife: Rachel is forced to join the telekinetic group when the government agents threaten to frame her brother, who is a mere petty criminal, for more serious crimes that can get him sent to prison.
18	* ImmuneToBullets: The monster is immune to all physical attacks, including bullets.
19	* MindOverMatter: The US government is conducting experiments with people possessing telekinetic powers, whom they employ to assassinate foreign leaders who pose a threat to the United States and its interests.
20	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The [[UsefulNotes/{{Serbia}} Serbian]] dictator Slob Krupchek, who is described as the "[[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Hitler]] of the Balkans" due to his policy of ethnic cleansing resulting in the deaths of thousands, is one for UsefulNotes/SlobodanMilosevic. Krupchek's first name is presumably short for Slobodan.
21	* SenselessSacrifice: Believing the monster came from her, Rachel gets Ford to shoot her, but this accomplishes nothing since it actually came from Ford.
22	* WholePlotReference: This episode is one to ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet''.

Context Recap / TheOuterLimits1995S4E18Monster