I found this episode to be a very rare gem in a mostly okay final series. I've seen all the Outer Limits episodes and to me very few of them were ever this good. Okay, a few of the characters were stereotypical, but so what! I don't get at all why people always go on like that's such a bad thing. Sometimes you do get stereotypes in real life, even, you know? Not everyone has to be a big revelation. Some people are probably happy to fall into some kind of social mold. I know I would be! The alien in this episode looks so cool! He looks just like the monster from Wishmaster crossed with the classic image of death-JinnReaper!!! Jesse Cadotte really stole the show didn't he? His screen credits may be few, but Jesse, this is one to be proud of. It was exactly the right way to conclude it at the end when Cody goes to the Principal's office to face the consequences of his actions. It would have been a major mistake and might possibly have ruined the entire episode had they done otherwise. This episode is of course kind of controversial. I think that whenever the subject of school violence comes up in anything on TV, it always is. I believe that is because it is just too painful a thing to be reminded of. Too real and fresh in everyone's memories... But to me this episode beautifully and very sensitively handles a most terrible subject. Abduction effortlessly conveys the points and emotions that I believe 80's thriller The Boys Next Door tries and fails to, and cheap manipulative horror movie The Final is desperate to, all without(unlike those two)concentrating at all on the horror aspect of the situation, horrific though it may be. It is also the only thing I've ever seen that explores well the sad reasons why. I think the phrases spoken in the episode:"I'm stuck in a role just like you are", and "If I hurt you, then you need to forgive me for that" are very important ones to hear. It is only a shame that children in real life can't be taught the same lessons. A profoundly uplifting episode of hope, and the hope for change. Peace.
Review of Abduction
