Ep 2. The Light Brigade

Actor Robert Patrick returns for this first-ever "The Outer Limits" sequel, a follow-up to last year's 'Quality of Mercy.' On a desperate mission, a young Cadet (Wil Wheaton) learns the difference between heroic ideals and the bitter realities of war. The only survivors on a crippled battle cruiser - Earth's last hope for victory and survivors - are the Cadet, the weapons Chief (Graham Greene) and Major John Skokes (Patrick), a repatriated prisoner of war. Exposed to fatal doses of radiation when their fleet was wiped out by the aliens, they fight illness and death to launch a preemptive strike. As the awesome responsibility for success descends on him, the Cadet learns that fear is not his only enemy.