For some perverse reason, this has always been my favorite ‘Outer Limits’ episode:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZZZZZ
Wow. I could not view it, but the storyline sounds intriquing and very strange. The sub-plots were both interesting and believable. I might have seen this episode while I was in the hospital recovering from foot surgery. Not sure.
The TV was the kind you pull down to you over the bed.
Not a lot to watch at 3am, but black and white westerns or musicals. This was one of the exceptions. It might be the same one. I lay wide awake in my hospital bed when the episode had concluded.