Hi Preston. Welcome. Glad to have you here.
I too have loved OUTER LIMITS since it first aired in '63. Being 8 years old at the time, it made an indelible impression on me. It remains my favorite series (tied with Patrick McGoohan's THE PRISONER).
I did see your posts at the new XENORAMA board, but didn't get around to replying. Sorry, will have to look at those again.
At the old XENORAMA EzBoard (about 2 or 3 years back), we went through the entire first season of OL in weekly reviews and discussions. Sadly, the old board had all it's posts deleted due to a hacker and could not be restored because of stupid EzBoard's lack of backups. I found, however, that I still have a lot of the original write-ups saved in Word documents. We might look at going through the original series again. This time, both Seasons 1 and 2.
One of the episodes which really perplexes me is DON'T OPEN TIL DOOMSDAY. If I'm not mistaken, the BOX that the alien occupies is his SPACESHIP. Then how is it that he is Trapped in it?
Just my opinion, but the alien said he was supposed to link with 2 fellow aliens who also landed on Earth. The problem was he lost his way during the journey and became separated from them. I don't think he was actually trapped in the box (his ship), though I'm not certain he could survive in our atmosphere. He mentioned the need to join with the others to achieve their goal (unfortunately for us it was our annihilation). Without them, his power was at best limited, and perhaps the ship might even have been damaged, therefore needing outside help. After trapping people in the box, he then offered them release in return for helping him find the other aliens.
OUTER LIMITS often left a lot to speculation, which is one of the things I love about the episodes.