The BEST episodes of Land of the Giants

Every episode of Land of the Giants ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Land of the Giants!

Land of the Giants was an hour-long American science fiction television program lasting two seasons beginning on September 22, 1968, and ending on March 22, 1970. The show was created and produced by Irwin Allen. The show was aired on ABC and released by 20th Century Fox Television. The series was filmed entirely in color and ran for 51 episodes. The show starred Gary Conway and Don Marshall. Author Murray Leinster also wrote three novels in 1968 and 1969 based on the television series.

Last Updated: 9/27/2026Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
Double-Cross
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2 votes

#1 - Double-Cross

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/1968

An amnesiac Fitzhugh falls in with two giant thieves and becomes their willing accomplice.

Directors: Harry Harris
The Golden Cage
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2 votes

#2 - The Golden Cage

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/29/1968

Mark falls for an attractive Earth girl - the survivor of a previous space flight.

Directors: Sobey Martin
The Lost Ones
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#3 - The Lost Ones

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/5/1969

This time around, four punk kids from Earth run up against the Spindrift crew.

Directors: Harry Harris
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Deadly Lodestone
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#4 - Deadly Lodestone

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/2/1969

The Giants have invented a detector that can home in on Earth-based metals, and Dan puts the entire group at risk due to the surgical pin in his leg.

Directors: Harry Harris
Genius at Work
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#5 - Genius at Work

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/9/1969

A giant boy-genius comes up with a pill that can enlarge an Earthling to Giant-size.

Directors: Sobey Martin
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Sabotage
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#6 - Sabotage

Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/30/1969

The Spindrift crew must deal with the head of Police Security, who is attempting to undermine a Senator who believes in their cause and frame the Earthlings for sabotage.

Directors: Harry Harris
The Clones
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2 votes

#7 - The Clones

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/30/1969

A giant scientist performs cloning experiments on the Earthlings.

Directors: Nathan Juran
Wild Journey
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2 votes

#8 - Wild Journey

Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/8/1970

Using a device stolen from time-travelling researchers, Steve and Dan return to the day of the Spindrift's launch and try to alter history and stop the ill-fated flight.

Directors: Harry Harris
The Creed
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#9 - The Creed

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/1968

Barry is strick by appendicitis and the Earthlings have no choice but to turn to a giant doctor for assistance.

Directors: Sobey Martin
Shell Game
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2 votes

#10 - Shell Game

Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 4/13/1969

The Earthlings come to the aid of a giant deaf boy and his poverty-stricken family.

Directors: Harry Harris
The Inside Rail
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#11 - The Inside Rail

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/1969

Fitzhugh tries to use his gambling expertise to pick the winners at a local racetrack, but has to enter into a deal with a giant to do so.

Directors: Harry Harris
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Graveyard of Fools
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#12 - Graveyard of Fools

Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/22/1970

The Earthlings become involved with twin brothers who are plotting to take over the planet.

Directors: Sobey Martin
Comeback
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2 votes

#13 - Comeback

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/23/1969

The Spindrift come to the aid of a has-been horror actor but during his comeback movie they find themselves in danger from his enthusiastic director.

Directors: Harry Harris
A Small War
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1 votes

#14 - A Small War

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/22/1970

A sadistic child unleashes his mechanical toys on the hapless Earthlings.

Directors: Harry Harris
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Nightmare
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1 votes

#15 - Nightmare

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/4/1970

While working with a helpful Giant scientist, the Earthlings are subjected to radiation which causes strange hallucinations.

Directors: Nathan Juran
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Collector's Item
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#16 - Collector's Item

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/2/1969

Valerie is forced to act as a toy ballerina in a giant's scheme to kill his rich uncle.

Directors: Sobey Martin
The Unsuspected
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1 votes

#17 - The Unsuspected

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/19/1969

Steve is turned into a raving paranoid by exposure to mushroom spores, and cuts a deal with Inspector Kobick to betray his crewmates.

Directors: Harry Harris
Target: Earth
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#18 - Target: Earth

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/2/1969

Mark is roped into helping two giant scientists build a spaceship that can return them all to Earth.

Directors: Sobey Martin
Writer: Arthur Weiss
Seven Little Indians
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#19 - Seven Little Indians

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/23/1969

Kobick uses a captured Chipper as bait in a trap to capture the entire Spindrift crew.

Directors: Harry Harris
On a Clear Night You Can See Earth
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#20 - On a Clear Night You Can See Earth

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/26/1969

The Earthlings become involved with an insane giant scientist who has infra-red goggles he can use to find them whenever he wants.

Directors: Sobey Martin
Brainwash
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#21 - Brainwash

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/12/1969

The Giants have invented a chemical that forces those exposed to it to tell the truth, and plan to test it on the Earthlings.

Directors: Harry Harris
The Weird World
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1 votes

#22 - The Weird World

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/22/1968

The Spindrift crew finds a paranoid survivor from Earth...but his suspicions endanger everyone.

Directors: Harry Harris
The Trap
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1 votes

#23 - The Trap

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/24/1968

The Earthlings try to salvage radium from a clock but find themselves at the mercy of giant scientists using a sound detector to home in on them.

Directors: Sobey Martin
Writer: Jack Turley
Underground
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1 votes

#24 - Underground

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/1968

The Earthlings become involved in an underground resistance in the giant civilization.

Directors: Sobey Martin
Framed
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1 votes

#25 - Framed

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/1968

When a giant hobo is framed for murder, the Earthlings come to his aid.

Directors: Harry Harris
Writer: Mann Rubin