The BEST episodes of Land of the Giants season 1

Every episode of Land of the Giants season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Land of the Giants season 1!

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: 12/19/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
Shell Game
star
9.37
8 votes

#1 - 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
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Deadly Lodestone
star
9.25
8 votes

#2 - 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
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Sabotage
star
9.25
8 votes

#3 - 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
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Genius at Work
star
9.18
11 votes

#4 - 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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The Lost Ones
star
9.11
9 votes

#5 - 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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Target: Earth
star
8.00
8 votes

#6 - 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
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On a Clear Night You Can See Earth
star
8.00
9 votes

#7 - 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
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Night of Thrombeldinbar
star
7.89
9 votes

#8 - Night of Thrombeldinbar

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/16/1969

Fitzhugh pretends to be an elf to entertain two orphan children, but things turn deadly when it's revealed that traditionally the children sacrifice the elf to make a wish come true.

Directors: Sobey Martin
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Seven Little Indians
star
7.75
8 votes

#9 - 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
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Return of Inidu
star
7.71
7 votes

#10 - Return of Inidu

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/16/1969

The Earthlings come to the aid of a giant magician.

Directors: Sobey Martin
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The Chase
star
7.63
8 votes

#11 - The Chase

Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 4/20/1969

Inspector Kobick of the SID involves the Earthlings in a plan to track down counterfeiters.

Directors: Sobey Martin
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The Bounty Hunter
star
7.50
10 votes

#12 - The Bounty Hunter

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/19/1969

When the giants increase their search efforts, the Earthlings must increase their salvage efforts and end up captured by a giant and his daughter.

Directors: Harry Harris
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Brainwash
star
7.45
11 votes

#13 - 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
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Rescue
star
7.00
9 votes

#14 - Rescue

Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/23/1969

After the Earthlings are inadvertently responsible for two children becoming trapped in a well, they volunteer their servicse to rescue them.

Directors: Harry Harris
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Ghost Town
star
6.29
79 votes

#15 - Ghost Town

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/1968

The Earthlings find themselves trapped in an Earth-sized town run by a giant eccentric and his sadistic daughter.

Directors: Nathan Juran
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The Flight Plan
star
6.26
87 votes

#16 - The Flight Plan

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/1968

The Spindrift crew find an amnesiac Earthling, Joe, but it turns out to be a ploy by giant crooks to get hold of the ship's power supply.

Directors: Harry Harris
Writer: Peter Packer
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The Crash
star
6.18
78 votes

#17 - The Crash

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/1968

The Spindrift crashes on the Land of the Giants and its crew and passengers quickly find themselves in a struggle for survival.

Directors: Irwin Allen
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Framed
star
5.05
39 votes

#18 - 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
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Underground
star
4.88
33 votes

#19 - Underground

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

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

Directors: Sobey Martin
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The Golden Cage
star
4.85
26 votes

#20 - 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
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Double-Cross
star
4.79
24 votes

#21 - 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
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The Creed
star
4.75
24 votes

#22 - 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
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Terror-Go-Round
star
4.48
27 votes

#23 - Terror-Go-Round

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/1968

Barry and Fitzhugh are captured by giant Gypsies.

Directors: Sobey Martin
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The Trap
star
4.42
26 votes

#24 - 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
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Manhunt
star
4.37
27 votes

#25 - Manhunt

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/17/1968

A giant escaping convict takes the Spindrift but then wanders into quicksand, endangering everyone.

Directors: Sobey Martin
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