The WORST episodes of Land of the Giants

Every episode of Land of the Giants ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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: 9/20/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
The Weird World
star
4.36
25 votes

#1 - 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
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Manhunt
star
4.37
27 votes

#2 - 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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The Trap
star
4.42
26 votes

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

#4 - 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 Creed
star
4.75
24 votes

#5 - 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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Double-Cross
star
4.79
24 votes

#6 - 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 Golden Cage
star
4.85
26 votes

#7 - 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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Underground
star
4.88
33 votes

#8 - 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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Framed
star
5.05
39 votes

#9 - 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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Pay the Piper
star
6.00
5 votes

#10 - Pay the Piper

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/11/1970

An alien piper, claiming to be the Pied Piper of Hamlin, brings his act to the Land of the Giants.

Directors: Harry Harris
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Our Man O'Reilly
star
6.00
3 votes

#11 - Our Man O'Reilly

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/28/1969

The Earthlings become involved with a superstitious Irish Giant who believes they're leprechauns.

Directors: Sobey Martin
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The Crash
star
6.18
78 votes

#12 - 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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The Deadly Dart
star
6.20
5 votes

#13 - The Deadly Dart

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/1/1970

Mark is framed for the murder of two Giants and begins acting suspiciously, turning his crewmates against him.

Directors: Harry Harris
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The Flight Plan
star
6.26
87 votes

#14 - 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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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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Panic
star
6.33
3 votes

#16 - Panic

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/25/1970

A friendly Giant has a teleport device that can send the Spindrift crew back to Earth, but the SID use the whole thing as a trap.

Directors: Sobey Martin
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Land of the Lost
star
6.40
5 votes

#17 - Land of the Lost

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/14/1969

Barry and Valerie are carried off in a balloon to a distant land ruled by a malevolent dictator.

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The Marionettes
star
6.50
2 votes

#18 - The Marionettes

Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/1/1970

The Earthlings aid an injured puppeteer by pretending to be his dancing puppets, but the owner soon suspects they are involved and prepares to capture them for the reward.

Directors: Sobey Martin
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Doomsday
star
6.75
4 votes

#19 - Doomsday

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/15/1970

The Earthlings become involved in a sabotage scheme to destroy the nearby city.

Directors: Harry Harris
Writer: Dan Ullman
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The Secret City of Limbo
star
6.75
4 votes

#20 - The Secret City of Limbo

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/18/1970

The Earthlings become involved in the politics of a secret underground city.

Directors: Sobey Martin
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Six Hours to Live
star
6.86
7 votes

#21 - Six Hours to Live

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/1969

The Earthlings come to the aid of a convicted criminal who has been falsely accused.

Directors: Sobey Martin
Writer: Dan Ullman
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Nightmare
star
7.00
4 votes

#22 - 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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Chamber of Fear
star
7.00
6 votes

#23 - Chamber of Fear

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/16/1969

Fitzhugh is captured by the owner of a wax museum who is involved in a stolen-diamond racket.

Directors: Sobey Martin
Writer: Arthur Weiss
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Rescue
star
7.00
9 votes

#24 - 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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Every Dog Needs a Boy
star
7.00
7 votes

#25 - Every Dog Needs a Boy

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/9/1969

When Chipper is injured by a giant dog, Barry and the others must turn to a giant veterinarian and his sadistic son for assistance.

Directors: Harry Harris
Writer: Jerry Thomas
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