The WORST episodes of The Invaders

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

The Invaders, alien beings from a dying planet. Their destination: the Earth Their purpose: to make it their world. David Vincent has seen them, for him it began one lost night on a lonely country road, looking for a short cut that he never found. It began with a closed deserted diner, and a man too long without sleep to continue his journey. It began with the landing of a craft from another galaxy. Now, David Vincent knows that the Invaders are here, that they have taken human form. Somehow he must convince a disbelieving world that the nightmare has already begun.

Last Updated: 12/8/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
The Pursued
star
6.44
16 votes

#1 - The Pursued

Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/19/1968

The aliens’ experiments with artificial human emotions go awry when one of their subjects, prone to homicidal rages, defects to David Vincent’s side.

Directors: William Hale
Writer: Don Brinkley
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Inquisition
star
6.64
14 votes

#2 - Inquisition

Season 2 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/26/1968

David Vincent and Edgar Scoville attempt to warn a senator that a governmental official is an alien, while Andy Hatcher tries to prove otherwise.

Directors: Robert Glatzer
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The Believers
star
6.75
12 votes

#3 - The Believers

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/5/1967

David Vincent is kidnapped in a sneak attack on his new found alien-fighting allies, and he must try to escape an alien installation with a human psychologist.

Directors: Paul Wendkos
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Genesis
star
6.85
27 votes

#4 - Genesis

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/7/1967

Vincent's search for aliens lead him to an underwater sea lab.

Directors: Richard Benedict
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The Miracle
star
6.86
14 votes

#5 - The Miracle

Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/27/1968

In a small New Mexico town, a provincial teenage girl witnesses an alien’s incineration and believes it to be a sign from God.

Directors: Robert Day
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The Leeches
star
6.87
31 votes

#6 - The Leeches

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/31/1967

Vincent is called on by a renowned electronics expert who fears he may soon be abducted by alien invaders.

Directors: Paul Wendkos
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Storm
star
6.88
16 votes

#7 - Storm

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/4/1967

Vincent is contacted by a meterologist to help investigate the suspicious nature of a hurricane along the Eastern U.S. coast.

Directors: Paul Wendkos
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The Life Seekers
star
6.91
11 votes

#8 - The Life Seekers

Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/5/1968

A pair of aliens who want to return to their home planet and make a political argument against the invasion of Earth ask David Vincent to help them elude an intensive police manhunt.

Directors: Paul Wendkos
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The Pit
star
6.92
13 votes

#9 - The Pit

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/16/1968

Julian Reed calls upon David Vincent to help him expose aliens who have infiltrated The Slaten Research Center. By the time David arrives at the scene, Julian's having hallucinations. Is Julian truly a lunatic, or are the aliens behind his mental lapse?

Directors: Lewis Allen
Writer: Jack Miller
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Counter-Attack
star
6.92
13 votes

#10 - Counter-Attack

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/9/1968

David deceives the aliens that he is willing to work with them for a fee, all the while with a plan of attack in mind.

Directors: Robert Douglas
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Nightmare
star
7.03
31 votes

#11 - Nightmare

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/21/1967

Vincent travels to a small town to check a possible link between the aliens and an attack of carnivorous insects.

Directors: Paul Wendkos
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The Captive
star
7.06
16 votes

#12 - The Captive

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/28/1967

A Russian ambassador summons David Vincent after he finds that a burglar caught inside the embassy is an alien.

Directors: William Hale
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Valley of the Shadow
star
7.06
16 votes

#13 - Valley of the Shadow

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/26/1967

After an alien is captured in a small town, Vincent warns the townspeople, who assume their captive is a madman.

Directors: Jesse Hibbs
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The Prophet
star
7.08
12 votes

#14 - The Prophet

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/14/1967

David exposes an alien disguised as a prophet who capitalizes on his ability to glow red as a tool to deceive people into thinking that his ""gift"" is from God.

Directors: Robert Douglas
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Vikor
star
7.09
22 votes

#15 - Vikor

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/14/1967

A dying telephone lineman's fantastic story leads Vincent to investigate a huge industrial complex owned by a famous war hero.

Directors: Paul Wendkos
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Labyrinth
star
7.13
16 votes

#16 - Labyrinth

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/21/1967

When David Vincent brings an injured alien into the doctor for treatment, the patient's x-rays reveal odd results. While David works to alert the authorities, the aliens conspire to destroy both evidence and witnesses.

Directors: Murray Golden
Writer: Art Wallace
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Quantity: Unknown
star
7.14
22 votes

#17 - Quantity: Unknown

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/7/1967

While investigating the theft of a mysterious cylinder from the site of a plane crash, Vincent is captured and suspected of being an alien.

Directors: Sutton Roley
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The Possessed
star
7.19
16 votes

#18 - The Possessed

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/2/1968

An old college buddy sends David Vincent an urgent message, without any further details other than that it is important. When David arrives, Ted has been brain washed so that he can no longer remember why in the world he'd wanted to see his friend. It soon becomes obvious that the aliens are using mind control of some sort.

Directors: William Hale
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Doomsday Minus One
star
7.19
26 votes

#19 - Doomsday Minus One

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/28/1967

Vincent is called upon to help avert possible alien infiltration at a government nuclear test site.

Directors: Paul Wendkos
Writer: Louis Vittes
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Task Force
star
7.20
15 votes

#20 - Task Force

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 12/26/1967

David Vincent is called in to aid a huge magazine publishing company that has been experiencing disruptive behavior in its company heads, and David believes that the aliens are behind the troubles.

Directors: Gerald Mayer
Writer: Warren Duff
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The Mutation
star
7.20
35 votes

#21 - The Mutation

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/24/1967

With the assistance of Vicki, a nightclub stripper, Vincent continues his search for an alien spacecraft.

Directors: Paul Wendkos
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The Condemned
star
7.21
14 votes

#22 - The Condemned

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 5/9/1967

The invaders frame Vincent for the death of an owner of an electronics plant who had made discoveries about the aliens.

Directors: Richard Benedict
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The Innocent
star
7.22
27 votes

#23 - The Innocent

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/14/1967

An alien (Michael Rennie) captures Vincent and convinces him he'll be taken to a paradise as proof of the invaders' peaceful intentions.

Directors: Sutton Roley
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The Ransom
star
7.23
13 votes

#24 - The Ransom

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/12/1967

David Vincent and Bob Torin capture an alien leader, whom they hope to show to the authorities as proof; however, the leader's alien comrades foil David's efforts.

Directors: Lewis Allen
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The Vise
star
7.25
12 votes

#25 - The Vise

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/20/1968

Racist issues arise between David Vincent and the Baxters, a black couple, when David produces evidence that another African American in line for an important position with the space program is actually an alien.

Directors: William Hale
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