The Best Episodes Directed By William Hale
Every TV Episode Directed by William Hale Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
William Hale Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by William Hale is "The Captive", rated 8.7/10 from 3 user votes. It was "written by Laurence Heath". "The Captive" aired on 11/28/1967 and is rated 0.4 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "The Spores".
8.7/10 3 votes#1 - 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.
Director: William Hale
Writer: Laurence Heath
8.3/10 3 votes#2 - The Spores
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/17/1967
Vincent is horrified to learn the invaders are using strange seed spores that after cultivated will develop into full-grown aliens.
Director: William Hale
Writer: Joel Kane
8.3/10 3 votes#3 - 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.
Director: William Hale
Writer: William Blinn
8.0/10 3 votes#4 - 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.
Director: William Hale
Writer: John W. Bloch
8.0/10 3 votes#5 - The Organization
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 1/30/1968
David Vincent joins forces with the mob when the aliens inadvertently take their illegal shipment of drugs.
Director: William Hale
Writer: Franklin Barton
8.0/10 3 votes#6 - 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.
Director: William Hale
Writer: Don Brinkley
7.0/10 1 votes#7 - The Day the Sky Fell In
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/30/1966
Tony and Doug land in the Japanese Consulate in Honolulu on December 6, 1941, and see three men burning files. They talk their way out and Tony goes to find his father, who disappeared during the bombing. Cmdr. Newman is initially skeptical, but Tony convinces him with family knowledge no one else could know. The Japanese agents get wind of Tony and Doug's knowledge, capture the pair, and interrogate them for information. They don't break, and manage to escape. Meanwhile, Cmdr. Newman is at Naval HQ checking out Tony's warning, and the Project staff realize that if the young Tony (who was also present at Pearl Harbor) isn't rescued, then ""their"" Tony will vanish. Tony manages to convince the housekeeper, Mrs. Neal, to flee to the mountains with her child and Tony, and then he goes to rescue his father. They head to Naval HQ but a barrage hits and Cmdr. Newman is killed. An unexploded bomb lands, and the Project staff use the Tunnel to delay it long enough for the travellers to get clea
Director: William Hale
Writer: Ellis St. Joseph
7.0/10 1 votes#8 - Crack of Doom
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/14/1966
On the island of Krakatoa in 1883, time travelers Doug and Tony try to convince a British scientist that the volcano is about to erupt in one of history's biggest explosions.
Director: William Hale
Writer: William Welch
7.0/10 1 votes#9 - The Death Trap
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/2/1966
The guys land in Baltimore on February 22, 1861, in a barn where a group of conspirators and followers of Abolitionist John Brown are meeting. They are mistaken for fellow collaborators, but the Pinkertons break up the meeting. Doug is captured while Tony escapes with brothers Jeremiah and Matthew. They still plan to blow up Lincoln, who is enroute to his inauguration. While Doug tries to convince Pinkerton he is innocent, Tony tries to persuade the brothers not to go through with there plan, but Jeremiah is determined. Tony manages to escape but Pinkerton doesn't believe him either. The two manage to convince Pinkerton there is a bomb and go to look for it. The Project staff have spotted the bomb and brought it to the future to disarm it, accidentally scooping up the conspirators' other, younger brother David. They convince David to delay the bomb before having to send him and the bomb back. As Lincoln departs, Tony, Doug, and brother Matthew manage to convince Jeremiah that his cause
Director: William Hale
Writer: Leonard Stadd
7.0/10 1 votes#10 - The Revenge of Robin Hood
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 12/30/1966
Doug and Tony show up in June 1215 when the Earl of Huntington is trying to convince King John to sign the Magna Carta. Doug is captured along with Huntington when the King gets surly and orders their torture. Tony manages to rescue Doug and they flee where they meet up with Huntington's men: Little John, Friar Tuck, and the Merry Men. Using their knowledge of modern-day chemicals, Doug and Tony help the rebels while trying to get hold of a homing post that the Project staff has sent back to them to enact a rescue. With the time travellers help Huntington and his men capture King John and force him to sign the Magna Carta...at Runnymede! The homing post fails to work and the two are swept off.
Director: William Hale
Writer: Leonard Stadd