Sci-Fi & Fantasy1954–1956CBS

The Best Episodes of Captain Midnight

Every episode of Captain Midnight ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Captain Midnight!

Best episode
S1E22 Arctic Avalanche
7.311 votes
Worst episode
S1E1 Murder by Radiation
5.413 votes
Top season
Season 1
6.3avg
Binge time
19h 30m
39 episodes
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Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Captain Midnight Season 1 Episode 22 - Arctic Avalanche
    7.3/10(11 votes)

    S1:E22

    Captain Midnight and Ikky are returning from a mission to the North Pole. They are persuaded to fly a sick Eskimo to a medical facility. When they get to the Eskimo's remote cabin, they are taken hostage by enemy agents.

    Director:D. Ross Lederman
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Captain Midnight Season 2 Episode 4 - Doctors of Doom
    6.4/10(10 votes)

    S2:E4

    Captain Midnight investigates the report of a giant roaming around a small Maryland town. The investigation leads to a sanitarium where the only residents are nuclear scientists who have been turned into scientific slaves for the benefit of a sinister foreign power.

    Director:D. Ross Lederman
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Captain Midnight Season 1 Episode 15 - The Electrified Man
    6.3/10(11 votes)

    S1:E15

    An eminent refugee scientists asks that Secret Squadron headquarters be put at his disposal while he perfects his new process. The scientist is working on a countermeasure against the Radioactive Dust bomb. The process requires that the scientist be exposed to high levels of electrical energy. When the scientist exceeds tolerable limits of electricity, he comes incredibly dangerous.

    Director:D. Ross Lederman
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Captain Midnight Season 1 Episode 12 - Isle of Mystery
    6.0/10(11 votes)

    S1:E12

    The queen of a small island named Luana withdraws her permission for the US to conduct atomic tests in her territory. Captain Midnight and Ikky are sent in to discover the reason why.

    Director:D. Ross Lederman
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Captain Midnight Season 2 Episode 3 - The Frozen Men
    6.0/10(11 votes)

    S2:E3

    A famous scientist who is working on a new metal that may be the key to space travel is kidnapped. In the middle of a desert, Captain Midnight locates the scientist in a state of frozen animation. In order to save the scientist, Captain Midnight must survive a nuclear test at ground zero.

    Director:D. Ross Lederman
    Writer:Wallace Bosco

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  6. Captain Midnight Season 2 Episode 2 - Mission to Mexico
    5.6/10(14 votes)

    S2:E2

    Captain Midnight and Ikky go to Mexico to find an enemy radio station. The last intercepted message from the station referred to a shipment of fissionable materials that may prove a danger to the United States.

    Director:D. Ross Lederman
    Writer:Wallace Bosco

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  7. Captain Midnight Season 1 Episode 1 - Murder by Radiation
    5.4/10(13 votes)

    S1:E1

    A fragment of a powerful radioactive element called Ormondium is stolen by foreign agents. Captain Midnight are caleld upon to recover the stolen materials.

    Director:D. Ross Lederman
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Captain Midnight Season 1 Episode 2 - Electronic Killer
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E2

    Captain Midnight's friend Dereck Strange invites him to witness the test of a new guided missile: the Nike. When Strange does not show up for the test, Midnight and Ikky go to his apartment and learn he has been kidnapped. Enemy agents use drugs of Strange to get the secrets of the missle. After getting the information, the enemy agents put an unconscious Strange on a drone plane about to be destroyed in an Air Force Test. Only Midnight's intervention saves Strange's life and captures the enemy agents.

    Director:D. Ross Lederman
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Captain Midnight Season 1 Episode 3 - Deadly Diamonds
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E3

    Captain Midnight and the Secret Squadron track down a dangerous group of diamond smugglers. The assignment is made easier with the help of one of Tut's inventions, an Omni Counter, which reacts to precious gems and metals.

    Director:D. Ross Lederman
    Writer:Wallace Bosco

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  10. Captain Midnight Season 1 Episode 4 - The Lost Moon
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E4

    An astronomer dies after discovering a lost moon closely orbiting the Earth. Captain Midnight and enemy agents contend for the astronomer's secret with both sides aware that whichever power reaches the lost moon in space first will control the earth.

    Director:D. Ross Lederman
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Captain Midnight Season 1 Episode 5 - Death Below Zero
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E5

    Captain Midnight investigates the poisoning of a small dog belonging to a member of the Secret Squadron. The investigation leads to the solution of a bank robbery and the near death of Captain Midnight when he is imprisoned in a cold storage locker.

    Director:D. Ross Lederman
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Captain Midnight Season 1 Episode 6 - Operation Failure
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E6

    Captain Midnight goes behind the Iron Curtain to the country of Balkavia. He is there to rescue Zabor, a freedom fighter. Midnight succeeds in his mission but at the final moment Zabor elects to remain in his own country and continue the fight for democracy.

    Director:D. Ross Lederman
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Captain Midnight Season 1 Episode 7 - Trapped Behind Bars
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E7

    Captain Midnight and Ikky go undercover gehind prison bars to learn the secret of a series of prison riots. Another riot leads to Captain Midnight and Ikky escaping along with a band of prisoners. The Secret Squadron learns that the riots are part of a foreign plot against the United States.

    Director:D. Ross Lederman
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Captain Midnight Season 1 Episode 8 - Counterfeit Millions
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E8

    When counterfeit bills begin to flood into the United States, Captain Midnight discovers that a trucking company is being used as a means of distribution.

    Director:D. Ross Lederman
    Writer:Malcolm Stuart Boylan

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  15. Captain Midnight Season 1 Episode 9 - The Walking Ghost
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E9

    A frantic squadron member asks for Captain Midnight's help. He needs help in exorcising a dangerous ghost. Midnight, Ikky, and Tut set up an electronic perimeter around the Southern mansion that is ""haunted"" by a ghost and discover a foreign agent plotting to use it as a rendezvous site.

    Director:D. Ross Lederman
    Writer:Wallace Bosco

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  16. Captain Midnight Season 1 Episode 10 - Secret of the Jungle
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E10

    Captain Midnight and Ikky pay a visit to Tut who is busy in Africa collecting rare plant and soil samples. Hoping for a peaceful vacation, the Secre Squadron instead encounters the mystery of a stolen idol, a plot to foment native unrest, and a rich uranium deposit.

    Director:D. Ross Lederman
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Captain Midnight Season 1 Episode 11 - Sabotage Under The Sea
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E11

    Captain Midnight goes to the bottom of the ocean to search for an experimental missle that has disappeared. An enemy submarine is detected hiding underwater.

    Director:D. Ross Lederman
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Captain Midnight Season 1 Episode 13 - The Curse of the Pharaohs
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E13

    Captain Midnight is brought to Egypt by the daughter of an eminent archaeologist. He investigates the archaeologist's mysterious disappearance and the curse of the pharaohs.

    Director:D. Ross Lederman
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Captain Midnight Season 1 Episode 14 - The Deserters
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E14

    Captain Midnight helps a group of Secret Squadron members who have been evicted from their club house by a commercial developer. In the process, Captain Midnight discovers a bank robbery.

    Director:D. Ross Lederman
    Writer:Malcolm Stuart Boylan

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  20. Captain Midnight Season 1 Episode 16 - The Young Criminal
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E16

    Captain Midnight sponsors a youth gym as a way to combat juvenile delinquency. One of the youngsters named Tommy Venters is impressed with the lifestyle of a poolroom owner.

    Director:D. Ross Lederman
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Captain Midnight Season 1 Episode 17 - The Deadly Project
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E17

    The Secret Squadron laboratory is placed at the disposal of a scientist working on a heat-resistant metal needed by the Air Force. The research is stymied by a vindictive scientist who develops a sonic gun and hates the other scientist.

    Director:D. Ross Lederman
    Writer:Wallace Bosco

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  22. Captain Midnight Season 1 Episode 18 - Touchdown Terror
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E18

    A group of gamblers try to bribe a star quarterback into throwing an important game. The young player is in need of cash for an operation for his sister, but he refuses to participate in the scheme. In retaliation, both the quarterback and Captain Midnight are kidnapped.

    Director:D. Ross Lederman
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Captain Midnight Season 1 Episode 19 - Top Secret Weapon
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E19

    A young refugee from behind the Iron Curtain asks Captain Midnight for asylum. What Captain Midnight does not know is that the boy has been programmed to spy on a secret weapon being developed at Midnight's laboratory. Acting under hypnosis the boy sabotages the weapon. At the last moment the boy fights off the hypnosis and provides Captain Midnight with the information necessary to save Secret Squadron headquarters and to defeat the foreign agents behind the plot.

    Director:D. Ross Lederman
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Captain Midnight Season 1 Episode 20 - The Human Bomb
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E20

    A munitions genius is released from jail and plots revenge against Captain Midnight and the police responsible for his conviction.

    Director:D. Ross Lederman
    Writer:Wallace Bosco

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  25. Captain Midnight Season 1 Episode 21 - The Mark of Death
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E21

    Captain Midnight goes to India to deliver a goodwill message at the invitation of Bengra Tassi. When Captain Midnight and Ikky get to India they discover Tassi has been kidnapped by ""The Executioner"". Captain Midnight must rescue Tassi before it is too late.

    Director:D. Ross Lederman
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Arctic Avalanche" is the best rated episode of Captain Midnight. It scored 7.3/10 from 11 votes. Directed by D. Ross Lederman and written by Unknown, it aired on January 29, 1955. This episode scored 0.9 points higher than the second highest rated, "Doctors of Doom".

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