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The Best Episodes of Land of the Giants

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Set fifteen years in the then-future year 1983, the series tells the tale of the crew and passengers of a sub-orbital transport ship named Spindrift. In the pilot episode, the Spindrift is en route from

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Land of the Giants Season 1 Episode 2 - Ghost Town
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Ghost Town

    S1:E2

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

    Director:Nathan Juran
    Writer:Gilbert Ralston

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  2. Land of the Giants Season 2 Episode 4 - Deadly Pawn
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Deadly Pawn

    S2:E4

    The Earthlings must play a game of real-life chess with a demented giant industrialist.

    Director:Nathan Juran
    Writer:Arthur Weiss

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  3. Land of the Giants Season 1 Episode 1 - The Crash
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - The Crash

    S1:E1

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

    Director:Irwin Allen
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Land of the Giants Season 1 Episode 13 - The Lost Ones
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - The Lost Ones

    S1:E13

    This time around, four punk kids from Earth run up against the Spindrift crew.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writers:Esther Mitchell, Bob Mitchell

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  5. Land of the Giants Season 1 Episode 24 - Sabotage
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Sabotage

    S1:E24

    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.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writers:Esther Mitchell, Bob Mitchell

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  6. Land of the Giants Season 2 Episode 13 - Land of the Lost
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Land of the Lost

    S2:E13

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

    Directors:Nathan Juran, Sobey Martin
    Writer:William Welch

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  7. Land of the Giants Season 2 Episode 19 - Panic
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Panic

    S2:E19

    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.

    Director:Sobey Martin
    Writers:Wanda Duncan, Bob Duncan

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  8. Land of the Giants Season 1 Episode 5 - Terror-Go-Round
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Terror-Go-Round

    S1:E5

    Barry and Fitzhugh are captured by giant Gypsies.

    Director:Sobey Martin
    Writer:Charles Bennett

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  9. Land of the Giants Season 1 Episode 20 - Target: Earth
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Target: Earth

    S1:E20

    Mark is roped into helping two giant scientists build a spaceship that can return them all to Earth.

    Director:Sobey Martin
    Writer:Arthur Weiss

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  10. Land of the Giants Season 1 Episode 3 - Framed
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - Framed

    S1:E3

    When a giant hobo is framed for murder, the Earthlings come to his aid.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Mann Rubin

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  11. Land of the Giants Season 1 Episode 4 - Underground
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - Underground

    S1:E4

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

    Director:Sobey Martin
    Writer:Ellis St. Joseph

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  12. Land of the Giants Season 1 Episode 6 - The Flight Plan
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #12 - The Flight Plan

    S1:E6

    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.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Peter Packer

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  13. Land of the Giants Season 1 Episode 7 - Manhunt
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - Manhunt

    S1:E7

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

    Director:Sobey Martin
    Writers:Robert Lees, Stanley H. Silverman

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  14. Land of the Giants Season 1 Episode 8 - The Trap
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - The Trap

    S1:E8

    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.

    Director:Sobey Martin
    Writer:Jack Turley

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  15. Land of the Giants Season 1 Episode 9 - The Creed
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - The Creed

    S1:E9

    Barry is strick by appendicitis and the Earthlings have no choice but to turn to a giant doctor for assistance.

    Director:Sobey Martin
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Land of the Giants Season 1 Episode 10 - Double-Cross
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - Double-Cross

    S1:E10

    An amnesiac Fitzhugh falls in with two giant thieves and becomes their willing accomplice.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writers:Esther Mitchell, Bob Mitchell

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  17. Land of the Giants Season 1 Episode 11 - The Weird World
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - The Weird World

    S1:E11

    The Spindrift crew finds a paranoid survivor from Earth...but his suspicions endanger everyone.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Ellis St. Joseph

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  18. Land of the Giants Season 1 Episode 12 - The Golden Cage
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #18 - The Golden Cage

    S1:E12

    Mark falls for an attractive Earth girl - the survivor of a previous space flight.

    Director:Sobey Martin
    Writer:Jack Turley

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  19. Land of the Giants Season 1 Episode 14 - Brainwash
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - Brainwash

    S1:E14

    The Giants have invented a chemical that forces those exposed to it to tell the truth, and plan to test it on the Earthlings.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:William Welch

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  20. Land of the Giants Season 1 Episode 15 - The Bounty Hunter
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - The Bounty Hunter

    S1:E15

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

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Land of the Giants Season 1 Episode 16 - On a Clear Night You Can See Earth
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #21 - On a Clear Night You Can See Earth

    S1:E16

    The Earthlings become involved with an insane giant scientist who has infra-red goggles he can use to find them whenever he wants.

    Director:Sobey Martin
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Land of the Giants Season 1 Episode 17 - Deadly Lodestone
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #22 - Deadly Lodestone

    S1:E17

    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.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writer:William L. Stuart

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  23. Land of the Giants Season 1 Episode 18 - Night of Thrombeldinbar
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #23 - Night of Thrombeldinbar

    S1:E18

    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.

    Director:Sobey Martin
    Writers:Esther Mitchell, Bob Mitchell

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  24. Land of the Giants Season 1 Episode 19 - Seven Little Indians
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #24 - Seven Little Indians

    S1:E19

    Kobick uses a captured Chipper as bait in a trap to capture the entire Spindrift crew.

    Director:Harry Harris
    Writers:Wanda Duncan, Bob Duncan

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  25. Land of the Giants Season 1 Episode 21 - Genius at Work
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - Genius at Work

    S1:E21

    A giant boy-genius comes up with a pill that can enlarge an Earthling to Giant-size.

    Director:Sobey Martin
    Writers:Esther Mitchell, Bob Mitchell

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Best Episodes Summary

"Ghost Town" is the best rated episode of "Land of the Giants". It scored 8/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Nathan Juran and written by Gilbert Ralston, it aired on 9/29/1968. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Deadly Pawn".