8.4/1089 votesLoading...#1 - Wild Journey
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 3/8/1970
Using a device stolen from time-travelling researchers, Steve and Dan return to the day of the Spindrift's launch and try to alter history and stop the ill-fated flight.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: William Welch
8.2/1068 votesLoading...#2 - The Unsuspected
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/19/1969
Steve is turned into a raving paranoid by exposure to mushroom spores, and cuts a deal with Inspector Kobick to betray his crewmates.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: Esther Mitchell, Bob Mitchell
8.1/1076 votesLoading...#3 - 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.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: Esther Mitchell, Bob Mitchell
8.0/1076 votesLoading...#4 - 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.
Director: Sobey Martin
Writer: Jack Turley
7.9/1067 votesLoading...#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.
Director: Sobey Martin
Writer: N/A
7.8/1080 votesLoading...#6 - 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.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: Ellis St. Joseph
7.7/10136 votesLoading...#7 - 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.
Director: Nathan Juran
Writer: Gilbert Ralston
7.7/1063 votesLoading...#8 - Deadly Lodestone
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/2/1969
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
7.7/1070 votesLoading...#9 - Genius at Work
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/9/1969
A giant boy-genius comes up with a pill that can enlarge an Earthling to Giant-size.
Director: Sobey Martin
Writer: Esther Mitchell, Bob Mitchell
7.7/1068 votesLoading...#10 - Shell Game
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 4/13/1969
The Earthlings come to the aid of a giant deaf boy and his poverty-stricken family.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: William Welch
7.6/1084 votesLoading...#11 - Underground
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/1968
The Earthlings become involved in an underground resistance in the giant civilization.
Director: Sobey Martin
Writer: Ellis St. Joseph
7.6/1060 votesLoading...#12 - Seven Little Indians
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/23/1969
Kobick uses a captured Chipper as bait in a trap to capture the entire Spindrift crew.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: Wanda Duncan, Bob Duncan
7.6/1064 votesLoading...#13 - The Chase
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 4/20/1969
Inspector Kobick of the SID involves the Earthlings in a plan to track down counterfeiters.
Director: Sobey Martin
Writer: William Welch
7.6/1067 votesLoading...#14 - 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.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: Richard Alan Shapiro
7.5/1067 votesLoading...#15 - On a Clear Day You Can See Earth
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/26/1969
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: N/A
7.5/1074 votesLoading...#16 - The Clones
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 11/30/1969
A giant scientist performs cloning experiments on the Earthlings.
Director: Nathan Juran
Writer: Oliver Crawford
7.5/1064 votesLoading...#17 - Home Sweet Home
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 12/21/1969
Fitzhugh and Steve accidentally return to Earth in a space-time pod but end up in 1900 and must deal with hostile villagers.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: William Welch
7.5/1061 votesLoading...#18 - 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.
Director: Sobey Martin
Writer: Esther Mitchell, Bob Mitchell
7.5/1061 votesLoading...#19 - 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.
Director: Sobey Martin
Writer: Wanda Duncan, Bob Duncan
7.4/1081 votesLoading...#20 - 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.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: Peter Packer
7.4/1065 votesLoading...#21 - Brainwash
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/12/1969
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
7.4/1081 votesLoading...#22 - Night of Thrombeldinbar
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/16/1969
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
Writer: Esther Mitchell, Bob Mitchell
7.4/1067 votesLoading...#23 - Giants and All That Jazz
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/26/1969
The Earthlings aid a giant trumpet player against crooks.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: Richard Alan Shapiro
7.4/1061 votesLoading...#24 - Collector's Item
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/2/1969
Valerie is forced to act as a toy ballerina in a giant's scheme to kill his rich uncle.
Director: Sobey Martin
Writer: N/A
7.4/1058 votesLoading...#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.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: Jerry Thomas
The Best Episodes of Land of the Giants
Every episode of Land of the Giants ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Land of the Giants!
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....
Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureDrama
Network:ABC
Best Episodes Summary
"Wild Journey" is the best rated episode of "Land of the Giants". It scored 8.4/10 based on 89 votes. Directed by Harry Harris and written by William Welch, it aired on 3/8/1970. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Unsuspected".