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The Best Episodes of Land of the Giants Season 1

Every episode of Land of the Giants Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Land of the Giants Season 1!

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 Los Angeles to London, on an ultra-fast sub-orbital flight. Just beyond Earth's boundary with space, the Spindrift encounters a magnetic space storm, and is dragged through a space warp to a mysterious planet where everything is twelve times larger than on Earth, whose inhabitants the Earthlings nickname "the Giants". The Spindrift crash-lands, and the damage renders it inoperable.

Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureDrama
Network:ABC

Season 1 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Land of the Giants" season 1 is "The Crash", rated 7.3/10 from 169 user votes. It was directed by Irwin Allen and written by N/A. "The Crash" aired on 9/22/1968 and is rated 0.4 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Ghost Town".

  • The Crash
    7.3/10 169 votes

    #1 - The Crash

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/1968

    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: N/A

  • Ghost Town
    7.7/10 133 votes

    #2 - 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 H. Juran

    Writer: Gilbert Ralston

  • Framed
    7.3/10 92 votes

    #3 - Framed

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/1968

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

    Director: Harry Harris

    Writer: Mann Rubin

  • Underground
    7.6/10 83 votes

    #4 - 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

  • Terror-Go-Round
    7.1/10 87 votes

    #5 - Terror-Go-Round

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/1968

    Barry and Fitzhugh are captured by giant Gypsies.

    Director: Sobey Martin

    Writer: Charles Bennett

  • The Flight Plan
    7.3/10 78 votes

    #6 - 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

  • Manhunt
    7.2/10 83 votes

    #7 - Manhunt

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/17/1968

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

    Director: Sobey Martin

    Writer: Stanley H. Silverman, Robert Lees

  • The Trap
    7.1/10 67 votes

    #8 - The Trap

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/24/1968

    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

  • The Creed
    7.9/10 66 votes

    #9 - 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

  • Double-Cross
    7.3/10 73 votes

    #10 - Double-Cross

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/1968

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

    Director: Harry Harris

    Writer: Esther Mitchell, Bob Mitchell

  • The Weird World
    7.8/10 79 votes

    #11 - 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

  • The Golden Cage
    8.0/10 74 votes

    #12 - 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

  • The Lost Ones
    7.0/10 77 votes

    #13 - The Lost Ones

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/5/1969

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

    Director: Harry Harris

    Writer: Esther Mitchell, Bob Mitchell

  • Brainwash
    7.4/10 64 votes

    #14 - 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

  • The Bounty Hunter
    7.2/10 62 votes

    #15 - The Bounty Hunter

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/19/1969

    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: N/A

  • On a Clear Day You Can See Earth
    7.4/10 66 votes

    #16 - 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

  • Deadly Lodestone
    7.7/10 61 votes

    #17 - 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

  • Night of Thrombeldinbar
    7.4/10 78 votes

    #18 - 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

  • Seven Little Indians
    7.6/10 59 votes

    #19 - 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: Bob Duncan, Wanda Duncan

  • Target: Earth
    7.3/10 68 votes

    #20 - Target: Earth

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/2/1969

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

    Director: Sobey Martin

    Writer: Arthur Weiss

  • Genius at Work
    7.6/10 67 votes

    #21 - 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

  • Return of Inidu
    7.2/10 66 votes

    #22 - Return of Inidu

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/16/1969

    The Earthlings come to the aid of a giant magician.

    Director: Sobey Martin

    Writer: Esther Mitchell, Bob Mitchell

  • Rescue
    8.1/10 74 votes

    #23 - 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

  • Sabotage
    7.3/10 61 votes

    #24 - Sabotage

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/30/1969

    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

    Writer: Esther Mitchell, Bob Mitchell

  • Shell Game
    7.7/10 66 votes

    #25 - 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