7.3/10175 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
7.7/10136 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 Juran
Writer: Gilbert Ralston
7.3/1095 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
7.6/1084 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
7.1/1088 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
7.4/1081 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
7.2/1085 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: Robert Lees, Stanley H. Silverman
7.1/1069 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
7.9/1067 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
7.3/1075 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
7.8/1080 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
8.0/1076 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
7.0/1079 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
7.4/1065 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
7.2/1064 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
7.5/1067 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
7.7/1063 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
7.4/1081 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
7.6/1060 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: Wanda Duncan, Bob Duncan
7.3/1070 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
7.7/1070 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
7.2/1068 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
8.1/1076 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
7.3/1062 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
7.7/1068 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
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....
Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureDrama
Network:ABC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Crash" is the best rated episode of "Land of the Giants" season 1. It scored 7.3/10 based on 175 votes. Directed by Irwin Allen and written by N/A, it aired on 9/22/1968. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Ghost Town".