6.4/1066 votesLoading...#1 - The Inside Rail
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/1969
Fitzhugh tries to use his gambling expertise to pick the winners at a local racetrack, but has to enter into a deal with a giant to do so.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: Richard Alan Shapiro
6.6/1071 votesLoading...#2 - Land of the Lost
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/14/1969
Barry and Valerie are carried off in a balloon to a distant land ruled by a malevolent dictator.
Director: Nathan Juran, Sobey Martin
Writer: William Welch
6.6/1071 votesLoading...#3 - Graveyard of Fools
Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 3/22/1970
The Earthlings become involved with twin brothers who are plotting to take over the planet.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.7/1059 votesLoading...#4 - Our Man O'Reilly
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 12/28/1969
The Earthlings become involved with a superstitious Irish Giant who believes they're leprechauns.
Director: Sobey Martin
Writer: Jackson Gillis
6.8/1058 votesLoading...#5 - Chamber of Fear
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/16/1969
Fitzhugh is captured by the owner of a wax museum who is involved in a stolen-diamond racket.
Director: Sobey Martin
Writer: Arthur Weiss
6.9/1069 votesLoading...#6 - Comeback
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/23/1969
The Spindrift come to the aid of a has-been horror actor but during his comeback movie they find themselves in danger from his enthusiastic director.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: Richard Alan Shapiro
7.0/1079 votesLoading...#7 - 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
7.0/1067 votesLoading...#8 - Nightmare
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/4/1970
While working with a helpful Giant scientist, the Earthlings are subjected to radiation which causes strange hallucinations.
Director: Nathan Juran
Writer: William Welch
7.0/1060 votesLoading...#9 - The Deadly Dart
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 2/1/1970
Mark is framed for the murder of two Giants and begins acting suspiciously, turning his crewmates against him.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: William L. Stuart
7.0/1064 votesLoading...#10 - The Marionettes
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 3/1/1970
The Earthlings aid an injured puppeteer by pretending to be his dancing puppets, but the owner soon suspects they are involved and prepares to capture them for the reward.
Director: Sobey Martin
Writer: William Welch
7.1/1088 votesLoading...#11 - 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
7.1/1069 votesLoading...#12 - 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
7.1/1063 votesLoading...#13 - A Place Called Earth
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/7/1969
Two time travellers from 5477 come to the Land of the Giants to conquer Earth.
Director: Harmon Jones
Writer: William Welch
7.1/1067 votesLoading...#14 - A Small War
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 2/22/1970
A sadistic child unleashes his mechanical toys on the hapless Earthlings.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: N/A
7.2/1085 votesLoading...#15 - 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
7.2/1064 votesLoading...#16 - 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
7.2/1068 votesLoading...#17 - 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
7.2/1063 votesLoading...#18 - The Mechanical Man
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1969
The Earthlings become involved in a scientist's scheme to build an indestructible android.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: William L. Stuart
7.2/1070 votesLoading...#19 - Six Hours to Live
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/1969
The Earthlings come to the aid of a convicted criminal who has been falsely accused.
Director: N/A
Writer: Daniel B. Ullman
7.2/1055 votesLoading...#20 - Doomsday
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 2/15/1970
The Earthlings become involved in a sabotage scheme to destroy the nearby city.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: Daniel B. Ullman
7.3/10175 votesLoading...#21 - 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
7.3/1095 votesLoading...#22 - 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
7.3/1075 votesLoading...#23 - 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
7.3/1070 votesLoading...#24 - 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
7.3/1062 votesLoading...#25 - 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
The Worst 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....
Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureDrama
Network:ABC
Worst Episodes Summary
"The Inside Rail" is the worst rated episode of "Land of the Giants". It scored 6.4/10 based on 66 votes. Directed by Harry Harris and written by Richard Alan Shapiro, it aired on 10/5/1969. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Land of the Lost".