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The Worst Episodes of Land of the Giants

Every episode of Land of the Giants ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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. 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

Lowest Rated Episodes Summary

The worst episode of "Land of the Giants" is "The Inside Rail", rated 6.4/10 from 63 user votes. It was directed by Harry Harris and written by Richard Alan Shapiro. "The Inside Rail" aired on 10/5/1969 and is rated 0.1 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Graveyard of Fools".

  • The Inside Rail
    6.4/10 63 votes

    #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

  • Graveyard of Fools
    6.5/10 69 votes

    #2 - 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

  • Land of the Lost
    6.6/10 65 votes

    #3 - 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 H. Juran, Sobey Martin

    Writer: William Welch

  • Our Man O'Reilly
    6.6/10 54 votes

    #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

  • Chamber of Fear
    6.8/10 56 votes

    #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

  • Comeback
    6.8/10 67 votes

    #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

  • The Lost Ones
    7.0/10 77 votes

    #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

  • The Deadly Dart
    7.0/10 58 votes

    #8 - 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

  • The Marionettes
    7.0/10 63 votes

    #9 - 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

  • Terror-Go-Round
    7.1/10 87 votes

    #10 - 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 Trap
    7.1/10 67 votes

    #11 - 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

  • A Place Called Earth
    7.1/10 60 votes

    #12 - 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

  • Nightmare
    7.1/10 60 votes

    #13 - 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 H. Juran

    Writer: William Welch

  • A Small War
    7.1/10 66 votes

    #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

  • Manhunt
    7.2/10 83 votes

    #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: Stanley H. Silverman, Robert Lees

  • The Bounty Hunter
    7.2/10 62 votes

    #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

  • Return of Inidu
    7.2/10 66 votes

    #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

  • The Mechanical Man
    7.2/10 61 votes

    #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

  • Six Hours to Live
    7.2/10 68 votes

    #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

  • Doomsday
    7.2/10 54 votes

    #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

  • The Crash
    7.3/10 169 votes

    #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

  • Framed
    7.3/10 92 votes

    #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

  • The Flight Plan
    7.3/10 78 votes

    #23 - 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

  • Double-Cross
    7.3/10 73 votes

    #24 - 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

  • Target: Earth
    7.3/10 68 votes

    #25 - 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