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The Best Episodes of The Invaders Season 1

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

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The Invaders, alien beings from a dying planet. Their destination: the Earth. Their purpose: to make it their world. David Vincent has seen them, for him it began one lost night on a lonely country

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Invaders Season 1 Episode 10 - The Innocent
    8.3/10(336 votes)

    S1:E10

    The aliens take David Vincent up into their spaceship and then attempt to prove they have nothing but peaceful intentions by showing him what they've done to a desert valley. But all is not what it seems.

    Director:Sutton Roley
    Writer:John W. Bloch

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  2. The Invaders Season 1 Episode 1 - Beachhead
    7.9/10(474 votes)

    S1:E1

    An architect's close encounter with a spaceship leads him to investigate a small town's hydroelectric plant.

    Director:Joseph Sargent
    Writer:Anthony Wilson

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  3. The Invaders Season 1 Episode 16 - Wall of Crystal
    7.9/10(252 votes)

    S1:E16

    David's brother, who also thinks he is crazy, is kidnapped by the aliens who intend to destroy the oxygen in our planet's air.

    Director:Joseph Sargent
    Writer:Daniel B. Ullman

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  4. The Invaders Season 1 Episode 11 - The Ivy Curtain
    7.8/10(276 votes)

    S1:E11

    Vincent discovers that a school is being used by the aliens as an indoctrination center.

    Director:Joseph Sargent
    Writer:Don Brinkley

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  5. The Invaders Season 1 Episode 15 - Moonshot
    7.8/10(273 votes)

    S1:E15

    Vincent helps a security official investigate the deaths of two lunar astronauts in a strange red fog.

    Director:Paul Wendkos
    Writer:Rita Lakin

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  6. The Invaders Season 1 Episode 2 - The Experiment
    7.7/10(353 votes)

    S1:E2

    David Vincent meets with an eminent astrophysicist who has proof that aliens are invading the planet.

    Director:Joseph Sargent
    Writer:Anthony Spinner

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  7. The Invaders Season 1 Episode 6 - Vikor
    7.7/10(314 votes)

    S1:E6

    A dying telephone lineman's fantastic story leads Vincent to investigate a huge industrial complex owned by a famous war hero.

    Director:Paul Wendkos
    Writer:Meyer Dolinsky

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  8. The Invaders Season 1 Episode 9 - Quantity: Unknown
    7.7/10(291 votes)

    S1:E9

    While investigating the theft of a mysterious cylinder from the site of a plane crash, Vincent is captured and suspected of being an alien.

    Director:Sutton Roley
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Invaders Season 1 Episode 3 - The Mutation
    7.6/10(351 votes)

    S1:E3

    With the assistance of Vicki, a nightclub stripper, Vincent continues his search for an alien spacecraft.

    Director:Paul Wendkos
    Writer:David T. Chantler

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  10. The Invaders Season 1 Episode 8 - Doomsday Minus One
    7.6/10(300 votes)

    S1:E8

    Vincent is called upon to help avert possible alien infiltration at a government nuclear test site.

    Director:Paul Wendkos
    Writer:Louis Vittes

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  11. The Invaders Season 1 Episode 14 - Panic
    7.6/10(258 votes)

    S1:E14

    The invaders and Vincent race to capture a wounded alien whose touch brings on freezing death.

    Director:Robert Butler
    Writer:Robert Sherman

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  12. The Invaders Season 1 Episode 17 - The Condemned
    7.6/10(240 votes)

    S1:E17

    The invaders frame Vincent for the death of an owner of an electronics plant who had made discoveries about the aliens.

    Director:Richard Benedict
    Writer:Robert Sherman

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  13. The Invaders Season 1 Episode 4 - The Leeches
    7.5/10(316 votes)

    S1:E4

    Vincent is called on by a renowned electronics expert who fears he may soon be abducted by alien invaders.

    Director:Paul Wendkos
    Writer:Daniel B. Ullman

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  14. The Invaders Season 1 Episode 5 - Genesis
    7.5/10(305 votes)

    S1:E5

    Vincent's search for aliens lead him to an underwater sea lab.

    Director:Richard Benedict
    Writer:John W. Bloch

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  15. The Invaders Season 1 Episode 13 - Storm
    7.5/10(270 votes)

    S1:E13

    Vincent is contacted by a meterologist to help investigate the suspicious nature of a hurricane along the Eastern U.S. coast.

    Director:Paul Wendkos
    Writer:John Kneubuhl

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  16. The Invaders Season 1 Episode 7 - Nightmare
    7.3/10(292 votes)

    S1:E7

    Vincent travels to a small town to check a possible link between the aliens and an attack of carnivorous insects.

    Director:Paul Wendkos
    Writer:John Kneubuhl

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  17. The Invaders Season 1 Episode 12 - The Betrayed
    7.2/10(261 votes)

    S1:E12

    Vincent discovers a mysterious computer tape that could offer proof of the alien invasion.

    Director:John Meredyth Lucas
    Writer:John W. Bloch

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Innocent" is the best rated episode of "The Invaders" season 1. It scored 8.3/10 based on 336 votes. Directed by Sutton Roley and written by John W. Bloch, it aired on 3/14/1967. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Beachhead".