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The Worst Episodes of The Invaders

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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 Worst Episode
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    The Invaders Season 2 Episode 11 - The Prophet
    7.1/10(201 votes)

    #1 - The Prophet

    S2:E11

    David exposes an alien disguised as a prophet who capitalizes on his ability to glow red as a tool to deceive people into thinking that his ""gift"" is from God.

    Director:Robert Douglas
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Invaders Season 1 Episode 12 - The Betrayed
    7.2/10(237 votes)

    #2 - The Betrayed

    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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  3. The Invaders Season 1 Episode 7 - Nightmare
    7.3/10(259 votes)

    #3 - Nightmare

    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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  4. The Invaders Season 2 Episode 16 - Task Force
    7.4/10(189 votes)

    #4 - Task Force

    S2:E16

    David Vincent is called in to aid a huge magazine publishing company that has been experiencing disruptive behavior in its company heads, and David believes that the aliens are behind the troubles.

    Director:Gerald Mayer
    Writer:Warren Duff

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  5. The Invaders Season 2 Episode 17 - The Possessed
    7.4/10(200 votes)

    #5 - The Possessed

    S2:E17

    An old college buddy sends David Vincent an urgent message, without any further details other than that it is important. When David arrives, Ted has been brain washed so that he can no longer remember why in the world he'd wanted to see his friend. It soon becomes obvious that the aliens are using mind control of some sort.

    Director:William Hale
    Writer:John W. Bloch

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  6. The Invaders Season 2 Episode 23 - The Miracle
    7.4/10(206 votes)

    #6 - The Miracle

    S2:E23

    In a small New Mexico town, a provincial teenage girl witnesses an alien’s incineration and believes it to be a sign from God.

    Director:Robert Day
    Writer:Robert L. Collins

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  7. The Invaders Season 1 Episode 4 - The Leeches
    7.5/10(295 votes)

    #7 - The Leeches

    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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  8. The Invaders Season 1 Episode 5 - Genesis
    7.5/10(279 votes)

    #8 - Genesis

    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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  9. The Invaders Season 1 Episode 13 - Storm
    7.5/10(253 votes)

    #9 - Storm

    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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  10. The Invaders Season 2 Episode 19 - The Pit
    7.5/10(195 votes)

    #10 - The Pit

    S2:E19

    Julian Reed calls upon David Vincent to help him expose aliens who have infiltrated The Slaten Research Center. By the time David arrives at the scene, Julian's having hallucinations. Is Julian truly a lunatic, or are the aliens behind his mental lapse?

    Director:Lewis Allen
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Invaders Season 2 Episode 26 - Inquisition
    7.5/10(204 votes)

    #11 - Inquisition

    S2:E26

    David Vincent and Edgar Scoville attempt to warn a senator that a governmental official is an alien, while Andy Hatcher tries to prove otherwise.

    Director:Robert Glatzer
    Writer:Barry Oringer

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  12. The Invaders Season 1 Episode 3 - The Mutation
    7.6/10(333 votes)

    #12 - The Mutation

    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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  13. The Invaders Season 1 Episode 8 - Doomsday Minus One
    7.6/10(268 votes)

    #13 - Doomsday Minus One

    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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  14. The Invaders Season 1 Episode 14 - Panic
    7.6/10(241 votes)

    #14 - Panic

    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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  15. The Invaders Season 1 Episode 17 - The Condemned
    7.6/10(221 votes)

    #15 - The Condemned

    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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  16. The Invaders Season 2 Episode 13 - The Captive
    7.6/10(209 votes)

    #16 - The Captive

    S2:E13

    A Russian ambassador summons David Vincent after he finds that a burglar caught inside the embassy is an alien.

    Director:William Hale
    Writer:Laurence Heath

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  17. The Invaders Season 1 Episode 2 - The Experiment
    7.7/10(333 votes)

    #17 - The Experiment

    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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  18. The Invaders Season 1 Episode 6 - Vikor
    7.7/10(289 votes)

    #18 - Vikor

    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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  19. The Invaders Season 1 Episode 9 - Quantity: Unknown
    7.7/10(267 votes)

    #19 - Quantity: Unknown

    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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  20. The Invaders Season 2 Episode 3 - The Watchers
    7.7/10(205 votes)

    #20 - The Watchers

    S2:E3

    A hysterical hotel manager tells Vincent aliens are taking over his hotel.

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writers:Earl Hamner, Jr.

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  21. The Invaders Season 2 Episode 8 - Dark Outpost
    7.7/10(230 votes)

    #21 - Dark Outpost

    S2:E8

    While investigating the Invaders susceptibility to minor human ailments, Vincent unknowingly is taken aboard an alien spacecraft.

    Director:George McCowan
    Writer:Jerry Sohl

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  22. The Invaders Season 2 Episode 14 - The Believers
    7.7/10(214 votes)

    #22 - The Believers

    S2:E14

    David Vincent is kidnapped in a sneak attack on his new found alien-fighting allies, and he must try to escape an alien installation with a human psychologist.

    Director:Paul Wendkos
    Writer:Barry Oringer

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  23. The Invaders Season 2 Episode 15 - The Ransom
    7.7/10(201 votes)

    #23 - The Ransom

    S2:E15

    David Vincent and Bob Torin capture an alien leader, whom they hope to show to the authorities as proof; however, the leader's alien comrades foil David's efforts.

    Director:Lewis Allen
    Writer:Robert L. Collins

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  24. The Invaders Season 2 Episode 22 - The Vise
    7.7/10(194 votes)

    #24 - The Vise

    S2:E22

    Racist issues arise between David Vincent and the Baxters, a black couple, when David produces evidence that another African American in line for an important position with the space program is actually an alien.

    Director:William Hale
    Writer:William Blinn

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  25. The Invaders Season 1 Episode 11 - The Ivy Curtain
    7.8/10(249 votes)

    #25 - The Ivy Curtain

    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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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Prophet" is the worst rated episode of "The Invaders". It scored 7.1/10 based on 201 votes. Directed by Robert Douglas and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/14/1967. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Betrayed".