The scenes at Magnus's headquarters when Vincent is drunk, filmed with a fish-eye lens, are very creepy, as are those where Vincent is "swarmed" by people after he realizes the trip to the valley was all a hallucination. The truck contains some crystals which suck all the oxygen out of the air, part of the Invaders' scheme to take over the earth. Vincent talks to Detective Lt. Alvarado (Barry Russo) from the local cops about the Academy, saying that the place is full of people "who are going to overthrow the government." Outside the bar at the Far West bus station where he had drinks with Stacy, Vincent has hardly had a puff on his cigarette when he is attacked by one of the Invaders who are following him. Season 1 Ep 1: Beachhead An architect's close encounter with a spaceship leads him to investigate a small town's hydroelectric plant. Vincent takes Sherri into his confidence, telling her what her husband is really up to, which is not good for Sherri's health, or his own. Instead, Cahill is offered a job ferrying Invaders from various locations to the school for $1,000 a head. Carver's secretary Evelyn Bowers (Nancy Wickwire), who is an alien, knows that Vincent took the tape. The Invaders season 1 episode 6 Vikor : A dying telephone lineman's fantastic story leads Vincent to investigate a huge industrial complex owned by a famous war hero. There is a huge blast, but Vincent and Graves are close by, and do not suffer any ill effects (and neither does the earth), which makes no sense at all. (Unknown to us at this point, the cylinder contains instructions on how The Invaders can take over the world.) A recently-married couple is run off the highway after nearly hitting a truck driven by an Invader. She wishes him "good luck" over the phone, something her superstitious husband would never want to hear from her. George Vikor (Hawaii Five-O's Jack Lord) is a Korean war hero who received the Presidential Medal of Valor. The original pilot is better (see below). The lab is engaged in top secret research, including creation of life from running electrical current through a solution of sea water, amino acids and other compounds, similar to "primordial conditions." Linden Chiles Jeremy Mace 1 episode. Vincent smokes in Ross's office as he tells Ross about what sacrifices he has made to track down the aliens. 2; 1; Specials; All; Overview; Activity; Actors; 26 Episodes; All comments. After persuading the landlord to let him into the room, Vincent looks over the material which contains photographs and sworn statements from people who have witnessed alien activity. Vincent fights with Correll (Paul Lukather), an Invader impersonating a cop who gives Coogan the crystal treatment at Coogan's shack on the beach. Arthur Hill Warren Doneghan 1 episode. When Spence is murdered in the bar, where everyone including the bartender seems to be an Invader, there is a loud buzzing noise when the CHIND is applied to his neck that we have not previously heard during its use on the show. After being shot at and unsuccessfully hunted by the men on the ship, the two of them make their way from the mountains where the crash site is located and trudge through the desert, reaching a ranch house where a Mexican couple live. When they arrive, he punches Burns and escapes into the school, where he spies on the "students" in a couple of indoctrination rooms. Directed by Joseph Sargent. Inside the car, Susan gets the rotating crystal treatment, finally confessing that Vincent indeed knows what is going on. Vincent shows up soon, likely after reading about the case in the newspaper, but Lucather tells him to get lost. Richards (Milton Seltzer), the boss of the lab, shows up at Oberly's invitation to see what she has learned so far, Swain shoots him. Vincent snoops around and gets himself in trouble, with the result that two men from the Department of Justice (both Invaders) arrive to take him away. Surely Gabbard could see him at this point! There he meets Billy Sterns (Paul Carr), a fellow architect whose plans for developing a dam to help turn the valley into a verdant location were pooh-poohed years ago. Vincent is soon on the scene after reading about this encounter in a newspaper article. Beachhead ★★★ (Broadcast Version); ★★★½ (Extended Version) Original air date: January 10, 1967-- Music: Dominic Frontiere. This sequence seems designed to get Vikki to come out of her shell. When A.J. With Roy Thinnes, Robert Walker Jr., Lynn Loring, R.G. Year: Season 1. Vincent, who is trying unsuccessfully to contact Booth, who is dithering about whether or not to publish the info about The Invaders, has a brainstorm that his brother is being held in "the old winery" located near Archer Creek where his brother almost drowned when he was eight years old. The next day, Holman shows up and orders Vincent released. At Ellen's boarding house, a couple of old biddies living across the hall from her room tell Vincent that Ellen has gone away, and soon after he is threatened by her boyfriend Ed Gidney (James Callahan). Season 1, Episode 11 David (Roy Thinnes) tries to shut down the aliens' indoctrination school with the help of a hard-luck pilot (Jack Warden)---who has sold out to the invaders. He also has time to fall in love with Carver's daughter Susan (Laura Devon). One of his speeches ends with him telling the audience that "We may soon discover that our enemies are more valuable than our friends.". ... the show would have lasted longer than a season and a half. More recently, Vikor has made a deal with the devil, letting The Invaders use the security building at his plant to house their regeneration chambers, among other things. As the show comes to a close, Nexus decides that like Vincent, Sherri is a liability and, over her horrified husband's protests, arranges for her to be killed in a staged suicide. In addition to a huge co-ordinated effort to find him by the local authorities, two Invaders are on Baxter's trail, though it is never explained exactly why they want to capture him. If Vincent suspected that Swain was an alien (as he surely must have), why didn't he just shoot him in Griffiths' office? Roy Thinnes' shirt is actually on fire, and he later peels it off and throws some water on his burned arm. The pilot made its television debut on Nicktoons on December 24, 2011, as part of their "Nicktoon's Winter Funderland" block. At the beginning of the show, Tate grabs the papers from a safe on the wall. These beasts will stop at nothing in trying to dominate their new environment. Mason plays up the bitter, estranged daughter for all it's worth. Vincent is sympathetic. Season 1 | Season 2 » See also. At the end of the show, he also is holding a cigarette, again not smoking it, but it is lit. Why wouldn't he investigate what happened? Synopsis 1: David Vincent's first encounter with the aliens - and his efforts to convince a disbelieving world that an invasion is under way. The organist later returns to the church and pulls down a plaque on the wall, revealing a computer set up with flashing lights which controls the equipment on the Lydia J, producing weather which is going to wipe out much of the U.S. East Coast. Lindstrom smokes in the motel when he is calling Vincent on the pay phone. Not only that, Swain is still alive, and hanging out in Griffith's office. The music by Dominic Frontiere when Vincent is in the hospital sounds very much like that on The Outer Limits, where Frontiere was one of the resident composers. The brother tries to fight his way out of the Invaders' hideout, but this is futile. Lewis smokes as he and Vincent wait in the parking lot for his car to be delivered to him. Burns: David Sheiner. David Vincent meets with an eminent astrophysicist who … Only one of them actually encounters Vincent, and he plunges to his death (and burns up) after falling from a great height. The second is OCean 7406, the number of the plant which Tate calls to speak to Carol, where she is begin held. You can also watch The Invaders on demand at Amazon, iTunes online. Doneghan's best friend and war buddy Tom Wiley (Mark Richman), who is also his chief of security, thinks that Vincent is nuts. They rescue him and take him to the priest's house, where Lisa, who is also an Invader, dopes him up with some pills in his tea. ", Considering everyone working at the plant seems to be an Invader, you have to wonder if at some point the townspeople (assuming. On the wall in the bar is written "Viva Vikki." Prior to Vincent going to the school with the cops, we see some classes where young people (i.e., Invaders-in-training) are dancing to crappy rock music and saying things like "These new cops are all power-hungry ... we keep playing ball with them, and this country's gonna turn into a real police state," and "LSD or pot? Vincent wakes up later in a hospital where he fears that he is under The Invaders' control. Evans introduces Vincent to Vikki (Suzanne Pleshette), a stripper in a local bar, who says she also saw the saucer when she drove off the road by mistake recently (again, she would have had to drive a LONG time off the main highway to get to this point, taking a narrow dirt road -- Vincent seemingly doesn't pick up on this). Seemingly unaware that her father is dead, she isn't particularly moved by this. After the two simultaneous explosions, Beaumont intends to expose The Invaders, though we learn later that the evidence to do this has all been destroyed. Fellows soon shows up, but there is no evidence of any kind that he can take back to Washington with him. The Invaders is an American science-fiction television program created by Larry Cohen that aired on ABC for two seasons, from 1967 to 1968. Most of The Invaders are immolated during the show; Vincent tells Wiley this is "how they die.". Inside, another creepy guy (Allen Emerson) is playing the organ and the fellow from the teaser is also there. With Roy Thinnes, Roddy McDowall, Laurence Naismith, Harold Gould. Click here and start watching the full season in seconds. Directed by Paul Wendkos. He says The Invaders want to "contribute our knowledge to your lives." But it has never been established that the aunt was there prior to this. Vincent witnesses two workers playing with electricity outside, and is attacked by an Invader security guard. You only see her legs, and there is the suggestion that she is nude, but she is not -- possibly she is wearing a towel. As soon as he departs, the money-hungry Stacy rushes to the phone and calls the Academy to tell them what is going on. As we learn later this season, Santa Barbara is the town where Vincent lives. Click here and start watching the full episode in seconds. When Vincent looks in the two indoctrination rooms, he is very obviously standing in the door for both, yet no one sees him. When he escapes from Gabbard, Vincent runs through a field of corn stalks which are just about high enough to hide in (he does this, after he is wounded by a bullet from Gabbard's gun). What happened to the other alien outside? Spence witnessed Carl Wyeth meeting up with another ship there recently. Captain Mitchell Ross (Dabney Coleman), connected with "Project Hawk," is preparing to testify about aliens before the Peterson Committee when he finds that certain files are missing from a cabinet at Clement Air Force Base. Outside the bar, he fights off one of them who has the CHIND. Cahill is taken to the Midland Academy near Cameron, a center where Invaders are trained in the ways of Americans. After an airplane crashes in a mountainous area, there are no bodies found, but a mysterious lightweight metal cylinder is, and it is shipped off to Sperrick Laboratories for analysis. Vincent manages to escape from them just as they are about to arrange an "accident" at Greylock Crater, which plays a major part in this story. It would have been better to allow Thinnes to elaborate on behind the scenes aspects of each episode. Armstrong). The guy who is supposed to pick up this package is carrying an exact duplicate of it; he is supposed to switch this with the original. Vincent struggles through the barren landscape, eventually seeing the saucer in the distance. Vincent smokes when he arrives in Kinney. However, the conflict is ended by an unexpected decision of Margaret Tyrone. This is the only explanation given as to why Vincent is so hyped up about his close encounter, but it really doesn't tell us much! At Vincent's recommendation, Susan tries to flee to join her father, who is out of town on a business trip, but the Invaders stop her at the airport and take her to the tank car. Ellen appears and says that she will talk, and Vincent asks her some questions, but she gets very agitated, and Vincent is told by Ames to leave. On the back page of the phone book is an ad for Globe Rent-A-Car. There is an interesting shot where Vincent reaches to get a teacup when he is lying in bed. Director Paul Wendkos worked again with Jack Lord on Cocoon, the pilot for Hawaii Five-O, a year later. The warehouse with the regeneration center is connected with the case after a ticket for the ferry to get to it is found in the Invader's car after Vincent is nearly abducted from his hotel. Inside, this car has reverted back to the state at the beginning of the show as "a homing device" for space ships. Unfortunately, Cohen does not talk much specifically about the episode, instead discussing his career and the creation of the series. Produced by the legendary Quinn Martin (The Fugitive), this initial Invaders release features all 17 episodes from Season 1 (airing in 1967 on ABC) on five discs, plus exciting and stunning special features on DVD for the first time. Back at the Cameron airport, Vincent, pretending to be a reporter, asks questions of Stacy (Susan Oliver), who works in the air cargo company's office. Note this only has has six numbers. But the paragraph under the picture says that Vincent is 30 years old, which contradicts what we learned in episode 11, where his birthday on his driver's license was shown as October 2, 1934. He later pulls a total con job on Madeline, but she is kind of dumb. A dehydrated guy in a white jumpsuit meets Vincent near the mine claiming to be "Professor Arthur Milligan," but he is an Invader who Wiley shoots dead. 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