Get Smart
One Nation Invisible
TV Flash files “One Nation Invisible” as hour 100 of 138 in the TV Flash guide — Get Smart (1965–1970) on NBC/CBS, season 4, episode 14, aired 1968-12-28, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E14: listed hour 100 of 138 in the Get Smart guide, hour 14 of 26 in season 4. It aired 1968-12-28 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Schwartz's Island” (S04E13). Next is “Hurray for Hollywood” (S04E15).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Max must bring a scientist, Dr. Canyon, into the CONTROL camp. His problems multiply quickly; the invisible doctor turns out to be a pretty woman whose visibility returns just as Agent 99 enters their apartment.
Viewer FAQ
Where does One Nation Invisible sit in the Get Smart guide?
S04E14 is listed hour 100 of 138 — hour 14 of 26 in season 4, season 4 episode 14.
When did Get Smart S04E14 air?
One Nation Invisible aired 1968-12-28 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Do I need to watch Get Smart in order?
Mostly no. It is episodic spy farce. Recurring gadgets and the Smart/99 partnership reward a little sequence, but you can hop after the pilot grammar clicks.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Watch a spy satire that loves its gadgets enough to mock them. Adams' timing, Feldon's cool, and farce that still understands tension — proof a laugh can share a frame with a ticking briefcase without dropping either assignment.
The cone still matters more than the catchphrase. Get Smart, 1965, is a spy novel that keeps tripping on its own gadgets and somehow still completes the mission. Mel Brooks and Buck Henry built a CONTROL agent who is both the punchline and the plot: Don Adams's Maxwell Smart, Barbara Feldon's Agent 99, Edward Platt's Chief. Bond mania had already sold the tuxedo. This series sold the gag without throwing away the thriller's timing. That dual assignment is the craft. Plenty of satires love the joke and forget the…
Filed against
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- Barbara Feldon as Agent 99
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- Edward Platt as The Chief
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