The Green Hornet
Invasion from Outer Space (Part I)
TV Flash files “Invasion from Outer Space (Part I)” as hour 25 of 27 in the TV Flash guide — The Green Hornet (1966–1967) on ABC, season 1, episode 25, aired 1967-03-10, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E25: listed hour 25 of 27 in the The Green Hornet guide, hour 25 of 27 in season 1. It aired 1967-03-10 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Hornet Save Thyself” (S01E24). Next is “Invasion from Outer Space (Part II)” (S01E26).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Stranded humanoid aliens invade the city and demand that a route be cleared so that they can rendezvous with a rescue vessel. However, Hornet soon realizes that they're not aliens... and their leader is attempting to steal a nuclear warhead.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Invasion from Outer Space (Part I) sit in the The Green Hornet guide?
S01E25 is listed hour 25 of 27 — hour 25 of 27 in season 1, season 1 episode 25.
When did The Green Hornet S01E25 air?
Invasion from Outer Space (Part I) aired 1967-03-10 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
Reid and Kato, Black Beauty, a fight that lets Lee choreograph — that is the outsized hour. Twenty-six episodes; the crossover with Batman is extra universe flavor.
In the series
Why this series still plays
The Green Hornet lasted one ABC season and still changed the room: Van Williams as Britt Reid, the Black Beauty, and Bruce Lee's Kato stealing fights with choreography American television had not seen. A Batman-adjacent hero hour that became a martial-arts star launch. Lee's precision against comic-strip vigilantism — short, stylish, outsized in every later reboot talk.
One ABC season. **Twenty-six episodes (twenty-seven hours in this pack), 1966–1967.** That is the whole window, and it still changed the room: Van Williams as Britt Reid, the Black Beauty, and Bruce Lee's Kato stealing fights with choreography American television had not seen. George W. Trendle and Fran Striker's pulp hero, Wende Wagner as Lenore Case, gas gun and two-fisted newspaper-playboy vigilantism. A Batman-adjacent hero hour that became a martial-arts star launch. Rex will toast the pulp cathedral. The…
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- Van Williams as Britt Reid / Green Hornet
Van Williams’s Britt Reid — the Green Hornet — lasted one ABC season and still changed the room: the Black Beauty, a Batman-adjacent hero hour, and Bruce Lee’s Kato stealing fights with choreography American television had not seen.…
- Bruce Lee as Kato
Bruce Lee stole The Green Hornet as Kato — one ABC season, Van Williams as Britt Reid, the Black Beauty, and fight choreography American television had not seen. A Batman-adjacent hero hour that became a martial-arts launch. TV Flash…
- Wende Wagner as Lenore Case
Wende Wagner’s Lenore Case kept The Green Hornet’s newsroom human while Van Williams’s Britt Reid and Bruce Lee’s Kato changed the room in one ABC season. Black Beauty chrome, Batman-adjacent hero hour, martial-arts star launch. TV Flash…