The Invaders
The Innocent
TV Flash files “The Innocent” as hour 10 of 43 in the TV Flash guide — The Invaders (1967–1968) on ABC, season 1, episode 10, aired 1967-03-14, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E10: listed hour 10 of 43 in the The Invaders guide, hour 10 of 17 in season 1. It aired 1967-03-14 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Quantity: Unknown” (S01E09). Next is “The Ivy Curtain” (S01E11).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
David and the invaders pursue a fisherman who found an alien weapon---proof of an invasion from outer space.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Innocent sit in the The Invaders guide?
S01E10 is listed hour 10 of 43 — hour 10 of 17 in season 1, season 1 episode 10.
When did The Invaders S01E10 air?
The Innocent aired 1967-03-14 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
Vincent alone against the occupation — Thinnes, business-suit aliens, hunt structure — is the paranoid contract. Start at the beginning of the short run if you want the isolation intact.
In the series
Why this series still plays
The Invaders is Quinn Martin's alien-occupation nightmare in a business suit: Roy Thinnes as architect David Vincent, the only man who knows they are here, chasing disappearing corpses and crooked little fingers. It borrows The Fugitive's hunt structure and loads it with UFO dread. Two seasons of paranoid sci-fi that treat suburbia as camouflage — appointment fear, not camp saucers.
Two seasons. **Forty-three episodes.** That is the whole window, and it was enough to mint a cult classic of 1960s alien-invasion television. The Invaders is Quinn Martin's occupation nightmare in a business suit: Roy Thinnes as architect David Vincent, the only man who knows they are here, chasing disappearing corpses and crooked little fingers. Larry Cohen's ABC series (1967–1968) borrows The Fugitive's hunt structure and loads it with UFO dread. Kent Smith's Edgar Scoville joins the later fight. Rex will toast…
Filed against
- Roy Thinnes as David Vincent
Roy Thinnes's David Vincent chased The Invaders as Quinn Martin's alien-occupation nightmare in a business suit — the only man who knows they are here, disappearing corpses, crooked little fingers. Fugitive hunt structure loaded with UFO…
- Kent Smith as Edgar Scoville
Kent Smith's Edgar Scoville joined The Invaders' business-suit nightmare — Quinn Martin's alien-occupation hunt, Roy Thinnes as the architect who knows they are here, disappearing corpses and crooked little fingers. UFO dread on a…