The Invaders
The Trial
TV Flash files “The Trial” as hour 23 of 43 in the TV Flash guide — The Invaders (1967–1968) on ABC, season 2, episode 6, aired 1967-10-10, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E06: listed hour 23 of 43 in the The Invaders guide, hour 6 of 26 in season 2. It aired 1967-10-10 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Enemy” (S02E05). Next is “The Spores” (S02E07).
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Trial sit in the The Invaders guide?
S02E06 is listed hour 23 of 43 — hour 6 of 26 in season 2, season 2 episode 6.
When did The Invaders S02E06 air?
The Trial aired 1967-10-10 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…