The Invaders
Task Force
TV Flash files “Task Force” as hour 33 of 43 in the TV Flash guide — The Invaders (1967–1968) on ABC, season 2, episode 16, aired 1967-12-26, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E16: listed hour 33 of 43 in the The Invaders guide, hour 16 of 26 in season 2. It aired 1967-12-26 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Ransom” (S02E15). Next is “The Possessed” (S02E17).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Task Force sit in the The Invaders guide?
S02E16 is listed hour 33 of 43 — hour 16 of 26 in season 2, season 2 episode 16.
When did The Invaders S02E16 air?
Task Force aired 1967-12-26 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…