The Invaders
Counter-attack
TV Flash files “Counter-attack” as hour 35 of 43 in the TV Flash guide — The Invaders (1967–1968) on ABC, season 2, episode 18, aired 1968-01-09, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E18: listed hour 35 of 43 in the The Invaders guide, hour 18 of 26 in season 2. It aired 1968-01-09 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Possessed” (S02E17). Next is “The Pit” (S02E19).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Counter-attack sit in the The Invaders guide?
S02E18 is listed hour 35 of 43 — hour 18 of 26 in season 2, season 2 episode 18.
When did The Invaders S02E18 air?
Counter-attack aired 1968-01-09 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…