Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
The Return of the Phantom
TV Flash files “The Return of the Phantom” as the last listed hour of season 2 — Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964–1968) on ABC, season 2, episode 26, aired 1966-03-20, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E26: listed hour 58 of 110 in the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea guide, last listed hour of season 2. It aired 1966-03-20 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Mechanical Man” (S02E25). Next is “Monster from the Inferno” (S03E01).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Captain Krueger returns and once again wants Captain Crane's body. He threatens to kill everyone on the Seaview if Admiral Nelson doesn't shoot Crane and deliver his body to him.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Return of the Phantom sit in the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea guide?
S02E26 is listed hour 58 of 110 — last listed hour of season 2, season 2 episode 26.
When did Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea S02E26 air?
The Return of the Phantom aired 1966-03-20 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
Nelson and Crane on the Seaview in an early, straighter adventure hour show the film-to-series contract. Later monster weeks are the camp-adjacent spectacle if you want creatures over Cold War nerves.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea is Irwin Allen spectacle in a flying-sub hull: Richard Basehart's Admiral Nelson, David Hedison's Captain Crane, and the Seaview meeting monsters, spies, and weekly disaster. It spun from Allen's 1961 film into four seasons of underwater set pieces. Cold War nerves as creature feature — straight faces, big models.
The silhouette is a glass nose on an experimental submarine. *Flying-sub hull, big models, Cold War nerves dressed as creature couture.* Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea is Irwin Allen spectacle: Richard Basehart's Admiral Nelson, David Hedison's Captain Crane, the Seaview meeting monsters, spies, and weekly disaster. Spun from Allen's 1961 film onto ABC (1964–1968; four seasons, 110 episodes). Straight faces, big stakes. **This was not a quiet patrol; this was disaster theater in a hull.**
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Filed against
- Richard Basehart as Adm. Harriman Nelson
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- David Hedison as Capt. Lee Crane
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