Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
The Lobster Man
TV Flash files “The Lobster Man” as hour 100 of 110 in the TV Flash guide — Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964–1968) on ABC, season 4, episode 16, aired 1968-01-21, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E16: listed hour 100 of 110 in the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea guide, hour 16 of 26 in season 4. It aired 1968-01-21 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Terrible Leprechaun” (S04E15). Next is “Nightmare” (S04E17).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A lobster man arrives in a space craft claiming to be a friend but in reality he wants one of the nuclear rods to cause an explosion thus paving the way for an invasion.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Lobster Man sit in the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea guide?
S04E16 is listed hour 100 of 110 — hour 16 of 26 in season 4, season 4 episode 16.
When did Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea S04E16 air?
The Lobster Man aired 1968-01-21 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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- David Hedison as Capt. Lee Crane
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