7.560 minSeason 2 • Episode 26
LatestDavid Vincent and Edgar Scoville attempt to warn a senator that a governmental official is an alien, while Andy Hatcher tries to prove otherwise.
The Invaders, alien beings from a dying planet. Their destination: the Earth. Their purpose: to make it their world. David Vincent has seen them, for him it began one lost night on a lonely country road, looking for a shortcut that he never found. It began with a closed deserted diner, and a man too long without sleep to continue his journey. It began with the landing of a craft from another galaxy. Now, David Vincent knows that the Invaders are here, that they have taken human form. Somehow he must convince a disbelieving world that the nightmare has already begun.
Direction
Larry Cohen's pulp-poetic vision of suburban doom.
Practical Effects
Charming 60s UFO effects that age like wine.
Acting
Roy Thinnes sells unhinged conviction.
Creator
Larry Cohen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The show's 'aliens as communist infiltrators' subtext was so blatant that the FBI reportedly monitored episodes for being too sympathetic to paranoia.
Roy Thinnes kept a running count of how many times Vincent dramatically failed to convince anyone—he stopped at 847.
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