The Invaders: The Ransom

"The Ransom" is the fifteenth episode of season two of the science fiction television series The Invaders and the thirty-second episode of the series overall. It was directed by Lewis Allen and written by Robert L. Collins. It first aired on ABC on Tuesday, December 12th, 1967. In this episode, David Vincent and Edgar Scoville intercept an alien en route to a regeneration station, and discover that he is a leader, a powerful figure in the alien hierarchy! But without regeneration he will not last the length of a trip to Washington. And, his people manage to surround David and trap him in a small cabin, the home of poet Cyrus Stone and his niece Claudia. Claudia resents that David has dragged her family into this, even after she sees an alien die the fiery death of his kind when on Earth. David tries to figure out how to get word to a nearby military base, while the aliens strive to recover their leader.

Notes & Trivia

 * This episode is included on disc four of The Invaders: The Second Season DVD collection.


 * Narrators Dick Wesson and William Woodson are uncredited for their parcitipation in this episode.