The Spores

Episode aired Oct 17, 1967
TV-PG
1h

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8.2/10

236

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Tom Jessup's an invader, who's transporting a briefcase containing something vital: spores. These organisms will grow into aliens able to withstand Earth's atmosphere. As Jessup desperately ... Read allTom Jessup's an invader, who's transporting a briefcase containing something vital: spores. These organisms will grow into aliens able to withstand Earth's atmosphere. As Jessup desperately tries to find the briefcase, the spores inside of it continue to develop.Tom Jessup's an invader, who's transporting a briefcase containing something vital: spores. These organisms will grow into aliens able to withstand Earth's atmosphere. As Jessup desperately tries to find the briefcase, the spores inside of it continue to develop.

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IMDb RATING

8.2/10

236

YOUR RATING

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Noam Pitlik and Patricia Smith in The Invaders (1967)

Gene Hackman and James Gammon in The Invaders (1967)

John Randolph and Roy Thinnes in The Invaders (1967)

Gene Hackman, John Randolph, and Wayne Rogers in The Invaders (1967)

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Trivia
For this installment, Roy Thinnes didn't have much screen time. This was due to the actor needing a rest from the grueling production schedule.

Goofs
During the fight in the diner, the stunt doubles for Roy Thinnes and Gene Hackman are obviously not Thinnes and Hackman. This is especially obvious in the case of Hackman who is balding while his double has a full head of hair.

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Narrator: [Opening Narration] Shortly before dawn, a spaceship landed near Phillipsburg, Colorado, bringing to Earth a strange and ominous cargo: two dozen spores. After exposure to the Earth's atmosphere, each will develop and grow into a perfectly formed alien. On the success of this experiment rests the possibility of future shipments numbering hundreds, perhaps thousands, of alien Invaders and possibility the future of the human race.

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Evil Alien Seeds In A Briefcase Create Problems

Evil alien seeds in a briefcase keep changing hands almost to the point of mild comedy.

Perhaps it is just my sense of humour, perhaps it is seeing Greg Brady from The Brady Bunch, perhaps it is that weird old car that almost looks like "The Munster's car", but I just can't take this hour totally seriously. I love the hour. It is one of the best. But the endless changing of hands of the briefcase does not create the wanted tension, instead I was almost laughing. But laughing with the show, not AT it.

Everything about this hour is just fine, the only negative being the casting of the leader of the teenagers. He looks about 30 years old...why is he hanging around teenagers?

And finally, great to see Gene Hackman.

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