Inquisition

It began one,!ost,lonely night while David was absent again from his architectural business. They finally came and destroyed it all! Everything from the script for this finale as they felt it was too weak and there were better opportunities waiting throughout the galaxy for a smarter conclusion! They felt that they didn't want any part of the 🌎 as it showed that it wasn't worthy of their occupation because of the intelligence that "these humans" had expressed on paper!

In what turned out to be the final ep of "The Invaders", it began when Vincent and Scovill visit a senator who doesn't believe their declarations of an alien invasion or of a certain person this senator knows personally being involved. Also, there's a female reporter willing to help them and an assistant district attorney she's personally involved with who isn't. It's pretty disappointing there was no season three for this series but it's gratifying to know David Vincent was going to continue his mission with a few allies instead of by himself. I suppose if it had been created a little more than a decade later, it might have continued on cable where it might have developed a cult but who really knows? Glad at what managed to be produced of two seasons worth of episodes of "The Invaders", that's for sure!

With the final episode being named "The Inquisition" one might think David Vincent has finally succeeded in getting the attention of the DC big wigs to battle the invaders and drive them from our planet. But as the other reviewer states its just another episode. I also think they must have been planning a 3rd season when the plug got pulled. Too bad.

Frankly I think they missed an AMAZING opportunity to pull off one of the greatest mind f***s in the history of broadcast TV. I would have LOVED to have seen the whole thing turn out to be a psychotic breakdown on the part of David Vincent. With NONE of it EVER having happened the way he thought it did. Just a trail of 50 or more dead humans left in his wake. End it with him being locked in a rubber room screaming, "Don't you understand? The invaders" are HERE! NOW!! They're going to KILL US ALL!!!"

"Such a shame about David Vincent. He used to be a brilliant architect until he took that LSD!"

"The Invaders" plan a grand take over of earth.

The other reviewers seem so surprised that this series had no ending, but I have news for them, this was normal back then: Lost In Space, Gilligan's Island, The Time Tunnel and Land Of The Giants had no ending as well. QM's The Fugitive (1963-67) got an ending but that was such an emotional drama that an ending was demanded. The problem with endings is that they destroy the re-run value if the viewers know how it all ends in the final episode.

Inquisition is a good episode but it is not a great episode.

Such talented guest stars on hand (including Mark Richman) but the script they are given could have been better.

Two things linger in the mind about this hour: The Time Tunnel computer banks and the nice romantic music played when ever the guest stars talk to each other in the office.

And so ends The Invaders, all 43 episodes were good, some shows were better than others, but no stinkers in the whole run...most sci-fi shows have the odd stinker, but The Invaders was stinker-free.

The series should be remembered as a wonderfully produced science fiction series where the music scores, vintage Ford cars and great location filming were just as vital as the actors on the screen.