The Pursued

As much as I love the series, I have to be honest. These last few episodes are increasingly badly scripted and thought through.

Pleshette thanks s poorly cast here and the continued unity and plausibility are way off.

Shame. It's as if they k re the series was winding up and didn't care.

Vincent deals with an angry, violent female "invader" who is so horrible that even her fellow aliens don't like her.

In this day and age seeing a woman behave like this on TV is not that strange but seeing a woman get this angry and violent on TV back then in 1968...I wonder how viewers reacted to it back then?

This is sort of a sister show to last week's hour, The Life Seekers, as once again we have an "invader" who does not behave like his/her pals.

This episode is not to be confused with season one's The Mutation which also had Pleshette playing an "invader" who does not play ball with her friends.

Both The Pursued and The Mutation are outstanding hours.

Producer Quinn Martin was lucky to get Suzanne Pleshette for this role, and her second appearance, which she made the most of. After appearing in Hitchcock's THE BIRDS, a few years earlier, she became an overnight star.

Director William Hale worked well with her. I agree with the last reviewer, Suzanne outdoes herself, playing an alien (Anne) on the run from her contemporaries, part of a botched experiment. Scientists gave her emotional characteristics, far more extreme though, making her violent and dangerous. In a way, a re-working of INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, only the aliens showed absolutely no emotion. Cleverly written by Don Brinkley, who wrote four other episodes.

David nevertheless takes a chance with Anne, hoping she will finally be his proof of the Invaders and their plan to conquer Earth. Would have made an intriguing final episode with more development, comparable to David Janssen's vindication in THE FUGITIVE, which this show was compared to in many distinct ways.

The supporting cast is impressive. Veteran actor Will Geer plays one of the sheriffs out to get Anne, also Dana Elcar as the law. Kent Smith, always distinguished, plays Scoville. Barry Williams appears in a very early and dramatic role. Before the BRADY BUNCH, he had some impressive parts. This is one of them.

Another fine job by William Hale, who went on to direct THE FBI and STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO for Quinn Martin.

Never ever to forget the camp opening credits -- the colors! -- still crazy after all these years. SEASON 2 EPISODE 25 remastered dvd box set. Classic green cover, featuring Roy Thinnes. 7 dvds.

Released 2009.

Suzanne Pleshette plays an alien who wants to help the earthly humans, therefore, she pursues David Vincent for his help. Will Geer is a sheriff who's after her for a reason revealed at the end. Barry Williams is a teen boy who helps ID David and Ms. Pleshette to the pursuers. This was another exciting ep of "The Invaders". Too bad after one more, that's it. Ms. Pleshette plays a very emotional alien who can't control her anger so there's some consequential behavior involved. David Vincent feels he can't completely trust her but he's willing to take the chance. It's interesting seeing the guest stars I mentioned before their biggest fame as Emily Hartley, Grandpa Walton, and Greg Brady! So that's my recommendation of "The Pursued".