As I write this, I’ve watched four episodes of the Invaders and I have not taken notes while doing so, because I only decided to do posts about the show after watching them. But one thing that I’ve noticed in all three episodes that came after the first, including this one, is that protagonist David Vincent is not wandering stealthily from town to town like a lonely fugitive on the run, but instead he operates openly under his own name and meets other people also aware of the Invaders.

Anyway, in this one there’s a Professor who knows about the Invaders and I think he made a public claim of having proof he was going to reveal, which seems like a mistake given the conspiracy. Vincent shows up to do a team-up with this Professor, but things go badly. The Professor is killed by the aliens, leaving only his son (played by young Roddy McDowall) with any idea where the proof may be. The problem is, the aliens have a brainwashing machine in this one! They have the Professor’s son under their control and thus, after Vincent locates the evidence, the aliens get (and I think destroy it), so Vincent loses. He does, however, help the Professor’s son fight against the brainwashing, but he also dies. Basically, Vincent has lost two potential allies here, and gained nothing. Oh well, the brainwashing machine is broken.