The Invisibles (The Outer Limits)

Infobox Television episode
Title = The Invisibles
Series = The Outer Limits


Caption =
Season = 1
Episode = 19
Airdate = February 3, 1964
Production = 20
Writer = Joseph Stefano
Director = Gerd Oswald
Photographer = Conrad Hall
Guests = Don Gordon
George Macready
Dee Hartford
Walter Burke
Episode list = List of "The Outer Limits" episodes
Prev = ZZZZZ
Next = The Bellero Shield

"The Invisibles" is an episode of the original "The Outer Limits" television show. It first aired on 3 February, 1964, during the first season.

Introduction

A government agent infiltrates a secret organization, known as The Invisibles, intent on using alien parasites to take over the bodies of important humans.

Opening narration

"You do not know these men. You may have looked at them, but you did not see them. They are newspapers blowing down a gutter on a windy night. For reasons both sociological and psychological these three have never joined or been invited to join society. They have never experienced love or friendship, or formed any lasting or constructive relationship, but today, at last, they will become a part of something. They will belong. They will come a little closer to their unrealistic dreams of power and glory. Today, finally they will join th... I almost said the human race, and that would have been a half-truth, for the race they are joining today is only half human."

Plot

Closing narration

"You do not know these men. You may have looked at them, but you did not see them. They are the wind that blows newspapers down a gutter on a windy night and sweeps the gutter clean."

Trivia

Notice the unusual stop in the course of the opening narration which seems to indicate that the Control Voice makes a mistake of appreciation: “Today, finally, they will join the hu... I almost said the human race.”

In fact, this sudden break in rhythm explains what the writer, Joseph Stefano, thinks of the statesmen.

----

Cast

* Don Gordon – as Luis B. Spain
* George Macready – as Larry K. Hillerman
* Dee Hartford – as Mrs. Clarke
* Walter Burke – as Recruiter
* Neil Hamilton – as Hilary J. Clarke
* Len Lesser – as GIA Agent
* John Graham – as Supervisor
* Richard Dawson – as Oliver Fair
* Chris Warfield – as Henry Castle
* William O'Douglas, Jr. – as Johnny
* Vic Perrin – as voice of GIA Chief (uncredited)
* Robert Johnson – as voice of Invisibles (uncredited)

External links

* [http://membres.lycos.fr/tmcr/daystar/tol_s1/tol_eps19.shtml Detailed episode guide] by 'Monsieur Vincent'
*