The Invaders – The Leeches
I give David Vincent some crap for not going deeper into hiding as he opposes the alien invasion conspiracy, but I guess there is one upside: when a scientist notices that a bunch of other top scientists have disappeared and he suspects aliens are behind it, he goes to Vincent for help. David Vincent is well known enough by not only the aliens, but the humans, as a guy who is opposing the alien invasion. It’s interesting because, as I’ve said, it is not at all what I expected from the show. I thought it was gonna be a guy wandering from town to town with nothing but the shirt on his back stumbling into alien schemes. But no, he’s public and active and defying my every expectation.
Anyway, the scientists are being kidnapped by the Invaders, who then use fancy machines to drain the information from their brains. The process does a lot of mental damage. So Vincent joins the security team to prevent the main scientist from being taken, but the main scientist absolutely gets taken. The Invaders park a big truck in front of the scientist’s route, then grab him and his whole car and put him in the trailer. Classic. And then, when Vincent and Other Guy try to follow, their car doesn’t work because the engine disintegrates. The aliens have some manner of Engine Destroyo Rays that I bet will never come up again.
But then Vincent keeps searching for the scientist. Other Guy gives up, but Vincent keeps at it. But then, when Vincent is in danger, Other Guy comes back to save the day. He’s like Han Solo, except that he ends up dead. But you know who does not end up dead? The scientist that Vincent was helping! They rescue him and some of the other kidnapped scientists, though those other ones are not doing well. Still, this is probably Vincent’s most successful outing so far! If I had not been spoiled that there are no recurring cast members until the second season, I’d assume that the scientist here becomes a steadfast ally. Instead, who knows what happens to him?
Also, I’m pretty sure this was the episode that had the climactic showdown at the Vasquez Rocks.
This is the last of these episodes I watched before I decided I should post about them on here. Potentially that means that the from now on they will potentially be more detailed, because I’ll take notes while I watch, but also I’m only watching one episode a week, so posting will go more slowly.



