The Immortal
The Immortal
TV ShowEnded

The Immortal

7.4 / 10
1970
1 season
16 episodes
Drama

The Immortal is an American television series, which aired on ABC from September 1970 to January 1971. The series is based on a pilot movie of the same name, which aired in September 1969. The pilot is based on the science fiction novel The Immortals, by James Gunn. Although the series was canceled at midseason, episodes were rerun by ABC in the summer of 1971. It was later shown in reruns on the Sci Fi Channel.

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Seasons

  • Ep 0

    0.Pilot

    TBA60m
  • Ep 1

    1.Sylvia

    24-09-197060m

    Sylvia, Ben's one-time fiancee, is engaged to marry another man. She has taken the step not because she loves the man -- she is still helplessly in love with Ben -- but because sh...

  • Ep 2

    2.White Elephants Don't Grow on Trees

    01-10-197060m

    A salvage dealer offers Ben a hiding place in the back of his disabled truck while Fletcher is in pursuit. After Fletcher leaves Ben helps the man repair the truck and deliver the...

  • Ep 3

    3.Reflections on a Lost Tomorrow

    08-10-197060m

    Dr. Walter Koster has spent 20 years researching his theory about the connection between hemoglobin and the aging process. Ben sees him on TV and gets a job at the clinic where Dr...

  • Ep 4

    4.The Legacy

    15-10-197060m

    A teacher gives Ben a ride to escape from Maitland's hounds. Her star pupil is a Chicano boy who lives with his grandfather in an illegal mining camp. Ben and the teacher take th...

  • Ep 5

    5.The Rainbow Butcher

    22-10-197060m

    A dishonest sheriff jails Ben on trumped-up traffic charges. In order to work off the $50 fine imposed on him, Ben will have to spend 25 days on a work detail building a lodge for...

  • Ep 6

    6.Man on a Punched Card

    29-10-197060m

    Two engaged computer technicians serve as Fletcher's newest weapon in hunting Ben. They have developed a program that can analyze information about Ben and predict his next move -...

  • Ep 7

    7.White Horse, Steel Horse

    05-11-197060m

    Ben, one of a number of hired laborers on a farm, witnesses a sheriff accidentally shot by a couple of workers who are upset over withheld wages. The farm owner organizes an ""Hon...

  • Ep 8

    8.The Queen's Gambit

    12-11-197060m

    A woman's car breaks down near Ben as he stands hitchhiking. He fixes her car, then uses it to escape when he spots the ubiquitous black car nearby. The woman whose car he repair...

  • Ep 9

    9.By Gift of Chance

    19-11-197060m

    While hiding out in a Mexican border town Ben is shot in an alley altercation. Fletcher shows up in the alley moments after a fellow American gets Ben off the street. The two ret...

  • Ep 10

    10.Dead Man, Dead Man

    03-12-197060m

    Hitchhiking Ben had been viewing wallet photos of a driver's family when the driver runs off the road and crashes down an embankment into a fast-moving river. Ben, thrown free and...

  • Ep 11

    11.Paradise Bay

    10-12-197060m

    ""Keep out -- this means YOU!"" reads the sign on a chain blocking the coastal road to the town of Paradise Bay. Ben drives around the barricade because he has a lead on his broth...

  • Ep 12

    12.The Return

    17-12-197060m

    The search for Jason leads Ben east to Ohio to look up the man who gave the two boys shelter when they ran away from the orphanage. Ben is set to leave town but he hears his frien...

  • Ep 13

    13.To the Gods Alone

    31-12-197060m

    Fletcher has Ben. Trapped in a cabin during a snowstorm, Ben and his captor have nothing to do but talk. Ben is curious about Fletcher's desire to work for people like Maitland,...

  • Ep 14

    14.Sanctuary

    07-01-197160m

    Ben's latest escape from Fletcher takes him onto an Indian reservation. His transportation is not very reliable -- a dune buggy he almost finished repairing before fleeing in it....

  • Ep 15

    15.Brother's Keeper

    14-01-197160m

    Ben has located a man named Jason Richards who once lived in an orphanage. Ben may have found his brother, but before he can introduce himself Fletcher shows up. Because he has r...

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