| The Good Samaritan | |
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| Season 1, Episode 9 | |
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| Air date | December 26, 1988 |
| Written by | Sylvia Clayton |
| Directed by | Paul Tucker |
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- "We have all to die... sometime."
- ―Marcus Madison Mason
"The Good Samaritan" is the ninth episode of season 1 of War of the Worlds. It premiered on December 26, 1988.
In syndication and on streaming, "The Good Samaritan" is sometimes listed as the tenth episode of the season. This happens when the series premiere episode, "The Resurrection", is split into two episodes.
Plot[]
The aliens have produced a deadly toxin, and a miraculous new development to feed the world becomes their means of mass poisoning.
Synopsis[]
To learn more about designing a radiation-proof bacteria that might kill the aliens, Suzanne contacts wealthy businessman Marcus Mason, whose corporation will profit from a new grain capable of ending world hunger. Offered information for romantic favors, Suzanne refuses, but is nevertheless granted a tour of his lab.
The aliens develop a lethal spore. They possess Mason and infect his grain with it. Suzanne steals a sample of the tainted grain, discovering the spore. Monitoring transmissions, Norton links Mason's company dockyard with the aliens. Posing as Department of Agriculture inspectors, Harrison and Ironhorse battle aliens aboard the wheat ship until the alienated Mason jumps overboard to his death. The shipments have been stopped, but the aliens still have the spores.
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Trivia[]
External links[]
- The Good Samaritan at the Internet Movie Database
- Thesis: The Good Samaritan (War of the Worlds 1×09) at TrenchcoatSoft Interactive
Video[]
WAR OF THE WORLDS TV Series (1988-90) Advert for Ep 9 THE GOOD SAMARITAN
| War of the Worlds TV Series - Season 1 |
| The Resurrection I The Walls of Jericho I Thy Kingdom Come I A Multitude of Idols I Eye for an Eye I The Second Seal I Goliath Is My Name I To Heal the Leper I The Good Samaritan I Epiphany I Among the Philistines I Choirs of Angels I Dust to Dust I He Feedeth Among the Lilies I The Prodigal Son I The Meek Shall Inherit I Unto Us a Child Is Born I The Last Supper I Vengeance Is Mine I My Soul to Keep I So Shall Ye Reap I The Raising of Lazarus I The Angel of Death |