Land of the Giants - 2x08 - Every Dog Needs A Boy

Land of the Giants - 2x08 - Every Dog Needs A Boy

When Chipper is injured by a giant dog, Barry and the others must turn to a giant veterinarian and his sadistic son for assistance.


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Originally aired: November 9, 1969 on ABC
Writer: Jerry Thomas
Director: Harry Harris
Show Stars: Don Marshall (Dan Erickson), Deanna Lund (Valerie Ames Scott), Heather Young (I) (Betty Hamilton), Gary Conway (Captain Steve Burton), Stefan Arngrim (Barry Lockridge), Don Matheson (Mark Wilson), Kurt Kasznar (Commander Alexander B. Fitzhugh)
Guest Stars: Michael Anderson Jr. (Ben Car) , Tom Nardini (Carl) , Robert Shayne (Mr. Clinton) , Oliver McGowan (Dr. John Howard)
Production Code: 4711

Son Carl works in his father's combined pet shop/veterinarian clinic, and is abusive toward the animals. The assistant Ben is upset. The Earthlings witness Carl sic one of the store's dogs on a local man, and then the dog accidentally injures Chipper. Barry is upset, particularly when Steve refuses to let him go back to the store to seek the doctor's help. Barry does so anyway, with Valerie trying to talk him out of it. They both get spotted by Ben, who agrees to help Chipper and succeeds.

Carl finds out about the Earthlings when Dan and Steve attempt a rescue, although he doesn't initially know about Barry and Val. The others escape, but Carl holds the threat of Ben's cooperation over the assistant so he won't report Carl's offenses to his father. Carl then loses the dog from earlier, which is a valuable movie dog. Chipper can't be moved, so the Earthlings go look for the dog to help out Ben.

Carl captures Valerie and Barry, and tries to coerce the camp's location from Valerie by threatening her with another giant dog. Mark lets a chimpanzee loose to distract Carl while Steve cuts her an escape, and Dan and Fitzhugh manage to bring the missing dog back. The dog attacks Carl's dog and Ben attacks Carl, and both manage to win. All of the Earthlings get recaptured when the doctor/father returns. Sympathetic, he tells Ben he's been promoted, kicks Carl in the metaphorical butt, and gives the Earthlings refuge until Chipper is fully recovered.
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