1958

S1.E1 ∙ Sixty Feet Below

Fri, Jan 03, 1958

Racing against time, Mike Nelson attempts a risky rescue of a test pilot trapped in his plane's cockpit 60 feet below the ocean's surface.

8.3 /10

Mike travels 1500 miles inland to a flooded mine where two men are trapped in a foul air pocket. He reaches them, but his dilemma is that there is only enough air in his tank to rescue the miners one-at-a-time and not enough air in the pocket for the remaining man to survive until he returns with more air. Who will go? Who will stay? How will he decide?

7.3 /10

S1.E3 ∙ Rapture of the Deep

Fri, Jan 24, 1958

While testing the skills of two divers, Mike is attacked by one of them, whom is suffering from rapture of the deep.

7.9 /10

S1.E4 ∙ Mark of the Octopus

Fri, Jan 31, 1958

Mike is asked to investigate when two underwater geologists disappear, one of whom washes up on the beach with marks of a struggle with a gigantic octopus.

7.8 /10

S1.E5 ∙ The Sea Sled

Fri, Feb 07, 1958

Mike Nelson rescues an unidentified girl from drowning. The Immigration Department suspects she's an illegal alien and releases her in Mike's custody.

7.9 /10

S1.E6 ∙ Female of the Species

Fri, Feb 14, 1958

Although Kay Dalton is terrified of the sea, she is determined to dive for a cache of stolen diamonds.

8.1 /10

S1.E7 ∙ Mr. Guinea Pig

Fri, Feb 21, 1958

An old flame comes back into Mike's life, and she's nothing but trouble.

7.3 /10

S1.E8 ∙ Sonar Queen

Fri, Feb 28, 1958

Mike has been hired to test a machine dubbed "the fish-finder" on an experimental boat called The Sonar Queen, in hopes of determining why all of the fish have disappeared from the coast of a Mexican fishing village.

7.9 /10

S1.E9 ∙ Gold Below

Fri, Mar 07, 1958

Mike comes to the aid of a young friend, whom has been fooled into working for a couple unsavory treasure hunters.

8.4 /10

S1.E10 ∙ Recovery

Fri, Mar 14, 1958

Mike searches the ocean bottom for a gone-astray nose cone.

7.9 /10

S1.E11 ∙ Killer Whale

Fri, Mar 21, 1958

Mike hunts down a killer whale that has been terrorizing a local coastal community.

5.9 /10

S1.E12 ∙ Midget Submarine

Fri, Mar 28, 1958

Mike pilots a mini-submarine in an attempt to rescue a Russian scientist defector from a ship, where he is being held by his Soviet kidnappers.

8 /10

S1.E13 ∙ The Shark Cage

Fri, Apr 04, 1958

Nelson is hired to study shark behavior at various depths and the effects of a new shark repellent.In Caribbean waters and with two other divers assisting him,he is lowered in a shark "cage" to accomplish the assignment.Before it is all over Mike is reminded that human beings also pose a danger to his life.

7.7 /10

S1.E14 ∙ Hard Hat

Fri, Apr 11, 1958

Nelson,brought to the Latin American port of Santa Pueblo,investigates a recently found German WWII submarine.The sub,which had been on a secret mission,may contain secret documents or weapons,the remains of top Nazi Party members-or gold! "Hard hat" divers backed by the country's dictator interfere in the exploration.

8.4 /10

S1.E15 ∙ Marvelous Treasure Machine

Fri, Apr 18, 1958

An overly energetic man appears on Nelson's boat and claims to have built a machine which can find shipwrecks by calculating where the shifting of the earth's plates have moved them. After a successful test run, the objective is to find lost barges carrying gold! Oddly, Nelson is more interested in the machine itself.

7.7 /10

S1.E16 ∙ The Poacher

Fri, Apr 25, 1958

Mike assists the authorities in trying to apprehend a poacher operating in the swamps of Silver Springs, Florida.

8 /10

S1.E17 ∙ Girl in the Trunk

Fri, May 02, 1958

Mike has serious concerns regarding a dangerous, underwater, carnival magic act.

7.9 /10

S1.E18 ∙ The Sponge Divers

Fri, May 09, 1958

Mike comes to the aid of a young diver - in more ways than one.

7 /10

S1.E19 ∙ Diamond River

Fri, May 16, 1958

Mike Nelson accepts a job to supervise a diving expedition for diamonds in South America, but soon rebels against his employers.

8 /10

S1.E20 ∙ Alligator Story

Fri, May 23, 1958

Mike Nelson goes after a vicious alligator that escapes from a wild-animal show in Silver Springs, Fla. and takes refuge in the lake in a public park.

8.2 /10

S1.E21 ∙ Magnetic Mine

Fri, May 30, 1958

Mike Nelson learns of a derelict mine which has drifted into a California harbor.

7.8 /10

S1.E22 ∙ Underwater Patrol

Fri, Jun 06, 1958

Mike Nelson is called in by the Florida State Police to help solve a series of underwater crimes.

7.3 /10

S1.E23 ∙ Legend of the Mermaid

Fri, Jun 13, 1958

Mike investigates the legend of a mermaid located in an underwater cave off the west coast of Florida.

7.7 /10

S1.E24 ∙ Pressure Suit

Fri, Jun 20, 1958

A professor and his daughter hire Mike Nelson to help them search for a rare underwater plant in Costa Rica.

6.9 /10

S1.E25 ∙ The Prospectors

Fri, Jun 27, 1958

Two prospectors (one of whom is at times violently paranoid about being cheated) ask Nelson to join them in a search for uranium deposits in a river bottom. When after two futile weeks Nelson finally has a positive reading on his Geiger counter, the paranoid partner snaps and lets his suspicions get the better of him.

6.6 /10

S1.E26 ∙ The Hero

Fri, Jul 04, 1958

To fund research for an "ocean plants into food products" project, Nelson agrees to travel to Puerto Blanco/South America. There he teaches skin diving to a thrill seeking millionaire hunter and his wife. The boorish hunter wants to kill a large shark and a giant squid for his trophy case. An accident quickly matures the man.

7.8 /10

S1.E27 ∙ Underwater Station

Fri, Jul 11, 1958

Mike discovers a kidnapped scientist being held in an underwater prison cell.

7.4 /10

S1.E28 ∙ The Lost Ones

Fri, Jul 18, 1958

Offshore near Santa Barbara,Nelson is testing a sea "scooter". Meanwhile,a know-it-all ex-athlete and his wife are spending the day at the beach with their two kids. The kids are carelessly allowed to explore the area and end up trapped in a cave which high-tide will engulf. Nelson and his scooter attempt to be of help.

7.7 /10

S1.E29 ∙ Capture of the Santa Rosa

Fri, Jul 25, 1958

Mike attempts to rescue a kidnapped Latin American diplomat being held with his wife at sea on his pleasure boat named Santa Rosa.

6.8 /10

S1.E30 ∙ The Shipwreck

Fri, Aug 01, 1958

An unexpected storm capsizes a boat.

7.6 /10

S1.E31 ∙ The Big Dive

Fri, Aug 08, 1958

A stuntman tries to break the world's skin-diving record.

7.6 /10

S1.E32 ∙ The Birthday Present

Fri, Aug 15, 1958

Hoodlums attack Mike after he explores the waters around a pier.

7.8 /10

S1.E33 ∙ Dead Man's Cove

Fri, Aug 22, 1958

Mike tries to prove that a woman's drowning was not accidental.

7.8 /10

S1.E34 ∙ Killer Rock

Fri, Aug 29, 1958

Mike is hired to make a molehill out of an underwater mountain.

7.5 /10

S1.E35 ∙ The Amphibian

Fri, Sep 05, 1958

While underwater, a member of Mike's supervised diving party goes missing.

8 /10

S1.E36 ∙ Lord Cristobal

Fri, Sep 12, 1958

Mike's life is targeted for murder during his insurance investigation of a sunken ship.

7.7 /10

S1.E37 ∙ Decoy

Fri, Sep 19, 1958

Mike investigates reports of a sea monster, which is literally causing whales to leap into the air above the ocean's surface.

7 /10

S1.E38 ∙ The Sea Has Ears

Fri, Sep 26, 1958

Mike searches for the divers who are tapping top secret telephone communications along an underwater cable.

8.5 /10

S1.E39 ∙ The Manganese Story

Fri, Oct 03, 1958

Mike battles rough weather, sharks, bullets, and even a giant clam, as he searches for a deep-water manganese deposit, which could be invaluable to the U.S. Government.

7.9 /10