Captain Midnight
Captain Midnight was a daring, jut-jawed war hero who led a mysterious government group known as the Secret Squadron. Midnight, his comic sidekick Icky, and the rest of the Squadron traveled around the globe stomping out evil. When the show went into syndication, Midnight's name became Jet Jackson, and the show's title was changed.
- 1954-1958
- 2 seasons
- CBS
- Science Fiction
- TV-G
Captain Midnight was a daring, jut-jawed war hero who led a mysterious government group known as the Secret Squadron. Midnight, his comic sidekick Icky, and the rest of the Squadron traveled around the globe stomping out evil. When the show went into syndication, Midnight's name became Jet Jackson, and the show's title was changed.
Season 2 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 1955 - 1956
Episode 1
The Secret Room
Sat, Oct 1, 1955 30 mins
It's suspected that some foreign power is after a inventors new gadget. The inventors wife is having a fortune teller do a séance. Captain Midnight and Ikky investigate the Swami's phony fortune telling scheme. Captain Midnight suspects it's a plan to steel the inventor's new invention.
Episode 2
Mission to Mexico
Wed, Oct 5, 1955 30 mins
Mr. Hobson, an American security specialist, reports that an enemy radio transmitter in Mexico has broken down. Since his men have broken the enemy's code, they want the transmitter repaired as soon as possible so they can continue to monitor the broadcasts. Captain Midnight and Icky volunteer to travel to the remote mountain area where the transmitter is located posing as fix-it men in hopes of being hired to repair the broken equipment - and do some poking around in the enemy's base on the side.
Episode 3
The Frozen Men
Wed, Oct 12, 1955 30 mins
Noted scientist Dr. J. P. Hartley has been kidnapped by foreign agents. Captain Midnight, Ikky, and Tut determine he'd been working with extreme cold to make a metal that could withstand practically anything. An ice sheet in the desert tips the guys off to the doctor's location. As Captain Midnight tries to revive the frozen scientist in the spies' icy lair, the military drops an atomic bomb nearby at the government's atomic testing grounds.
Episode 4
Doctors of Doom
Wed, Oct 19, 1955 30 mins
The "Doctors" have a secret nuclear laboratory in a sanitarium. Captain Midnight, Ikky and Dr. Jones try to sneak in.
Episode 5
Sunken Sapphires
Wed, Oct 26, 1955 30 mins
Captain Midnight and Ikky get involved with a sunken jewel mystery. A woman and her son tell Captain Midnight about her husband who went down with the ship he was on. The woman believes his small chest of jewels are still on the sunken ship somewhere. Now Captain Midnight is on a underwater adventure in search of this sunken treasure.
Episode 6
Master Criminal
Sat, Dec 3, 1955 30 mins
A wanted criminal surrenders to Midnight but it's a ruse to gain access to our hero's file cabinet. When that fails, Dr. "Tut" Jones is kidnapped.
Episode 7
Secret of Superstition Mountain
Sat, Dec 10, 1955 30 mins
When Captain Midnight is informed that a friend who is in Arizona looking for a mineral named "Thorium" and was shot needs help, he and Ikky fly in their Silver Dart jet plane to help him.
Episode 8
Mountain of Fire
Sat, Dec 17, 1955 30 mins
Captain Midnight and Ikky are checking out a tunnel in a volcano. Some unsavory crooks have something to hide and plan on causing a cave-in to trap them in. Unfortunately for them their plan fails and Captain Midnight and crew escape. Now Captain Midnight plans on checking the volcano closer to the lava using a "fire-suit" invented by Tut. But will he survive when one of the crooks also puts on a "fire-suit".
Episode 9
The Jungle Pit
Sat, Dec 24, 1955 30 mins
Jerry, the gardener of Captain Midnight's Fortress, asks the help of Captain Midnight and Ikky, to find his father, who has been missing for years. Recent found evidence that has turned up brings speculation that he may be on a island in the Pacific.
Episode 10
Flight Into the Unknown
Sat, Dec 31, 1955 30 mins
The daughter of a distinguished businessman, asks for the help of Captain Midnight. After hearing the girls story, that is cut short by her mother, Captain Midnight and Ikky decide to visit the girl and her mother. Captain Midnight decides to help the family after hearing the whole story. Captain Midnight is now on a mission to bring home the businessman and millions of dollars that he is protecting from some desperate crooks.
Episode 11
The Runaway Suitcase
Sat, Jan 7, 1956 30 mins
A Police Lieutenant falls under suspicion when money disappears.
Episode 12
Million Dollar Diamond
Sat, Jan 14, 1956 30 mins
A diamond thief with a devilish plan to steel a million dollar diamond, finds a diamond cutter that looks just like him. He kidnaps the diamond cutter and replaces himself as the husband of the family. But suspension arises when the son notices that his father doesn't remember certain things. The boy seeks out the help of Captain Midnight.
Episode 13
The Human Bullet
Sat, Jan 21, 1956 30 mins
Captain Midnight volunteers to be the first human to test ride a rocket rail car after the only test dummy is damaged during the first test run. Sabotage is suspected.