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Did David Vincent Hit the Lottery or Have a Rich Uncle?


During the the series' two-year-run, we always got to see David Vincent tooling around the country in, for the most part, decent cars and also routinely attired in snazzy clothes.

I often wondered if David Vincent had someone to finance his anti-alien crusade before he met up with actor Kent Smith's millionare-believer character during season two?

Maybe David had enough money saved up from his apparently thriving architect's business to pay for all of those airplane tickets, motel/hotel rooms, meals, Ford car rentals and sharp looking threads of his?

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It's possible that Vincent received a high sum of money when his business partner (James Daly), in the first episode, 'Beach Head', died of a "heart attack" at the hands of the invaders.

He was probably the sole beneficier.

That could easily explain where he had all the extra money to battle aliens.

Sorta like the paid vacation.




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It's too bad that David Vincent never made it to Hawaii before the show was cancelled. (David must have made it to at least 25 states during the show's two-year-run. I think that Dr. Richard Kimble DID make it to all 50 states on "The Fugitive," while he was relentlessly searching for the one-armed man.)

In addition to experiencing the stunning beauty of the Aloha State, maybe David could have convinced Steve McGarett of the alien presence/threat, and then enlisted the considerable aid and assistance of McGarret, Dan O., Chin Ho Kelly, Kono and Che Fong in David's seemingly never-ending battle with the evil ETs.

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Jack Lord was working for the Aliens in "Vikor" . Now if it showed a
scene where Dr. Richard Kimble came out of a courthouse after the
Judge dismissed his case Vincent or a cop shooting a alien and
it dies in front of him.

Vincent may have saved his money things were cheaper too.

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Yeah, after that security guard plugged the invader/J.D. (actor Russell Johnson, a/k/a "tTe Professor") in front of David, the judge and that snooty district attorney in the court house, why didn't David just get immediately on the phone with those two Air Force officers (Dabney Coleman and the other officer stationed in that NORAD facility), along with that Army officer (William Windom) stationed at the nuclear bomb test facility center, and demand that they intercede in his behalf with the powers-that-be in both the Pentagon and in the Congress?

Can you imagine how Lyndon and Ladybird Johnson would have reacted to the news that there were thousands of alien invaders, acting as Fifth Columnists across the United States? Maybe President Johnson might have said to his wife: "Saddle up my horse, Ladybird. Hubert Horatio Humphrey and I are gonna shoot us some bug-eyed aliens today!"

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He was also a good Architect , making money while taking occassional jobs for companies.

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I always assumed that David Vincent latched onto what alien resources were left after they died in an episode. It's not like they were going to report any missing funds.

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If the Wallet was not on them when they died . They could have a
cash safe somewheres?

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I venture to say that both Dustin Hoffman and Warren Beatty wished that their recorded film images in all copies of "Ishtar" extant, would go literally up in smoke, just like the aliens did on "The Invaders."

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I think the poster is right who pointed out that Vincent's senior partner at their architect firm, killed in the pilot episode, almost certainly left the firm to Vincent. But there are also numerous episodes where Vincent is working at the location where he is keeping watch on possible alien activity, is staying at cheap motels, and is wearing clothes that are considerably less than "snazzy". Several other episodes show him still doing work as an architect, including at least one where a building he has designed is under construction. I also know that in the "Leeches" episode the businessman who hires Vincent for protection and who Vincent ends up rescuing pays him a lot of money for his services.

These claims that David Vincent never works and always has plenty of money for cars and nice clothes, albeit sometimes entertaining to read, are the primary myth about this show, and don't hold up under scrutiny.

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I only recall Vincent working in one episode (apart from as a cover), the one where he pretends to defect. It's a mid-to-late season 2 ep because the Believers are in it but point taken. They never do explain how he finances his quest.

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I understand very well that you don't recall him working in more than one episode. But I simply have to point out that your recollections (along with others) are faulty. And why do you so easily assume that he never receives a paycheck in those jobs where he's working undercover?

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Once Vincent hooked up with the Believers, he had Edgar Scollville (Kent Smith) who, being very rich and powerful, obviously threw him whatever money he needed.

Great to have rich friends and allies, especially when you're fighting aliens.

In some ways, Scollville later became Vincent's "rich uncle."





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Timeline too guys - It's not necessarily so that in the universe of 'The Invaders' that all that Vincent goes through happens all within the period of time, two years, the show and it's seasons, ran. There could be ample time between episodes where Vincent is not only searching for Aliens, but returning to work on a job or two. The one or two episodes which did suggest he was still occasionally dropping back into his old job, like for instance the end of that 'Russian Embassy' episode, can support this.

Also Vincent, being an Architect, would be a self employed man, and so it's a convenient occupation for the central protagonist, because he can pick and choose, including opting whether to take on more clients/projects in his occupation as Architect. And as suggested, he could've just taken an extended break from his job anyway, given his new 'call of duty.'

And all these things aside - Given his well paid occupation and the character's age range, as too the fact that, well, he's single and without family can easily = believably a man who's saved a fair bit in the kitty. And again, just being a partner in a firm, shows how successful his architectural business probably was.

And on that too - The episode where the Aliens try to deceive Vincent by manipulating his dreams, involve Vincent being taken to a new city built in the desert (out Nevada or somewhere), which was modelled precisely on Vincent's blueprints for such a city.

The very fact that Vincent, in his architectural career, may be in a position to be designing cities would be quite impressive. Though remembering further, granted I think his design for a city was from his 'college days' as expressed in that episode, because his sweetheart from those college years also appeared in that dream, trying to manipulate him into believing it was real.

Oh and BTW - With his cars, it's been referenced by Vincent himself in atleast a couple episodes that he RENTS them! Makes sense too - given he's in one corner of the country and then another. With all the plane trips he's taken during the course of the series, it's highly probable most cars he's driven in are rentals. Though later in the series I started to notice across a few episodes a more 'regular' car which seemed to 'belong' to Vincent - that teal/aqua coloured convertible or whatever it is? Though just judging that car, that didn't seem that pricey a car, rather modest and comparable to the other cars around in the show.


And agreed about Scoville, once he was onboard including becoming essentially one of the few/only regularly recurring supporting cast members of the series, it's often made clear in dialogue between many characters, including Vincent and Scoville, that Scoville sends support, including transportation in the form of private jets and even helicopters. And we see the regard Scoville holds Vincent, including when Scoville asks a tired/drained Vincent to 'take a break.' Infact I swear Scoville has even stated to other co-horts or underlings to give Vincent all means of support. Scoville even sent that loyal 'repair guy' to investigate that medical centre where they were doing the mind control experiments, who also gave Vincent a much needed helping hand when it came to some physical stoushes with The Invaders. Scoville trusted Vincent and bestowed him much support, once they united and that's partly no surpise as I think it's also referenced that Vincent has by far the most knowledge and experience in regards to 'dealing with The Invaders.' So Vincent himself was perhaps the most highly valued resource of all.

Though on that latter point, I suppose one could point out why didn't the Invaders just take Vincent out earlier in the piece when it was becoming clear he was an ever growing menace/threat, but then that would've been a short series I suppose. And I suppose a believe excuse for this lack of efficiency is maybe that the lines of communication/Intel weren't that great between the various sub-groups of The Invaders and it was only later in the series that Vincent was a more 'known' and 'notorious' figure amongst the more leading figures of The Invaders atleast. Though we also saw how the Invaders also relied on Vincent as a liaison of sorts to mediate the odd ceasefire/backdown or two, preventing outright war/annihilation. So Vincent was of quite a bit of use for both sides.

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"David must have made it to at least 25 states during the show's two-year-run."

Oddly, all those states looked like Southern California, lol.



We used to make sh-t in this country. Build sh-t. Now we put our hands in the next guys pocket.

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I wonder how David would explain to the Car Rental or His Car insurance that it got disentegrated ?






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At least it is a bit of a myth that he never actually worked in the show: during Season 2 he actually does architect stuff in several episodes.

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I remember reading a book of "The Invaders" and remember that in the book he was an efficiency expert not an architect. He also made the fabulous sum of $100 per day for his work and drove a Jaguar XKE.

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Since it was brought up, I should point out that Kimble never made it to Hawaii in his travels.

He did go on an Alaskan cruise, in possibly one of the worst Fugitive episodes.

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The insurance paid big bucks from the house fire.

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He probably had some money in the bank as he was an architect, which isn't known for paying little money.

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