I found 'Them' a very frustrating show -- It had potential to be a classic..An informative, well acted, dramatic piece of TV highlighting what went on in 1950's America but was filled / padded with so much unnecessary tangents and rubbish it got very boring at times..
Redo 'Them' as a 6 Episode Story of the first 10 days of the Emory Family 1st 10 days in Compton...Tell it 'straight' for want of a better term....Cut out all the Supernatural/Occult/Hallucinations rubbish, and episode 9 in its entirety-- That could easily have been done in a 2 minute scene of a Mother telling her kids the story of the boogeyman or whatever,and you have a fantastic, important piece of TV highlighting very important events of recent history