Target Earth is a little better than average episode. It seems to be a re-hash of several other episodes, rolled into one. The stock footage compounds that feel. And too much story is crammed into one episode. That said, it is overall better than average.
Somehow Dr. Smith discovers a way to separate The Robot's upper half from his lower half. It is a great visual special effect. However, it seems to have only been used a cool visual (but has no bearing on the plot).
Bubbling Dr. Smith then launches the Space Pod, with the lower half of The Robot and it lands on an unknown planet.
The aliens make duplicates of the Robinsons and the duplicates fly the Jupiter Two back to earth.
On the plus side, we get to see the duplicates attempt to act like the real crew (it feels a little odd since we just saw that from Prof Robinson and Major West in the previous Anti-Matter Man episode). And Dr. Smith is played as a bumbler, to be sure, but he is not a total coward. He volunteers to go to the Space Pod and also karate chops an alien!
Some gaps: how quickly the Jupiter Two returns to earth (Chicago) and how quickly it returns to the alien planet defies logic (even for Lost in Space). Another huge gap is, it is inconceivable that Will would have left earth! Or why at least Dr. Smith didn't stay. And that by himself, Will could have navigated the Jupiter Two all the way back to the alien planet!
PS: The interactions between Will and Dr. Smith seem a little off, with Will scolding Dr. Smith a few times!
Somehow Dr. Smith discovers a way to separate The Robot's upper half from his lower half. It is a great visual special effect. However, it seems to have only been used a cool visual (but has no bearing on the plot).
Bubbling Dr. Smith then launches the Space Pod, with the lower half of The Robot and it lands on an unknown planet.
The aliens make duplicates of the Robinsons and the duplicates fly the Jupiter Two back to earth.
On the plus side, we get to see the duplicates attempt to act like the real crew (it feels a little odd since we just saw that from Prof Robinson and Major West in the previous Anti-Matter Man episode). And Dr. Smith is played as a bumbler, to be sure, but he is not a total coward. He volunteers to go to the Space Pod and also karate chops an alien!
Some gaps: how quickly the Jupiter Two returns to earth (Chicago) and how quickly it returns to the alien planet defies logic (even for Lost in Space). Another huge gap is, it is inconceivable that Will would have left earth! Or why at least Dr. Smith didn't stay. And that by himself, Will could have navigated the Jupiter Two all the way back to the alien planet!
PS: The interactions between Will and Dr. Smith seem a little off, with Will scolding Dr. Smith a few times!