Accidentally landing on a planet, Will, Doctor Smith and the Robot find the Jupiter 2 is now an archaeological site and that they are in the future.Accidentally landing on a planet, Will, Doctor Smith and the Robot find the Jupiter 2 is now an archaeological site and that they are in the future.Accidentally landing on a planet, Will, Doctor Smith and the Robot find the Jupiter 2 is now an archaeological site and that they are in the future.
- Will Robinson
- (as Billy Mumy)
- First Stone Monster
- (uncredited)
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- Illusion Machine
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- The Robot
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- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe Robot's statement, "There are more jamming potentials on this planet, Will Robinson, than can be computed by my computer banks," is a variation of, "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, / Than are dreamt of in your philosophy," from Hamlet, Act 1, scene 5.
- GoofsWhen the Robot exits the Pod, in the next instant he's shown on the ground, but the Pod has no ramp.
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Sgt. Smith: There will be no apology , Smith. We have just checked you out. Your name is Zachary Smith?
Dr. Zachary Smith: Of course it is.
Sgt. Smith: Mine is Horatio Smith, Smith. And whether I like it or not--and I don't--you are my great-great-great-great grandfather.
Dr. Zachary Smith: Am I in--I am? Oh, good heavens. Oh, my dear boy. You are my great-great-great-great grandson? Well, let me look at you. Yes. I can see the resemblance. I think I'm going to cry. What a magnificent specimen of manhood you are--just like me! What a credit to the name of Smith!
Sgt. Smith: Except that Zachary Smith has shamed all the Smiths, Smith. You know what it's like to live under a cloud? To have a finger of scorn pointed at you... because you-- yes, you-- besmirched the family name?
Dr. Zachary Smith: I? Are you suggesting that the family name was besmirched by me?
Sgt. Smith: Were you or were you not the fifth columnist in the Jupiter expedition?
Dr. Zachary Smith: Certainly not.
Sgt. Smith: Were you or were you not the master saboteur?
Dr. Zachary Smith: No.
Sgt. Smith: Were you or were you not the sly, Machiavellian menace during the entire Robinson voyage?
Dr. Zachary Smith: Well, I...
Sgt. Smith: Answer me! Answer me-- yes or no?
Dr. Zachary Smith: How dare you!
Dr. Zachary Smith: [Talking to the Robot] Did you hear these foul slanders?
The Robot: I did, and they are not slanders.
- ConnectionsReferences The War of the Worlds (1953)
The episode is somewhat of a mind frak episode because it not just plays around with the perceptions on the minds of all three characters but ours as well. One thing just seems to happen after another, or things do happen but then they don't all within a blink of an eye. I really like how all three react and are puzzled by the predicament they're in, were all in the same boat as them trying to make sense out of everything and are also asking the same question, what the heck is going on?
There are some funny moments like one where we see the Robot has a statue has been erected and we see Robot is singing a song with joy which cracks me up, yeah I'd probably react the same way if I ever saw a statue of myself that had a good word for me. But also, serious moments when Will talks with his descendant whom looks like Judy (course that is the same actress) along with a space commander from Earth and give him a little info on the future.
When the commander mentioned museum, Will has a sad look along with ourselves because he feels that's where he belongs. I just thought that small moment shows the flipside of the coin to visiting the future how it's not always such a wonderful thing not just from knowing too much about it but knowing how much time you lost when you weren't around in the present. But Will isn't sold on what they and this planet is selling, for nothing is what it seems.
Rating: 4 stars
- hellraiser7
- May 26, 2019
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- Runtime50 minutes
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