Lost in Space (TV Series)

The Challenge (1966)

June Lockhart: Maureen Robinson

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• Quano : Except for my father, I am answerable to no one.

  Maureen Robinson : What about your mother? Doesn't SHE have a say in your upbringing?

  Quano : She always bows to the wishes of my father.

• Prof. John Robinson : [at breakfast]  Quano IS here.

  Maureen Robinson : Where? I don't see him.

  Prof. John Robinson : He's been hiding behind those rocks over there for the last thirty minutes.

  Maureen Robinson : Oh, shame on you, John Robinson, letting that boy stand there and watch us eat. Now, why didn't you invite him to join us?

  Prof. John Robinson : Well, darling, you don't ask that young man to do ANYTHING. HE has to make the first move.

  Maureen Robinson : Well, if he won't, I will.

• Quano : I have eaten.

  Maureen Robinson : Are you sure?

  Quano : My word is not to be questioned! If I say it, then it is so.

• The Ruler : This does not concern you, woman. It is a matter for men to decide.

  Maureen Robinson : Well, I don't know about YOUR world, but in ours women are treated as the equals of men.

  The Ruler : [laughing heartily]  Ah, ha-ha-ho-ho! What a foolish arrangement!

  Maureen Robinson : Well, I don't see anything FOOLISH about it.

  The Ruler : Women the equal of men? In what way? Are they stronger than men? Do they have more intelligence? Do they make laws or fight wars?

  The Ruler : [to John]  Ah-ha. This will be an excellent story for me to tell when I return home.

  Maj. Don West : [to Maureen]  I can hear the boys in the club laughing already.

• Quano : I bring you greetings from my father. As his spokesman, I also have a message for you: My father wishes to inform you that he has prepared an area suitable for the challenge. The ground is good and firm, and offers good footing. If acceptable, the contest will begin at the hour of ten tomorrow. Failure of your son or his substitute to appear will be considered an act of cowardice, and a penalty enacted against you.

  Maureen Robinson : What sort of a penalty?

  Quano : That will be for my father to decide.

  Maureen Robinson : John, there was nothing said about a penalty before.

  Maj. Don West : And what does he mean by "substitute?"

  Quano : These are the rules which govern the challenge.

  Prof. John Robinson : You tell your father we'll be there.