John and Will fight a battle with an alien father and son that is to the death.John and Will fight a battle with an alien father and son that is to the death.John and Will fight a battle with an alien father and son that is to the death.
Bill Mumy
- Will Robinson
- (as Billy Mumy)
Dick Tufeld
- The Robot
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaFeatures the first occurrence of the Robot's laughter, about which he says it is "only [his] computers being cleared" when Dr Smith asks what else "do we have to do" for work.
- GoofsDuring Professor Robinson's "Volta Blade" duel with the Leader, he splits a tree in half with his sword. One half of the large tree falls on the cord of his electronic sword, completely trapping it. In the next shot, the cord has come "untrapped" from the tree and is again swinging freely.
- ConnectionsReferences The Fly (1958)
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Interesting primarily for its young guest star
Quano (Kurt Russell), a boy from one of those technically advanced yet culturally barbaric civilizations so popular in fantasy literature, appears on the Robinson's planet looking for opportunities to prove his strength and courage to his demanding father: 'The Ruler' (Michael Ansara). Ironically, the script uses Quano's and his Father's chauvinistic views of women to comment on their culture's social backwardness while the show continuing to suggest the Maureen's and Judy's main roles in the Jupitar 2 are doing laundry and preparing meals for the John, Don and Will, who do the 'real work'. The devolution of the show to a comedy continues as Smith's behaviour become increasingly silly and the robot increasingly 'human' (the robot now laughs at the verbose Doctor's self-serving egotism). The finale of the story is oddly open-ended, which I liked but seemed inconsistent with the Robinson's (especially Maureen's) earlier concerns with the alien boy's welfare. The climatic swordfight between The Ruler and John (as 'Zorro' (1957) Guy Williams had lots of practice with a blade) is quite well done, largely to the electrical effects of the charged blades being 'real'. All in all, the episode, while no less far-fetched than its predecessors, is entertaining. Michael Ansara is quite good as the honour-bound 'Ruler', and seeing a youthful Kurt Russell waving a spear around while trying to act tough and later wearing a 'brain-reading helmet' should amuse his many fans.
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- jamesrupert2014
- Jun 28, 2022
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- Runtime50 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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