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It Takes a Thief: Boom at the Top (1969)
Best episode ever?
I give this story and 8.5. One of the episodes I still remember from when it was originally broadcast. I was 14 years old then. This episode has lots of style with one fine babe, who was integral to the plot. High rollers and more cold war intrigue. I thought this episode had some of the best acting by guest stars in the series to date. There was little room for the usual campyness and all played it quite seriously. Roddy McDowll plays his character role very well. Drama and tension all roll of the little screen. Alexander Mundy is under the gun with a time constraint not of his own making. I find this episode to be so good because Alexander Mundy was beaten by an SIA device. Yet, as a true con artist, he found a way to even the score in the end.
It Takes a Thief: To Catch a Roaring Lion (1968)
A progressive episode.
I think It Takes a Thief was one of the best hours of television ever produced. The chemistry of Wagner with just about every guest star worked really well and the continuous parade of babes was always fun to watch. The innuendo was often intense. The plots were almost believable though highly contrived and just camp enough not to take itself too seriously. Still, I wonder how a high rise cat burglar can crack a combination safe wearing gloves and why he wore white more often then not when doing his prowling? I thought this episode, "To Catch a Roaring Lion", from the second season, was interesting mostly for its progressive attitude, for the time, regarding racial relations and the equality of races. Watch it and see if you don't agree. Kudos to the producers, Wagner, and the newly introduced and most lovely Denise Nichols for making it work so well.
Lost in Space: Revolt of the Androids (1967)
A deeper episode than it appears.
This episode is deeper than it appears. It has a sentimental quality and insights into humanity and human nature. Perhaps love does conquer all? Robot's time has arrived. I can say I liked this episode more as an adult than I ever did as a child. Dr. Smith is the most disgusting character in television history. Why the master of disaster let him steal the series I will never know. Perhaps Harris worked cheap per line? Some of the sets and props actually seem to be getting better as the second season goes along. For what this series could have been, what it became was a shame. Didn't Star Trek overlap LiS for one season? I remember instantly thinking Star Trek is what LiS could have been.