Lost in Space

1965
Lost in Space

Seasons & Episodes

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EP1 Condemned of Space Sep 06, 1967

The beginning of the third season finds the Robinsons having to quickly leave the planet they are on, which is a similar plot to the beginning of the second season. Once in space, the robot is swept overboard and has to be rescued. Then the Robinsons find a prison ship filled with cryogenically preserved prisoners. The prisoners have been interred past their normal sentences due to a malfunctioning timepiece on the prison ship. Professor Robinson repairs the timepiece and frees the prisoners. Robby the Robot makes another appearance, threatening Professor Robinson and Major West.

EP2 Visit to a Hostile Planet Sep 13, 1967

The Jupiter 2 and all aboard are caught in a space 'time-warp'! After everything seems to return to normal, they're shocked to find Earth within their reach and decide to return home. Though they're perplexed that they are unable to contact 'Alpha-Control', they decide to land in the 'good ole USA' ....only to find it's 1947! As usual, Dr. Smith causes issues & even considers staying behind when the Robinsons and West announce plans to leave.

EP3 Kidnapped in Space Sep 09, 1967

Dr. Smith answers a distress call from an alien space ship. He arrives there using the Space Pod, and discovers that the aliens want him to operate on (actually, repair), their leader. It turns out that the aliens are a race of some sort of robot that survive as long as their leader, who functions as their central control timepiece, is in working order. The Robinsons come to Smith's rescue in the Jupiter II. The leader is repaired by the robot, and the extended space family Robinson leave the alien space ship safely.

EP4 Hunter's Moon Sep 27, 1967

In an episode reminiscent of the first season episode "The Challenge", Professor Robinson and the Robot land the Space Pod on a planet, and Professor Robinson kills an attacking monster, only to discover that he has interfered with a contest where a highly intelligent alien who aspires to rule his home planet is being judged on how well he hunts. The alien forces Professor Robinson to take the role of one of the hunted animals in the contest, allowing the Professor one weapon. The weapon has a defect that imperils Professor Robinson, but the Professor outwits the alien and survives the ordeal.

EP5 The Space Primevals Oct 04, 1967

The primitive beings are actually wards of a computer, Protinius, which can confer temporary advanced sentience on the leading man in order to communicate Protinius' will. The episode also features a temporary camaraderie between Don and Smith, a burying of the hatchet, when Don is rescued by Smith from a pit, and then says ""Doctor Smith"" - using the word Doctor for the first time unknown ages. However, their camaraderie dissolves and the characters are back to ""normal"". Not the first time Smith has become selfless and a man of some integrity, but as usual, Smith returns to normal.

EP6 Space Destructors Oct 11, 1967

Dr. Smith and the Robot are exploring a cave. Smith pushes several buttons on a conspicuous control panel. The buttons activate a cyborg creating device. It up to Will to stop Dr. Smith.

EP7 The Haunted Lighthouse Oct 18, 1967

Before leaving their planet, the Robinsons meet a boy alien called J-5. They take him with them to return him to his home planet. They meet a strange ship, which turns out to be an earth ""lighthouse"" for lost ships. Thinking this ship will help them with extra fuel and star charts they celebrate, however when J-5 learns that they don't have enough fuel to take him home, he angrily sets about to destroy them all with a creation of his imagination. J-5 begins a new life at the lighthouse, and the Robinson's leave in the knowledge he will be looked after by the kindly, old lighthousekeeper.

EP8 Flight into the Future Oct 25, 1967

Dr. Smith, Will, and the Robot are accidentally launched in the Space Pod. They land on a planet that is controlled by an alien machine that creates illusions to confuse visitors and drive them away. The Jupiter II lands and rescues them, and the robot destroys the alien machine.

EP9 Collision of Planets Nov 08, 1967

The Robinson's come across a group of space hippies who are trying to destroy the planet the Robinson's currently inhabit. Up up to the Robinson's and Dr. Smith to stop them or they will all be doomed.

EP10 Space Creature Nov 15, 1967

A strange blue fog seems to be engulfing the Jupiter 2 periodically. Dr Smith and Will commment seperately that they want to be left alone. When the members of the Jupiter 2 begin to randomly disappear as the fog comes, Dr Smith thinks he is to blame. Eventually Will discovers a strange creature which takes over Dr Smith. The creature tells Will that he is his own Id. Will finds out his Id is a creature he created full of Will's own personal demons, thoughts, feelings and insecurities. Will defeats the creature by overcoming his ""fears"" and throws the powerless creature in the power core. The members of his family are returned.

EP11 Deadliest of the Species Nov 22, 1967

The Robinsons encounter two Aliens who are on a mission to seek and destroy an escaped Robot Prisoner, whom they believe to be hiding at the Jupiter Two. Meanwhile, the Robot meets and falls in love with this evil, female Robot. She tries to turn the Robot bad, but ultimately, is defeated by the Robot and the Robinsons, but not before wreaking havoc over the planet.

EP12 A Day at the Zoo Nov 29, 1967

A caveboy appears and attempts to lure Penny away, but she refuses, and is instead caught in a net. She is transported to an intergalactic zoo, were she will be puton show, meanwhile Dr. Smith tries to take over the zoo.

EP13 Two Weeks in Space Dec 13, 1967

Two aliens, who are actually intergalactic bank robbers, transform themselves into Earthlings. They revive a man named Zumdish who operates a tour agency and they pretend to be his clients. The Robinson's head off and Dr. Smith is left alone, Smith's decides to turn the ship into a hotel and doesn't realize how dangerous his guests are.

EP14 Castles in Space Dec 20, 1967

The Robinsons take in a Princess who is fleeing from a bounty hunter. Will is captured by the bounty hunter, who wants to trade the boy for the princess. the robot then comes up with a idea to save the day.

EP15 The Anti-Matter Man Dec 27, 1967

Professor Robinson is caught in a matter transfer emission ray, and subsequently ends up in another dimension where he is confronted by a version of himself and Don. However this realm is the opposite of his own dimension, the anti-matter world, where everything in reality is twisted. The evil John returns to the family and attempts to take over the Robinsons and take over John's life. Will he get away with it, or are Will and the Robot able to defeat him, and restore the world to it's natural order.

EP16 Target: Earth Jan 03, 1968

The Space Pod lands on a planet that is inhabited by creatures who all look alike, and aspire to be different. They capture the Robinsons and make duplicates of them with the objective of using the duplicates to fly the Jupiter II back to Earth. Will is not duplicated, and he thwarts their plan.

EP17 Princess of Space Jan 10, 1968

A crew led by Captain Kraspo is searching for the missing Princess Alpha. They bring Will aboard their ship who makes them think the Penny might be there princess, because of this the train Penny to be the future ruler of there planet.

EP18 Time Merchant Jan 17, 1968

Will is conducting an experiment in a cave and captures a man who claims to be the man who controls time for the entire universe. This ""Time Merchant"" takes Will, Professor Robinson, Smith, and the Robot, to his secret lair. From there, Smith uses the Time Merchant's time machine to return himself to Earth on the day the Robinson's departed, with the objective of NOT sabotaging the Jupiter II mission and letting the Robinsons go on their way to Alpha Centauri. The Time Merchant then announces that if Smith does not get on the Jupiter II, the ship will not fly off course and will therefore be destroyed by a collision with an asteroid several months after liftoff. So Will is sent back to join Smith and try to convince him to get on the Jupiter II as he originally did.

EP19 The Promised Planet Jan 24, 1968

The Robot suddenly announces that the Jupiter II is approaching Alpha Centauri. Everyone is suprised, and the ship lands on a planet, where they are greeted by a group of people who appear to be teenagers from Earth. It turns out that they are aliens who live like Earth-style hippies, and they are incapable of growing old. They want to age normally, and to do this they want to get the older members of the Robinson party to leave in the Jupiter II while the younger members can stay behind and be used in an experiment that will make it possible for them to do so. The aliens trick the older members of the Robinson party into leaving, but Will pulls a fast one on the aliens and the Jupiter II eventually returns to the planet, and Penny, Will, and Dr. Smith, who somehow passed himself off as a young person, are rescued.

EP20 Fugitives in Space Jan 31, 1968

Poor Don West is sent to a prison camp.....WITH Dr. Smith! Don and Dr Smith are installing some equiptment, when Dr Smith comes across and alien prison escapee. The priosoner alien makes Dr Smith change jackets and then runs away. When the prison guards catch up with Dr Smith and Don, they arrest them for aiding an escape of a prisoner.

EP21 Space Beauty Feb 14, 1968

The galactic showman, Farnum B returns as the producer of the Miss Galaxy Beauty Pageant. They want to Judy to be in the contest, she doesn't want to but Dr. Smith for forges her name and the fun begins.

EP22 The Flaming Planet Feb 21, 1968

Dr. Smith disposes of a plant that has grown out of control, but once outside the plant attaches itself to the Jupiter 2. The plant apparently believe that Dr. Smith is its mother, meanwhile the ship is attached by a brave space warrior.

EP23 The Great Vegetable Rebellion Feb 28, 1968

Doctor Smith uses the Space Pod to land on a planet that the Jupiter II is passing by. It turns out that the planet has evolved in such a way that plants are the highest form of life, and some of them are quite intelligent. One of these plants, a large carrot, captures Smith and tries to change him into a plant. The Jupiter II lands and the Robinsons and West come to Smith's rescue, only to be captured themselves. Eventually they thwart the plant creature and make their escape.

EP24 Junkyard in Space Mar 06, 1968

The Jupiter 2 lands on a planet which serves as a junkyard. The Robinson's food supply is dwindling. So Dr. Smith tries to sell the robot and the ship in order to get food. Can Dr.Smith be stopped?
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Released: 15 September 1965 Ended
Producted By: 20th Century Fox Television
Country: United States of America
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The space family Robinson is sent on a five-year mission to find a new planet to colonise. The voyage is sabotaged time and again by an inept stowaway, Dr. Zachary Smith. The family's spaceship, Jupiter II, also carries a friendly robot who endures an endless stream of abuse from Dr. Smith, but is a trusted companion of young Will Robinson

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Brucey D Originally conceived as a 'Swiss Family Robinson in space', this series ran for three seasons, starting out in B&W and then transitioning into colour in the second and third seasons. At the time TV executives assumed that it was a competitor for 'Star Trek' and whilst one might watch both shows, they really are very different.'Guest star' Jonathan Harris plays Dr Smith, and his antics provide much of the material in most episodes. The other actors, regardless of billing, have relatively minor roles, playing largely one-dimensional characters; they must have been bored stiff. The exception to this is provided by Will (Bill Mumy) and the robot, who have more to do. Interestingly, there are a similar number of Star Trek (TOS) episodes, and the costs per episode were comparable (Star Trek costing about 20-25% more); yet LIS looks a bit shonky and Star Trek, by and large, doesn't. Most of LIS is shot on the same sets, using various recycled props of various kinds. The Jupiter II sets were apparently incredibly expensive; I'd have to say it doesn't show. The music on LIS is a strong point though; here John Williams cut his teeth, and Alexander Courage contributed too.The premise of LIS is that the Earth is badly overpopulated, yet the family has three children. The plots mostly assume that they are 'lost' yet Earth appears to be relatively close-by; they quite regularly get close to it and then return to their starting point, ready for next week's episode. Space travel appears not to take very long. You would have to say that realism didn't play much of a part in the thinking of the show's creators.The problems with LIS though largely stem from the scripts; there is precious little in the way of drama or peril, and there is no sign of any exploration of deeper concepts or much curiosity as might befit true space explorers. In series 1 and 2 almost every week some new (and wildly improbable) character turns up, usually Dr Smith gets involved with them for his own selfish motives, comes unstuck, puts others in danger and gets rescued/survives somehow. Things are a bit different in series three, but against a background of rising costs, and poor audience demographics, it was too little, too late. Well, I say "danger, danger, Will Robinson! Same-y scripts, lacking in depth, are ruining what might otherwise have been a good show!"Like many U.S. series, there are too many episodes that were too much the same; like diner coffee, you can have nearly as much as you like, but it isn't really that good and you soon find that you don't really hanker for much more of the same. More is less; had they made half as many episodes, but each one well, it would have better show overall.
sskips1963 I am willing to bet that you will never find words like vicissitudes or pusillanimous in any episode of Star Trek , as you do in Lost In Space throughout it's run. Dr. Smith was a completely re-created character by the actor himself. Well written and it's range from dark to dead pan(on purpose) humor is excellent. Some shows are hard to watch after seeing them 7 times, lol, but this was entertaining for the whole three seasons. And let's not forget that Star Trek only went that long initially too. I love both, but I am pretty sure that Star Treks' ever lasting appeal was more an accident based on the fact that it was a "singles" man (nerds) series.Literally Trek had all, mostly, single people in it therefore wasn't targeted at families. And in comics as well as sci-fi , you gotta go for the targeted audience for the most part.
dminkster I don't recall seeing this show when it was originally on TV, but I watch reruns each Saturday night and am amazed at just how awful it is. One fan said the first season was good, but I guess I haven't seen any of those episodes, just the final two seasons which are borderline inept. The acting is stiff and self conscious, at best. The writing, if you can call it that, is just terrible. Things make no sense, characters do stupid things and let's not even talk about the 'special effects.' I am also confused about who the target audience was. I guess it had to be kids, say 10-12 year olds, but I think the show was on in prime time which makes no sense to me. The adult characters behave really stupidly all the time, and Dr Smith, or whatever his name is, is straight out of a bad cartoon with his overly dramatic 'acting.' He is so campy that it's surprising kids weren't warped by watching him. Sorry, fans, if there are any, but this show stinks. Irwin Allen, you are a hack. At least for these 3 years you were.
Jon Ranfone (curdsandwheywithtelemach) I've always enjoyed this show -The first season took a more serious approach, excellent story-writing, The last 2 seasons were comical, but still fun - which gave the show an extra edge! Although all in all no where near as good as 'Star Trek'. Yes, this show was extremely campy and silly, but it had that lighthearted feeling that appealed to everyone.The 1st season - has a lot of classics, probably the best.The 2nd season - Starts the comical stuff, and...(in color! ) along with the 3rd season remained with it's giddy atmosphere. Great color and sets - really reflects it's era.My top 10 fav episodes are as follows. 1. Anti-Matter Man 2. Flight into the Future 3. Cave of the Wizards 4. Hungry Sea 5. Follow the Leader 6. Trip Through the Robot 7. Mechanical Men 8. Space Primevals 9. Invaders from the Fifth Dimension 10. The DerelictNow to talk about the cast - I love them all! I'll start with Jonathan Harris, my favorite of the show - This guy is literally incredible - I still can't get over this, he is the ultimate source of this show, in all honestly. I even found myself recently adapting a lot of sayings! No one quite matched his character Dr. Smith - there are times when you hate him for all the trouble he caused, but then you really looked back and appreciated his character in the show. Angela Cartwright who was extremely underrated, and should have had more and better roles, along with Marta Kristen and June Lockhart both should have had better roles as well, they were another underused and underrated actresses. June Lockhart, I think was most underused, Not a lot of episodes revolving around her.Guy Williams - good man - a hero - of course... Mark Goddard- good, funny guy - the funniest thing about him as Don - was in the fight scenes he didn't stand a chance! Haha! Bill Mumy - Excellent! Great young actor - he makes the show next to Harris. His young heroic deeds are unmistakable. The Robot is awesome! Nothing matches the uniqueness of the robot - I mean come on.