Hunter's Moon is outstanding.
For the first several minutes, Dr. Smith returns to his early Season One evil personality when he does not want the Jupiter Two to land and search for Prof Robinson and The Robot (who landed on the planet in the space pod). Mrs. Robinson even lets him have it!
If some of the minor Dr. Smith foolishness (and to a lesser extend The Robot's), later in the episode, had been revised, Hunter's Moon could have been an early or mid Season One episode Gem. Even with those minor distractions it is excellent and almost worthy of a "10".
The alien hunter Megazor, is arrogant and very easy to dislike. The story is excellent, with Dr. Smith getting everyone in a bind early on and then when it looked like all was clear, his greed got them in a bind again. Prof Robinson is the hero.
PS: Although the Robinsons always put up with Dr. Smith's antics, it is incredible that after Prof Robinson returned to the Jupiter Two the first time (and would have learned what Dr. Smith did to cause the crash landing), that he would risk his life to save him. Or at the very least laugh near the end as Dr. Smith runs by. The crash landing was the evil Dr. Smith, not the buffoonish Dr. Smith. If there was a serious ending with a Dr. Smith banishment, this episode would have wrapped perfectly.
For the first several minutes, Dr. Smith returns to his early Season One evil personality when he does not want the Jupiter Two to land and search for Prof Robinson and The Robot (who landed on the planet in the space pod). Mrs. Robinson even lets him have it!
If some of the minor Dr. Smith foolishness (and to a lesser extend The Robot's), later in the episode, had been revised, Hunter's Moon could have been an early or mid Season One episode Gem. Even with those minor distractions it is excellent and almost worthy of a "10".
The alien hunter Megazor, is arrogant and very easy to dislike. The story is excellent, with Dr. Smith getting everyone in a bind early on and then when it looked like all was clear, his greed got them in a bind again. Prof Robinson is the hero.
PS: Although the Robinsons always put up with Dr. Smith's antics, it is incredible that after Prof Robinson returned to the Jupiter Two the first time (and would have learned what Dr. Smith did to cause the crash landing), that he would risk his life to save him. Or at the very least laugh near the end as Dr. Smith runs by. The crash landing was the evil Dr. Smith, not the buffoonish Dr. Smith. If there was a serious ending with a Dr. Smith banishment, this episode would have wrapped perfectly.