The science is so bad, it's completely off the radar. Featuring an intelligent humanoid alien being who can move freely around in space with no obvious means of propulsion or protection and who can also audibly sing in the vacuum of space. There's also complete misunderstanding of the scales of sizes of solar systems and galaxies. With lines like "We've just passed Uranus and Arcturus" and then from Earth-based Alpha Control as the spaceship overshoots the home planet - "You're exiting the Galaxy, Good Luck".
But, none of the above really matters as the show is just so enjoyable. Dr Smith really does screw up big time by firstly deviating the Jupiter 2 off-course, then jettisoning all of the fuel. If that's not enough, he then manipulates Penny in an underhand manner into again putting the craft into further peril and then later he needs an EVA rescue which again has serious consequences for the direction of the travellers and the future direction of the series.
As always though, the ever-forgiving Robinsons always do the morally correct thing and undermine their own goals in order rescue Smith even though he most certainly doesn't deserve it. But, us long-suffering viewers somehow completely understand this by now and we, like them, also want him to be rescued, although we don't quite know why!
It's such a novelty though, watching these "outer space" episodes after a whole series of the Jupiter 2 craft stranded on Preplanus. You've got to give it to the writers, they hadn't at all lost their sense of adventure, imagination or suspense at this point. Getting back into space again was somehow needed to boost the interest of the show for a while. It's also made so much more enjoyable by the use of colour, with the outrageously colourful clothing and scenery and great telescopic photos of nebulae from NASA giving a real out-of-this-world feeling to the episode.
Overall a joy to watch and quite captivating. Just let down a little by the silliness of the alien subplot and just a complete disregard for anything remotely scientifically correct. But again, it seems more fun just to ignore all that and enjoy the show for what it is with its tensions, high drama and cliffhangers, and by no means to take it too seriously.
But, none of the above really matters as the show is just so enjoyable. Dr Smith really does screw up big time by firstly deviating the Jupiter 2 off-course, then jettisoning all of the fuel. If that's not enough, he then manipulates Penny in an underhand manner into again putting the craft into further peril and then later he needs an EVA rescue which again has serious consequences for the direction of the travellers and the future direction of the series.
As always though, the ever-forgiving Robinsons always do the morally correct thing and undermine their own goals in order rescue Smith even though he most certainly doesn't deserve it. But, us long-suffering viewers somehow completely understand this by now and we, like them, also want him to be rescued, although we don't quite know why!
It's such a novelty though, watching these "outer space" episodes after a whole series of the Jupiter 2 craft stranded on Preplanus. You've got to give it to the writers, they hadn't at all lost their sense of adventure, imagination or suspense at this point. Getting back into space again was somehow needed to boost the interest of the show for a while. It's also made so much more enjoyable by the use of colour, with the outrageously colourful clothing and scenery and great telescopic photos of nebulae from NASA giving a real out-of-this-world feeling to the episode.
Overall a joy to watch and quite captivating. Just let down a little by the silliness of the alien subplot and just a complete disregard for anything remotely scientifically correct. But again, it seems more fun just to ignore all that and enjoy the show for what it is with its tensions, high drama and cliffhangers, and by no means to take it too seriously.
