Really fond of this one, mainly for the nostalgia factor. Gosh, 60's televison was fun! Love the way-out, who-cares-if-it-makes-sense, anything goes aesthetic; love the pastel colors, the styrofoam-boulder-riddled sets. Too bad so much of it was recycled for kind of lame 70's Saturday morning kiddie fare. This one dips into Scheherazade territory, which doesn't seem like it would be a good fit with the sci-fi millieu, but somehow kept me engaged. More so than the space-hillbillies of the 1st season. It helps that it's packed with incidents and doesn't slow down for a second. Scimitars are wielded, ring-fueled teleportation is used, several of the characters go planet-hopping, there's a Goldberg-lite slave labor contraption, there's even a little bit of a mystery involving a lost princess and a Twister spinner; the writers weren't phoning it in with this one, they worked on it. Most entertaining of all is episodic television familiar (false) face Malachi Throne, chewing the scenery and keeping the energy up. It's a generous episode as far as the regular cast is concered, too, with everybody getting a little bit to do; the robut and his developing sad-sack/dryly sarcastic personality is on good but not center-stage display here. You really don't get this much bang for your buck very often with hour-long dramedies these days.On a final note: a highlight for me is the way the Princess says "marzipan."

The Thief and his slave both overact shamelessly but everything's off in this one. Colorful but empty. Best bits: The chunky princess is a hoot and Will's hair looks great! Otherwise, joins The Questing Beast and the Vegatable Rebellion episodes as one of the series worst attempts at Fairy Tails/Fantasy minus any Sci-Fi elements at all!

Oh Geez, this one was just terrible. Haven't the Middle Easterners been demonized enough in film/TV. This episode practically screams " We need a filler episode! and oh, by the way look at these cheesy costumes and props we snatched from the wardrobe of the last show taped on this lot"