its very sad that there is no shows like this on tv anymore that the hole family can watch
and not having to worry about mean or nasty stuff that you dont want your kids to see.
but i can thank you hulu for having this show on your site for us to watch now...thank you hulu
from the clay family
GOD bless you and all yours

I agree with Mark's comment. I learned a lot from this episode. And can highly appreciate the goodness even in the aliens, which for the term "alien" usually means hostile and a sort of parodox for this occassion, since these aliens are seemingly beyond the character of peacefullness, but always defensive. I love the harp music in the background that is played especially at the moment of sentiment when the two boys are interacting. This harp is also heard in excerpts from other episodes where a moment of sentiment is conveyed, while departing briefly from science fiction. What also I like about lost in space is its very creative music and the diversity of melodies for the soundtrack for the different scenes in general through the seasons. But I favor the first season's background music for soundtrack, since it sounds more like a sense of outer space.

Gentle, almost folksy story, this episode is more slow-moving than previous episodes but it definately well-written and acted. Many heart-felt momemts give this one a boose and Dr. Smith is a royal pain here. Oozing fake emotions and sentiments. One of his worst performances. Why? Because its not funny, just lame.

I think that this might be my favorite episode as far as good, old fashioned sci-fi goes for it's day. It was plausible without the zany camp this show is noted for, and had some morale values. This show always did have a point of morality to it, though usually it was so overly pointed out and "sickly sweet" that by today's standards is laughable - But this particular episode was finely balanced and holds up through time. The idea of the "crab" machine dematerializing (or teleporting) through the door of the Jupiter two was a bit ahead of it's time, considering that Star Trek and it's transporters hadn't been thought of when this episode came out. The concept of the aliens not being able to communicate well, or not speak at all, was unique and refreshing, compared to all the English speaking aliens we always see in sci-fi, even by today's standards. Though I do like the characters, over all, even Dr. Smith (as creepy as he is), one can't help wonder why anyone without, even so-much as a grain of morality could be so forgiven by the others - I certainly would have pushed him into an airlock long before now, not out of hatred, but simply for my own survival and the survival of the rest of my family from such a dangerous person.