The Best LOST iN SPACE 1st Season Episodes? 

In 1965 I was in first grade, I took my school book picture in a lost in space shirt with the (V) neck. I used to love that shirt. Also had the Beatle boots. Now I'm 64 and long for those innocent days.

This show had a major effect on many things in my life. I became a space nut. SCI-FI , space exploration, Revell Models etc. all of it. Now 67 yrs old , space artwork on the nearby wall with astronaut and alien figurines. Danger, danger Will Robinson, a phrase I use often.

The first season crash scene was the best crash scene of all time. From the scenes through the viewport to the flight over the mountains, perfect. Not overdone like today's special effects.

Mr Nobody deserves an honorable mentionn for Angela's ❤.lovely performance

Now I always remember the entire ending to that episode with possessed John Robinson about to push Will off the cliff and it was always complete. Even as a kid I remember it. I remember feeling how brave Will was when he thought he was about to die and being moved by it. I never remember it cutting to credits.

My Friend Mr Nobody is a masterpiece in my opinion. Feels like a Spielberg film. Has everything and a beautiful score by John Williams.

"The Derelict" and "My Friend, Mr. Nobody" were my faves from Season 1. "Invaders from the 5th Dimension" was uber creepy. The alien heads, as well as their ship freaked me out when I was little.

I like the whole first season but the first dozen or so especially! Too bad it didn't continue.

The first season was definitely the best when Dr. Smith was more serious and not the cowardly buffoon he later became along with the campy silliness. I especially loved S1ep 4 "There Were Giants in The Earth", S1 ep 5 "The Hungry Sea", and S1 ep 10 "The Sky Is Falling" which was about meeting the alien mute family: the boy, his father and mother. That episode was excellent, and you didn't mention it.

Skipping over Angela Cartwright's episodes? Oh the pain! You know every boy aged 10-12 was in love with her. (including me)

Everything you said about the final episode of Season 1 “Follow the Leader” is why it was my favorite! The atmosphere is dark, the music cues were perfectly inserted and used where they should have been! But the biggest attraction for me was the total lack of levity, even for just a moment of stressful relief! Really manifested a dark side of Guy Williams too! The best!!!

Thank you Dan for recognizing Lost In Space. All too often, we are bombarded with Star Wars and Star Trek, it is nice to see other shows receive recognition as well. I hope you profile the other Irwin Allen tv shows as well.

I thought one of the best episodes of the whole series was 'The Sky in Falling'. It was very moving to see the parallels between 2 sets of parents displaying universal love and concern for their children. It was also powerful to see how a misunderstanding can lead to potential disaster. It was an excellent choice to have the Taurons not speak or understand English.

Excellent video! Totally agree about the first season, especially those first five episodes. Looking back, I love how the Michael J. Pollard episode with Penney veered into surreal fantasy rather than science fiction. Of all the cast, I always feel bad about how Judy/Marta Kristen was totally underutilized in this season and throughout the series.

Season one was my favorite . After that the show goes to silliness and turns completely into the doctor Smith show.

Positive masculinity = Prof Robinson

I'm 61 I don't remember it in its original run but I watched the reruns starting in the late 60s it's one of my all time faves

The black and white episodes were serious and well done. By the time they switched to color, the episodes became campy and silly.😂😂😂

I agree basically with your choices. My favorites were the first episode, the Giant Episode, the Hungry Sea, But I really did like Mr. Nobody. This was beautifully done. Penny finding an Energy Force that is becoming Conscious of itself. The force having a liking to Penny and then when Penny is knocked out by the explosion caused by Dr. Smith and Don. The Force Explodes with Anger. The effects in that last scene and the music is just fantastic. They must have used Gigantic Fans to create the wind storm. Then you have the robot shooting out the electricity in all directions forcing itself against the wind. Penny coming in at the last moment and saying she loves her family just like she loves Mr. Nobody and then the incredible music when Mr. Nobody explodes into a New Galaxy. That was an Awesome Scene. Such Anger and Destruction and then the stillness and Explosion of Beauty of the Galaxy. That was just done so well. This was John Williams Best Music of the whole Series. Still My favorite will always be the Keeper. That was just so well done. Can't wait to see what you say about that episode. Thanks for doing these videos.

All I can say is that when I was a kid and I watched the first few episodes where they were on the planet I was convinced that wasn't Earth

I largely agree with your picks. I was 6 yrs back in 1965. I am sure I saw the ending of “Follow The Leader” when it first aired back in 1966. It could be the reason why you didn’t see the ending was censored by the local network affiliate that carried it. I watched it on KPIX Channel 5 in San Francisco. Not unusual for local affiliates to censor or pre-empt a network program back then. I remember my sister was upset that KPIX pre-empted “Helter Skelter” about the Manson Family Murders and Trial in the 1970s However, when I rewatched the Space Croppers and the episodes featuring Judy and Penny in reruns, I appreciated them when I was older. Sherry Jackson in Space Croppers and in the Star Trek episode What Are Little Girls Made Of? (1966) kickstarted puberty for me as I approached that age. 😂😂

The interior of the derelic ship were the sets from Fantastic Voyage. Those things hanging down were from the end of the movie when they were in the doctors "brain."

I don’t know about you but I was 7 - 8 years old during season #1 and I just loved Angela Cartwright. I wanted to marry her so much. Every time she was on my heart would skip a beat and I could not wait to dream of her that night. I met Angela a few times at Chiller Theatre and she is just a wonder, sweet adorable soul. I have tons of autographed pictures of her.

One good thing about the "Space Croppers." This is the one and only time you see Dawson Palmer without body make-up. The man who played many of the monsters on "Lost In Space" He played Keel and the Werewolf in the "Space Croppers." Goofy, yes. He also played the monster on "Wish Upon A Star." Maybe you can do a monster video on Dawson Palmer. Sorry to say Dawson died in a car crash in 1973.

"There Were Giants On The Earth". Who could ever forget the Cyclops? The best $5.95 costume ever designed for a TV series. Easily the best monster in the series too?

Great stuff! Back around1976, I got to meet Dick Tufeld, CBS announcer and the voice of the robot. He was a very nice guy, and humored us by doing the voice saying the famous "Danger, danger, Will Robinson", along with some, well... less appropriate phrases we begged out of him. He sort of felt bad that the guy who had to sweat away inside the costume got paid a lot less than he did standing in front of a mic in an air-conditioned studio... but not TOO bad. I was a first-gen LIS kid, and hearing the voice live was a trip.

Return From Outer Space has some great interaction between Smith and the robot. There's also a great elevated long distance shot where Smith is chasing the robot who is flailing his arms wildly. Very funny.

My Nobody and Angela's performance is one of my favorites and yes I had a big crush on her in 1965

I am so happy I found your channel!! I loved season 1 the most, I just wish it were in color. There were some great episodes in season 3 as well but for a true sci-fi fan season 1 was the best. There is an energy with this show that just won't go away. I liked the Netflix series but it was missing a lot. I found it interesting how All that Glitters and The Lost Civilization were filmed at the same time. Thanks again for taking the time and sharing such great information with us.

I recently rewatched season 1 and, though it never occurred to me that LIS could be so nuanced, I saw the episode "The Magic Mirror" with completely different eyes. It's really a subtle treatment of Penny's discomfort with her oncoming puberty, full of symbolism, particularly her fear of the big, hairy one-eyed monster (lol). Often like a surreal dream, it has a rather poignant ending as well. Might be LIS' finest hour that I never noticed all the other times I watched it over the decades since it first aired.

I loved the Space Croppers for one reason, Sherry Jackson! She was amazing looking as she was in Star Trek as a female android

I have very fond memories of LIS it was on Wednesday nights and my dad would buy chocolate bars and we had those while watching together. As a 5 year old LIS was scary! The first season was the best maybe as it was new. The first 2 episodes and the keeper were my favourite.

You skipped “One of Our Dogs is Missing “. This was one of my favorites for two reasons. It had the most laser gun fire in it, and the scene where that mutant chases Judy up the side of the cliff is probably one of the most exciting segments of the whole series.

I was 6 or 7 years old when I watched LIS for the first time in the late 60's in Spanish. That was my favorite show of all at the time. I loved it so much that I purchased the whole series on Bluray once I found out it was being released and also posses a model of the Robot with sound and lights. Shows like these are not made anymore. I appreciated how family friendly and wholesome this show was. I also had the privilege to meet Bill Mummy in person during a mini convection in Colorado in the 90s. Thank for uploading this video!

Well you do such a great job, I love it! You have a great personality with making your videos for I'm sure speaking for all watching, a delightful look of what we all fell in love with. I certainly LOVED Lost in Space and was mortified when it finished. When I first heard it was finishing, which was close to it's demise, I was in grief!

I liked The Sky Is Falling. I was totally obsessed with the Taurons matter transfer unit and as a small kid started writing stories about it. Wondering what would have happened if instead of just being disassembled at the beginning of Return from outer space, Penny would have been transported to the Taurons home planet which was most likely the setting from the last time it was used.

I really enjoyed the "Invaders of the Fifth Demention" episode with the Aliens that had no bodies or mouths.

@3:10 one of my favorites but my all time fav is The Keeper!

As a kid in the 70s I grew up in a household with only B&W TVs, so the first season in B&W looked cool actually. We had this vacuum tube 26 inch TV that needed about 10 minutes to warm up, and you had to slap it on the side once in a while to bring it back in tune. We put aluminum foil on the rabbit ear antennas to improve reception. This show, LIS, as well as watching my father troubleshoot our old tube TV that got me interested in electronics and technology. It was one of my favorite shows besides Batman, Superman, and other after school shows I would watch before my parents came home from work.

My fav of the first season was all of them, that derlick ship was awesome, the hungrey sea was great and the last episode where John is posessed freaked me out a little. All time favorite has to be matter and anti matter in Season 3 where his father is fighing on the cloud beam. I brought the DVD, i liked the show so much. As a child LIS and Star trek were the greatest.

8:33 "Pancake" monster? Dude, that was a flying ravioli!

Hahaha..I remember my father always saying and laughing at, "Drink gloog and make sleemoth".

I agree with all of your favorites, they are mine as well. The only one you didn't mention that I do like, is The Sky is Falling, where we meet the Taurons who left the machine that Will later uses to return to Earth. I always loved this episode as a kid, because it shows Will making friends with the alien boy who can't communicate with him, and how bad he feels when the boy gets sick, and he won't leave him. And that missing boy is the center of the conflict between his parents and John and Don, and a little war is about to break out over it, until Will finally tells John where the boy is, is that very touching moment when John brings the boy and gives him to his parents, and diffuses the whole conflict. I don't know, maybe you think it's sappy, but I think it really showed something about Will's character, and also said something positive about the power of friendship across cultures--even when you can't talk to each other. Will and the alien boy don't need to speak to figure out how to have fun and be friends. I remember loving it as a kid, and I still appreciate its message today. But overall, I think the opening five episodes are the best ones, followed by The Keeper eps. But I loved all the other ones you mentioned too. One other tidbit about The Derelict, is that all the weird stuff inside that ship were the miniature sets from Fantastic Voyage, especially the brain cells and the lung tissue. If you watch that episode back to back with the movie, it's really obvious. Also, the weird creatures that chase them at the end, if you look closely, you can see the shoes of the stage guy pushing it from behind. Anyway, just love this first season. Like you I was less impressed with the Penny episodes, but that's no shade on Angela Cartwright, they just didn't know how to write for a teenage girl, and they didn't give her much to do. They treated her more like a dumb child than the younger Will. Anyway, thanks for this, looking forward to season 2, but that will really be a challenge!

Michael Ansara had the good fortune to be married to Barbara Eden!

Dan just wanted to tell you how much I enjoy your show. It is so refreshing to see one of my favorite shows as a Kid being celebrated again. I am not old enough to have watched the Episodes in the 60s but I did watch the show when it was in reruns in the mid 70's. One of my most most vivid memories as a young Kid was seeing one of the miniature battery powered B9 Robots in a store with my parents. I begged them to get it for me for Christmas. At the store they simply told me that it was too expensive, but as a young kid I have no memory of what it had cost back then. I remember reminding them for months that it was the only thing I wanted, but I kept getting vague answers or none at all. I was so excited when a Box was put under the Tree that matched the Size and weight of the Robot, but sadly when Christmas day came and I opened it the Box it had some other much cheaper toy in it :( I remember Crying on that Christmas Morning and realizing that you cannot always get what you want. Anyway sorry for the sad story, I really enjoy your show and am a subscriber using my streaming box account. I look forward to seeing more episodes. I noticed that you did not do an episode on what happened to the Full sized Jupiter 2. I saw an episode on the control panel but I don't remember you stating what happened to the rest of the Saucer.

The two Penny episodes you skipped are among the best...how could you skip Michael J. Pollard as the boy in the mirror world? The ending of that one is so poignant. Ditto Mr. Nobody. My single favorite episode,though, has to be Invaders from the Fifth Dimension. That ship! Like something from a Dali painting..or a 60s sci-fi paperback cover. The final act scene where the Robinsons and the Robot face the invader ship is classic. "They are surrounded by a force-field in the fifth dimension...which is mathematically...impossible". John wants Robot to attack. "They will disable me." John orders him to do it anyway....poor Robot.

Season 1 was my favorite as well... I remember getting excited for Lost In Space (along with Mission Impossible) and my mom would have my TV dinner all set (it would have been frozen fish night YUCK) and sitting in front of the TV for the future to begin. Side note..... I met Angela, aka Penny, at a resort in California as a kid and had a Coke with her and met her dad who pulled up in Rolls-Royce to take her home. It's really cool.

My favorite show, growing up. We had a B&W TV, so I didn't know some were color until years later. They showed the season 2 & 3 episodes over and over and I loved it. Then one day, they ran the first few episodes of season one and WOW I was blown away - "they should have made them all like that" I said. Made back when TV was entertainment, not radical propaganda designed to make you hate your own people, culture and history. Long live the robot (my favorite character) and the Jupiter 2 (coolest spaceship outside of Forbidden Planet)!!!

Can you imagine how great it would have been if the 1998 Lost in space movie had the original cast?

18:42 - No, It didn't go to credits immediately after "Yes Will Robinson, I am", it went to a commercial-break. It ended in the most tear-jerking scene where John throws the mask into the abyss and Will runs up and hugs him. Will: "What do you think chased him off, sir. John: Love, Will. In all the worlds and galaxies of this universe, there is nothing stronger."

I found your comment about "Follow the Leader" interesting -- and surprising -- because I have only seen that episode once , as a child when it was originally broadcast -- and I distinctly remember seeing the full ending, with the mask falling into the huge crevasse where John had taken Will, and then making a comment about how love was the most powerful force in the universe. If the network feed of the show had ended like as you described it -- in the middle of the scene with Will still talking to his dad -- I'm sure CBS' switchboards would have blown up like it was the "Heidi" football game! It's possible that your local station somehow messed up the network feed, or shown some local commercials that threw the show's timing off and they had to go right to credits.

"Follow The Leader" the ending episode of Season One. That was very chilling, watching Prof. Robinson slowly come under the possession of a centuries-dead warrior. A great way to end Season One.

Great video. As a ten year old I lived Lost In Space. To me the most amazing thing about LIS is the music - written by the great John (Johnny) Williams!

I think the original 5 you mentioned still hold up well and are the best. Although the giant is played as the 'bad guy' / threat, we have to remember, it was HIS home; the Robinsons were the aliens.

Actually the ship in "The Derelict" was re-used in "Kidnapped in Space", the third episode of season three.

Thank you again for an absolutely wonderful summation of that fantastic season of Lost in Space. I vaguely remember the ending of Follow the Leader when it was originally broadcast in the 1960s and it suddenly ended with us believing Will was about to be pushed off the cliff. Of course later in syndication I guess, the entire closing scene returned somehow. I'd forgotten completely about that. I must ask that you use your wonderful knowledge of this series and go ahead and swallow the pill and please review the Penny episodes that you mention. My brother was absolutely in love with Penny and even drew a comic strip where the spaceship was called the Penny 2 lol. I have re-watched LIS so many times over the years that I found both the Magic Mirror and Mr. Nobody to be absolutely wonderful children's tales that capture the innocence of childhood as well as the fantastic adventure of a family living in space. When I was younger I definitely did not care for those episodes but they have grown on me and I certainly see the writers intentions. The Christmas story as it's now called also has grown on me over the years when I decided to look at it from the perspective of Davey and also the bitter negativity thrown at Will by the bullies. It represented the pessimism of a lot of people, I think, about space exploration and certainly some of the darker social psychosis of modern society today. So much of what LIS represented for young children was very prophetic, certainly not as much as Star Trek, but still a fantastic gateway to excite the imagination of young people all over the world in the 1960s. Being such a pioneering show and considering the absolute fascination that generation had with space exploration, the sheer wonder and excitement will probably never be recaptured again because we have so grown beyond that point of innocence. The Netflix series is wonderful and did a fantastic job reimagining our beloved Robinson family for modern times, and as I watched young 20 some things watch the Netflix series with no knowledge of the original series, I saw fascination, excitement, fear and joy in their eyes and minds which it took me right back to the 1960s. Thank you so much Mr. Monroe for your channel and your presentations!

The first five episodes are pure gold. After that, it started morphing into fantasy and comedy.

The most memorable moment was when the name Warren Oates appeared in the opening credits and my mom told us she had acted with him in her college theater at the University of Louisville. A former friend of our own mother in LIS! How cool was that!

My favorite episode, frankly, the first five, plus Invaders From The Fifth Dimensions and The Keeper! The absolute worst in my opinion, Welcome Stranger! As for Share Croppers, the beautiful, sexy presence, and superb performance of Sheri Jackson gets me through that one!

"Invaders From The Fifth Dimension", "There Were Giants On The Earth", "The Keeper" (2 part with Michael Rennie) "Follow The Leader", and the one with the creature Dr. Smith thought was his Uncle Thaddeus, some invisible creature. Oh, and let's add "The Derelict" where they met the bubble creatures, one of which happened to be Judge Iko from Season Two's "The Prisoners Of Space." and "Wish Upon A Star."

Island in the Sky and especially There Were Giants in The Earth were my favorites from S1. This show was such a huge influence on me. Irwin Allen did more to shape my TV and movie brain than anyone. My friends and I played Lost In Space and Voyage to The Bottom of The Sea on the playground at school! You do such a terrific job presenting these, and I thank you!!!

Most of the B/W episodes we're great. Stand out episodes more than others Relactent Stowaway, Island In The Sky, There Were Giants In The Earth, The Hungry Sea, Invaders From The Fifth Dimension, The Oasis, Wish Upon A Star, Ghost In Space this one was scary back in the day, His Majesty Smith, A change Of Space and Follow The Leader. I may have missed some. Sorry everyone but I couldn't help myself. Dan it's great to have someone that cares about classic series and films. To Dan Monroe Cheers!👍

I loved first season of Lost in Space.

I'm new to the channel, but I'm a huge 'Lost In Space' fan and was wondering if you've ever done a video about John "Johnny" Williams' background music and BOTH impeccable theme songs?! I'd settle for one video on both theme songs.

Hi Mr. Monroe, I also like the first episodes of season one like The Reluctant Stowaway, There Were Giants in the Earth and The Hungry Sea. There are things I like about The Hungry Sea, for instance when the Robinsons flee the ship and Dr Smith and the robot are left alone, the temperature drops and you see the haunting dark scenery through the window from inside the ship. Dr Smith seems to hope the Robinsons meet their demise and then seems to feel bad about not having intellectual conversation or a game of chess with anyone. He remarks the robot would beat him in three moves anyway. I also liked that the robot sounded more like a robot before the show got more campy and he took more human characteristics. Smith remarks that he can get more companionship from a cockoo clock. I feel that all of that gave this episode a dark realistic tone. The network felt all this was inappropriate for family viewing but by today's standards it's nothing. I wish the network had just left Irwin Allen alone to do the show his way. Your videos are cool Mr. Monroe, thanks for making them. With your professional sounding voice you would make an awesome DJ too. Take care 🙂

Season One was really good. It did drop away after that though....

What about the one with the hairy creature that comes out the sand, that really scared me as a kid!😮

Incredible! I love your passion and the fact that you know EXACTLY what you are talking about. Straight from the heart and no teleprompter or cue cards are needed for you! Please keep the videos coming.

Around 1971, when I was 9 years old, I would go next door to my best friends house and watch Lost in Space after school on one of the UHF stations. The one I remember creeping me out was the zoo episode.

Nice list, I really liked My friend Mister Nobody, Cosmic force with Anti Matter Core. Great Robot action.

Wish Upon A Star, what a great episode. The derelict spacecraft and the howling alien, plus the morality tale.

I know you poo poo'd the My Friend Mr Nobody and The Magic Mirror. But there has to be at least a special mention for the Magic Mirror. The episode at times was dark. The world Penny visited was very dream world like and scary with the distorted camera effects. But most of all was the end when Penny was desperately trying to tell Michael J. Pollard's character (The Boy), all you have to do is shoot into your reflection (of the reflecting pool) and you could escape. And then when the boy looking as she leaves and says depressingly. "I haven't got any reflection". Will had his treasure island episode. Penny had her Peter Pan episode. It was a kids show.

Right on Dan, those were some great highlights from season1!👍👍

You are so engaging. I loved this series, but now have a whole new love and appreciation of it due to your introspective takes. Thank you.

Watching this series in it's first run, yes I'm old.....I LOVED that show. I must have watched each episode countless dozens of times through the years.....the first episode STILL gives my major chills, and the Jupiter 2 engine sounds were the best of ANY spaceship even through today!!!!!!!!!!!!! GREAT Video, Bravo!

What's funny is that for decades I could've sworn that I first saw Season 2's "Trip Through the Robot" - one of my personal faves - in B&W as a wee lad....thus I thought it was a Season 1 episode. Drove me crazy for awhile. The jumble that is childhood memory. Cool Chanel. Cheers.

I pretty much agree with you, although I thought the Penny episodes were great and had a deep meaning in them. I didn't know about the Jupiter 2 appearing in the Roddy McDowell home movies. Thanks for pointing that out.

The best episodes of Lost In Space will always be the first five. They had the best stories, the best special effects and the highest production values. Are they ever going to colorize the first season and release them on DVD?

Hands Down! It's definitely gotta be *"My Friend, Mr Nobody"* Yes, there are some close 2nds, but the were all based on other bad & ignorant humans doing bad & awful things. But, For me "My Friend, Mr Nobody" really checked all the boxes when I think of what space travel is all about. The journey on one's soul, to seek out & explore the universe, and other intelligent life forms. Mr Nobody really hit on the loneliness of space travel & the impact it has on one's psyche, the search that we mere human beings can't be the only intelligent life out here in the big vacuum of what we call space & its galaxies. Then the mission if you actually do find & make contact with another intelligent life form. Your goal should be as Penny's. To take the time to learn & teach about one another, to strive in building a strong foundation of trust & friendship. Instead of jumping the gun to some preconceived bias about them based on fear & ignorance about the scary aliens. The mere concept of Mr Nobody having no body but was like a newly born entity, made up from an incredible ball of energy. Was just sooo spot on & awesome. I wish I could explain it's nuances better. 😉👍❤

I liked all the ones you said...but Mr. Nobody and the magic mirror are still favorites of mine..

My favorite episode was the one with Robbie the robot... Epic battle of the classic robots.

I found Dr. Smith threatening, the Robot, too, in the "Reluctant Stowaway"

The incidental music was the best from the great Bernard Herrmann to John Williams very creepy. My favorite episode was invaders the best spaceship and best make up of the aliens very dark talking about dissecting them Just to use the brain and Dr. Smith luring Will just to save himself ….

One of my favorite episodes from the first season was about the duplicating plants and Judy gets duplicated so we have good Judy and Bad Judy I wish we would have got to see more of Judy and her opposite

The entire first season episodes are wonderful. The b/w really suited the show, The storylines were great. Love The TRADER , GHOST IN SPACE, ONE OF OUR DOGS IS MISSING, INVADERS FROM THE FIFTH DIMENSION, ECT.

There's also footage of John in the rocket belt encountering the Cyclops. A few seconds were shown in "The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen".

The absolute standout episodes from season one has to be The Keeper 2 part and Wish upon a Star. What with Robbie the Robots appearance and Michael Rennie as the Keeper Lost in Space encapsulated the 2 best sci fi films of all time, Forbidden Planet and The Day the Earth Stood Still. Shame Gort didn't make an appearance. Great episode Dan, really enjoyed it. 👍

Like you, as a child I preferred the more adventurous episodes ( especially those featuring the Robot or the Jupiter 2 in space, or landing and taking off again ), but now that I’m older, I can really appreciate the more heartfelt stories much better. I don’t really remember ever seeing “My Friend, Mr. Nobody” until they started rerunning the series on the TBS cable station in the 1980s and I was able to record them on VHS. One of my best friends said he couldn’t wait until I recorded it because it was his favorite. When I did, it was like seeing a brand new episode, because I didn’t remember it at all. Probably because I was only 2 years old when the series first premiered and probably didn’t see the first season first run on CBS ( although I did see the second and third ). Another reason was that when the show was syndicated in Virginia Beach in 1971, the station that was running it started with “Blast Off Into Space” and mostly only ran the color episodes while they had it. When I did finally watch “My Friend, Mr. Nobody”, I was in my twenties and much more receptive and sensitive to the emotional content in the episode and was better equipped to appreciate it than I would have been as a child. Now, as an older man, who has become even more susceptible to the power of sentiment in programming, I uncontrollably tear up and sometimes actually cry when I view this episode. I really credit not only the tenderness of the story, but the beautiful and sensitive score written by John Williams specifically for the episode. Even listening to music alone can move me to tears.

If only Rod Serling could have penned some episodes for season 1. So my first halloween costume was a Major West outfit. I was hooked on L.I.S. from the very first episode.

I think Mr. Nobody was amazing scifi/fantasy idea. Addressing mortal existence itself, love, understanding. An alien entity that doesn't understand humans and life and death. I start to cry when the entity thinks Penny is dead. Well worth the watch.

Great video! That said... Glossed over "My Friend Mr Nobody" one of the only episodes that Penny is the focal point and star. Great writing and Will commanding the Robot to advance in a voice like Dr Smith is awesome. Also.. it's the 1st time Dr Smith coins the phrase " Oh the pain". Love that episode.

Love the sighting of the Jupiter II on the fox backlot by Roddy MacDowell!

Thanks Dan for all the Lost in Space trivia. Your wealth of information is amazing!

Hi Dan I pretty much agree. Loved the darker episodes. I did really like Return from Outer Space because Will, close to my age at the time got to be the hero, and save the day, as every little boy wanted to do. In my top 5 is All that Glitters. I felt it really brought compassion to Dr Smiths roll. And he was ready to pay with his life. But when he picked the flower at the end it left us guessing, is he back to his old tricks? Such an amazing season. Never get tired of watching it Thanks Dan.

Love all of your Lost in Space Videos. Keep them coming.

As a kid, I liked all the episodes. As an adult, I only like the 1st season episodes just before Smith goes totally wacky where it really feels like Swiss Family Robinson/Robinson Crusoe in space. This was fun -- I subscribed!

😂On the subject of film robots, I wonder what happened to the robots, Huey, Dewie and Lewie from the film masterpiece, Silent Running. It also had a robotic pool table that didn't work properly

Hi Dan. I really love your videos. In the Lost In Space episode "The Lost Civilisation" at the 17 minute 55 second mark the upper torso of the robot does a complete 360 degree turn. With Bob May inside, how could he / they do this without twisting himself like a contortionist? I look forward to your answer. Wishing you continued happiness and success. Thank you, regards, Wayne

Hello Dan, Thanks for sharing another great episode of Lost in Space. And thanks for bringing back the memories. The beginning of the show was great again, thanks.

7:55 That's Keith Taylor as Theodore the bully, he also appears as Edgar in "The Promised Planet". Great season recap BTW!