Lost in Space

The Best Episodes of Lost in Space

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Every episode of Lost in Space ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Lost in Space!

The space family Robinson is sent on a five-year mission to find a new planet to colonise. The voyage is sabotaged time and again by...
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  1. 8.2/10(287 votes)

    #1 - The Anti-Matter Man

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    S3:E15

    Professor Robinson is caught in a matter transfer emission ray, and subsequently ends up in another dimension where he is confronted by a version of himself and Don. However this realm is the opposite of his own dimension, the anti-matter world, where everything in reality is twisted. The evil John returns to the family and attempts to take over the Robinsons and take over John's life. Will he get away with it, or are Will and the Robot able to defeat him, and restore the world to it's natural order.

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  2. 7.7/10(282 votes)

    #2 - Visit to a Hostile Planet

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    S3:E2

    The Jupiter 2 and all aboard are caught in a space 'time-warp'! After everything seems to return to normal, they're shocked to find Earth within their reach and decide to return home. Though they're perplexed that they are unable to contact 'Alpha-Control', they decide to land in the 'good ole USA' ....only to find it's 1947! As usual, Dr. Smith causes issues & even considers staying behind when the Robinsons and West announce plans to leave.

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    Director:Sobey Martin
  3. 7.5/10(243 votes)

    #3 - Trip Through the Robot

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    S2:E26

    With the power source of the Robinson's at a low, they are unable to recharge the Robot. As a result of this the Robot leaves the group, not wanting to be a further burden to them. When they later change thier minds, they cannot find the Robot. Will and Dr Smith discover late one night, but due to the gases in the area he has grown to be bigger than a house. Will decides to only way to reverse the process is for them to go inside him, and work it internally. Will they get out in time?

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  4. 7.4/10(240 votes)

    #4 - The Prisoners of Space

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    S2:E6

    The Robinsons and Major West are imprisoned in their camp, after being indited to appear before the a trial in court space crimes. As the trial begins, Dr Smith's name begin's to appear and it is not long before it is realised that all of the Robinson's crimes are due to Dr Smith, and he is indited to appear before the court. Will he be found guilty?

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  5. 7.4/10(205 votes)

    #5 - Flight into the Future

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    S3:E8

    Dr. Smith, Will, and the Robot are accidentally launched in the Space Pod. They land on a planet that is controlled by an alien machine that creates illusions to confuse visitors and drive them away. The Jupiter II lands and rescues them, and the robot destroys the alien machine.

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    Director:Sobey Martin
  6. 7.3/10(239 votes)

    #6 - Condemned of Space

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    S3:E1

    The beginning of the third season finds the Robinsons having to quickly leave the planet they are on, which is a similar plot to the beginning of the second season. Once in space, the robot is swept overboard and has to be rescued. Then the Robinsons find a prison ship filled with cryogenically preserved prisoners. The prisoners have been interred past their normal sentences due to a malfunctioning timepiece on the prison ship. Professor Robinson repairs the timepiece and frees the prisoners. Robby the Robot makes another appearance, threatening Professor Robinson and Major West.

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    Director:Nathan Juran
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  8. 7.3/10(212 votes)

    #7 - Space Creature

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    S3:E10

    A strange blue fog seems to be engulfing the Jupiter 2 periodically. Dr Smith and Will commment seperately that they want to be left alone. When the members of the Jupiter 2 begin to randomly disappear as the fog comes, Dr Smith thinks he is to blame. Eventually Will discovers a strange creature which takes over Dr Smith. The creature tells Will that he is his own Id. Will finds out his Id is a creature he created full of Will's own personal demons, thoughts, feelings and insecurities. Will defeats the creature by overcoming his ""fears"" and throws the powerless creature in the power core. The members of his family are returned.

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  9. 7.3/10(216 votes)

    #8 - Time Merchant

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    S3:E18

    Will is conducting an experiment in a cave and captures a man who claims to be the man who controls time for the entire universe. This ""Time Merchant"" takes Will, Professor Robinson, Smith, and the Robot, to his secret lair. From there, Smith uses the Time Merchant's time machine to return himself to Earth on the day the Robinson's departed, with the objective of NOT sabotaging the Jupiter II mission and letting the Robinsons go on their way to Alpha Centauri. The Time Merchant then announces that if Smith does not get on the Jupiter II, the ship will not fly off course and will therefore be destroyed by a collision with an asteroid several months after liftoff. So Will is sent back to join Smith and try to convince him to get on the Jupiter II as he originally did.

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  10. 7.2/10(230 votes)

    #9 - The Ghost Planet

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    S2:E3

    Due to Smith's actions the crew has had to land there ship on an alien planet which is run by cyborgs. Meanwhile the crew try to break free for the captors who promise them power and luxury and they have to save there robot who was crippled by a ray gun.

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    Director:Nathan Juran
  11. 7.2/10(213 votes)

    #10 - The Wreck of the Robot

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    S2:E13

    While playing a outdoor match, Will and Smith's ball explodes, and as the smoke clears there ball has turns into gold. the ball rolls into the cave which has 3 aliens inside, the alien wants the robot , which is later stolen when Will refuses to let them have it and Smith does. Can the crew get there robot back.

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  12. 7.1/10(240 votes)

    #11 - The Android Machine

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    S2:E7

    Will and Dr Smith discover an old, abandoned Android Machine. When Dr Smith plays with the buttons on the machine, he accidently orders an Android. He thinks he has it for free, and uses her as his personal slave, assuming she has no human emotions. What will he do when the owner, Zumdish, and his guard turn up...demanding payment?

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  13. 7.1/10(215 votes)

    #12 - Hunter's Moon

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    S3:E4

    In an episode reminiscent of the first season episode "The Challenge", Professor Robinson and the Robot land the Space Pod on a planet, and Professor Robinson kills an attacking monster, only to discover that he has interfered with a contest where a highly intelligent alien who aspires to rule his home planet is being judged on how well he hunts. The alien forces Professor Robinson to take the role of one of the hunted animals in the contest, allowing the Professor one weapon. The weapon has a defect that imperils Professor Robinson, but the Professor outwits the alien and survives the ordeal.

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  14. 7.0/10(2 votes)

    #13 - The Reluctant Stowaway

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    S1:E1

    In the year 1997 the Robinson family take off to colonize Alpha Centauri. A spy from a foreign country AKA Dr. Smith becomes trapped aboard trying to sabotage the project. The ship is whisked off course and into a meteor storm due to Dr. Smith's extra weight upsetting the navigational computers. Smith desperately tries to save himself by reviving the crew. The result: the Robinson family becomes lost in space.

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  15. 7.0/10(2 votes)

    #14 - There Were Giants in the Earth

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    S1:E4

    John discovers that the planet they are on will travel further from the sun.In an attempt to survive the Robinsons pack up and head south. Dr Smith stays at the Jupiter 2 site while the Robinson family encounter a terrifying cyclops and an ancient deserted city.

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    Director:Leo Penn
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  16. 7.0/10(2 votes)

    #15 - Invaders from the Fifth Dimension

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    S1:E8

    Luminous aliens capture Dr. Smith and plan to replace their burnt out computer with his brain. Smith bargains with them and they attempt to use Will's brain instead.

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  17. 7.0/10(249 votes)

    #16 - Blast Off into Space

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    S2:E1

    Dr Smith and Will befriend an old miner named Nerim. After a series of earthquakes indicates that the planet is breaking up, Dr Smith tries to convince them that it is merely the effects of mining, and no harm will come to the planet. John informs him that he is wrong and that the Robinson family will be departing within the day. It is a race against time to escape the crumbling planet.

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    Director:Nathan Juran
  18. 7.0/10(211 votes)

    #17 - Space Destructors

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    S3:E6

    Dr. Smith and the Robot are exploring a cave. Smith pushes several buttons on a conspicuous control panel. The buttons activate a cyborg creating device. It up to Will to stop Dr. Smith.

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  19. 6.9/10(255 votes)

    #18 - Wild Adventure

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    S2:E2

    Shortly after leaving their original crash-site planet, Smith spots a familiar star and, in an amazing show of stellar navigational skill, calculates the course to get back to Earth. He extracts a promise from Don and John that they'll return to Earth, or else he'll destroy his navigation data. They agree, but inform the family at dinnertime that they are headed for Alpha Centauri after all, mainly because the Earth is on the other side of the Sun (how do they know that? - do they know the date? And besides, from Alpha Centauri, Earth revolves clockwise, visible all the time). Smith changes course 180 degrees, then clumsily jettisons most of the fuel. They reach a refueling barge, one of several that Alpha Control put out in 1996, top up the tanks, and resume course for Alpha Centauri, not knowing that they've picked up a tailgater who follows them after Smith reverses course to Earth again. The alarm goes off in the night, and they expend a lot of fuel pulling away from the Earth's

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  20. 6.9/10(221 votes)

    #19 - Revolt of the Androids

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    S2:E24

    Penny meets up with Verda the Android Dr Smith ordered, who is on the run from a super android, IDAK. She is now much more human-like. IDAK however is faulty and is incapable of crushing anything or anyone. Another OMEGA-IDAK is released, and vows to ""crush, kill, destroy."" Verda hides with the Robinsons but out of fear she and Panny run, when Zumdish and his guard arrive to get her. IDAK is defeated, and Verda and the faulty IDAK take off together, obviously in love.

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  21. 6.9/10(199 votes)

    #20 - Target: Earth

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    S3:E16

    The Space Pod lands on a planet that is inhabited by creatures who all look alike, and aspire to be different. They capture the Robinsons and make duplicates of them with the objective of using the duplicates to fly the Jupiter II back to Earth. Will is not duplicated, and he thwarts their plan.

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    Director:Nathan Juran
  22. 6.8/10(239 votes)

    #21 - The Golden Man

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    S2:E15

    While the rest of the men are away, Dr Smith and the Robinson women are affronted by a mysetrious man in gold, who claims to be at war with a race of green aliens. Penny meets the green alien, and takes a liking to him, and immediately hates the Golden Man. When they are faced with the reality that their planet may be blown up due to war, Penny risks her life to save her green friend, while Dr Smith makes other startling revelations, and renders the family helpless.

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  23. 6.8/10(214 votes)

    #22 - The Phantom Family

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    S2:E27

    Will returns to camp following a cosmic storm. John and Maureen are not there as they are at the weather relay station for a few nights. When he gets there, the rest of the family are acting strange. He finds out they are androids, sent to learn how to cope like the Robinsons and teach the rest of their race when they return home. The real Robinsons, are kept in a tube, as they are not allowed to come in to contact with thier double. Will must teach them to become like their counterparts.

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    Director:Ezra Stone
  24. 6.8/10(209 votes)

    #23 - The Mechanical Men

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    S2:E28

    After Dr Smith is turned away from camp yet again, he awakes from a nap to find he has been tied up by little mechanical men. The Robinson's camp is invaded the mechanical men of INDUSTRO, who claim that they want a leader..their leader. The Robinson's learn that the Robot is what they want, and that if he is not surrendered the mechanical men will attack. When the Robot surrenders, the mechanical men realise he is not the ""evil"" leader they wanted and they subsequently switch his personality with Dr Smith. An attack occurs when Dr Smith returns to camp wth the voice and personality of the Robot, which Don finds hilarious, and uses to full advantage. An attack ensues and the mechanical men are defeated and turn Dr Smith and the Robot back.

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  25. 6.8/10(212 votes)

    #24 - The Galaxy Gift

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    S2:E30

    As they are rehearsing a play, Dr Smith, Will, Penny and the Robot encounter a creature who appears to be suffocating. Dr Smith refuses to help out of fear but Penny helps him. The alien puts himself in human form so that he may breathe the atmosphere. He says he is Mr Arcon. Penny takes him back to the Jupiter II to rest. Later he gives Penny a gift which he says she must guard with her life. He tells her that as long as she wears the belt, she will be safe. He disappears, and it is not long before a group of aliens turn up, looking for the belt. They inflict immense cold on the planet as a way of trying to get the belt, but Penny refuses despite pleas from Dr Smith. Dr Smith makes a copy of the Belt and tries to give the fake to Aliens. They are angry, but still want his help. They promise to return him to Earth should he get the belt. Dr Smith and Penny go through the Alien's machine, where they have created a world from the Dr Smith's memory, which will trick them in to

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    Director:Ezra Stone
  26. 6.7/10(212 votes)

    #25 - The Dream Monster

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    S2:E14

    During a heat wave, Penny comes across a giant, golden man, and his owner. She is told that the creature is called Raddion, a creation which only needs human emotions to be complete. When Dr Smith is removed from the camp, he is taken by two midgets who work with Raddion, and in another atempt to be returned to Earth, agrees to get the emotions from the Robinsons. He does so by taking their pictures, and all that is needed is for the Robinsons to shake hands with him. Don protests and heads back for camp, as do the Robinsons minus their emotions. Eventually they are returned to normal and it is learnt that human emotions cannot be bought or stolen.

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Anti-Matter Man" is the best rated episode of "Lost in Space". It scored 8.2/10 based on 287 votes. Directed by Sutton Roley and written by Robert Hamner, it aired on 12/27/1967. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "Visit to a Hostile Planet".