Wish Upon a Star

Smith finds a machine that makes almost any wish come true.

This hour contains one of Lost In Space's finest moments when John Robinson has a group meeting with the family...mainly talking to Penny about a serious mistake she made by using the machine too much.

More great stuff towards the end as well.

Great direction from Sutton Roley.

Great music.

A strong bond between Will and Smith is now very obvious in this 11th episode.

Not a single guest star here (with the exception of the creature), it is all just the Robinsons, Smith and the Robot. All are fine.

Wish Upon a Star was the very first Lost in Space episode I remember watching and by the standards of that show, it is a pretty good one. Like with Mr. Nobody, the end of the episode goes on far too long.

Dr. Smith finds the wreckage of an abandoned ship, there he discovers a hull-shaped artifact that can materialize all his wishes, obviously he will use it to satisfy all his personal vices, but when his wishes reach the limit of the absurd u alien will arrive to look for the wonderful device. The story is perfect as well as its development, you have to see it with eyes that it is a TV show from the 60s, it does not matter if the abandoned ship looks like cardboard or if the alien is evident that it is about an actor with a mask, what really matters is the content and how the production with few elements but with a lot of creativity achieved a solid product. The direction is perfect, the nightlife is gloomy and dangerous, the music is great and goes perfectly with the almost gruesome atmosphere of the ending.

Indignant about being berated for his incompetence, Dr. Smith goes into reluctant self-exile, only to discover an alien machine that grants wishes (but only to a point and, as it turns out, with a sense of proportion). The episode has some fun at the expense of the usually saintly Robinson family as the 'magic wishing machine' brings out the worst in them. The story is simple but effective and the overall production is quite good. On a personal note: this is one of the few episodes that I remember watching when it came out in 1965 - the 'monster' that emerges to retrieve the wishing device absolutely terrified me! Good viewing but perhaps not for faint-hearted 7-year-olds with undisciplined imaginations.