The writers of the series were realizing as the first season began to wrap up that campy was the way to go, elements in previous episodes, by this time, there was no turning back. Smith wants to create a Ouija board, allegedly to contact dead relatives, she contacts something else, creating danger for the Robinson family and himself, and that's after Dr. Robinson nearly dies from inhaling poisonous gas in the opening scene, the cliffhanger from the previous episode quickly wrapped up. There are great moments with June Lockhart and Mark Goddard snickering at Jonathan Harris's antics, knowing that the show would go into immortality even though they were being upstaged. Young Liza lookalike Angela Cartwright gets good material as she joins Smith on his supernatural journey.
While Smith does not contact his uncle Thaddeus, you can see what he is bringing up while Penny and Dr. Smith are tinkering with the Ouija board, and it looks to be a silly looking plant monster that all of a sudden flies away. But the show makes you keep guessing as to what Smith has conjured up. For those of us who know the show from our childhood and the later color episodes, the series seems to be crying for them now, and of course that will make the show all the sillier and more memorable. Once again, it's count the lines for Marta Kristen, and it's always amazing when she goes above one hand, or says anything that only her character would say. Some really neat set pieces and good effects when Don and John are attacked by the invisible monster, all the while having a robot briefly turned into a radio for another seance.
While Smith does not contact his uncle Thaddeus, you can see what he is bringing up while Penny and Dr. Smith are tinkering with the Ouija board, and it looks to be a silly looking plant monster that all of a sudden flies away. But the show makes you keep guessing as to what Smith has conjured up. For those of us who know the show from our childhood and the later color episodes, the series seems to be crying for them now, and of course that will make the show all the sillier and more memorable. Once again, it's count the lines for Marta Kristen, and it's always amazing when she goes above one hand, or says anything that only her character would say. Some really neat set pieces and good effects when Don and John are attacked by the invisible monster, all the while having a robot briefly turned into a radio for another seance.
