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A very interesting story, after a fight with Dr. Smith the robot leaves the camp towards a territory with strange gases, this causes it to increase its size 20 times more, to return it to normal Will and Smith enter inside it with the danger that after the rigorous adjustments they will have to leave quickly before it returns to its normal size. The story is well told and it is very original, in fact it is quite well done, it is a pity that the budget was not enough to manufacture a newer robot interior and they limited themselves to loading it with the artifacts that we have been seeing in almost all the previous episodes Otherwise, the chapter would have been perfect. Despite this detail, the director managed to make the reversal process with the Robinsons inside trying to escape while the space gets smaller and smaller, distressing.

Faced with a critical power-shortage after Smith messes up, the Robinsons are forced to sacrifice the robot for the greater good, prompting the morose mechanoid to depart for the "Valley of Shadows" where, rather than simply powering-down with dignity, it finds itself blown up to gargantuan proportions by the valley's mysterious radioactive gasses. This minimalist episode has no guest-star or guest-monster, offers up a simple story (likely inspired by the success of 'Fantastic Voyage' (released a few months earlier) as Will and Smith enter the iron giant to try to fix the problem), and frugal production values (the 'inner robot' sets are mostly recycled props from earlier episodes), but is moderately interesting (especially the encounters with the robot's 'immune system'). Like most LiS episodes, there are internal inconsistencies, notably in the robot's response to being shut-down/turned-off (which has happened numerous times in past episodes), the weak 'special effects' in the climatic scenes when the robot begins to shrink (only the spaces between its inner bits get smaller), and the final scene by the chariot, which suggests that everything that happened previously was completely unnecessary. The "bubble-headed booby" is now clearly a sentient, self-aware and feeling entity, and the three-way relationship between the robot, Smith, and Will dominates many story-lines (for good or for bad). The lack of yet another strange, eccentric or comic person inexplicably appearing on the planet is a refreshing change.

This is my sixth favorite episode of the show. The episode is ironic on two counts, since the show's creator Irwin Allen directed that film years later, as well as made the show "Land of the Giants".

Once again, the Lost trio are in another fun adventure, as we see Robot is in biological mortal danger, Will and Smith are the doctors must help him by simply going inside the Robot. It's very interesting seeing both Smith and Will venture into Robot, which is pretty much a cybernetic funhouse just full of danger and a lot of neat things.

From Robot's version of white blood cells as there are these drones in him that patrol the interior of his body and neutralize foreign invaders. Down to the disorienting environment itself. The episode like a finely tuned body is finely balanced in all three aspects adventure, comedy, and drama. We see Doctor Smith in danger as usual but here this time he is in real mortal danger and it's suspenseful as we're hoping Will and even Robot will find a way to get him out of his sticky predicament. Even a really heart felt moment where we see Robot's heart is slowing down and Will is trying to physically keep it going it really shows how much he cares for Robot, but we even see Smith try as well though this act isn't so much his care for Robot (well a little) but for Will himself.

This episode is not just a fun adventure but shows how far the friendship all three share for each other truly goes and the importance of having them around. Space truly would be a dull place without the Lost trio.

Rating: 4 stars

Jonathan Harris was an icon and American treasure. His acting on LIS is a feat never to be duplicated. Once again, he was the villain we loved. Trip through the Robot revealed his kinder side. When the robot 'died', Will was very distressed. Dr. Smith, observing this, physically tried to revive the robot. When he failed, he consoled Will, placing his hand on his shoulder, telling him he was sorry. Additionally, he went along with Will's plan to ultimately revive and restore the robot. Dr. Smith, despite his faults, cared for the kids. When he thought Penny had turned to platinum, he cried, blaming himself and willing to sacrifice himself for her recovery. In another episode, he made it back to earth prior to the original launch. When he learned the Robinsons would be destroyed without his presence on the ship, he allowed himself to be trapped on board all over again. May Mr. Harris forever rest in peace...

The writer this time went too far under blessing of own Irwin Allen, they assembled a weird storyline technically inconsistent where a high tech computer Robot actually is a human alike inside with heart, antibodies, blood vessels, blood pressure and so for, these oddities are taken literally when the Robot needs a upmost recharge of power, which the Jupiter 2 didn't able to supply due the fumbling Dr. Smith committed a mistake pushing the wrong bottom on test force and blasting all electronic power system letting the spacecraft out of order almost irredeemable for good.

Upon this wacko premise the Robot stays adrift wandering around until reach in the Valley of the Shadows where he finally falling down to die (a Robot dying, I see) when out of the blue the Robot becomes a giant one, therefore Will is utterly worried concerning his beloved buddy and convinced Dr. Smith accompanies him in searching for the Robot, of course under many complaints, entering in a dangerous spot, ours friends stay baffled over unexpected vision, so Will decides aid the dying Robot thru an inspection opening underneath of Robot's slider base, inside under strong swears words spitted by Dr. Smith, Will faces the self-called antibodies electronic device among others self-defense inner strength, also Jupiter's crew arrive to give a help as well.

Aside all mismatches the far-fetched episode, it works quite well mainly when Major West pledges a hard beating on slacker Smith, otherwise Will always forbearing the complainer Dr. Smith, that harshly urged let dying the Robot due they are in jeopardy inside there, whereof Will didn't give a shi.t for such plea whatsoever.

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First watch: 2023 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 7.5.

Great one, very fun, and more emotional depth than most of the series. They certainly went hog wild on sets for this one.

It's funny, I remember as a kid thinking it made no sense that the Robot's internals were laid out in a way that there was a "floor" they could walk on. Like for I know that lots of real life computers now are essentially laid out this way.

I have little to say about this episode other than it is about as ridiculous as it could get by this point. Yet, surprise, surprise-it gets worse. Far, far worse.