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episode #25 - The Space Croppers

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Post  BoG Wed Jun 23, 2010 1:15 pm

episode #25 / Air Date: 3/30/66
written by Peter Packer; Directed by Sobey Martin
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The Robinsons get new neighbors - croppers yes, but they're also space hillbillies. Smith and the two kids get caught outside at night when they hear a wolf; Smith worries about werewolves and, sure enough, a werewolf pops up (a silly-looking suit). The Robot chases it off with electrical blasts. The next morning, Smith and Will, following the creature's tracks, run into a tall doofus who directs them to the new homesteaders - the matriarch (Mercedes McCambridge) and her knock-out daughter, Effra (Sherry Jackson). They dress like they're on their last bits of clothing (i.e. rags) but Effra is more than easy on the eye. cyclops
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The croppers/hillbillies make it a practice to plant some strange crop and the climax becomes a redux of the older episode, Attack of the Killer Plants. There is the humor of watching & listening to these backwards hicks from space and Smith tries to romance the mother since he thinks it's a way to get back to Earth. She mostly rolls her eyes at Smith's attempts but soon begins to appreciate all the compliments. But, none of this plot really matters.
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No, what really matters is Sherry Jackson as Effra, the first seductive 'alien female' we see on this show - but she's not much of an alien; she is one hot chick! Jackson plays Effra like she is almost always in heat; she even flirts with Will, though her main target is Don. This, predictably, leads to some claws getting bared by Judy; I was almost expecting a catfight... but can't have everything cat Twisted Evil Effra also turns out to be some kind of space witch, but we don't get to see her practice much of this - not that we needed to.
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This is silly overall - especially the stuff with the werewolf (Effra's simpleton brother) - but Jackson makes it watchable; McCambridge is also very good as her mom - a naturalistic performance. There are a couple of scenes with Jackson which almost step over a line as far as the TV standards of decency back in the sixties - they pushed it as far as they could go I think.
BoG's Score: 6 out of 10


Lost in Space Trivia: Star Trek TOS actor alert - Jackson played an android later that year in the TOS episode What Are Little Girls Made Of?

Epilogue Tag: the men & Will leave Smith & the women alone again with the ship; an escaped convict is being chased by big hairy creatures and a guard - freeze frame!
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