I think a better example is when they give the very under-used father (who was supposed to be the big star of the show) a chance to show his fencing skills (he had previously played Zorro) by inventing a scene where he battles an army of Dr Smith clone/android thingies. But the following episodes go back to focusing on the popular characters again. Some writer goes "hey wasn't so-and-so supposed to have this backstory, and works it into an episode as an act of 'originality' in writing'. There was no hard and fast rule, like you imply- what sense would that make? So some scripts clearly attempt to please the less popular members of the cast with story-lines that reflect why they were originally selected for the show.
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Instead it was subject to reshoots and broken up to provide material for the first TV episodes of the show. Don't forget, even the original pilot was so heavy, stiff and dated, it never aired as shot. The ORIGINAL plans for Lost in Space changed as the producers took account of what worked and what didn't with a real audience. It might have improved the show and stayed on air. As the kids (the child actors) were growing up on the show, there was room for it in later stories, at least I thought so when I was younger it's just too bad that it didn't last long enough to explore the stories of Don and Judy's potential relationship in a way that could have explored all the young perceptions of being in love that involve communication, sharing, trust, conflict, discovery and so on. On the other hand, it would've been cool to see Don and Judy get together in a season 3 finale or just before the show ended. The quality of the show went up and down in my opinion and tried to connect at times with social commentary, but it never quite stayed true to the format. It's a cute show this way, and I suspect that's what Allen wanted.
Thus, you get silly, fantasy sci-fi for which LIS is the epitome of the genre.
It wasn't ever going to be stark sci-fi that enabled stories of social commentary to dominate either, so it focused on kids in the way that Buck Rogers or Flash Gordon handled their stories. If not, then you would again be stuck with episodes leading up to an all out romance, and while some might want to see such a soapy styled show, that wasn't LIS. Now, you would have two families that could potentially be lost in space, which in turn undermines the original premise of what the show intended. Yes, it could be done with only one episode, but once it's done then all the episodes afterward HAVE to include the relationship as it does with John Robinson and his wife. I think the truth is that to make an episode that focused on Don and Judy, there would have to be time designated to several episodes leading up to an all out romance-and eventually, some kind of marriage would have to be showcased in a single episode. The powers that be probably felt that going any further than that would have raised question about just how chaste the relationship between the only available boy and only available girl could possibly be while marooned on an "island."
In the third season episode "Space Beauty," they're shown to be fighting.īasically, their relationship was implied. Judy is also shown to be jealous of Effra in "The Space Croppers." In "The Keeper," Don and Judy hold each other protectively while the keeper makes his offer for them to join his "zoo." "The Raft," as mentioned above, has Judy bidding Don an emotional farewell.
There are episodes in which you can see that there is a relationship between the two. While shooting the pilot they may not have considered the implications of a long term "romance" between Don and Judy in the absence of marriage - and they probably thought that quickly marrying them would limit their story options. The explanation is that that scene is actually from the unaired pilot, "No Place To Hide." Elements from the pilot were used in the first five episodes, with additional material - much of it involving the Robot and Dr. If that's the case how did that one scene in episode 4 (There Were Giants in the Earth) have Don kissing Judy, the first and last time this happens? Did this scene somehow get snuck in without producer's knowledge and thus afterward it was made clear this could never happen again?
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