Why We Hate Dr. Smith | Lost In Space (2018) Explained

[@BryceEdwardBrown]

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[@abc-pn2eb]

Need more on this show dude!

[@baironbreak]

I don't hate her, I hate everyone else for keep giving her oportunities. She's a pathological lair come'on!!! If someone left me for dead in a storm I will go full Liam Neeson on that person no matter what

[@sabrimalak255]

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[@renzramos7220]

'She's a pathological lair' - Orlando Vasquez

[@thesinginghiker7518]

agreed...cant blame her for everyone's stupidity

[@simoneshull7721]

I agree but if you were literally stuck on a dying rock getting continuously closer the sun making everything die and evaporate, wouldn’t you maybe try and give someone a second chance for being scared? Yes, we know she’s such a bad person in the end, but she kind of made you think she was gonna fix everything about her.

[@丹尼尔-l2p]

I'm a pathological liar too, and I'm currently on rehab :)

[@1999deshan]

Never have I ever hated a character so much

[@BaddGirl420]

Jar Jar.

[@GeneralG1810]

you beat me to it

[@Pandasocke]

have you watched breaking bad? There is one i hate even more..

[@GeneralG1810]

No one is worse than Joffrey, well maybe his mother

[@Wolfdoggie]

You should watch "The Strain." The main character's son, Zach, is easily the worst TV Show character in history and hated by anyone whos watched it. My friend wouldn't even watch the show with me anymore because of him. :(

[@KaramellxDIY]

Every time she appeared I thought: please die now please die please dieeeee

[@jdturingkai564]

I actually was thinking that, but for Will Robinson. I wanted to smack him across his face and tell him to grow some gonads instead of being such a constant wimp.

[@jackhillery4453]

Same omg😂😂

[@mrlolanonymous]

I was waiting for the robot to smash her face into the ground the entire season. I furiously await season 2 for that to happen.

[@jg6059]

No body dies apparently

[@jg6059]

JD Turing Kai I hoped the robot would rip his annoying little head off and show him his little body jerking and writhing it's last on the ground in front of him as the last thing he sees

[@UnknownShotsUK]

I can't stand her in this TV show she literally irritates me can't stand this character makes me not want to continue.

[@nardjess.o5146]

Lol same...all she says is A LIE LIKE U CAN SENCE.IT. AND THATS MAKE.ME.SOOOO ANGRY XD

[@luner5775]

Mines the opposite, I just wanna continue, so I can see her die painfully in the hands of Will’s robot.. 😅

[@MrNoob-ev4kt]

Luke Nerona unlikely, there were actually times when she helped, she stayed and helped maureen fix the engine when she could’ve just ejected herself and let the Robinsons die in season 1...then in season 2 where she helped steer the Jupiter/boat out of the dangerous rocks to get to the lightning area or whatever to power up the Jupiter...then in the late episodes of season 2, she helped penny’s teacher get in the box with her witchcraft lol and had a moment in the last episode saying that the Robinsons were the closest to family to her and sacrificed herself so that she can buy maureen and the kids sometime before the robots are free. Her actress is great so is her story in the show ;)

[@David-vq6qg]

@@MrNoob-ev4kt pls she was contemplating stealing the chariot or blowing the ship into two just to save herself. Shes a selfish bitch

[@JSidhu-qi6hj]

I legit almost stopped watching because she pissed me the hell off 😂

[@BapiDas-pu8xr]

@DarthYuYevon is she died at the end of season 2???

[@MiguelXisto1]

I'm on the verge of stop watching myself. Not because I don't like "bad" characters but because it's not believable. Half the things she has done so far would be enough for people with half a brain to see through her mask. I mean, come on, they are space explorers with their survival instincts at full strength and and they want me to believe all of them would be fooled on and on by her smile and childish lies and manipulation? It's making me mad cause I really like everything else in the show but I really don't want to end my work days feeling annoyed by a stupid character.

[@sonnywolf383]

My sentiments exactly if I see her in any scene I just skip.

[@markadayo4010]

I did the same thing. Its like saving myself from so much negativity brought by this series. Very Annoying.

[@Apple-tz6hs]

Same lol

[@starkia-2177]

Is her acting is good enough to hate her guts then she’s a fantastic actor

[@michaelsmith6781]

There's a difference between a villain that you love to hate (like Ricardo Montalbán in The Wrath of Khan) and a character you simply hate because she makes the show suck. This character diminishes the quality of the show. Partly because the actress looks like a 50 year heroine addict and partly because she's written to be too dark and sinister.

[@nreaction]

Yep, i agree, she is so good, i almost realize she got into me.

[@byghostlight0]

Rubbish. She was one of the strongest things in the show. Just because you dont connect with how they handled her, that does not make the show or writing at fault but merely your tastes are different to others.

[@michaelsmith6781]

Then it's my taste plus the taste of 75% people viewers. Every KZbin review I've watched had the same opinion of her character. Just because you connect with her doesn't mean she's right for the show. You're right though, it's a matter of taste, and apparently your taste is different from most people.

[@johnedwards1321]

Parker Posey is fantastic. If you hate her character you love her acting. Dint be talking shit about Parker Posey. I mean it. Don't make me come down there!

[@OdeonOnline]

I'm on episode three and I got here because I could honestly no longer stand Smith on screen. I hate her because she is outside the plot. She's not part of the story, she has no actual motivations to any of her actions. She's not the main antagonist, she's just chaos.

[@SmithdoesMinecraft]

Her goal is to gather power so if she is rescued by the resolute she can stop them from killing her.

[@TheOuterBanks]

Good insight.

[@sadxtango]

Oh god yes, I’m on episode 5 and I don’t think I can continue anymore. Only got here by fast forwarding all her scenes

[@markanderson9123]

You need to watch the episode where she tells the robot, “even Will will betray you“. Then goes on a (near) murder spree.

[@truegrit9202]

That’s exactly how I see her. She literally has no value to the plot. She’s just there.

[@kaiikaii3267]

You know an actor is good if they can make you hate them so much.😂

[@JoseShajiOfficial]

Brunostin Y. She is a great actor

[@siennamay3281]

But there are some characters you love to hate, and for me this isn't it. I just genuinely dislike Dr Smith's character. I don't think it's her as an actress, I think it's down to the storyline & writers.

[@hopelfreyamikaelson9348]

She is not great actor It’s just her story line Everyone would get annoyed no matter how bad the actor is if it has got character line like she does

[@ricardovao.3479]

​@@siennamay3281Just started this series, anddd boi do i skip every time i see her show up. Just trynna find out why her character even exist, and when people realizes who she is bruh

[@tonyv2819]

My main problem with the character and the writing was how she kept getting away with the most feeble lies. There were about four or five times others would confront her on something, she'd tear up or give a stupid excuse and they were like "oh! Ok, I see!" It got to the point of British Comedy after awhile. They certainly made her an unlikable character. She's a straight on psychopath/sociopath and I don't see how she could ever get a "heel-face turn" or turn halfway tolerable. Right now, she's just someone you do not want anywhere near yourself or your family.

[@startingQB]

Tony V Exactly. They want me to believe the criminal only thinking about himself, Don, and the military man, John couldn't see past all of Dr. Smith BS? They must have been horrible in there perspective fields. And then the "Leader" also didn't sense anything wrong? I get the kids, but the adults?! Living in a world that's as bad as they say?

[@Synnerization]

Tony V I know exactly what you mean. The writers covered her in so much plot armor that it started making no sense. After about the 2nd or 3rd time she screwed them over, any sane show would have had John dragging her out behind the Jupiter to put two in her head.

[@simplythebest2k]

We do that when we listen to our current political leaders in office. What's new?

[@crystalevans3868]

Can we please discuss a science-fiction show without slinging politics into it? It is incredibly tiring and nothing new either.

[@blademakesbeats6905]

She is exactly like the typical Lifetime Network villain secretly plotting against the family she is staying with and, despite cheesy non-believable manipulations, manages to continue to get away with it.

[@euanferguson7330]

What finally ticked me over is when she taked to the girl that lost her husband. They went into 'therapy' and she purposely mentaly destroyed her. And walked out waiting for her to brake down and was happy about it. Like what the actual fuck! She infuriates me

[@karlditz8631]

I stopped at that episode.

[@VOMITQUEEN]

She’s an absolute sociopath They did a great job in making her absolutely hateable

[@MsEleanorShelby]

I hate her character so much, I nearly stopped watching the show. If she would at least have a bit of humor, but no, she's only annoying like hell. I couldn't watch more than 2 episodes at one time, because then I needed a pause from that woman. I love the Robinsons and the Robot and look forward to season 2, but please kill her off or make her a bit more likable. It would be sad if this one character would get the show cancelled because the viewers stop watching the show just because of her.

[@clairebennett7831]

It is a difficult act to follow - Jonathan Harris. She lacks the nuance, campiness and brilliance of the last Dr. Smith.

[@Tyler-mb8ce]

I agree. I like the basis of the show but godddamn! Enough is enough. This character is the most PG rated villain I've ever wanted to strangle through the TV screen. It's not the actress it's the writing. She gets away with horrible explanations and manipulations that would never work. Her manipulations are harder to believe than space travel itself.

[@darugdawg2453]

MsEleanorShelby i literally stopped watching because of this dumb character

[@blademakesbeats6905]

"the most PG rated villain I've ever wanted to strangle through the TV screen... ...She gets away with horrible explanations and manipulations that would never work." Wow! Reading this was an epiphany. That's the EXACT description of the typical Lifetime Network movie. The secretly evil new household member (usually a babysitter, victim, ect being taken in and trusted) deceiving and plotting against the family "with horrible explanations and manipulations that would never work." All taking place in the midst of an otherwise decent science fiction show. Oh man.

[@rockN]

I stopped watching cuz she’s too much

[@iwu-xm3xc]

I honestly want the ending of Lost in Space Season 3 to be the robot violently ripping Dr Smith apart while blasting her with the laser weapon

[@flavortown6280]

Thats great

[@ericisnoob593]

She died in season 2 btw. Sacrificed herself for the Robinsons

[@iwu-xm3xc]

@@ericisnoob593 yep i watched it

[@glonx639]

EricIsNoob I don’t believe it. We only got to see the helmet float out for a reason, I guarantee it.

[@vikingpotet]

GlonX Ye, there is something there. I think Dr. Smith is undieable

[@kedabro1957]

Most people only like villains who DON'T resemble our family and coworkers. This villain is too realistic to enjoy.

[@saschay2k]

You’re 100% right "This villain is too realistic to enjoy." ... she’s a notoric liar and we all have our personal experiences with people like Dr. Smith in real life. It hurts to see her lying, because we all know that feeling of being betrayed. We don’t want realistic villains, we want "Die Hard" villains.

[@eggsnspam]

I do enjoy her for first season because she IS realistic, but expected her to die at the finale. For entertainment purposes, I understand they probably shouldn't have made her too close to the textbook definition of a sociopath if we want to see this character for the next seasons.

[@GoddessStone]

yep, I grew up in a family of Dr. Smiths...the problem is, they don't think they are villains, and they can sometimes seem like really cool people who are just misunderstood, or were never loved enough. They are broken to the core, and use any love and trust they receive as a weapon. I think they are more evil than any comic bad guy...because those guys don't hide what they are, and they even sometimes will show mercy for complex reasons.

[@gsenski]

GoddessStone Your excellent comment perfectly describes the sjw feminists of today. Makes sense why the sjw writers of this series were able to portray Smiths character with such depth and understanding. Takes one to know one.

[@QuikVidGuy]

@@gsenski you just had to have a normal one here didn't you

[@levi9486]

The problem with Dr. Smith is that they overused her. She's a good character, but her success is based on other's making mistakes. When she is doing something nefarious EVERY SINGLE episode and it is based on someone trusting her, the show isn't asking us to suspend our belief that someone like her exists, it's asking us to suspend the belief that scientists and space travelling competent individuals are making the same mistake over and over again. This calls into question all future decisions they make. Also, the show asks us to suspend the belief that people in literally the most dire survival situation I can think of and who are also parents would keep giving chances to this woman who has put their family members into peril to save herself multiple times now. In reality, Dr. Smith would have been imprisoned forever, abandoned some place, or killed. You're telling me that an ex-Navy Seal dad wouldn't have done this? Lastly, to those saying that without Dr. Smith we wouldn't have a show. That's a BS excuse. They are literally lost in space, the limits are kind of boundless. So, to wrap up, Dr. Smith is a good character but due to the trope of her tricking people repeatedly is one of the main catalysts of the storyline, her presence can grow tiring. She should be sprinkled throughout and perhaps we can change the backbone of all her plans (get someone who doesn't trust you to trust you even though you are obviously a bad guy) to something else every once in awhile.

[@karlditz8631]

I agree.

[@kodasai296]

I don’t know whether to keep watching or not because I want to throw up every time dr Smith gets away with something it is the literal worst feeling I have ever felt

[@TractorMan104]

Then she is doing her job. I love to hate this woman. I think she is the best character on the show.

[@godmode8687]

@@TractorMan104 Best character? For sure not. She is just a character who succeeds with everything because she has the writers god like powers who force everything to work out for her. I had no problem with Game of Thrones villians. I hated them. But they had not been annoying in the way smith is. They had successes and failures for their plans. For smith everything just works, no one is really trying to stop her. If there would have been one character which knows her shit but has no evidence so noone belives him, and he therefore tries to stop her plans it would be a hundred times better

[@ForesakenVengance]

I skipped a lot of the show lol, all of her scenes. It was very predictable. Love the rest of the show

[@jwsmith53]

At least she's not running around screaming like a tired, old queen. Seen that.

[@ibarf24]

I actually have to pause the show and stop watching for a few days every time that happens... not because she does, but because of the cartoonish and insulting our intelligence, I would never call that garbage "good writing".

[@AlwaysPim]

One thing is for sure: she is a good actress.

[@krazus2036]

she is a horrible actress her acting is terrible

[@electromatrix6872]

Redlord H nope it’s good

[@rlelinney4646]

The only reason the character has not completely ruined the show is because the actress is good.

[@rlelinney4646]

the problem is that her character is so unbelievable and disgusting she is reaching the level of goeffrey or ramsey bolten.... and the families complacency on how evil smith is.

[@Pandasocke]

she plays a good villain for a kids show imo. So obvious and exaggerated to make it super clear that she is a villain

[@HoustonSoto]

Parker Posey is a brilliant actress. The fact that people wanna ring her neck is a testament to how great she is!

[@JorgeGarcia-rc4zi]

Theres a difference between hating a villian because they are the antagonist & simply hating a character because of how poorly they are written. Here we have a case of the latter.

[@fobbitoperator3620]

^truth!^^

[@derekaitken]

Exactly. The people in these comments hating on her (the actress!) as a person are so insane. She is playing the character exactly how the directors and her want it to be. Her execution of every mannerism, facial expression... all perfect.

[@iswearallthetime]

Unfortunately she got this role and it sucks.

[@rippl3r0]

No one hates her for her acting. Her character is just bad and poorly written as are other characters interactions with her.

[@Bob_Adkins]

That woman is very serpent-like. She's lithe, limber, and would rather lie down than stand. She leans on and embraces every object she stands near. She wraps herself around any object she touches with arms, legs, and torso. Reminds me of Ca in "The Jungle Book". Very patient, very slow, even mesmerizing, then ZAP! She strikes.

[@elsachi1334]

Dudeeee I hate her so much after watching episode 2 I was mad the whole day.

[@rukeyburg1084]

Season 2 gave more satisfaction concerning ‘Dr. Smith’. She did get away for something big time, but through this season she did this for the good and she was not like a villain LIS needed. More like someone who happens to be there, which is kind of forgiving compared to season 1

[@josephmariani732]

Dr. Smith's scenes are the only ones I can watch because most of the show is interesting but predictable. She, however, is the only character you can't tell what will happen to her while almost every other character has heavy amounts of plot armor.

[@fundamentalsofknowledge6902]

Totally agree!

[@zerochilling0442]

Dude she has so much plot armor, the fact the family didn't just leave her to die the moment she betrayed them like three times is garbage lol I would not have allowed that women to stay with them especially hearing, she killed a man, left two people to die in a deadly storm, almost killed John and Don, took robot and tried to kill all the Robinsons. I'm only on season 2 well the beginning but from watching that and seeing how she gets away with the most bs lies is crazy. The flare gun incident pissed me off like how does she accidentally take the flare gun from Don and why does Don just believe what she says right away. Why does Maureen and John just believe her when she says Victor gave the gun to Angela with almost zero proof. She has a ton of plot armor to back her up as well tbh

[@emohruo7996]

In the original it was the real Doctor Smith everyone hated in this she is June Harris who took the dead Doctor Smiths identity I see the name June Harris in the 60's version Maureen was played by June Lockhart and Doctor Smith by Jonathan Harris

[@derekaitken]

Clever to notice that!!

[@lorraineliggera4229]

And Angela is a shout out to Angela Cartwright.

[@timothybeebe6382]

I felt the writing for her character was fantastic. I have seen people manipulated like that and have been manipulated like her character does. It seems so foolish while watching from an outside perspective yet we all fall for those kind of manipulations. The helpless character, the helpful character, the friendly character. All ways in which we can and are taken advantage of on a regular basis.

[@DA-mh5zp]

But people with experience know better than to fall for such stupid lies. She literally makes up the dumbest lies and gets away with them.

[@Le_Crook]

@@DA-mh5zp I think she probably has the best character development upto season 3. On par with Don West. I love Don West.

[@pizzowo652]

Who s here after season’s 2 ending?

[@twinish6624]

Alessandro Pizzardi me, I can’t wait for season 3!

[@themagnificentorange672]

I am

[@fobbitoperator3620]

Looks left, right, ssllooooowwwly raises hand, with shit-eating grin...

[@joshuathompson7259]

Yea I like her this season

[@weirdonationfrank9262]

I just watched it I wish we got to know smith more and I'm glad she opened up

[@RS-ls7mm]

Dr Smith was selfish and greedy but not unlikable, just showed the worst in all of us. This Dr. Smith is insane and not relatable. I can't see any kind of future for this version.

[@buciallstar]

I hate her because her motivation makes no sense. She sabotaged the escape in season 1 knowing the planet would be destroyed. Is imminent death of literally everyone truly better than possible incarceration on alpha centauri?

[@Chapy63]

The Dr Smith character is unbearably annoying. I almost stop watching the show because of her. Every time she’s on screen she is doing selfish, sociopathic, betraying stuff. I got sick of that. A character who’s only goal is to fuck everyone is hard to appreciate, and after episode 4 I was done with her. I hope they give the character a chance to redeem herself in the next season. Why did the writers felt the need to had such an antagonizing character in what would have been otherwise a great sci-fi show? I mean, don’t they have all they need in that “Lost in Space” concept to create a great story without that? Being stranded on another planet that is about to kill everyone, and all the social dynamic involved in a group of survivors struggling to save their life and gain power... And i don’t even talk about aliens robot and all the sub plots like the love stories and what not! I don’t mind antagonism, if it helps develop character and story. But nobody can be 100% antagonizing like her. A more nuanced Dr. Smith would have been so great, even more with a great actress like Parker Posey.

[@jdturingkai564]

Oh FFS go watch Disney if you can't handle someone being selfish when they are marooned on an alien world with total strangers.

[@Chapy63]

JD Turing Kai You don’t find her annoying?

[@BadLilyBatch]

Currently rewatching the show for the first time since it came out and boy I forgot HOW MUCH I hate her. I have to pause every now and then just to be able to watch the show. I’ve never ever felt such hatred for a character before 😫

[@jeanclaudecredostarboss2488]

I really couldn't continue the show without understanding her motif. Hell, I thought she was messing up with my mind! I've never hated anything or any one at this point. Now I can go finish the show.

[@HSmarkus5]

Lost in space Season 1 dr smith was the most hated character

[@catsupchutney]

Above all you have to cut the characters some slack for being distracted with surviving rather than investigating Dr. Smith / June. Anyone who has dealt with drug addicts - it's the same behavior.

[@passthebutterrobot2600]

I love that she seems to have literally no redeeming qualities whatsoever, the complete opposite of the Robinsons, and I hope the writers keep it that way. She's like The Master in Dr Who or Killgrave in Jessica Jones ...but worse! I must admit I was worried when I first found out that Dr Smith was now a woman, but Parker Posey is brilliant in the role.

[@TonyBueno10]

Pass The Butter Robot at least with the master you can get a laugh or two.

[@Egeslean]

There is no comparing Smith to the Master, because unlike Smith, we can get behind the Master. He's smart, tenacious, and funny, AND there is a reason why he is the way he is. Smith has nothing, at least not from the standpoint of the writing; The actress on the other hand, I applaud her, she gives off the same unnerving sense that wriggles under my skin, like Hanable from the Silence of the Lambs film. I'm on episode 4 now (yes I just started watching it), and I'm skipping my way through every scene with Smith because the character is that bad. She's a sociopath because...it's easy, no work involved for the writers, they can literally do whatever they want because, 'hey, she's nuts'. Since it seems that Smith doesn't get any better (as a character, and I don't mean that she becomes a good person), I don't know if I will be finishing this show.

[@adrian72300]

Yes Parker Posey is so good in the role that i wish the character was really a psychologist,like a female Hannibal Lecter,would have given Parker even more to work with,not a cannibal but a brilliant mind that somehow got twisted

[@Egeslean]

After finishing the season I can say this, I love her acting, she plays the roll well, but the writers have really given her NOTHING to work with. She 'wants to be free' for whatever reason, she's 'scared' for her safety...apparently, but she's willing to do things that risk her own safety and she's a complete fuck up in her life, yet somehow she's able to fool EVERYONE. These things don't mesh together. It's the whole, 'show, don't tell' idea, and in a way I feel like I'm watching Twilight again where they say a character reads books and is smart or in love but nothing that is shown actually reinforces it and in fact does the opposite. Maybe it's because we, the audience, see everything, so we're not subject to the same limitations as the other characters, but I cannot see any real reason for Smith to act the way she does. She doesn't even seem that smart to be honest, she's just bumbling along, throwing darts everywhere and hoping some, or even one, of them will stick. They absolutely need to flesh out her character more, give us a reason why she's so strung out on needing freedom that she'll basically destroy everyone's chances of living just to try and recreate what Will did.

[@valeriemarsman3350]

Also like someone with an actual mental disorder. Some people can not feel guilt, watch killers on netflix.

[@TheCaliforniaboy1]

I literally only watch this because I needed to know her motive in all of this. Thank you for clearing it up. This will make a little easier to deal with her.

[@unigameverse]

I...I actually like Dr.Smith. She is the reason the whole plot happens. If it wasn't for her, Lost In Space whould have been 3 episodes long and those whould be boring as hell.

[@unigameverse]

@Lol IDK Man you're getting mad over a fictional character on a post from 11 months ago.

[@unigameverse]

@Lol Soooooooo... what you're saying is she did her job well and did her part as an antagonist? And what plot? The one that she created? IDK if you're familiar with the Dream SMP (a bunch of people play minecraft on a server and roleplay wars between nations and shit). Well at one point a guy named JSchlatt came on the server and took the role of kind of an antagonist. This brought him hate, but that means they did their job well. They annoyed the people watching cuz that's what they're supposed to do. That's just my opinion, if you have a different one, don't try to shove it down my throat.

[@rubix2007]

Probably my favorite character. This show needed Smith to be such a messed up person, and she is playing the part great.

[@ggalactic4548]

Exactly Smith was a great character

[@derossetmyers47]

I think she's my favorite too. She's like a textbook psychopath, but she keeps showing hints of progressing.

[@rcredmon]

She was my favorite actor on the series. Because she makes me despise her so much. And...because I've known people similar, (albeit nowhere near as bad) as her.

[@westwaydeerfield1990]

she and the son are so stupid , and the female dr .dr smith [the fake one ]is the gov'mt of the usa poltical and military of the u s a.

[@finnian1209]

I think what people hate about her is how realistic she is. We are used to villains with dramatic backstories, and villains that we can cry for, as well as hate. Remember, villains are supposed to be the bad guys. They are supposed to resemble the bad people we know. Dr. Smith is a criminal, and her motive is to continue hiding from the law. She is not a good person. She's not supposed to be likeable, she's supposed to be an obstacle and threat, and I think the show did a perfect job of showing how like many career criminals, everyone is either a potential obstacle or tool to her. Remember Umbridge, from Harry Potter, and how everyone hated her because she represents the unfairness of authority figures that you have no power to stop? I think Dr. Smith might be a similar situation. I can't think of anything she might represent, but people only hate a villain this much when they hit close to home.

[@trescohen8232]

Yes but unlike most people the reason i hate her character is because half of her actions make no sense for someone whos trying to survive and get off the planet. She constantly dismantles everything that would save them all. For someone whos as smart and conniving as her she makes idiotic choices that just pushes her farther away from her goal. She just there to create chaos but her own chaos is even detrimental to her. But she just thinks shes helping herself. So shes just an idiot

[@blzdvilla4080]

Yeah whatever but COME ON, the things she just got away with and all that bs she comes up with,it's stupid af This show will lose views if she's not killed off soon lol trust me

[@Orain88]

I love Parker Posey's performances, she's downright excellent at pushing your buttons as a viewer. Personally I think she's the best part of the show. I had the pleasure of meeting her once and had a brief conversation about visual art, and it's so funny because in person she's so genuinely kind and thoughtful. Meanwhile she's so freaking excellent at playing characters that give me chills and make me sqirm uncomfortably in my seat as I watch. I already finished season two . . . Ugh, so long now to wait for season 3 😐

[@normancallaway389]

Excellent portrayal of a psychopath. Someone on the writing staff has done their research or has had first-hand experience with a psychopath. Kudos. One suggestion, every once in a while, usually after a small triumph, Dr. Smith will seem almost happy at her success. This doesn't really happen with psychopaths - rather than happiness, you see smug satisfaction.

[@TituzzzD]

Her motivation to get away is so senseless. Where'd she wanna go? Nevermind alone. If there would be at least something where she belongs or searching for someone. She is just there to create chaos. It would be nicer, if she would try to change from her old ways, but sometimes has a fallback, so we could sympathize with her struggle. But no. Just chaos. Great acting though.

[@JoseShajiOfficial]

TituzzzD she becomes a hero toward the end of season 2

[@TituzzzD]

@@JoseShajiOfficial Thank you for the spoiler. Or not. I don't know what you wanna tell me.

[@JoseShajiOfficial]

TituzzzD watch season 2

[@Joe_1971]

This was a great show..can't waite for season 2. I hope Dr. Smith becomes more like the original Dr. Smith...just a coward but not really a danger to the crew.

[@tommihorttana860]

Her schemes are ridiculously contrived but I actually find her interesting as a villain, because her goals are not opposed to the protagonists' goals. In fact, they're exactly the same - survival and a new start. But whatever baggage she wants to leave behind she carries with her, and her twisted outlook means she approaches those goals in a most destructive way. You can tell she doesn't like being a bad person - she wouldn't constantly keep coming up with excuses otherwise - but she just keeps digging herself deeper into villainy. In the later seasons, she manages to climb out of that hole just enough to take some responsibility for her actions, but it's telling that her final big heel-face turn is not murdering someone after all...

[@ksexton5761]

Dr. Smith is such a great character! Love her hair and outfits and her mannerisms. She makes me want to scream all the time but I couldn't imagine the show without her! Parker Posey does such an amazing job with this character! So pumped to see the antics in season 3.

[@julianne195]

She is a great actor don't get me wrong but godamn she got on my nerves so much i stopped watching.

[@plasticlance9418]

The difference between characters like Smith and characters like, let's say, Palpitine is that while palpitine is an evil overlord responsible for the deaths of many innocent people, Smith is simply a liar and a manipulator. The idea of some old dude commanding an evil space legion inside a floating ball that shoots death lasers is ridiculous, but Smith's actions and mannerisms are so grounded in our reality I suspect it hits pretty close to home for a lot of people who've had to deal with someone like that, or are too afraid to open up out of fear of coming into contact with such a terrible person. At least that's my opinion.

[@joaopauloduartedasilva4101]

It was very bad, actually. I loved the tension she brought to the series but at the end of the day her evilness was gratuitous. She didn't have a real motivation beyond saving her ass, but that alone doesn't make anything justifiable, moreso because in most situations acting right would've granted her way more benefits and security. I thought they tried to humanize the sociopath in her and failed miserably, and after so many deaths it would be very difficult to simpathize with her. In a show where we know none of the family members are really going to die, having an outright killer just makes a huge contrast and breaks the balance of the narrative. She just has to go.

[@TituzzzD]

This, exactly. Her motivation to get away is so senseless. Where'd she wanna go? Nevermind alone. If there would be at least something where she belongs or searching for someone. She is just there to create chaos. It would be nicer, if she would try to change from her old ways, but sometimes has a fallback, so we could sympathize with her struggle. But no. Just chaos. Great acting though.

[@derekaitken]

No you have to go

[@tatankha1]

Her character made me quit watching.

[@anastasiyakorol4155]

Me too❤💘

[@luckyuniversal]

I feel like that already

[@DLJohnsonHonourofKings]

Trust me, you didn't miss anything.

[@TheWeepingDalek]

@anna verano how would that make it better

[@The_Original_Man]

Right I had to force myself to keep watching

[@marialuciaz8018]

Dr. Smith's new version is sure one of most perfect representation of anti-social personality disorder that I've ever seen on screen. I myself hope that they will keep the character exactly the way it is, cuz that show us all how a psychopath acts. Those human being predators only cause damage whenever they cross our path.

[@MayraXanthe]

There are 2 characters in tv shows that I hate with an absolute passion. Dr. Smith and Angelina from Manifest.

[@pjdaprinz]

She thinks at least 6 steps ahead of anyone else, predicting behaviors/situations that are almost impossible to imagine. When in need, she turns on a dime and saves the situation brilliantly. With those skills her backstory should have been more than a "failed" criminal, but a successful mastermind.

[@hghghghghfgfhf]

nah i love her arc, even if its a small one, she genually cared about will and the robinsons, even if she has other plans, when she runs too will you can see her real self come out, i love her so much

[@Michelle67d]

It kind of felt like they just gave her scenes to have her in the show like when she talks Will into summoning the robot to take down the Dino like creature when we already know if the robot feels Will's fear he'll come running to protect Will even disobeying him to keep Will safe.. So the whole conversation was unnecessary . And for me personally I felt like every scene she was in slowed the pace of the show. I just wanted her off the screen so they could get back to the good stuff. So she wasn't just hated for me but boring as well.

[@mr__4746]

The way they transformed her character Ufff 🥵 that’s out of universe I never ever loved a character so much like I loved dr smith Best character ❤❤❤❤

[@jamesthreats5800]

idk why but Dr Smith is hot......So much they could do with that character if they dared

[@drlee2]

I love this character and the actress' portrayal. The way she manipulated everyone felt so well done.

[@George-qw8ss]

The most useless character. Never helps always has to outsmart everyone when the character isnt even that smart to begin with. Also, if this was the real world, she would have been spaced long ago

[@holypotat0]

Dude, she's the antogonist lol

[@ericisnoob593]

She helped by sacrificing herself for the Robinsons. Character development.

[@glonx639]

EricIsNoob I get the feeling that the fact that we only saw her helmet and not her body for a reason.

[@George-qw8ss]

@@ericisnoob593 she isn't dead

[@M3A7]

@@George-qw8ss She fucking better be, or no season 3 for me!

[@ericlawrence9060]

She's by far my favorite. She is incredibly smart and is a survivalist ... She's some kind of super mutant with the power of perception and she is a few moves ahead. She also moves the plot forward and adds some real spice. She is perhaps THE brightest.

[@bradleybfb]

You're being sarcastic, right?

[@ericlawrence9060]

@@bradleybfb No, but now that i think of it... my codependency makes me see her as somehow strong.... don't know if she could be turned around.

[@jimmytatt6852]

Without her, we only got session 1. A very clever character they put her in,

[@indomitablelust]

Now please make one about why we hate Will because I can't be the only one, I CAN'T!!

[@blackpinkx6622]

Loooooool I love dr smith. Cos shes a survivor who will stop at nothing to get what she wants. But season 2 will 🙄

[@Mxrxm]

Yes you are

[@DA-mh5zp]

From what I’ve seen so far, I don’t get how this child would tell a robot to jump off the cliff for defending himself. I will never understand.

[@ferumcastrum4097]

@@blackpinkx6622 You’re a fragile person my friend if you wanna be like Doctor Smith

[@blackpinkx6622]

@@ferumcastrum4097 a strong level headed independent survivor. Who made the best of her circumstances. Yh I'm so fragile for wanting to be the most calculated character

[@elongatedmanforever1252]

Don west is the best character anybody agree??

[@skywalkerpanyt]

savitarsavior Flashfan Xd I’d say both him and Judy.

[@markanderson9123]

Robot

[@sayyoraabduhalim6159]

@@skywalkerpanyt loll does anyone remember him saying "im a bada**, princess" and judy was like " you said you're a bada** princess" . that was the funniest part of all time

[@butcherbane3517]

Have to hand it to Netflix. Instead of going with the tired old storyline , that Doctor Smith is a saboteur for a rival nation or organisation. They decided to make her story original and dynamic by making her a woman who just wants to start over with a clean slate. What will they think of next?

[@jeanclaudecredostarboss2488]

Me watching this show: Me: ok, ok she's going to do something good. The show LIS: no, no, this is only the beginning. Me after watching: throwing the TV out the window.

[@notyourtypicalanything]

Parker Posey was really quite effective in her role as Dr. Smith. She was annoying; she was very detestable; she made me just want to get rid of her with every passing episode. :)

[@My_Cats_Meow]

As someone who is into writing I can admit her antagonist role is played very well and projected well. But with that said, we dislike the character so much that her role may be slightly over done. Like everyone dislikes her so no one wants to see her backstory or how she came to be. She just doesn't seem to be able to be portrayed as a successful Antagonist instead is portrayed as someone who preys on the weak and helpless to further her own gain. Every Antagonist has a struggle that made them the way they are. Anakin became Darth Vader because his mother died, the people around him didn't trust him. His feelings over took his rational thinking that the Jedi have. So her character doesn't really have a bad enough of a backstory to really prove how evil she is, she just is evil. Even serial killers have a backstory.

[@kianmomtahan6298]

Doctor Smith I would say was well written but poorly used. The most important part the writers brought attention to is that she does not see herself as a villain. The man in the airlock she didn't start the timer, she "merely" didn't act to save him, leaving Don she "merely" refused to look after him and chose to increase her own chances. These aren't statements I agree with but justifications the character can have to claim that they are not evil. I hated her and that was due to reasons the writer wanted. But I also hated her as a plot tool. The show would have done better I feel had she been in the background more for the first half of the show with the family dealing with environmental issues. Her plans are laid such that she frequently causes more issues not just for herself but everyone else and thus by extension risks her own survival. This is what annoyed me about her and made me want to stop watching, it was too much.

[@lorandbarthes3156]

why would she save someones who just refused a fair deal with her, & then sweared to compromise her. I would let him die too for sure. with regrets & a bit of hesitation, but in the same position as her, I wish i ll be smart enough & less compassionate to be able to survive how she does every time.

[@startingQB]

Everyone's is saying she did kill the guy, she just didn't save him. That she didn't try to kill Don, just left him for died. She's not all bad. But they forget she killed her sister in cold blood, stole the chip from her arm after her sister give her everything to stay a new life with. So the excuse she just wants to leave earth behind to start a new life is mute. She had plenty of opportunities to start a new life after crashing but instead opted to lie, be conniving and devious, which then made people become suspicious of her.

[@lorandbarthes3156]

She didnt kill her sister actually... & hat opportunities? If she says " Im an outcast with daddy issues/sociopath, no usefull skills for you to offer, & I m an illegal on this ship". She litteraly has no opportunities to start over. Rewatch the show...-_-

[@startingQB]

Lorand Barthes she said that, that means she feels that way. Doesn't mean it's the truth. She could have been a good decent person after the crash and maybe no one would have thought 2 thoughts about her. Everyone assumes she took the test and passed like everyone else and deemed her worthy to be there. All she had to do was help when needed and keep her head down. But she was conniving just for the sake of being conniving from the beginning. She may not have killed her sister Dr Smith has made me give up on episode 7. But she drugged her sister cut deep into her wrist, after her sister offered to give Smith everything.

[@lorandbarthes3156]

what is not the truth? There are several scene about her being interogated & captured by the captain, telling her he will get her back to hearth or worst. Since she get on the ship, she was an illegal & put her survival instinct mod on. All the subject of this character is about us, as spectator. We are not use to see this kind of "vilain". Everything she does is about her survival, whatever we think, for her its the reality & when an animal is hunted, he would anything in prpose to survive. So mostly we should hate her as an enemy of the story, but moraly, she just does whatever it needs to survive herself cause nobody take care of her, not like the Robinson. Its easy to be a "decent"person when you have people to get your back & cheer you up. And about her sister, this "everything" is really your personnal point of view. For Smith it was nothing since earth was kinda already fuked. It wasnt a sacrifice from her sister, she just get rid of her gultyness about her sister by giving something she didnt desire anymore. So you blame her to refuse to beg & accept the leftovers? I respect her for taking what she wants. According to their past as familly members, you can even tell its kinda fair.

[@blackrazor1]

My problem with the character was how often she just happened to be in the right place at the right time to hear some tidbit she needed for her next "manipulation".

[@revolveroshawott3582]

Smith specifically wasn't the problem though - Parker Posey is fantastic, and her Smith is fantastic. But the entire plot of the show is reactive, and Smith is no different, and it wears kind of thin to have a character written in such a way that the only thing they're allowed to do is purposely create conflict with no room for solid characterization in-between. Hell, I know it's an age-old cliche to end a season on a cliffhanger, but this season felt specifically like _the entire point_ of the season was just to get the show to the season-ending cliffhanger. I actually loved this reimagining, but it gets tedious to have a show center around such a straightforward narrative that it feels like every fifteen minutes has to be devoted to throwing a monkey wrench into a situation. When all you do is add levity to innocuous situations, eventually you get desensitized to the moments of levity, but you're still stuck with the innocuous situations in-between. I honestly really want a season 2, but they need to refine their concept and think about how to build on these characters more without just littering an occasional five-minute flashback here and there. There's characterization of these characters, but it always feels secondary to trying to create another tense catastrophe, and Smith feels like she's just there because they couldn't make the ship take-off and crash-land in various landscapes for ten episodes worth of content. She was definitely as antagonistic as the original Smith: for all of his hamminess, Harris' Dr. Smith was the _whole_ reason they were 'lost in space', and he never did a single thing to _not_ endanger the Robinsons, specifically Will. The biggest problem with this show is that it tries to evolve the format of the show without evolving the content: it stays _too_ true to the original in all the wrong places. For an example of character evolution done right, I'd rather point to the interpersonal dynamics between Judy and Don, which - while removing the romantic undertones - keeps them grounded as trusted companions

[@ShuffleFM]

Well said and a great post.

[@adrian72300]

I think the writers did good too develop the characters before putting them in a relationship

[@ericvolpe4669]

I almost don’t wanna continue watching because I almost smashed my TV many times because it’s so ridiculous how she keeps getting away with everything.

[@zunarcorporation1117]

I love the character so much. She gives color to the plot. One of the reason I’m excited to watch the show.

[@jeepdude7359]

She is the Murdoc or Moriearty of Lost in Space. I think that she has played the antithesis role perfectly. The robot will also need to somehow reappear. It is a key ingredient for a successful show.

[@clmk28]

Hate? I love her and can’t wait to her antics in season 3 :)

[@neptune4772]

SEASON 2 SPOILER: ...but she died in season two

[@mcwaff8661]

@@neptune4772 did you not see the box?

[@drakenfist]

@@neptune4772 some people are way too easily fooled lol. First rule of TV writing:never dead until you see a body.

[@timothygunnet-shoval204]

Dr Smith's character is summarized by Dr Smith, herself, in episode 2 after she and Don escape the crashed Jupiter. Don engages in a dialogue with her where he says that the answer to the question, "Can you fix this?" is always "Yes." Smith's comment on Don's remark is to ask, "So you're going to bullshit our way to safety?" In asking this, she is also telling us that this is exactly how she will and has approached most if not all of the problems in her life. She reads people quickly and well, and can improvise stories to push people in the directions that suit her needs of self-preservation. She has little to no moral compass, therefore any seeming acts of kind or generosity are purely motivated out how she believes this will help her obtain or maintain the greatest sense of control and power possible because for her having power over a situation or others is safety.

[@WhirlOmar]

I felt she's a great character. And Parker Posey is a great actress.

[@Bob_Adkins]

She's irrepressible. Only way to beat her is to say "Dr Smith, you are so intelligent and clever. Now make me a sandwich!"

[@fish509b]

She must be a great actress. Every time she appears on screen she makes my skin crawl.

[@cjsteadman6217]

In the original series, I always breathlessly waited for Dr. Smith to DIE. Unfortunately he never did.

[@tonialoconte]

"Oh, my aching back ... Don't just stand there. Help me, you bubbleheaded boobie!" The original Dr. Smith was totally selfish and reckless during crucial moments. He'd come through only if it was very easy to do so and cost him nothing to do it, and he spent a lot of time feeling sorry for himself. In that sense, I think this Smith and that Smith are pretty similar.

[@saschay2k]

"This villain is too realistic to enjoy." ... she’s a notoric liar and we all have our personal experiences with people like Dr. Smith in real life. It hurts to see her lying, because we all know that feeling of being betrayed. We don’t want realistic villains, we want "Die Hard" villains.

[@ScottyLovey]

Dr Smith is the best character in the entire show! I hope she isnt really gone and comes back for season three..

[@Orion3G]

This would probably be one of my favorite TV shows of all time, until Dr Smith showed up and I didn't even bother finishing season 1.

[@renningervaness5762]

She is my favorite character on the show

[@l.contreras4790]

I don't know but Parker Posey Roll this show she is evil and funny at the same time ...

[@chs82ndab]

Parker Posey was excellent in this role as Dr. Smith. She was totally believable as a self preserving character.

[@johnminehan1148]

This is a character based on an earlier character where the actor playing the part played the character in a way that he thought(correctly) would keep his character from being killed off, abandoned or otherwise written out. Dr. Smith is a function of Mr. Harris wanting to support his wife and any kids they may have still had at home.Now, Harris's Dr. Smith can be seen as a professional spy creating a "legend" to keep himself from being abandoned or killed by the Robinsons, by appearing to be a silly, vain, cowardly old man.Posey's Dr. Smith is built around BEING a sociopath, as opposed to being someone whose work has given him sociopathic behaviors. Because this is based on a former work, it may be much less interesting even if equally (or better) acted than the original.

[@Abbriscoe]

Choosing a female to play DR. Smith was a great idea. Choosing Parker Posey to play the part was genius.

[@955472]

Too ba the poor writing ruined it anyway.

[@darriusthomas35]

I loved her as Dr. Smith. As someone who watched the original show she really captured the essence of Dr. Smith in the early Lost in Space episodes. He was much darker in the beginning and then the show went more campy. I think she was great in this role!!!!

[@kimmonares]

I love how she portray her character

[@erikkaye1114]

Smith's real name, we find out, is June Harris; June as in June Lockhart who created the role of Maureen Robinson in the 60s, and Harris as in Jonathan Harris, who played the original Dr. Smith. This is a clue that the 60s Dr. Smith will inform the present show's character. In the 1960's, Jonathan Harris's Dr. Smith was the character we most loved to hate on TV; it got so bad that Harris had to rewrite his character as more of cowardly comic relief to avoid him getting killed off. I am delighted that Parker Posey has found her own way to be as obnoxious and unwanted. How the writers will make her more tolerable will be one of their key tasks for season 2. Lost in Space would not be Lost in Space without a Dr. Smith.

[@karenj8450]

I was screaming at my tv every time she came. God I was gonna break my tv when she was manipulating the robot!

[@WhirlOmar]

I agree with you about no redeeming quality but what she said at the end could be her sort of reiterating what she knows about herself but perhaps she really meant to save him. We really won't know that though until season two. But yeah they couldn't have made that point better if that's what they intended.

[@MThrow]

Dr. Smith was the best part of the show. John got pushed into being second fiddle to strong, dominant Maureen (unlike the original show) Don became comic relief when in the original he was the security officer (had to have another strong, dominant woman, so let's make Judy the security / medical officer ) and Will went from being a curious kid who is always getting into trouble because he's head strong in the original, to a whiny little boy who's scared of his own shadow unless mom, or his sisters are around. Maybe it's just me, but it seemed to lean towards a feminist / SJW agenda. But Parker Posey knocked it out of the park as Dr. Smith.

[@jerobriggs6861]

Agreed.

[@Bob_Adkins]

Ya, I know a lot of women like Dr. Smith.

[@baldheaddriver5]

Out of the PARK?????.... WHAT????! ..UR INSANE AS THIS SICK CHARACTER IS!!!! YOU ARE A SICK TWISTED PSYCHOPATH 2 !!!!!..YOU'RE ALL INSANE IF YOU LIKE THIS SCHIZOID OBNOXIOUS SELF-ABSORBED MORON!!!!!!!..THIS SHOW HAS GOTTEN SO STUPID SINCE THEY INTRODUCED THIS SICK TWISTED MORON!!!.. DOES NOT BELONG IN THIS SHOW!!!.. IT RUINED IT FOR A LOT OF US WHO LIKE LOST IN SPACE!!!.. THIS IS LOST IN YOUR EFFING MIND YOU BUNCH OF LOSERS IDIOTS WHO THINK SHE'S A GOOD ACTRESS!!!!.. SHE NEEDS TO BE SHOT IN THE HEAD WITH THE ROBOTS FIST!!!

[@josephososkie3029]

I agree. As written, she’s proven sociopath so there’s no going back. No redemption. A good story depends on the ability to suspend disbelief, not destroy reality.

[@lovefortherecord4306]

This Character is extremely annoying and definitely a great character, excellent writing... the original villain doctor from the original lost in space was a man... so to see this character as a woman is really really cool much more modern and developed than the original lost in space character.... love this series

[@heidim6468]

I think they made her character to evil and she is not only awful she is a killer, which makes her unredeemable. Even if she gets nicer she is still a killer. If they would of just make her a thief or just not a nice person then at least you could of had some hope for her. It is sad that they had to go to such a dark place with the character.

[@Tenchua917]

Shes a professional in lying, gaslighting and manipulating other people, in other words a very good sociopath, and her only motivation is to survive regardless of the consequence. Id say that is good character/writing, she did a good job making the viewers really despise her. She did mention one time that she isnt a villain, and i believe her.

[@Prometiumz]

The problem isn’t just that she’s “too good a character” the problem is that somehow miraculously with millions of variables in unknown situations somehow her plans always end up working almost perfectly and somehow she always seems to manipulate and outsmart all these people that are supposed to be geniuses and for some reason the highly trained killer NAVY SEAL father has not done something about it. All that combined with the fact that she has been doing it over and over yet no one is like oh ok we should leave her or get rid of this extremely evil dangerous selfish person and it’s overused a lot and takes away from the really cool shit like the sci fi aspect that’s far more interesting

[@Prometiumz]

Sorry about the long reply but I had to rant a bit lol

[@Prometiumz]

She’s very infuriating

[@Tenchua917]

@@Prometiumz i agree

[@Prometiumz]

@@Tenchua917 yeah lol sorry this was an old comment but I’m rewatching it again to catch up so I can see season 3 and watching her have no consequences and somehow fool everyone has been agony lol

[@scottylawson9472]

If the character, actor's, director's and/or writer's intentions was to hate the character enough to stop watching the show, great job everyone! Mission accomplished!

[@mitchellburnett7154]

I personally love her and hope she stays. I haven't finished the season yet but she is easily my favorite character

[@typicallytypical8071]

What is wrong with you she makes me want to break my tv

[@cancer7579]

Debbie is the unsung hero of the show. when you think about it, Debbie has a really complicated backstory

[@petesmith3186]

This is my second time watching season 1. By the end, I fast forwarded her sections.

[@steamybowlofpeas3599]

Omg I can relate, I literally got so fukin frustrated that I just skipped all her scenes lol

[@wmkae2124]

Most people forget that the original Dr. Smith was a murderer and a saboteur in the black and white episodes - even threatening to kill Don by placing his head in a helmet and have the robot crush it, and showing the robot could crush the helmet. After crashing, he instructed the robot to kill the Robinsons one-by-one whenever he was alone with any one of them. It wasn't until midway through season one that you could detect Dr. Smith's transformation into the campy villain of the color episodes. I find the new Dr. Smith, as unlikable as she may or may not be, is an essential character. The original Dr. Smith in the beginning episodes was more of a the psychopathic; Posey's Dr. Smith is walking the line between socio/pschopath. They are similar pathologies, but the psycho is far more severe. Parker walks this line well. We are not supposed to like her. And now that the Robsinsons are more lost in the robot's binary star-system, she will need to be as duplicitous as ever, scheming and self serving her way to Alpha Centauri without the Resolute - the robot may be the only one with the means and knowledge of the galaxy to get her there. That was all the campy Dr. Smith did was scheme ways to get back to earth (because he did not want to go to A-C; even from the very first episode) and tried, unsuccessfully to get there, causing the Robinsons much grief with each attempt. Sure, they kept him around, but we would not like the Robinsons if they killed him off or abandon him as they often threatened. It is not in their character. As Dr. Smith said to John in the 1998 movie the he (John), "Can't kill the killer without becoming one himself." Or something to that effect. In spite of how we may feel about the new Dr. Smith, her absence would be felt - and if any of the Robinsons were responsible for her absence, it would tarnish the entire show. Personally, I much preferred the murdering/saboteur Dr. Smith. The campy one was too far over the top. In the reboot, I do not to hear "Oh my delicate back, indeed, bubble-headed boobies," or any form of Smith Speak. I also do not want to see talking carrots, a celeried Dr. Smith, fire breathing dragons; girls from the green dimension, Cousin Smiths, Mr. Zomdishes, haunted lighthouses, intergalactic department stores, IDAK, mythological gods on unicorn-back, ad nauseam. Keep in real. Elements from "My Friend Mr. Nobody," and "The Zookeeper" would be okay. Excuse my pontification but the 2018 LIS is awesome (except for the sinking in the tar pit).

[@alexanderalbach468]

I did feel uncomfortable about Smith. So manipulartiv and evil. Die, die, die... I changed my mind in season 2. Especially at the end. Now. I want her survive. Season 2 is great Sci fi. It evolves season 1 on the best way. And so much better what you can watch at the theater. It took me frome the first pictuture to the last. Now I am a Robinson. Or at least I wished to be one

[@Creshex8]

After seeing season 3, I’ll summarize my feelings (I’ll avoid spoilers). I really hated June with a passion in season one. She did so much damage and destruction with seemingly little remorse. She also lied so much, I started getting annoyed when anyone was stupid enough to trust her. As season 2 progressed into season 3, I started seeing a lot more logic to her behavior. She lied and committed crimes, not for fun or profit, but because she was alone, and perpetually surrounded by people who would have thought nothing of leaving her behind. Despite all the trouble she caused, I actually found many of the Robinson’s to be excessively apathetic, dismissive, and cruel in their behavior to her, even when she either saved lives, and especially when she was powerless. There was a long period of time when she did absolutely nothing bad, and even then there was no question that everyone would think nothing of abandoning her. They really cemented in the reality that she was in a never ending cycle of herself against the world. Even some of her enemies were closer to her than any family. If they did a poor job of conveying this in season one, they thoroughly resolved any inconsistencies by the end of season 2. And unlike many criminals, she didn’t have any loyal partners in crime or family. In the end, she became my favorite character. I was perfectly happy with the resolution of the character.