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| - The family speeds through space in the Jupiter 2, looking for familiar stars so they can chart a course for Alpha Centauri. Smith would prefer to go to Earth, and fights with Don over the navigator, breaking it and causing the ship to fly out of control. Don manages to repair the instrument and stabilize the ship. Smith, however, continues to use every tactic he can to get back to earth. He blackmails John, and when that does not work, he takes matters into his own inept hands. In doing so, he mistakenly dumps the ship’s entire fuel supply overboard.
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| - The family speeds through space in the Jupiter 2, looking for familiar stars so they can chart a course for Alpha Centauri. Smith would prefer to go to Earth, and fights with Don over the navigator, breaking it and causing the ship to fly out of control. Don manages to repair the instrument and stabilize the ship. Smith, however, continues to use every tactic he can to get back to earth. He blackmails John, and when that does not work, he takes matters into his own inept hands. In doing so, he mistakenly dumps the ship’s entire fuel supply overboard. The Jupiter 2, no longer having enough fuel to reach Alpha Centauri or Earth, cannot find any other place to land. However, John remembers that there is a refueling barge nearby, so they stop and refuel. The radar picks up a few strange blips but no one really pays them any mind. Don thinks he may have seen a figure moving around outside, but he’s not really sure. The ship once again sets course for Alpha Centauri. Smith tricks Penny into altering the controls to set course for Earth again, even though John has told them it is far too dangerous. Smith is happy until he sees a green lady floating outside his window. Sadly, no one else saw her, and no one will believe him. Will stays up with Smith in case she comes back. She does indeed come back, but Will does not see her. The Robot does see her and translates her message as a love song for Smith. The song is interrupted as the Jupiter 2 heads for a collision course with the Earth’s sun. John and Don manage a “near miss” and save the ship. Seeing as how they have enough fuel, and that it’s closer, they decide to go to Earth after all. Everyone is excited, especially Doctor Smith. That night, the green lady returns and hypnotizes Smith with her song. He comes out of the Jupiter 2 in a spacesuit to cavort with her. As it turns out, the green lady is really after the ship’s fuel, deutronium, which her species eats. When the Robinsons discover what has happened to Dr. Smith, they alter course and save him. In so doing, they lose their chance of landing on Earth, and are once again lost in space.
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