Something like that was the original plan. Dr Smith wasn’t supposed to last long. But instead he became the breakout star of the show, much to the dismay of the rest of the cast (except for Bill Mumy).
They could have spared themselves a lot of headaches by jettisoning Dr. Smith out the garbage chute in the second episode.
Something like that was the original plan. Dr Smith wasn’t supposed to last long. But instead he became the breakout star of the show, much to the dismay of the rest of the cast (except for Bill Mumy).
The series needed him as a heel. You could tell he was a theater actor. He over-dramatized everything which was the beauty of the character
And the castaways should have killed Gilligan.
He played the antagonist. The sneaky rat always getting into something which made the show more suspenseful.