We all seem to have a “bad guy’’ we blame our troubles on. In “Lost in Space,’’ it was evil Dr. Smith.

Blame Game

Whose fault was it? We reflexively assign blame. In “Lost and Space,” every problem was caused by Dr. Zachary Smith. We blame someone for everything we don’t like.

Is blaming others a sin? It feels like it: We all seem to have certain “go to’’ people to regularly blame for our woes. At work, we blame an unjust boss, subordinate, customer or client for our grief. Ditto at home (a spouse, parents, an in-law and everyone’s ex).

Dr. Smith caused every trouble in “Lost in Space.’’

The great challenge of Christianity? We’re supposed to love first. Pray for our enemies, which is hard in a world where we are constantly taught to love our own and blame someone else.

Life is so much simpler (as black and white as the original “Lost in Space’’) when everything is someone else’s fault….

“Why don’t they just get rid of Dr. Smith?” I wondered after so many “Lost in Space” episodes. He was always the problem.

Don West and John Robinson got mad but, they kept turning the other cheek, always keeping him around though he had absolutely nothing good to contribute.