Smith is keen for the job of sorcerer's apprentice after learning that a space magician's rocket ship can reach Earth in a few hours.

Dr. Smith, Penny and Will are out playing a game and Penny finds a gold coin on the game board. They then find a trail of the gold coins and Dr. Smith falls into a cave containing a skeleton of an alien along with a old treasure chest. The Robinsons then have another encounter with the notorious space pirate Captain Tucker.