The Actor playing Dr.Smith is an Awful Actress!
She totally missed the mark not only in her portrayal of the Character, but in her Acting skills altogether.
She leaves too much to be desired. Like a singer on stage missing note after note but keeps singing, and you just want them to give it up and get off the stage.
Her lack of skill takes away from the scenes and makes the viewer work too hard at trying to figure out what’s going on.
She obviously couldn’t decide how she wanted to be. - A crazy person, Borderline schizophrenic, a psychotic ex-con; or just an Adult with a Criminal past and a very juvenile mind.
If she was aiming for a Character with all of these traits, and no one specific type, She should have executed her personality better and with much more confidence. Instead it was like she couldn’t make up her mind.
Most of the time, she acted like she was Extremely Intoxicated or on drugs, which drew way too much away from what was going on in the scene. She wobbled too much on screen, and mentally ‘checked out’ mid-way between interactions with the other Characters on the show which Sidetracks the viewer. She didn’t hold her body or head straight.
She did ‘ crazy’ totally wrong.
If a viewer has to stop too much and guess at someone, it takes away the entire experience, and any enjoyment.
She’s is a bad Actress.
Especially when an Actor is ‘Acting’ within the story and being deceptive, It must be done with great talent, It takes a good actress to act like your acting.
I hope we don’t have to experience her much more.
There are other Actors, which would have successfully portrayed this Character.
Casting should have noticed how bad of an Actress she was and replaced her right away because she almost ruined the whole show.