If I pretend I didn't see the scene where 1 unarmed, not very well-fed man(John Robinson) beat up around 10 armed, trained soldiers, it was a great episode. I was just kind of annoyed that they had to do that lame and unbelievable scene.
37 Reviews
It is full of mistakes
natea_teodor7 January 2020
Warning: Spoilers
For a TV Show meant for family, yup, is absolutely perfect. I can't doubt that! But for the scientific part of the show is total garbage.
I mean come on, horses in space? Going around on rogue planets without a space suit? Will gets with Adler to save the Scare-Crow, Adler dies and Will miraculously gets back with the Jupiter and with the remaining people back to Resolute? Who flew the Jupiter from that alien ring where robots started to rise up? Only Will and Adler were in that Jupiter...
And also, they say that the rift (or wormhole) is open for a few minutes and there is a risk that alien ships can get into the rift with them and so they cancel the leaving. But also they move all the kids in a small Jupiter and decide to send them through the rift. Isn't this the same thing? Also, at least 20 other alien ships were in pursuit of the Resolute. The crew manages to escape using the small Jupiters while the Resolute gets destroyed together with the first alien ship. What happens next? The Jupiters are not strong enough for space flight or they don't have enough fuel!
And in the end, the cherry on the top: If the Jupiter full of kids got back to Fortuna, what happened there? At first glance, I thought the Fortuna is the remains of the International Space Station and that weird planet is the Earth.
Season 2 As Good Or Better Than Season 1
fshepinc25 December 2019
Even Better Than Season 1
peteroctb-110-84361926 December 2019
Season 2 is exceptional television. It is fun, humorous, thrilling and thoroughly engaging. Episode 10 is awesome; chilling and very emotional. Bravo to the director, writers and cast. Lost in Space Season 2 (and in particular episode 10) is an absolute rollercoaster of a ride. Word to Netflix: you would be wise to campaign S2 Ep 10 for for Emmy consideration.
I cried a lake
alpilhanuysal25 December 2019
Warning: Spoilers
Wow that was unexpected.
Hastings and Adler being the villains was obvious from the beginning. Hastings was the worst to be honest. I hated him as much as I hated Dr. Smith. And I HATE Dr. Smith. It was good seeing Adler do the right thing but then it turned out to be the bad thing. THAT is a TWIST.
Maxwell Jenkins' acting has improved a ton compared to last season. Those scenes where they said goodbyes and stuff, damn that was heart-wrenching in many ways. I really like this "family drama" thing. It was kinda the 100-ish to send the kids but I kinda get it.
Let's get to the ending. I think they made the Fortuna/Grant Kelly thing too obvious by showing it a million times.
Last, the planet being not Alfa Centauri... That was ANOTHER TWIST. The thing that I have no idea why the robot brought them there makes me want a 3rd season alone. The Fortuna thing can come in there if there is a season 3. And I really hope there is a season 3.
Other than them making us wonder this is a great show overall. Penny's character arc improved this season. We got a real backstory to what went on in the Robinson family with flashbacks (over both seasons but this season kinda was more revealing).
Hastings and Adler being the villains was obvious from the beginning. Hastings was the worst to be honest. I hated him as much as I hated Dr. Smith. And I HATE Dr. Smith. It was good seeing Adler do the right thing but then it turned out to be the bad thing. THAT is a TWIST.
Maxwell Jenkins' acting has improved a ton compared to last season. Those scenes where they said goodbyes and stuff, damn that was heart-wrenching in many ways. I really like this "family drama" thing. It was kinda the 100-ish to send the kids but I kinda get it.
Let's get to the ending. I think they made the Fortuna/Grant Kelly thing too obvious by showing it a million times.
Last, the planet being not Alfa Centauri... That was ANOTHER TWIST. The thing that I have no idea why the robot brought them there makes me want a 3rd season alone. The Fortuna thing can come in there if there is a season 3. And I really hope there is a season 3.
Other than them making us wonder this is a great show overall. Penny's character arc improved this season. We got a real backstory to what went on in the Robinson family with flashbacks (over both seasons but this season kinda was more revealing).
WOW!
omartinezaviles28 December 2019
A cliffhanger in the style of Emprire Strikes Back
darvin-230 December 2019
Without giving anything away, there are surprises right up to the very end and the show takes a dramatic and unexpected turn.
Our heroes take different routes and just when you thought some were safe the plot takes an unexpected turn...
Dramatic cliffhanger leaving you crying aloud..... NOOOOOOOO! More, more...
Try not to binge it too fast. Awesome series.
Our heroes take different routes and just when you thought some were safe the plot takes an unexpected turn...
Dramatic cliffhanger leaving you crying aloud..... NOOOOOOOO! More, more...
Try not to binge it too fast. Awesome series.
Rushed ending undid so much of the season
mocaler21 January 2020
It would have been ok if it only seemed like wasted efforts within the story. That could add some realism. But this episode made so much of the season's efforts irrelevant that it made it seem like I could have skipped several episodes and had a more coherent story. I am still interested in the story but may scrutinize the episodes more in season 3 before watching.
Rollicking great adventure!
rrtiverton27 December 2019
"Story" without Cohesion
jecskene4 January 2020
Warning: Spoilers
We're conditioned to believe that all the wonderful details to a story serve a purpose. Most of us were raised on the rare genius of storytelling like this. Enigmatic characters were complex and to unravel their mysteries was to reveal secrets in the plot. Yet what I have come to realize is that most modern story tellers use simple devices to pretend having a complex plot. Most people don't notice due to the action or the devices used in the delivery. LOS ending is full of action and reveals itself to be stupid. All consequences suddenly don't exist. Adler sacrificed himself to "make it right" for a dying robot...only to wake up some kind of robot apocalypse(Joke was on him) at the behest of some other robot that was "His Friend". That "Friend" was enigmatic and, with the possibility that it might have been "Compromised". So he was compromised after all? No. He was just going to take the chance to wipe out a thousand human beings to "Do the right thing". Obviously not the "Major General Bot 1000". The whole show has this unreal expectation that it is better to rail against the odds of killing everyone than to sacrifice just one person. There doesn't seem to be consequences for any action other than a momentary shock anklet that you can break and get free of with no further repercussions. This show is full of action and uses devices to make you think there is so much more to the plot than what really exists. It's fun but that "Meat on the bone" is just cotton candy.
Season III - Lord Of The Flies !
gokgurhan-7355829 December 2019
So bunch of the kids nowhere in the space.Season 3 will be kind of "Lord of the flies!" Who is going to be Piggy! By the way love the last episode! I really wonder what will happen to Dr. Smith! She is good at manipulate the adults but not kids... It's gonna be fun :-)
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sloanlance19 February 2021
I'd like to point out that a ship like the Resolute, powered by the robot beings' engine can open a rift and go anywhere. If they didn't want pursuers to follow them to their destination, why not open rifts to one or more stops along the way. Let the pursuers follow them through those rifts until they don't get through one of them in time before it closes. When the occupants of the Resolute see they are no longer being pursued, then they can finally open a rift to the desired destination.
I have another scenario in mind, but it would involve a spoiler, so I'll keep it to myself. For now.
I suppose that ending would be too clean for this episode. It wouldn't leave much room for the story of season 3 coming out sometime in 2021.
I have another scenario in mind, but it would involve a spoiler, so I'll keep it to myself. For now.
I suppose that ending would be too clean for this episode. It wouldn't leave much room for the story of season 3 coming out sometime in 2021.
Should be an 8 but all the hardwork to make up for S1 fumbled at the finish line
Rob-O-Cop30 July 2021
I put off watching this for 18 months because I just didn't feel motivated to take it on again after the annoyances of Series 1. But I've run out of things to watch so I clicked it on. Episode one was average, lost in space at sea. The star as with all of series one was the special effects, which is the case with many netflix series, high production values let down by bad and sometimes insultingly bad writing.
But from episode 2 they managed to pull it around somewhat with great acting from the kids characters, and we tolerate the adults, the dad who looks like dr cox from scrubs, the poor man's joe rogan as don and the annoying mum who looks like a composite of a bunch of unmemorable female actors. And we all hate Dr Smith (not love to hate as in the original Dr Smith but just plain don't enjoy a minute of plot or screen time given to Parker Posey). She's just plain unfun to watch, from her stupid accessory headscarf, to every other misjudged mannerism Posey has deemed to give her character.
As mentioned by others the plot seemed to be the cast experiencing life threatening problems, solving them and moving on to the next life threatening problem, till it got boring, but the writers managed to turn i around somewhat with rejoining the main ship, and the scarecrow arc,
There were some ok science details, the lightening farm, the rust, the ammonia gas giant planet etc but also some terrible ones. Searching for water on a planet with breathable atmosphere? Water is easily manufacturable from air ie hydrogen and oxygen. Did they forget that? And Water is also easily purified down to 100% H2O, via distillation, even in our time.
In conclusion the bigger details were interesting, some of the characters were good, some were the same and some were annoying.
Series 2 was a decent 7.5 overall, up from a solid5-6 of series 1 if you ignore some of the holes. Loving the universe build and special effects, appreciate the effort to get the script and wider story game up. I'll check out S3 and hope they can iron out the flaws.
But from episode 2 they managed to pull it around somewhat with great acting from the kids characters, and we tolerate the adults, the dad who looks like dr cox from scrubs, the poor man's joe rogan as don and the annoying mum who looks like a composite of a bunch of unmemorable female actors. And we all hate Dr Smith (not love to hate as in the original Dr Smith but just plain don't enjoy a minute of plot or screen time given to Parker Posey). She's just plain unfun to watch, from her stupid accessory headscarf, to every other misjudged mannerism Posey has deemed to give her character.
As mentioned by others the plot seemed to be the cast experiencing life threatening problems, solving them and moving on to the next life threatening problem, till it got boring, but the writers managed to turn i around somewhat with rejoining the main ship, and the scarecrow arc,
There were some ok science details, the lightening farm, the rust, the ammonia gas giant planet etc but also some terrible ones. Searching for water on a planet with breathable atmosphere? Water is easily manufacturable from air ie hydrogen and oxygen. Did they forget that? And Water is also easily purified down to 100% H2O, via distillation, even in our time.
In conclusion the bigger details were interesting, some of the characters were good, some were the same and some were annoying.
Series 2 was a decent 7.5 overall, up from a solid5-6 of series 1 if you ignore some of the holes. Loving the universe build and special effects, appreciate the effort to get the script and wider story game up. I'll check out S3 and hope they can iron out the flaws.
Season Two Review
southdavid27 February 2020
The second season of Netflix reboot of "Lost In Space" was vastly superior to its uneven first run in every respect. Funnier, more logical, better looking. Unfortunately, it appears at this stage that it might be too late to save the show, as, as I write this review, the notoriously quick to renew Netflix are yet to confirm a third season.
Adler (JJ Feild) and Will (Maxwell Jenkins) successfully get Scarecrow to the ring planet, and seemingly resurrect him. However, their arrival wakes Dozens of other robots, who set off towards the Resolute with destruction in mind. With the Resolute unable to get away from the impending threat, John (Toby Stephens) comes up with a plan to save the ships most important resource.
There were some aspect of this final episode that really looked phenomenal. The robot army careering down the corridors and especially when they are ensnared in the magnetic trap are a particular highlight. Visually, this series has to be one of the best TV shows we've had so far.
I do feel that some of the reviewers didn't quite follow what happened in this finale properly and some of the "plot holes" are of their making. However, I will admit to be confused as to how Will's Jupiter both returned to the Resolute and did that via the other planet to rescue some more survivors. It's like there was a scene missing that would have shown that. I liked Dr Smith's moments of redemption prior to her sacrifice (and then the inevitable reveal that her sacrifice wasn't what it looked like).
The season ends on an odd cliffhanger, with the children arriving not at their proposed destination but somewhere that might be key for the third season, if it materialises. We'll have to see whether we ever get it.
Adler (JJ Feild) and Will (Maxwell Jenkins) successfully get Scarecrow to the ring planet, and seemingly resurrect him. However, their arrival wakes Dozens of other robots, who set off towards the Resolute with destruction in mind. With the Resolute unable to get away from the impending threat, John (Toby Stephens) comes up with a plan to save the ships most important resource.
There were some aspect of this final episode that really looked phenomenal. The robot army careering down the corridors and especially when they are ensnared in the magnetic trap are a particular highlight. Visually, this series has to be one of the best TV shows we've had so far.
I do feel that some of the reviewers didn't quite follow what happened in this finale properly and some of the "plot holes" are of their making. However, I will admit to be confused as to how Will's Jupiter both returned to the Resolute and did that via the other planet to rescue some more survivors. It's like there was a scene missing that would have shown that. I liked Dr Smith's moments of redemption prior to her sacrifice (and then the inevitable reveal that her sacrifice wasn't what it looked like).
The season ends on an odd cliffhanger, with the children arriving not at their proposed destination but somewhere that might be key for the third season, if it materialises. We'll have to see whether we ever get it.
I really enjoyed it, even better than season 1
luukvandeursen27 January 2020
Excellent Ending to an Excellent Season
ronmgee-17 January 2020
I'll admit that my hopes were not very high after watching all of last season. But for this season the writers came up with some amazing episodes. Great writing and acting--I truly felt emotional in certain episodes. The family aspect of this was very realistic as a family caught in an amazingly stressful situation. The "Dr. Smith" character was actually fleshed out this season (as opposed to just being a predictable annoyance last season). The music was wonderful. And of course, the special effects were probably the best I have seen for a television production. My kudos to an amazing cast and crew. I look forward to Season 3! (just don't make us wait as long as we had to for Season 2). Great job!
Best of all ...
serrakiper18 January 2020
Wonderful final episode. I like every minute. Everything in it. May be the robot comes from future and programmed or made by Will:) It sounds a bit like Terminator and John Connor relationship but what if. We have lots of questions such; where they come, whats their purpose...
I love a Smart "Doctor" Smith
XweAponX31 January 2020
And like Maureen Robinson, I too was surprised by something she did in this episode. But I took it with a grain of Sodium Chloride.
Remember, everything Smith does is for self preservation. Parker Posey's Dr Smith is no Buffoon like Jon Harris. She is no coward either. She is not included in this show as comedy relief. She is equally a threat, and a help. And now, only Penny Robinson can get Smith to work for positive goals.
But this episode, an army of Scarecrows is descending upon the Resolute and they want their Light Speed engine back. But Maureen knows Adler's robot crushing trick. Will it work?
Ideally, the resolute needs to open a rift and get Will's Robot to send everyone to Alpha Centauri. Ah. The Elusive Alpha Centauri, I don't think even the 1965 Robinsons ever made it there. But to do that, it gives an approaching "Scarecrow Army" an attack opportunity.
What the resolute needs is a "Shell Game", and in this episode, Judy figures out how to do it. But at great cost. That's about all I can say without giving direct spoilers.
Getting back to Smith, we have to remember when she shared a refrigerator in space with 3 other people. If she were to do something like that again, would she not need help? We also have to remember that during the original refrigerator incident, the plant leaf Smith used to incapacitate the head of security was seen floating by Penny. Question is, would the same refrigerator be involved?
Remember, everything Smith does is for self preservation. Parker Posey's Dr Smith is no Buffoon like Jon Harris. She is no coward either. She is not included in this show as comedy relief. She is equally a threat, and a help. And now, only Penny Robinson can get Smith to work for positive goals.
But this episode, an army of Scarecrows is descending upon the Resolute and they want their Light Speed engine back. But Maureen knows Adler's robot crushing trick. Will it work?
Ideally, the resolute needs to open a rift and get Will's Robot to send everyone to Alpha Centauri. Ah. The Elusive Alpha Centauri, I don't think even the 1965 Robinsons ever made it there. But to do that, it gives an approaching "Scarecrow Army" an attack opportunity.
What the resolute needs is a "Shell Game", and in this episode, Judy figures out how to do it. But at great cost. That's about all I can say without giving direct spoilers.
Getting back to Smith, we have to remember when she shared a refrigerator in space with 3 other people. If she were to do something like that again, would she not need help? We also have to remember that during the original refrigerator incident, the plant leaf Smith used to incapacitate the head of security was seen floating by Penny. Question is, would the same refrigerator be involved?
What is going on?
dwuudz-3577511 December 2021
About halfway through this episode ALL of the other adults on board (besides Hastings and the security team) the Resolute disappear.
They literally vanish, and we never hear about what happened to them ever again. Not even in season 3 is this ever addressed, they just randomly appear again.
The show is entertaining but this isn't a minor nitpicking complaint, and it's not something that the audience should have to fill in the blanks on. We just spent the ENTIRE 2nd season with the main plot of the show solely focused on how to save the colonists aboard the resolute.
So how did they do it?
We don't know, because it never happened. Nothing happened, the colonists just disappeared. Did nearly 1000 people just die? No. Did they live and hide out somewhere? No. The writers simply skipped the question. The colonists didn't exist in the story, so what happened to them never had to be resolved.
Critical issues like this get skipped on this show so often and it is entertaining enough to ignore them usually. However, this episode feels like a masterclass on lazy writing.
They literally vanish, and we never hear about what happened to them ever again. Not even in season 3 is this ever addressed, they just randomly appear again.
The show is entertaining but this isn't a minor nitpicking complaint, and it's not something that the audience should have to fill in the blanks on. We just spent the ENTIRE 2nd season with the main plot of the show solely focused on how to save the colonists aboard the resolute.
So how did they do it?
We don't know, because it never happened. Nothing happened, the colonists just disappeared. Did nearly 1000 people just die? No. Did they live and hide out somewhere? No. The writers simply skipped the question. The colonists didn't exist in the story, so what happened to them never had to be resolved.
Critical issues like this get skipped on this show so often and it is entertaining enough to ignore them usually. However, this episode feels like a masterclass on lazy writing.
This is a great ending.
marianthenightman11 January 2020
The ending of this season is great,and finally ,someone who deserves to die, will never return in the next season,(yesssss !!!!) .and maybe the blonde girl will follow a losing weight diet,because it will be good for her and the series aesthetics and for her health, too.
...this episode/ending made no sense!?
sarcasm834 January 2020
Warning: Spoilers
What on EARTH was this ending?! I've loved this show all the way through but during this entire episode, I was confused about the completely unexplained events of the previous episode - and it only went downhill from there in an incoherent mess that felt like it was written by someone entirely else than all the other episodes... Or changed at the last minute to wrap things up in the quickest way possible with zero continuity to all suspense that had been built during the entire second season.
Like a few reviewers said; The very reason to delay the departure was to get everyone on board. It was a risky move to hold the mutiny and to put the ship, "Resolute" through what they had to, to make sure they get the water purified... But it paid off! It was really emphasized how "no one would be left behind" and "The resolute MUST NOT BE DESTROYED" or it will spell a disaster for everyone still back on earth, as it's the only ship of it's kind capable of transporting people. It was also emphasized that "Scarecrow" was family to "Robot" and that it was important beyond anything else and that is why Will and others made sure they NEED to do this for him, as friendship isn't a one way road.
Then in this episode, none of it seems to matter. Scarecrow as Robot's familymember? The importance of Adler and Will's trip? Well Robot doesn't seem to care in the slightest in any way. They immediately start to plot to kill all the robots. With Robot's help.
All the colonists got aboard the Resolute? Great! Let's sacrifice the Resolute with all of them on board so the kids can get away in one small ship! So the colonists? DEAD. Resolute? Destroyed entirely! Will the stubborn "Do whatever it takes to save Resolute even with the expense of human lives" dude give them the codes to destroy the resolute easily? How will they convince him? Well, just ask for em. He doesn't care, he's happy to die and let it all blow into pieces.
Good thing we managed to fool the robots into that one hallway with the engine so Dr. Smith can - completely without explanation - suddenly become a hero and die for nothing.
Sure, if they wanted a redemption arc, they could've lured the robots somewhere else with the engine (or fake engine), like into chasing Dr. Smith flying away in one of the smaller ships. But nahh, all the built up storyline was useless anyway.
Then there's Judy holding a heartfelt speech how they're not alone, no one's crying and they end up in the completely wrong place and she smiles because her biological dad was there...
Ignoring the fact that EVERY SINGLE CHILD IN THE SHIP JUST LOST THEIR WHOLE FAMILIES, THE RESOLUTE IS GONE AND EVERYTHING WENT AS CATASTROPHICALLY AS IT POSSIBLY COULD HAVE.
What. The..........
Like a few reviewers said; The very reason to delay the departure was to get everyone on board. It was a risky move to hold the mutiny and to put the ship, "Resolute" through what they had to, to make sure they get the water purified... But it paid off! It was really emphasized how "no one would be left behind" and "The resolute MUST NOT BE DESTROYED" or it will spell a disaster for everyone still back on earth, as it's the only ship of it's kind capable of transporting people. It was also emphasized that "Scarecrow" was family to "Robot" and that it was important beyond anything else and that is why Will and others made sure they NEED to do this for him, as friendship isn't a one way road.
Then in this episode, none of it seems to matter. Scarecrow as Robot's familymember? The importance of Adler and Will's trip? Well Robot doesn't seem to care in the slightest in any way. They immediately start to plot to kill all the robots. With Robot's help.
All the colonists got aboard the Resolute? Great! Let's sacrifice the Resolute with all of them on board so the kids can get away in one small ship! So the colonists? DEAD. Resolute? Destroyed entirely! Will the stubborn "Do whatever it takes to save Resolute even with the expense of human lives" dude give them the codes to destroy the resolute easily? How will they convince him? Well, just ask for em. He doesn't care, he's happy to die and let it all blow into pieces.
Good thing we managed to fool the robots into that one hallway with the engine so Dr. Smith can - completely without explanation - suddenly become a hero and die for nothing.
Sure, if they wanted a redemption arc, they could've lured the robots somewhere else with the engine (or fake engine), like into chasing Dr. Smith flying away in one of the smaller ships. But nahh, all the built up storyline was useless anyway.
Then there's Judy holding a heartfelt speech how they're not alone, no one's crying and they end up in the completely wrong place and she smiles because her biological dad was there...
Ignoring the fact that EVERY SINGLE CHILD IN THE SHIP JUST LOST THEIR WHOLE FAMILIES, THE RESOLUTE IS GONE AND EVERYTHING WENT AS CATASTROPHICALLY AS IT POSSIBLY COULD HAVE.
What. The..........
What about the water guys? The water!
akilliz14 January 2020
Sure, there are plotholes by the dozens here and some of them were pointed out. But noone is talking about the biggest! The water! So let ME tell you about it. For the most part of the season, 6 of 10 episodes, these people are trying to find water in a rocky planet in order to make the trip to Alpha Centauri. They try to extract it, purify it etc. It's such an issue that a lot of them, including their Captain, who does not have bad intentions really, are prepared to leave 500 of them behind in order for a lot fewer of them to manage. A mutiny happens because of it, they try a dangerous manoeuvre to another planet to purify the water, all hell brakes loose because of it. In the end, 93 children board a Jupiter in the nick of time, probably with no water reserves whatsoever, escape the bad alien robots and they jump away to Alpha Centauri. Boy they must have been thirsty by the time they arrived! You see, a 5 sec space rift jump requires a LOT of water! Yep, that is how much it took for the robot to jump and take them to their destination (ambiguous by the end, but it could have been Alpha Centauri).
Overall, it's an entertaining series, mostly beacuse of the great production values, but the story and the characters are lame, stupid predictable and there is absolutely zero science in this fiction. You were warned.
Major Plot Hole, Batman
realriquochet4 January 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Fun episode, robot fights, explosions, cool robot trap twist...but major plot hole:
In the beginning of the episode, the Resolute can't open the riff because the Bad Robots' ship will follow them in. ("Danger Will Robinson") At the end of the episode, wouldn't it follow that if one of the Jupiters open the riff that all of the other Jupiters could follow them in?
In the beginning of the episode, the Resolute can't open the riff because the Bad Robots' ship will follow them in. ("Danger Will Robinson") At the end of the episode, wouldn't it follow that if one of the Jupiters open the riff that all of the other Jupiters could follow them in?
What's with all the 10 star reviews?
vlesperance-7186616 May 2020
Warning: Spoilers
What's with all the 10 star reviews? This episode was TERRIBLE. It defied common sense on so many levels, it borders on the absurd.
Contrived Crisis: If they open the warp gate, the robots will have time to chase them to Alpha Centauri before it closes again.
Solution: At least save the children, by putting them all in one ship and going through the warp gate. Meanwhile all the other human ships scatter.
Problem: Why don't many/most of the human ships go through the warp gate... its open and ready to be used.
Solution: You've saved 96 children, oh, but have room for 1 more. Who is most likely to keep them all alive? Of course... a 19 year old medical intern... with a history of condemning all to die in order for the slim chance of maybe saving one person.
Problem: Who would have been a better choice to captain the child ship? How about ANY OTHER PERSON IN THE ENTIRE COLONY. Seriously. How about an expert pilot? How about an expert engineer? How about a doctor who isn't a 19 year old intern? (Is YOUR doctor a 19 year old intern? No? I wonder why...)
This amazing plan is hatched by the family that JUST committed mutiny and took control of the ship by force. Now that they've been disarmed, instead of being in the brig... they're making all the decisions for everyone... and the captain /admiral/whatever is just... ok... whatever... I'm the admiral, but I'll just hang back and let these people do whatever they want.
Literally twice now in 2 seasons, the Robinson family has made a personal, self serving decision that basically condemns the entire colony to an agonizing death. But - TWICE - a convenient plot device saves the colony after the fact. Which - in revisionist history - can retroactively make the Robinson's look like heroes (?), but in reality... they made HORRIBLE, life destroying decisions.
So, for the military leaders to just "forgive and forget" - particularly, when one of those involved MUTINY - is absurd. Did the Robinson's show that much leniency towards Dr. Smith? No? So, lets add a dose of hypocrisy to the list.
Now I totally love "anti-hero" stories. They have far more depth than simple black and white narratives. But everyone seems to act like they're heroes...
I don't get it.
Now, in season one, the family spent far more time off on its own. And I enjoyed that. They can do whatever they want on their own. I don't expect "perfect" decision making in a social unit that small. In fact, there was plenty of drama where they got upset at each other's decisions. All realistic and engaging.
But season 2 introduces a whole society, and apparently only the Robinsons are allowed to have personal motives. Everyone else hails them as heroes, even as they repeatedly usurp power and make life and death decisions for everyone else.
And, as said before, we spend more time with the true power structure - the admiral/captain and crew of Earth's only interstellar vessel - tasked with the sacred duty of saving the human race. But we're to believe that those in charge are bumbling idiots who need the Robinson's to defeat them and make the "correct" decisions for them.
Now, this show is a rousing action fest... as long as you turn off your brains and don't think too hard. Please, lord, just let the Robinsons get separated - with the warp drive, more like the original 60's series. The special effects are stellar. The planetary crises are imaginative. I just can't take these unrealistic social interactions.
Contrived Crisis: If they open the warp gate, the robots will have time to chase them to Alpha Centauri before it closes again.
Solution: At least save the children, by putting them all in one ship and going through the warp gate. Meanwhile all the other human ships scatter.
Problem: Why don't many/most of the human ships go through the warp gate... its open and ready to be used.
Solution: You've saved 96 children, oh, but have room for 1 more. Who is most likely to keep them all alive? Of course... a 19 year old medical intern... with a history of condemning all to die in order for the slim chance of maybe saving one person.
Problem: Who would have been a better choice to captain the child ship? How about ANY OTHER PERSON IN THE ENTIRE COLONY. Seriously. How about an expert pilot? How about an expert engineer? How about a doctor who isn't a 19 year old intern? (Is YOUR doctor a 19 year old intern? No? I wonder why...)
This amazing plan is hatched by the family that JUST committed mutiny and took control of the ship by force. Now that they've been disarmed, instead of being in the brig... they're making all the decisions for everyone... and the captain /admiral/whatever is just... ok... whatever... I'm the admiral, but I'll just hang back and let these people do whatever they want.
Literally twice now in 2 seasons, the Robinson family has made a personal, self serving decision that basically condemns the entire colony to an agonizing death. But - TWICE - a convenient plot device saves the colony after the fact. Which - in revisionist history - can retroactively make the Robinson's look like heroes (?), but in reality... they made HORRIBLE, life destroying decisions.
So, for the military leaders to just "forgive and forget" - particularly, when one of those involved MUTINY - is absurd. Did the Robinson's show that much leniency towards Dr. Smith? No? So, lets add a dose of hypocrisy to the list.
Now I totally love "anti-hero" stories. They have far more depth than simple black and white narratives. But everyone seems to act like they're heroes...
I don't get it.
Now, in season one, the family spent far more time off on its own. And I enjoyed that. They can do whatever they want on their own. I don't expect "perfect" decision making in a social unit that small. In fact, there was plenty of drama where they got upset at each other's decisions. All realistic and engaging.
But season 2 introduces a whole society, and apparently only the Robinsons are allowed to have personal motives. Everyone else hails them as heroes, even as they repeatedly usurp power and make life and death decisions for everyone else.
And, as said before, we spend more time with the true power structure - the admiral/captain and crew of Earth's only interstellar vessel - tasked with the sacred duty of saving the human race. But we're to believe that those in charge are bumbling idiots who need the Robinson's to defeat them and make the "correct" decisions for them.
Now, this show is a rousing action fest... as long as you turn off your brains and don't think too hard. Please, lord, just let the Robinsons get separated - with the warp drive, more like the original 60's series. The special effects are stellar. The planetary crises are imaginative. I just can't take these unrealistic social interactions.
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