Season 3 got off to a bit of a mixed start in my opinion. Lost in Space is a very well written science fiction show but the direction felt quite bland and generic Netflix-y with little artistic presence in S3E1 and S3E2. There's also an egregious use of a three little birds cover song that does not fit AT ALL in S3E1.
Luckily, Julian Holmes steps in as the director for this as well as S3E4 and brings back proper pacing to the show as well as cleverly composed cinematic shots.
S3E5 is also fantastically directed by Leslie Hope who adds mist, slime, goo and worms. There's outrageously over the top scenes of Don West chasing around his chicken. It's one of the funniest and dumbest episodes (in a good way) and basically does a really nice Empire Strikes Back homage leading into this episode S3E6.
In this episode the characters finally feel real. The last episode fleshed them out giving them emotional, cathartic bonding sessions and adding flashbacks to fill in gaps. This episode is full of visual storytelling, scenes with great subtext and a chance to let the actors properly continue to shine. This episode is also way more story focused, with the characters being much more prominent rather than sci-fi clichés. Each individual character, even the robots, make active decisions and push forward the narrative. The episode is also all about choice and excellently withholds exposition for great twists towards the end. The episode immediately sets a much darker, more cinematic tone and opens with shots drifting around the ship, building tension in a way similar to Ridley Scott's Alien. There's also musical homages to Alien used throughout the episode which work perfectly!!
So, while this season could go either way by the actual ending, I stand by that Lost in Space is a pretty good show. Season 1 was extremely tense and exciting with a standout episode directed by Deborah Chow (the director of brilliant episodes of The Mandalorian and Mr Robot).
Whether or not Season 3 has a good ending doesn't matter, this episode would make a great conclusion/cliffhanger to the show either way which is why I give it a 9/10- potentially could be argued for a 10.
Luckily, Julian Holmes steps in as the director for this as well as S3E4 and brings back proper pacing to the show as well as cleverly composed cinematic shots.
S3E5 is also fantastically directed by Leslie Hope who adds mist, slime, goo and worms. There's outrageously over the top scenes of Don West chasing around his chicken. It's one of the funniest and dumbest episodes (in a good way) and basically does a really nice Empire Strikes Back homage leading into this episode S3E6.
In this episode the characters finally feel real. The last episode fleshed them out giving them emotional, cathartic bonding sessions and adding flashbacks to fill in gaps. This episode is full of visual storytelling, scenes with great subtext and a chance to let the actors properly continue to shine. This episode is also way more story focused, with the characters being much more prominent rather than sci-fi clichés. Each individual character, even the robots, make active decisions and push forward the narrative. The episode is also all about choice and excellently withholds exposition for great twists towards the end. The episode immediately sets a much darker, more cinematic tone and opens with shots drifting around the ship, building tension in a way similar to Ridley Scott's Alien. There's also musical homages to Alien used throughout the episode which work perfectly!!
So, while this season could go either way by the actual ending, I stand by that Lost in Space is a pretty good show. Season 1 was extremely tense and exciting with a standout episode directed by Deborah Chow (the director of brilliant episodes of The Mandalorian and Mr Robot).
Whether or not Season 3 has a good ending doesn't matter, this episode would make a great conclusion/cliffhanger to the show either way which is why I give it a 9/10- potentially could be argued for a 10.