Lost in Space (2018–2021)
7/10
Where there's a Will . . .
9 March 2022
I've written individual reviews for all 28 episodes of "Lost in Space" but though it would be nice to put something on the show page as well, as you're more likely to look here when it comes to deciding whether to start the show or not.

The first season isn't great. With great leaps in logic required to keep the writing going. 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. On the whole, I think the third run was really positive - though I did end up wishing that the resolution required something cleverer than what was provided.

In this version, the Robinson family consist of patriarch John Robinson (Toby Stephens), who appears to have been in the special ops of the Army, prior to his family's enrolment in the pioneering space colonisation programme. His wife Maureen (Molly Parker ) is a scientist involved in spaceflight programme and their three kids Will (Maxwell Jenkins) and older sisters Judy (Taylor Russell) and Penny (Mina Sundwall). This first episode focuses mostly on the family, as they crash land on an icy planet following the destruction of their mothership.

There were some visuals across the run that really looked phenomenal. The robot army careering down the corridors and especially when they are ensnared in the magnetic trap during season two are a particular highlight. Visually, this series has to be one of the best TV shows we've had so far.

I think this is indeed probably the right place to end the series. It's first season was, as I say, poor, which started the show of on the wrong footing and probably shook off a lot of the potential audience, which is a shame, because it's certainly rallied since then - only for covid to hammer out another year of production and leading to the decision to end now. I'm generally satisfied with the episode, the season and the series overall.
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