'Lost in Space' Recap: 'Danger, Will Robinson'

Written by John Edward Betancourt

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I always love it when a television series provides its fans with a phenomenal season finale. Because it’s a wonderful thing when we can tune in for the final adventure of the year and have every question answered and every plot thread wrapped up and thankfully, Lost in Space accomplished that, since the season one finale, ‘Danger, Will Robinson’ delivered in just about every way imaginable. It was tense, it was thrilling, and most importantly, it did a wonderful job of setting up what should be a fascinating second season, all while staying true to everything that was introduced in the series premiere.
 
Because, if you’ll recall, when this series kicked off, it focused heavily on the best parts of humanity, and the value of life and well, some of that went astray as the story rolled on thanks to some of Victor’s decisions and quite frankly, June’s constant push to irritate all of us with her selfish actions. But, rather than let those uplifting themes completely go by the wayside, this finale refocused the series on such matters and all of that came to fruition thanks to a tough choice on Maureen’s part…to rescue her husband and Don at any cost imaginable.
 
In fact, her life and her children’s lives were hanging in the balance since June made it clear that the crew of the Jupiter 2 would suffer the consequences if they wasted too much time and fuel trying to save John and Don since she was drunk with power and focused on getting her all-important fresh start on Alpha Centauri, but Maureen was having none of her crap. She defied June at every turn, and eventually managed to isolate June and the now evil Robot so that she could finally save her husband and Don and while she worked hard to make that happen, her goal came up short thanks to the fact that June figured out how to escape her temporary prison and well…that led to one harrowing moment. 

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​Because with the Robot under June’s control, it was relentless in following her order to hunt down the Robinson’s and in the midst of an incredible and stunning showdown in the garage, one that featured a second Robot’s arrival wherein Bot number two joined in on the fight in the hopes of retrieving their engine since June had it strapped to the bottom of the Chariot, something incredible happened. The original Robot remembered what young Will means to it, and all the kindness that he showed it, and it surprisingly turned against its own kind, and made every effort to keep its surrogate family safe, eventually floating off into the void with the other Robot to make that happen.
 
If anything, that gesture alone was a wonderful way to reintroduce the thematic concepts of being better as a species and how life matters through and through, but the show wasn’t content in giving only the Robot a moment of redemption, it also gave June her own little sliver of salvation since she took the time to save John and Don’s lives after all and well, with all that behind them, the Robinsons simply had to wait and see what fate had in store for them since their fuel stores were gone. But thankfully, the Resolute showed up to save the day and just before the Robinsons were rescued, an interesting twist came to fruition in that, the Robot’s engine integrated with the Jupiter 2’s and catapulted the ship and its intrepid crew to beautiful parts unknown…
 
Yet, it would seem that only Will recognizes that danger lies ahead in this strange new place, but what kind exactly, we will have to wait until next year to find out. But in the here and the now, what a great finale. I was truly on the edge of my seat throughout this one and I love that there was a taste of redemption for June and that good deeds paid off in spades for this family. If anything, this was the perfect finale to a wonderful freshman season since we properly got to know the characters before we join them on more wild and magnificent adventures and really, I’ll be counting down the days until season two because this is just another incredible series from Netflix and I cannot wait to see what kind of wonders await us as we accompany the Robinson family and their newfound friends as they travel through unexplored space. Until next time.

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