Lost In Space: Season 3 (Final Season)

The flashforward accommodates Will's actor's growth spurt.

One of the things I like about the show is that the characters are problem solvers. They are always faced with no options left. Then they think of a last-ditch crazy one. And they put in the science and effort to make it work. That's what the flying suits really boiled down to.

Interesting Will covered for the Robot with Dr. Smith. I think that was probably smart. She might keep his secret. She'd be much less inclined to keep the Robot's.

I am uncomfortably reminded how little I like Maureen and always have. John is coming to the unpleasant realization that if their kids aren't present, she doesn't care about him at all. I have no idea why the show thought this would be an interesting "snag" to put in the marriage. Some things are better off left unexplored.

I liked the song at the end.

Last season is off with a bang. 4 stars.

I find this version's scenes between Will and Dr. Smith far more interesting than on the old show because they seem more evenly matched.

I also liked his scene with the Robot at the end.

The Robinsons being reunited over Robots and Space hit me in the feels. Also great was Judy introducing herself to her father as her daughter and his beyond cool reaction.

I have been lukewarm on this show in the past, but I think it's really got things together at this point. The characters are as interesting as the sci-fi action, which is how it should be.

Great episode. 4 1/2 stars.

It was good. I liked the fact that Scarecrow was never going to betray them and that Maureen was right to trust him. Frankly I found John's distaste over him counterproductive and looking for trouble.

I like that when Smith tries to extort Will with the camera he turns it around and tells her HE'S her insurance policy because he still needs her. I found it very touching when she describes how she cannot stand ever feeling powerless.

Will's stuff in the cave was crazy, but I'm going to go ahead and assume he has a larger plan for doing something that reckless-seeming and dangerous.

As far as Grant and Judy and their debate about the autopilot go, it turns out they are both right. It never could have gotten them off the ground, but it found the best way out of the asteroid field. Him calling Judy "Captain" after that was very rewarding.

This season is great so far. 4 stars.

That ending was pure dynamite. What a rush. A DIRE rush, but a rush nonetheless.

I love Will's look of pure frustration that his plan never came to fruition. He wasn't even given the opportunity to attempt it. I'm actually glad. It struck me as a bad plan. His family would have been super pissed if they realized he made it. I hope they don't find out, but for the sake of drama they probably will.

When every kid on the ship raised their hand I was absolutely shocked at Judy's inability to read the room. Her parents are on that ship too. How is it she's the only one who doesn't want to try and rescue them?

Everyone else made it to Alpha Centauri! Now it's only the Robinsons, Don, the Robot, and Smith who are still Lost In Space. Which is probably how it should have been all along.

Great stuff. 4 1/2 stars.

Every time I spend time with Maureen I realize more and more what a terrible mother she is. Poor Judy. Her life was barely her own. Maureen has a LOT to make up for.

Don and his damn chicken again. It's both funny and endearing, and considering the mortal peril he's places himself in for it, frustrating too.

I like that before he thinks he's going to die Don apologizes for all the bad stuff he's done and all the people he's hurt. I don't see Smith doing that.

I like the bit of Penny distracting John by making him uncomfortable over her boyfriends. That was funny.

Not as good as the other episodes this season. 3 1/2 stars.

I knew Will made a mistake instantly just based on how earnest and well-meaning he was. He was so open and convincing I knew every word was sealing his doom and the exact wrong thing to say to Sar. I understood immediately upon the flashback of how Sar tortured Robot for that information (complete with helpful subtitles) that Sar's wants and needs are complete outside of anything Will has to offer. It's a tragedy.

Frankly, I would have actually been shocked if they damned the torpedoes and simply killed Will off. But I wouldn't have believed it and the series took the right tack to actually let us know it's up in the air instead of trying to trick us with a real-looking death that turns out to be fake. I respect that.

I rolled my eyes at the idea of Will going to John to teach him how to use a razor. John doesn't know how to use one himself. Dude always looks majorly unkempt for that reason. Frankly, I think all modern "hunky" actors with facial scruff look unkempt but that's a whole other complaint.

I like that John fruitlessly and pointless punches the Robot in rage. What's interesting is that the Robot lets him.

I'll say this for Smith. She probably is able to give the second best Robot pep talk after Will. That was pretty great.

It's clear we are in the home stretch. Things are headed in the right direction narratively. This might be the first Lost In Space continuity with a satisfying closed ending. We can only hope. 4 stars.

I'm officially on Team Victor. Jenny needs to get her head together and catch this kid before he gets away.

Of course Don is family. It's weird he thought he wasn't.

Doc Smith and the needle was alarming. I was like, "What?" followed by, "Uh oh."

John Robinson continues to have the absolute worst judgment when it comes to the Robot. It might be considered overprotectiveness, or even jealously, and thus understandable, and even forgivable. If it weren't for the fact that this misjudgment could be so potentially damaging. The difference between him hindering the heroes and Dr. Smith doing so is Dr. Smith is actually successful, so she really messes them up. John would be just as dangerous to the good guys if he weren't actually so damned incompetent. I have a sinking feeling we are lucky he is as dumb as he is.

I love that June Lockhart is the voice of Alpha Control. I didn't even know she was still alive, or if she voiced the character in an earlier season, I totally forgot.

Well, for the first time in the franchise's decades long history, the Robinsons are no longer lost. That's how you know it's the penultimate episode. 4 1/2 stars.

A closed, satisfying ending to an Irwin Allen sci-fi franchise? I never thought I'd see the day.

And I was very satisfied. Since it was the last episode the show cruelly milked the idea that we could take nothing for granted, and that Will, Maureen, John, or the Robot could die at any time. If they had, I wouldn't have liked the finale, and turned on it. But the producers would have been well within their storytelling rights to do it. So it's why those cruelly timed flashbacks were so ominous and crazy-making. And it's fine they were messing with us. I'd be madder if they weren't.

I love the idea that the Robot tricked Sar into downloading himself into him. And I'll tell you why. It was Will's dumbfounded reaction to the Robot sacrificing his life for him. Him saying, "He shouldn't have done that," on some level is childish and petulant, and a clueless kid not able to appreciate how much he really mattered to the Robot. But in reality, it's true. As amazing as Will is, he is not Alpha Centauri's biggest gun against the alien robot army. His Robot is. The Robot trading his life for Will under these circumstances is literally something he shouldn't have done. It's the definition of a bad trade.

Except he tells Will to trust him, and it turns out to be a conveniently unlikely Master Plan (which is what all the best Master Plans are and should be) to destroy Sar by becoming him. I love that. The Robot wants Will to trust that he knows what he's doing.

For the record it would be infinitely easier if the Robot weren't always so damn laconic. He can speak English. He needs to be clarifying things better by now. Right?

I love that he ultimately helps Dr. Smith and she is redeemed by her confession and being sent to prison in a way no other ending would have satisfied me. There are consequences to her actions and she's paying them. And she won't be in there forever, and Maureen has noticed the specific changes she's made and the things she's done for her family. There will be a place for her on the outside when her time is served. This is a much better and more earned redemption than the Robinsons suddenly deciding Smith was lovable and harmless like they did on this old show. Because this Smith isn't. She was about to murder a guy to keep her secret until the Robot helped her decide to do the right thing. Your horrible past isn't actually washed away with a newfound goofy demeanor. Dr. Smith on this show has to gets in her lumps for it like a real person would. Another thing about the show I respect.

I loved Victor telling Penny he was right, and I was sorely disappointed he wasn't a part of the big epilogue. I loved the expression on Penny's face during Will's rousing speech to her, because it's clear she thinks he and Victor have been conspiring and colluding, and no, it just turns out two cool people randomly think she's awesome. And the thing with her own Robot? Victor told her so. Because of course her did.

And I like that the Robots are unalike and the "helping" solution doesn't work for all of them (Sar for instance). But I liked that it worked for some.

I know it's a family show, but it's still refreshing and unusual how few civilian casualties there are on this show. The skeevy prisoner died in the last episode, but I can't think of too many human good guys who Sar and his buddies actually managed to kill. I actually like and appreciate the idea that this show isn't bloodthirsty and invested in punishing the audience for some imaginary moral crime it believes society is responsible for. It cool that the tension is real, but the good guys pull through.

I love that Grant is at the Christmas dinner at the end too. That's great that he's been so quickly accepted into the family.

My favorite Don moment in the final episode might turn out to be my favorite Don moment in the entire series. I could be wrong as it's been awhile since I saw the first two seasons. But I absolutely adored the moment where Don is screaming at the guy in rage for nearly plugging the conductor into the wrong circuit. Then he sees how embarrassed and crushed the guy is and immediately walks it back with, "You're doing good. Great job." That is one of the most sublimely relatable moments I have ever seen in a sci-fi series set in the future or deep space. I live by all things Star Trek, but I can't recall a moment exactly that lovably realistic to how real nice people act after they lose their cool and hurt someone's feelings more than they intended. And considering Star Trek's characters all seem perfect, I probably never saw that because the franchise wasn't built for it. But I never saw anything like it on Battlestar Galactica or Farscape either so maybe this show actually deserves legit kudos. It was an amazing moment.

I was iffy on the first two seasons, but the producers really hit their stride in the home stretch, and delivered a satisfying finale and series. Who knew the Robinsons could actually wind up home and where they wanted to be? It's amazing, and amazing because in the back of my mind I never expected it at all. 5 stars.