Judging by their constant bold declarations, the heroic soundtrack that plays every time someone successfully shuts a door, Lost in Space' The Robinsons clearly think they're the Avengers in Space.

Netflix's 'successful' space sci-fi, Lost in Space is a reboot of the 1965 series of the same name. The show is set in 2046 when Earth's future is in danger and they send chosen ones to a planet called Alpha Centauri but they get thrown off-route and migrate from one barely-habitable planet to another hoping to finally find their way to the promised paradise.

Good enough premise but I cannot emphasize enough how much this show sucks and this is a little difficult for me to type because I have seen nothing but raving reviews about the  Star Trek-kiness of the show, how it's a sappy family drama that displays the strong bond of The Robinsons and so on.

Lost in Space kind of starts out strong with the tension when The Robinsons find out that they're lost and one of their own is trapped. This same wheel is used over and over again throughout the 20 of 28 episodes of the show I managed to survive. 

At the beginning of every episode, The Robinsons or the entire mission is in danger, someone brings up a plan (most likely Maureen Robinson - played by Molly Parker), this plan fails, and just when they're losing hope, at the eleventh hour, one of the kids (mostly Will - played by Maxwell Jenkins) comes up with another plan that then saves the day. Cue the cringey superhero soundtrack.

Rinse and repeat.

The Robinson Five played by (L-R) Molly Parker, Toby Stephens, Maxwell Jenkins, Taylor Russel, and Mina Sundwall


It becomes so tedious and repetitive that when these courageous space adventurers are facing a killer robot or a planet that's about to literally catch fire, you're not really at the edge of your seat because you know someone is going to come up with a science-y solution to all their problems. That is until a new one arises.

They're lost in space and away from their herd, then they find their herd and have to get off a dying planet, then they don't have enough fuel, they find fuel and they lose it, now they're lost in space again but at sea and in between all of these, there are a quite a few almost-drownings.

In fact, The Robinsons are so stellar at being heroes of the day that the massive danger their killer robot friend warned about turned out to be - in the voice of Screen Rant's Ryan - super easy, barely an inconvenience.

Maybe it wouldn't be so bad if the so-called bond of  The Robinsons was apparent but they run their family like a military unit. You're not exactly allowed to question decisions made by the Captains - uh I mean parents, you're just supposed to do it and do it fast. And you will do it because 'The Robinsons stick together' and because there's always a bigger danger than whatever irrelevant thing is happening with your emotions.

Due to the non-stop emergencies,  there's really no time to be present for any of their family members, not when one is clearly having PTSD, one becomes best friends with a robot and then [spoiler] the robot, and another is going through a breakup with someone she never dated. The siblings barely even talk to one another about what is going on; they will however talk to and easily get manipulated by a con woman they imprisoned on their ship for being a pathological liar.

Nothing goes all the way with Lost in Space - the tension is not very convincing, their villains don't have enough teeth and the main five aren't really compelling enough to carry the show. But you will get a lot of very relieved hugs between The Robinson Five because, in every episode, some or almost all of them nearly die.

Still, the show is a family watch, constantly compared to Star Trek, and has been praised for its impressive CGI so if you're into any of that, give it a chance. 

Or not.

All seasons of Lost in Space are available on Netflix