Lost in Space: The Robinsons Were Here

April 16, 2018 9:20 PM - Season 1, Episode 4

The Robinson's make contact with another family of survivors; Will races to protect his friend after Judy learns what happened aboard the Resolute.

IO9 review "It took way too long for the show to give Parker Posey a decent hairstyle" (spoilers)

Den of Geek Episode 4 review: Don "Han Solo" West is back

posted by sammyo (7 comments total)

Just as a note, unless I missed something while watching last night (which I may have, I was doing some very important unravelling of a knitting fuck-up), that linked IO9 article is for discussion of the whole season, and contains some spoilers for those of us (like me) who are only at episode 4 at this point. Can we maybe nix that link or at least stick a spoiler tag on it?

On this episode: I continue to be delighted by Parker Posey, the chicken, and the robot. Also by this show's commitment to populating itself with women and people of color. It's growing on me as it goes along.
posted by Stacey at 9:11 AM on April 17, 2018 [1 favorite]

The Den of Geek review says "At some point, the new family picked up Don West and the wounded survivor Angela. We don’t know how it happened, especially since Dr. Smith jacked their flare, but pace is something this show won’t sacrifice, to its credit." Well, the geeks in their dens need to pay a little better attention. Don made a big deal about the chicken saving his life because it had a location tracker embedded, and that's what the Watanabes were homing in on when they found him.

Den of Geek! Hire me to write reviews! I will pay attention to the shows I am reviewing!
posted by Pater Aletheias at 9:16 AM on April 17, 2018 [7 favorites]

I'm glad Don West survived. His smuggler's heart of gold will save somebody or something.
posted by nubs at 12:32 PM on April 17, 2018

Mod note: Added spoiler notation; carry on.
posted by LobsterMitten (staff) at 2:24 PM on April 17, 2018

Also by this show's commitment to populating itself with women and people of color.

I think this is one of my favorite things about this show. Women and POC and WOC are the main characters and the strong characters. It's something that is usually lacking in sci fi and it's so nice to see this show double and triple down on a commitment to diversity.
posted by elsietheeel at 2:06 PM on April 18, 2018 [1 favorite]

Ok how did the eels eat everyone’s fuel when I assume not every shop landed in water. So confused. Also this show is stressful
posted by purenitrous at 7:28 PM on April 21, 2018

I was just about to write this off - and then Will Robinson fucks with a circuit relay.

I'm very concerned about Maxwell Jenkins, the child actor's, future.

The kiddie/adult stuff is a very fine line to thread - I'm still on the edge.

Do really like how they throw in a few cool looking frames every so often.
posted by porpoise at 5:28 PM on April 22, 2018