History Series / LostInSpace2018

** John makes Will assemble a cairn of 27 stones by hand, one for each colonist killed in the Robot's attack, to impress upon him the responsibility he now carries with the Robot. The Robot clearly understands what the stones mean. [[spoiler:In Season 2, after witnessing the death of Wills horse, which Will and the Robot had been rebounding over, the Robot picks up a rock and places it on a small mound, referencing the cairn. When Adler asks Maureen what's going on, she replies "He's grieving." This is one of many small moments that convinces Adler the Robot has feelings, free will, and sapience, and that coercing it into helping them is unnecessary.]]

The first season of 10 episodes was released on Creator/{{Netflix}} on April 13, 2018. The first teaser trailer can be seen [[https://youtu.be/I5X3vC-XsU0 here]] and the official trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzmM0AB60QQ here]]. It has been renewed for a second season, which will be released on December 24, 2019.

* NotThatKindOfDoctor: When Dr. Smith thinks Don is going to ask her if she can treat his friend after the crash, she claims to be a psychologist rather than a medical doctor. However, it's because she's not ''any'' kind of doctor and doesn't want to be discovered as an impostor; we never learn exactly what the real Dr. Smith's profession was.

* SpiritualSuccessor: While the constant and bizarre dangers are in keeping with the show's roots, the addition of constant flashbacks means that Lost in Space now feels an awful lot like ''Series/{{Lost}}'' [[RecycledInSpace In Space]].

-->'''Don:''' "Because I'm a badass, princess!"\\

'''Judy:''' (fighting off hysterical laughter) "You're a badass princess..."

** Maureen and John decide to hide teh fact that the planet is becoming uninhabitable to 'avoid a panic'. When the news comes out anyway, it causes more trouble than if it had been conveyed calmly, with the added problem that Victor now distrusts Maureen and refuses to listen to her.

''"There is a rule that's written in stone: '''the Robinsons stick together'''."''
->'' '''Judy Robinson''' ''

The first season of 10 episodes was released on Creator/{{Netflix}} on April 13, 2018. The first teaser trailer can be seen [[https://youtu.be/I5X3vC-XsU0 here]] and the official trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzmM0AB60QQ here]]. It has been renewed for a second season.

'''Judy:''' (fighting off hysterical laughter) "You're a BadassPrincess..."
* DistinctionWithoutADifference:

* UnfortunateImplications: Despite the fact that the Robot appears to be sapient, nobody seems to be the least concerned by the fact that Will keeps it as a pet (slavery) and orders it to self-destruct (murder).

** Whatever those eels are in "Infestation", there's no way they could consume six thousand gallons of fuel without gaining the equivalent amount of body mass, implying a growth rate that is just plain impossible even if they reproduce faster than [[Series/StarTrek tribbles]].

* PrecisionFStrike: There's hardly any swearing on the show, making it all the more impactful when Maureen lets out a horrified "FUCK!" (albeit cut off by the camerawork) upon discovering that [[spoiler:the planet is being pulled toward a black hole]].

* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: In episode 3, Maureen says they are "trillions of light years off-course." For reference, the diameter of the entire observable universe is only about 93 ''billion'' light years[[note]]In other words, 0.093 trillion light years - not even one tenth of a trillion[[/note]].

* UnitConfusion: While most of the dialogue in the show makes use of UsefulNotes/AmericanCustomaryMeasurements, all the instruments and equipment are labeled in [[TheMetricSystemIsHereToStay the metric system]]. The most noticeable instances are:

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Will has a disturbing habit of making things worse for everyone around him, to the point that most of his family's predicaments planetside can be traced to him one way or another. Granted, he is a mere eleven years old, but he's also stated to be an extremely intelligent ChildProdigy, so he really should've known better in most cases. Particularly glaring examples include [[spoiler:freeing Dr. Smith after she was detained on the Jupiter by his mother, and bringing his very loud radio transmitter into a cave he knows is filled with lethal predators that react to loud noises]].

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Considering its a family of STEM nerds that read classics, none of them think of ordering the robot to be “Three Laws Friendly” which could have avoided the drama around it in the 2nd half of season 1.

* FunWithSubtitles: In "Resurrection", there's a sequence where characters are trapped in a cave and unable to make a sound lest they attract the attention of carnivorous bat-like creatures. They instead communicate by gestures and body language, which are subtitled as if they are actually speaking to each other.

** Dr. Smith, [[spoiler:whose real name is actually June, a criminal from Earth who stole both her sister's identity and the actual Dr. Smith's]], abandons her companions for dead in a storm, actually kills another character, and lies, cheats and steals whenever she pleases in order to make herself better off. Her MindScrew tactics are real world and devoid of any ethical constraints. This makes her terrifying.

** Dr. Smith, [[spoiler:whose real name is actually June, a criminal from Earth who stole both her sister's identity and the actual Dr. Smith's]], abandons her companions for dead in a storm, actually kills another character, and lies, cheats and steals whenever she pleases in order to make herself better off.

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Considering its a family of STEM nerds that read classics, none of think of ordering the robot to be “Three Laws Friendly” which could have avoided the drama around it in the 2nd half of season 1.