LOST IN SPACE: Season 1: The Robinsons Were Here
Fresh, exciting and inventive family science fiction.
Should You Watch It?
“The Robinsons Were Here” puts the Robinson family under pressure without losing sight of their deep affection for one another. The children face a difficult secret, while the parents continue to work through serious problems in their marriage. These choices are portrayed as wrong rather than celebrated.
The episode also maintains the family and communal values found in the other episodes. There is no violence or foul language, though whiskey appears and characters drink from a bottle.
For older children and adults, this is a positive, inventive episode about family bonds tested by secrecy and conflict. WORTH WATCHING is the practical answer.
The Story
NO SPOILERS — WE KEEP THE SURPRISESThe Robinson family continues trying to survive after disaster strikes their mother ship. As the children wrestle with a secret involving Will’s robot, the parents search for other survivors and supplies while confronting problems in their marriage. Their relationships are tested as questions of trust, protection and responsibility come to the surface.
Is It Any Good?
Three stars means this is a solid, enjoyable episode with fresh, exciting and inventive qualities. It continues the family and communal values of the other episodes while adding more uncertainty and strain to the Robinsons’ relationships.
The episode’s strength is the way deep affection between family members remains clear even when they make poor decisions.
The Worldview
The episode believes family love and care matter, especially when relationships are tested. The Robinson children’s decision to hide a major secret from their parents and the parents’ marital struggles add moral grayness, but those decisions are portrayed as bad rather than celebrated.
The episode also presents June with more selfish motives. Still, the central emphasis remains on the deep bonds within the family and the way love ultimately wins out. In that respect, the episode aligns with Scripture’s call to let love hold people together: “And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony” (Colossians 3:14).
The Content Guide
The specifics — spoilers included by nature — so you can judge for your own family.
Content Summary
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Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements
</b> Deep family bonds are tested in this episode, but love and care for one another ultimately win out;</p> <p class="SingleSpacepara"><b><span lang="IT">
Foul Language
</span></b> No foul language;</p> <p class="SingleSpacepara"><b><span lang="FR">
Violence
</span></b> No violence;<b></b></p> <p class="SingleSpacepara"><b>
Sex
</b> No sexual content;<b></b></p> <p class="SingleSpacepara"><b>
Nudity
</b> No nudity;<b></b></p> <p class="SingleSpacepara"><b>
Alcohol Use
</b> Boxes of whiskey are shown, and characters are seen drinking from one of the whiskey bottles;<b></b></p> <p class="SingleSpacepara"><b>
Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse
</b> No smoking or drug content; and,<b></b></p> <p class="SingleSpacepara"><b>
Miscellaneous Immorality
</b> One character is smuggling whiskey, the Robinson parents continue to struggle in their marriage and touch on the subject of divorce, the Robinson children discuss lying to their parents. <b></b></p>
Talk About It
Questions for the drive home, the dinner table, or the youth group.
The Robinson children discuss lying to their parents. Why can secrecy damage trust, even when someone believes the secret is protective?
Ephesians 4:25 · Proverbs 12:22The Robinson parents continue to struggle in their marriage. How can patience, truth and forgiveness help when a family is under pressure?
Colossians 3:13–14 · Ephesians 4:2–3The episode says that family love and care can survive serious testing. What does it look like for your family to show that kind of care this week?
1 Corinthians 13:4–7 · Galatians 6:2The Final Word
This is a fresh, exciting and inventive episode that gives family relationships room to struggle without abandoning love. With no violence or foul language, it remains appropriate for older children to adults, though families should discuss its whiskey use, marital conflict and questions about lying. WORTH WATCHING.
