Deron Generally
Deron GenerallyLost in Space
Netflix
Season 1 Episode 9
“Resurrection”
Maureen has been knocked out by Smith before she could give John the course correction info he needed, causing the Jupiter 4 to explode in space. While everyone presumes John and Don are dead, Maureen is remembering the incident on Earth that caused them to have to leave in the first place; the Christmas Star meteor. When the meteor landed unexpectedly, no one was prepared for the fall out or the effects that the meteor would have on the environment and Maureen wants to know why.
In the present, Will is sending a morse code signal out to his father and will not be deterred in thinking that he and Don are still alive. In another flashback, Smith is back in the office with the Resolute commander when the attack begins and she overhears that the Resolute’s experimental engine was actually stolen alien technology. Maureen wakes up with Smith, who is forcing her to find a way to re-activate the Robot so it can protect her when they return to the Resolute. Maureen refuses and tries to escape, which makes absolute sense from a human perspective and I applaud the writers for adding those attempts into the story.
As the kids worry about where Smith has taken Maureen, Will discovers that the petrified rocks that he’s been collecting might be the key to getting everyone off the planet. When Hiroki agrees, the colonists begin to work to remove as many of the rocks as they can. They also discover that the “rocks” are actually the waste from large bat-like creatures that are asleep in the cave. The moments in the cave are the most tense of the episode, which is in contrast to the Maureen/Smith moments that don’t resonate with that much tension at all.
More secrets are revealed about the engines that are powering the Resolute as well as the Jupiters as Judy finds where Smith is hiding her mother. She attempts to rescue her mom and escape only to stopped by something they weren’t expecting.
A really well done episode that does a great job of increasing both the pace of the story and the tension in the moments as secrets are revealed and plans are coming to fruition. Everyone has their moments in this episode and the end reveal was really well done. Great writing in this episode.
