Lost in Space

- What was that? - J2's no longer...

Captain, I've lost contact with the Robinsons.

- Anything? - Radar is clear.

Wait... contact. Bearing zero-six-zero.

Potential conjunction.

What is that?

Ready?

The new potassium ratio seems to be working out.

It sure is.

Think this'll work?

It's worth a try.

Wake up.

Mom! Get up here!

Hang on a sec.

Oh, come on. This is both cruel and unusual.

Do you have any influence over them?

I try not to abuse my power.

- This was your top secret project? - Mm-hmm.

It was easier getting a tree from a lot in Glendale.

This is the glowing moss from the shore.

- Look. Kinda reminds me of you know who. - Mm-hmm.

Maybe a little.

- Happy Holidays, everybody! - You look different.

Yeah, he finally showered.

I want to smell good for Santa.

- Can we open presents? - Yes!

I wanna go first! I wanna go first. Okay. You guys, this right here

is my very last bottle of whiskey.

I want you to have it, in case of an emergency.

We haven't had one of those in a while.

- Do we have to wait that long? - No.

Hey, Will.

Merry Christmas, buddy.

Thanks, Dad!

- Present time! - Let's do this!

Come on.

Wow.

Ooh.

- Time you learned how to drive. -

I couldn't exactly wrap the Chariot.

- Nice! Yeah, buddy. - Thanks, Dad.

Um, you don't actually need the key to drive, or lessons, or permission.

This is for Penny.

Um, how is it for Penny if everyone but Penny gets one?

Here.

- Did she write this? - Thank you.

So, um...

Penny's been writing kind of a memoir about our experience.

It's really good, so I published it.

- Wow! - Wow!

Are we really doing this?

It's called Lost in Space.

Hmm, good title.

"Our Jupiter was hurtling through the atmosphere

at 25 times the speed of sound.

We were going to crash...

but for me

this wasn't the scary part.

The scary part happened long before anything went wrong,

when we were sailing merrily on a trip to Alpha Centauri,

because the idea of space

"has scared me for as long as I can remember."

Is that true?

No interrupting.

"I always thought space was darker than dark

and colder than cold,

and worst of all, empty.

I can't think of a lonelier place.

My mom thinks that space isn't empty after all.

That it's filled with dark matter we just can't see.

I'm not a scientist like her.

I don't believe in things just because they make the equations add up.

I need to learn things for myself

and that's where the trouble always starts.

But I'm getting ahead of myself.

This is the story of discovery...

but not of strange new worlds.

It's about discovering what's in the places you thought were empty.

Sometimes

it's the invisible force of my family...

pulling at me, even when I can't see them...

reminding me...

That I'm never really alone.

And sometimes it's about discovering

"horrible monsters that want to bite your face off."

- -

During World War I...

there was one Christmas

where the French and the Germans

decided to stop shooting at one another

and came out of the trenches to celebrate together.

Peace on Earth.

You know?

We're not on Earth.

I just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas.

Now you have.

Is that the breach alarm?

On it.

How we doin'?

Still in the green.

The winds are starting to shift, though.

I think monsoon season's finally coming.

Methane monsoon season.

There'll be fewer rocks blown at us when the wind's blowing from the sea.

Anybody else think it's ironic that on the last planet we were marooned

because we ran out of fuel

and on this planet we have the fuel for air,

but no way to use it?

- I don't believe in irony. - Which is, in fact, ironic.

Hey, Will. You ready to roll?

Hey, untense your shoulders. Relaxed arms means more control.

Okay.

Don't pump the brakes unless you wanna stop.

Yeah, okay.

Say, why don't we give it some more gas?

Gas?

It's an expression from when I was young.

Means more acceleration.

Oh.

Why'd you do that?

You don't need to look at the speed right now.

I just want you to get a feel for the machine.

Yeah. Feel for the machine.

How's this?

You're doing great.

Hey!

- I'll race you. - Penny.

Give him a break. He doesn't want to hit anything.

There is nothing here to hit.

Your brother's a man after my own heart.

Not enough attention is paid in this family

to the benefits of a cautious approach.

- - Huh.

It's time to take out the trash.

Hey, please be gentle.

Just a friendly reminder:

these are the only ones we have left.

They barely charge our space suits and our oxygen-generating system.

How many of these is it gonna take

for us to save enough power to actually take off?

Well, given the Jupiter's full launch system requirement's

in the 200-kilowatt range, you're gonna have to ask your mother.

Knowing her, she's probably still looking for a way to get us out of here.

Yeah, I hope so.

How was your lesson?

You know, I'm, uh, just getting a feel for the machine.

Show's about to start.

What'd you get me for Christmas?

This is what you give me every day.

Well, you did this to yourself.

Your mother must trust and depend on you a lot

to give you such an important job as looking after me.

Yeah, it's right up there with mopping the floor

- and cleaning out the carbon traps. -

I didn't realize you were so undervalued.

Doesn't seem fair.

Is that a new patch?

Did that have anything to do with the alarm earlier?

I just want to know how safe I am here.

You're as safe as you were yesterday, okay?

- -

Here we go.

Like clockwork,

down to the minute every 23 days.

How is... how is that possible?

There's a remote spot in Venezuela

where they have lightning storms in the exact time and place

265 days a year, and nobody knows why that happens either.

- They call it the Beacon of Maracaibo. -

And it's guided sailors for centuries.

If you have clouds and sun, or two suns,

to heat them up,

you're going to have lightning.

That much is true no matter where you are.

You've got this. You've got this whole puzzle.

- You're gonna figure it out. - See, here's the thing...

- Hey. - Hey.

See, here's the thing, the trick about puzzles is that...

- Wait, hold on. - Just finish that thought.

- You can keep going. - Take your time. It's fine.

That was a good day.

Yeah, it was.

I've been thinking...

the lightning.

We could recharge the batteries then jumpstart the Jupiter.

We could get off this planet.

But to get to the storms, we'd have to fly.

No, we don't have to fly.

This is crazy.

People have been using this technology for thousands of years.

- Why are you bringing this up now? - The winds are changing

and I... I think we have a window.

And if we miss it, it's... It's going to be another year.

This is about that thing in the garage.