When… Pssht! The toaster shorted out, almost burned the entire orphanage down.
-[steps thumping] -Sister Agnes, God rest her soul,
wanted to throw it in the trash,
but I intervened.
Where most people would see a smoking piece of junk,
I saw a machine that needed understanding.
So I scavenged a new heating element,
and I repaired that little brave toaster with my own two hands.
[Scarecrow whirrs]
Establishing a bond. Just like with Will, right?
Right.
That toaster was just the beginning of a long line of machines that I've saved.
You see, I'm not just a mechanic. I'm a machine whisperer.
We wanted a robot. We got one.
Yeah.
If Scarecrow wanted to hurt us, he could have on the Jupiter.
He could do it now.
[Scarecrow growls]
Are you telling us… there's an engine on that ship?
[whirrs and growls]
[Don] So the coast is clear? No robots?
[John] Not clear.
I count 12.
[tense music playing]
[Maureen] They're gathering their dead.
You mean salvaging parts.
Hey.
What's he doing?
[John] Okay, you brought us to an engine. You got a plan how we get it?
[whirrs]
Twelve rocks. Twelve robots.
-Those are long odds. -You can take 'em, right?
[whirrs]
You want us to handle ten, and you take two?
Clearly a misunderstanding. Maybe they don't count rocks like we do.
That's a bad deal.
Seems like it's the only deal we've got.
You bring in a new guy, everything changes.
[orchestral music playing]
-[bleeping] -He all right?
Yeah, he's stable.
You okay?
Yeah. You?
Yeah.
[Judy sighs]
Here's to diving off a two-mile high canyon wall on an alien planet.
And to being the first people ever to make that toast.
It would've scared the hell out of most people.
When we were in freefall, I had this adrenaline pumping,
and… I felt the landscape rush toward me so fast.
All I could think about was that… nothing else mattered.
Nothing that… that I've been worrying about means anything.
[Grant chuckles] That's why I love flying.
When you're miles in the air,
you get a new perspective on things on the ground,
and all your problems look real small.
[Penny] Judy!
[uplifting music playing]
You ready for this?
Yeah.
[Penny sighs]
-I'm so happy you're back. -[Judy] Me too.
[sighs]
This is my sister, Penny.
Penny, this is…
is… um…
Commander Grant Kelly. I know.
-It's really good to meet you. -You too.
[clears throat]
Liam Tufeld. It's an honor to meet you, sir.
-Vijay Dhar. I'm even more honored, sir. -Well, the honor is mine.
You can meet the rest of my crew while we load them up.
-[Judy] Okay. -Great.
[indistinct chatter]
[girls 1] That's crazy.
[girl 2] I know. It's crazy we ran into him.
[sighs]
Everyone, this is Grant Kelly,
captain of the Fortuna.
He and his team are gonna hitch a ride with us to Alpha Centauri,
so I suppose they're part of our crew now.
Um, we have 19 hours until our launch window closes,
-so… tell me about your progress. -[girl] Oh, my gosh!
-Okay with these jump seat configurations? -[Robot approaching]
[Judy] Yes.
Hello.
He's just trying to decide if you're a threat.
-It's kind of his thing. -Yeah.
Judy told me about him.
He's a whole lot stranger than I imagined.
[chuckles]
Dr. Zoe Smith.
It's so nice to have another adult here.
Judy mentioned you too.
Hmm. Was it a brief mention, or did she go into detail?
-She said you were the French teacher. -Mmm.
[in French] Where did you learn French?
France.
Easy on your wrist, man. You gotta respect the healing process.
Yeah, I'm good. Thanks.
Any alternate power sources? I'd love to give these backup cells a break.
Sure. We can patch them into the Jupiter.
All right, thank you.
Come on. Let's take one.
[Vijay] Okay, let's go forward.
-[girl] Ready. -[Vijay grunts]
Hey, Judy, what do we do with the empty one?
[Judy] Just put it with the rest of them. We'll need it later.
Hey. What's the update with the thruster?
Will fixed it. I'm just running diagnostics while he's gone.
Gone? Where?
Documenting the alien city.
Sorry. Did you just say "alien city"?
Yeah, so, um… a lot has happened while you were gone.
This is Will Robinson of the 24th Colonist Group.
I'm making a record of this because…
we've discovered the most important archaeological site in history,
and I've only got 19 hours before we leave.
[sighs]
This chamber appears to be heavily damaged,
not from the passage of time, but from…
from some cataclysmic event.
[suspenseful music playing]
Wow.
Pyroclastic ash.
This room took the brunt of a volcanic event.
I'll get a sample.
[unzipping]
[sighs]
[objects clinking]
[gasps] Oh, God!
[panting]
Okay…
I…
I've found skeletal remains.
[dramatic music playing]
Whoa.
They built the robots in their own image.
I guess wanting to see yourself in what you make is human nature,
even if you're not human.
[wind whooshing]
[drilling]
It's counterintuitive,
but you're gonna have to disable the BTMS to moderate acceleration at high speeds.
[cranking]
You've already done it.
I swear I've never jury-rigged a Chariot
to go over 100 miles an hour in a drag race.
Okay, look, once you're out there, you need to manually add the coolant
to keep the battery below 40 Celsius.
-51, but who's counting? -Or the plate temperature
will reach thermal runaway.
I will bring every can of coolant we have. Yeah.
As soon as Scarecrow has the engine, you'll signal us, right?
Yeah, and I'll pick you up in the Jupiter
as soon as the coast is clear.
It's a decent plan, all things considered.
I just don't like leaving you alone with that thing.
Well, then I'll go with Don
and lead ten angry robots on a wild-goose chase.
You can't have it both ways.
-Hey, Scarecrow's not the obstacle. -[sighs]
He's the solution.
Yeah, well, I'm pretty sure he isn't helping us
just to be a Good Samaritan.
[whirring]
Of course he's not.
He's in it for himself. We all are.
Scarecrow wants something from us, and in return, we get something from him.
That's how the world works, no matter what planet you're from.
[whirring]
Oww!
Where is Scarecrow?
Shouldn't he be here to say, "Danger!" when stuff's about to fall on my head?
It's not Will's robot.
[whirring]
So are spaceships like bikes now? Every kid on the block has one?
[Judy] Mmm…
Nope, not yet. I'm the only one here trained to fly it.
Reaction control, orbital maneuvering, roll, pitch, yaw.
Jupiter, Fortuna.
Different accent, same language.
Maybe when we get to the colony, they'll give you one.
I'm looking forward to seeing you in action.
Oh, well, don't expect too much action during launch.
It's complicated. The computer does everything.
The computer?
Yeah, you know, spaceships have them these days.
I haven't been asleep that long.
I'm just curious how automated things have gotten.
Eh, fully, especially for unusual conditions like asteroid fields.
The computer calculates every possible outcome
and determines the safest course.
The question is, who programs the computer?
You know, Mom was on the team that programmed the Jupiter's autopilot.
Maureen?
That's right.
Your mother could always out-think a problem before it happened.
But even the best computers have limitations.
They can handle 99% of the problems until they hit the one they can't.
[Penny] Hi.
Sorry. Do you want a progress report?
Yeah. [sighs]
Are you qualified for this?
I thought Judy was the doctor around here.
-She's busy with captain stuff. -Ah.
But taking vitals is really easy. The machine pretty much does the work.
[machine beeping]
Why am I the only person getting a physical?
You're not. We're just starting with you.
But we'll get to everyone before we take off.
[bleeping]
To make sure we're all healthy for the voyage.
Exactly.
And to make sure there's enough air for everyone to breathe.
Um…
Take your arm, please.
Thanks.
Do you think having all one's vital organs frozen in suspended animation
carries any health risks?
-What? -You wanna put me in that tube, don't you?
Um…
I'm just trying to take your blood pressure.
It's rising by the minute.
[mysterious music playing]
[rocks tumbling]
[sighs]
And there is a bridge that drops into infinity.
Huh. Great.
Just great.
[sighs]
[suspenseful music playing]
[sighs]
[eerie music playing]
What happened to them?
[grunts]
[panting]
It looks like some kind of… control panel.
[exhales]
Wait, are those… handprints?
[sighs]
Here goes.
[sighs]
I'm… really sorry about this.
[machinery whirring]
[bleeping]
[Scarecrow whirring]
[tapping]
[soft whirring]
[bleeping]
[Scarecrow whirrs]
-[thumping] -[Scarecrow growls]
[low electronic screech]
[steps receding]
[Maureen] Hey, what's wrong?
[John] Scarecrow was in here.
Hey, was this up before?
[Maureen] Maybe. I don't know.
The navigation computers run a periodic scan
even when the radar's offline.
It's the location of the Sunshine base.
What if he was spying?
[suspicious music playing]
John, look.
It's Ben Adler's personnel file.
Maybe he was remembering.
Maybe.
What if they weren't good memories?
[unzipping]
[suspenseful music playing]
[intense humming and whooshing]
-[high-pitched whine] -[rumbling]
[rumbling gets louder]
It's a variation on the sound the robot's spaceship transmitted,
and a lot louder.
We always thought that the…
that the sounds we heard were just… feedback or interference,
the way their technology interacted with ours. [breathes deeply]
But maybe they were more than that.
[rumbling and whirring]
[intense high-pitched whining]
I think they might all be different.
-[low bellowing] -[high-pitched shrieking]
[pulsating shrieks]
[rumbling]
[sighs] I don't suppose one of these is the volume control.
[medium-pitched humming]
[intense deep bellowing]
The camp's all packed, ahead of schedule, thank you very much.
Great. No reason to wait till last minute. Let's go now.
Judy to Will Robinson.
[whining and humming over radio]
-Will, do you copy? -[static crackling]
[alien buzzing and droning]
[shrieking]
Will?
Um… [sighs]
[inhales] I should go get him. Can you show me where it is on the map?
Um…
Will was in charge of the map.
I'm done with my physical.
I know the way. I could take you.
Um…
All right.
-[wind whistling] -[tapping]
[thunder rumbling]
[Scarecrow's steps thumping]
-[sighs] You ready? -Yeah.
What about Scarecrow? How do we know that once he's on the alien ship,
he won't just fly off and leave us?
I don't think he will.
Why not?
Will said to trust him.
He said to help each other.
That's different from trust.
Which means we need to protect ourselves.
That is why you brought this from the Resolute, right?
[sighs] Take it.
-I don't want it. -[zipping]
[John] Please?
Just in case.
Good luck.
[thunder rumbling]
You too.
[machinery whirring]
[clattering]
[Penny] He's not like that at all.
-He's completely like that. -Liam is not a show-off!
During the climb, he would not shut up
about some cliff in Thailand that he used to climb every year.
Was this before or after you broke your wrist?
-Okay, it's not, like, that broken. -Mmm.
-And I slipped because he distracted me. -He helped you back to camp.
That's exactly what show-offs do.
You're unbelievable.
Actually, what's unbelievable is how loud Liam snores.
Yeah, but everybody snores.
-I mean, Judy snores, my dad snores… -[laughs] Yeah, I guess my dad snores too.
I've completely lost track of what point you're making.
When you talked to your mom and dad, did they mention my parents?
Um… We didn't really have a lot of time to talk.
You know, the last year, I've just--
I've been pretending that we're at summer camp.
You know?
'Cause it's too hard to think that maybe they didn't…
they didn't make it.
[Penny] Hey.
I'm sure your parents are fine.
Okay?
[computer alarm beeping]
Oh, crap.
-What do we do? -Huh…
Delegate.
I can't get ahold of Judy or Will,
and even if I could, they can't get here in time.
The computer wants us to launch now, or it'll be too late.
[Grant] Just calm down.
We're going to talk through this, okay?
-[breathing shakily] Okay. -[Grant] All right.
What's changed?
Our previous calculations were based on a narrow set of data.
It was the best we could get in this canyon.
But after Judy found you, she left her receiver behind.
Up there, its antenna can see the whole sky.
There are more asteroids than we thought.
They keep crashing and making baby asteroids.
If we don't launch now, it'll be so dangerous
the autopilot won't let us turn on the engines.
-The computer can ground the ship? -If it thinks we're doing something crazy.
It's not like I'd leave them,
but I don't wanna strand everybody else either.
That's not a decision you should have to make.
Well, I'm acting cocaptain.
[Vijay] What are you doing?
[automated voice] Warning, disabling autopilot.
-[power fades] -It's done.
[Penny] What?
We can't launch the Jupiter without autopilot.
Sure we can.
[Smith] It's this way.
[echoing] Will?
Will?
I have a confession to make.
You don't really know French?
I can fly the Jupiter.
Since when? What's the ADI?
[sighs]
It's the attitude director indicator.
It provides a continuous readout of the ship's rotational rates.
You know, roll, pitch, and yaw.
I could step in if something were to happen to you.
This is about the cryotube, right?
Next time, don't send Vijay Dhar to do your dirty work. He's terrible at it.
We don't have enough air left on the Jupiter.
The only reason your presence on the ship didn't suffocate us all before
is because you were the margin of error.
It's used up.
We don't have enough air in the Jupiter because of Grant Kelly.
He should go in the tube.
It's his tube.
He's a decorated astronaut.
His decorations are 20 years old.
[scoffs] I'm not saying I'm perfect, but I'm the devil you know.
What do you really know about Grant Kelly?
I know everything that matters.
[Smith sighs]
I'm not going to willingly climb into a prison I can't escape from.
How do I know you won't shove me into the police station at Alpha Centauri?
-We'll let you out the minute we're there. -I can't trust you.
-You have my word. -No, you don't understand. I--
I can't trust you…
because I can't trust anyone.
Hmm.
Why would I ever get into a cryotube
when there's-- there's no one in the world who would wanna wake me up?
I've-- I've done things I regret.
I've done bad things, but…
the only thing that's worse than being bad is being powerless.
I can't give up control without some kind of guarantee,
so you're gonna have to give me something stronger than your word.
It's all I have.
I appreciate your honesty.
[alien humming and screeching]
You hear that?
[rumbling]
It must be Will.
-[sighs] -[Judy] Will?
[alien roaring]
[intense rumbling]
[rumbling dies down]
-[pulsating screech] -[rumbling]
[Robot] Trust Will Robinson.
[rumbling]
-[screeching] -[loud rumbling]
Almost done. Just a few more left to record.
[panting]
[groans]
-[intense rumbling] -[panting]
Come on, come on!
[crashing]
[yelps, pants]
-[screeching] -[gasps]
[yelps]
[panting]
-[yells] -[Judy] Will!
-Will, get out of there! -What do you think I'm doing?
-[grinding] -No! The door's closing!
-[grunts] -I can't stop it!
-[grunts] -[Judy] Will!
[grunting, panting]
-[Will] Wait. -[Judy] Will!
[metal clanks]
-[both panting] -Are you okay?
Yeah. Yeah, I think so.
-[rumbling continues] -[sighs] Huh.
-It's a good thing you had that with you. -[sighs]
[wheels rolling]
[John grunting]
[grunting]
-[Don] I can see you're getting tired. -[John grunting]
-Let's just take five. -[John] Yeah. [groans]
[panting] These things, they look so light.
-[wind whistling] -Phew.
-[John wheezing] -[Don] Phew.
-Hey, are you the jealous type? -Nope. [sighs]
What if the other guy is… much bigger,
has a body that won't quit,
four arms with lots of fingers?
[laughs]
Aah.
[panting]
Seriously, do you think Maureen's okay with the new guy?
She knows what she has to do if things go bad.
[Scarecrow's steps thumping]
[whirrs]
[soft buzzing]
What are you gonna do when this is over?
You have a place to go to after you take us to Alpha Centauri?
Are you looking for a new home,
like we are?
Or are you just gonna keep going,
see what's out there?
What we did to you is wrong.
I can't pretend to imagine
the suffering you went through on the Resolute.
What happened to you there will never happen again.
If we're gonna work together, we need to trust each other,
and I-- I haven't been worthy of your trust.
I wanna give you this.
Did you do this?
[growls]
[closes case]
All right, everybody. Pay attention, please.
Please double-check that everything is tied down.
It's gonna be a bumpy ride,
and I don't want anybody taking a loose box to the teeth.
Judy, thank God you're back. You need to talk to Grant.
Okay. Well, where is he?
Hey, uh… I know it was hard for you, but…
you did the right thing staying with the ship.
And I think I found something that can help us later.
If our positions were reversed, you'd have made the same call.
-A captain doesn't leave people behind. -These kids are my responsibility.
My mission was to get them to Alpha Centauri.
-Now we can't leave. -Your mission hasn't failed.
-The computer doesn't-- -It nearly stranded you in space.
That is what happened, isn't it?
You came looking for me on the Fortuna,
and the autopilot tried to leave you behind.
We had limited options. We lost a thruster.
Thanks to your brother, all the thrusters are working now.
-I can fly this ship off the planet. -Manually?
You put too much faith in computers.
The Fortuna's computer kept me on ice. because it thought it was keeping me safe.
I had no choice.
If it were up to me, I would have woken up a long time ago
and turned off the damn signal that drew you all off course.
And none of you kids would be here.
I was not picked for my mission because I'm a good sleeper.
I can fly us through that asteroid field.
I don't know.
You do know.
-[Will] What are you doing? -Uh--
You almost lost your arm because of this camera.
It must be important.
-Well, can I have it back? -Of course.
It'll be tucked safe inside the cryotube with me.
Once we get to Alpha Centauri,
you'll just pop open the hatch and get it back.
This is my insurance policy.
[sighs] No.
I'm your insurance policy.
Excuse me?
After we all get to the colony, the robot and I have something to do.
Something my family won't like.
I promise I won't get in your way.
I need you to get in theirs. Distract them while we sneak off.
It's something you're good at.
In order for you to do that, I have to let you out of the tube. So, deal?
Finally, I've had some influence on you.
You and the robot are going to do something foolish and heroic, aren't you?
[sighs]
Not foolish.
Okay. You're gonna feel a slight tingle
followed by a warm flush through your body.
[bleeping]
[sighs] All right.
-[sighs] -Just count backwards from a hundred.
[automated voice] Cryo-sequence initiated.
Vital signs stable.
-She looks peaceful. -Mm. She should be unconscious more often.
[indistinct chatter]
A little late to bring this up,
but why'd you have to fix the Jupiter's engine if we've got that?
It seems like we'd be on Alpha Centauri in time for dinner if you switched it on.
[Robot] Danger.
That machine rips open a hole in the fabric of space.
We have to be in orbit to use it safely.
Well, by the sounds of it, getting into orbit is gonna be dangerous too.
[Judy on PA] Launch commences in T-minus ten, nine…
-[Grant] Seals, check. -Eight, seven…
-Internal power, check. -…six…
-Fuel prepress, check. -…five, four…
-All systems go. -…three, two, one.
-Liftoff. -[engine roars]
[dramatic music playing]
[adventurous music playing]
[beeping]
[whirring and bleeping]
Exterior obstacles detected.
-I see them. -[whooshing]
[crashing]
[all yell]
[crashing]
Okay, hang on. We're almost out.
[automated voice] Warning. Flight path compromised.
[bleeping]
The computer recommends we pitch 13 degrees at nine o'clock.
-I don't think so. -It says it's the safest way to go.
I'm not flying the ship directly into an asteroid
to avoid a bunch of asteroids.
I think you should listen to the computer and pitch 13 degrees at nine o'clock.
[dramatic music playing]
-Commander, proceed to recommended course. -The computer's wrong.
Proceed to recommended course or stand down.
[crashing]
[screaming]
[alarm blaring]
-Judy. -[automated voice] Autopilot rebooting.
Unplug that. You don't know what you're doing.
-[automated voice] Autopilot online. -Maybe not, but my mom does.
[automated voice] Correcting course.
[all gasp]
[Judy panting]
[automated voice] Course corrected.
Are you sure?
It's too late now.
-Judy. -Trust me.
[crashing]
-[rumbling] -[electricity crackling]
[dramatic music playing]
[Judy panting]
[sighs]
[tapping and buzzing]
Chair's yours, Captain.
[sighs] You don't have to call me that.
Yes, I do.
Maureen's autopilot worked.
That's why she was top of our class.
What class? Didn't you meet her when she was an engineer at NASA?
No.
We were in the astronaut training program.
Mom was gonna be an astronaut?
[distant rumbling]
[Scarecrow growls]
[Don grunting]
[sighs]
[ticking]
[grunts]
-Okay. -All set?
All set.
Get ready to burn, baby, burn.
[ticking]
Here we go.
[engine powering up]
[both growl]
-Do they see us? -Oh, they sure do.
-All right, then. -Rock and roll.
["Black Betty" by Ram Jam]
♪ Whoa, Black Betty, bam-ba-lam ♪
♪ She really gets me high, bam-ba-lam ♪
Okay, that's ten. You're up.
♪ She's so rock steady, bam-ba-lam ♪
♪ And she's always ready, bam-ba-lam ♪
♪ She's from Birmingham, bam-ba-lam ♪
♪ Way down in Alabam', bam-ba-lam ♪
♪ Well, she's shakin' that thing Bam-ba-lam ♪
[Don grunts]
You want your eggs sunny-side up or over-easy?
♪ Bam-ba-lam, whoa, Black Betty ♪
Felt that. It's already hot enough back here.
Hang on.
[Maureen] What is taking you so long?
What are you doing in there?
[suspenseful music playing]
[Maureen grunting]
[grunting]
[yells] That's the last of the coolant. We'll be slowing down pretty quickly.
-Any sign of the flare? -Nothing yet.
What's taking her so long?
[Maureen gasps]
[gasps]
[laughs]
Nice job!
We're losing speed, and they're not getting any closer.
That's good news, right?
-[brakes screech] -Oof!
[groans] What the hell?
-[sighs] Take a look. -[Don groans]
-[Don] Why'd they stop? -[John sighs]
We weren't distracting them.
They were distracting us.
-What? -[sighs]
It's a trap!
[rumbling]
[ominous music playing]
[gasps]
[whirring]
[Scarecrow groaning]
[SAR snarling]
[growling]
[Scarecrow] Find home.
[SAR growling]
[chittering]
[gurgling and hissing]
[John grunts]
-What happened? -Where's Scarecrow?
SAR took him.
-SAR? -[sighs]
The engine was bait.
[Don] Ugh.
[sighs]
Scarecrow wasn't gonna betray us.
He was gonna take us home.
And he was our last hope.
[closing theme music playing] us.