This series and the failed 1998 movie share a lot in common. Both attempted to movie Lost In Space into the hard science realm of Star Trek and 2001, but let's face it, LIS is a fantasy and no matter how you try to rework it, it's still a silly premise so the best approach is the one taken by Irwin Allen 50 years ago, play it for pure adventure and humor aimed at a family audience. The greatest failing of the new series is the writing. Both seasons one and two start out strong enough the first three or four episodes but then the imagination rapidly runs out. In both seasons the series starts out with the Robinsons on their own facing hostile environments much as in the original series, but at mid-season each year they are reunited with the obnoxious members of the other Jupiter crews who are also lost in space and this is when the series goes wrong both times. With their autonomy lost, the Robinsons are now at the mercy of the command of the expedition who treat them like dirt. Makes you really appreciate the original series characters being truly lost among the stars and away from humanity. Season two goes off the rail completely when the command crew attempts to kill off or abandon most of the Robinsons and the other families. It turns out everything about the expedition is determined by secret government conspiracies. At this point I wanted to throw the TV out the window. The cynicism is more than I could take and the fast forward button was pressed to the end of the season. Nothing is ever resolved and the Robot's origin is never explained at the end of two seasons. Welcome to Lost (on a desert island) from the 2000s. Let's entice the audience along for years by dribbling out the story crumbs at a time. I really began to miss the old LIS formula of BEM (Bug Eyed Monster) of the week. It was truly more science fiction oriented than this jumble of government conspiracies and political correctness. While I can accept the mother, Maureen being in charge of the expedition, I can't buy the husband John. He's an ex-Navy Seal who seems neutered, a real milquetoast. Very unlikely. After Haskins tried to kill his family he does nothing in retaliation. Really? I'm no Seal but I would have gone after that so and so and made sure he never tried it again. Bottom line, I like the casting, even Parker Posey, but the writing is at fault. I get the feeling the writers have little experience with science fiction. The series plays more like a survivalist fantasy. It's not good sci-fi, it's not even mediocre sci-fi. Think of it as Starlost on a big budget.