#lost in space don and judy

[capten-of-the-ss-robinwest]

I think about these 2 stoopid mother fuckers like 12 times a day They couldn't have given us A single kiss!?!?!

[urjustaguyonahorse]

don and judy growing into responsibility together is so important to me. i mean for the lack of other people and better phrasing they're essentially best friends who get separated for a year. and don't get me wrong i love best friends growing into their potential together but- they see each other AFTER A YEAR mind you. and when they last saw each other, judy was a freaked out budding doctor who was confident because she had to be, and don was a known criminal with very little reliability outside of the family circle and very little say in what goes on around him. and they see each other AFTER A YEAR, and she's a poised, assertive ship captain with 97+ people under her care and a more experienced doctor, he's a head of the entire engineering crew and a dependable leader in the group with a new confidence in himself. i love that they were an underrated power duo before they got separated and they get reunited and are suddenly a POWER power duo and they did it all by themselves I love them.

[crispy0nion]

grabs you by the shoulders. destiny the game fans please please please watch netflix lost in space (2018). i promise you'll like it ok that's where cayde's soul went after he died ok cayde-6 walked so donald west could run and also there's robots and i know y'all robot fuckers are gonna like these ones. please. please it has found family + a disaster bio family learning to function again + space, like the whole thing takes place anywhere but on earth + a 6 feet tall robot + more robots, actually. lots of them + constant Situations™ + many nice things. pls pls pls

[texasthrillbilly]

Sunset on an alien world.

[hammah-banana]

Don West: I won't leave a single stone unturned, not a corner unscoured, not a rotisserie unrotated until my little egg-laying ingenue is found! Maureen Robinson: Debbie's missing again. Penny Robinson: Ooh. Mystery. Intrigue. I love it. Judy Robinson: Maybe she just needed some alone time, Don. Don West: Debbie hates alone time, unless it's with me. Besides, she's been acting strange lately. She keeps disappearing, she's tired all the time, and she didn't show up to book club this week. She never misses book club, especially when we're reading chick lit. Get it? Chick. Lit. Will Robinson: Maybe Debbie just flew the coop? Don West: Oh, no! Really, Will? Terrible chicken puns at a time like this? You are better than that. Penny Robinson: But had Debbie really flown the coop, or was there something more sinister going on? Only time would tell. Or would it?

[handsome-edvard]

Hot take for the Robinwest nation

I think the scene in season 1 where she gives him the puppy eyes could have been more interesting if he did stick to his firm NO. He storms off and that’s the end of that.

But what if that was just the set up?

Cut to the Robinsons scrambling to figure out how to make it work with just John’s weight in the shuttle, and Maureen is stressed but determined in her calculations, and Judy is clearly considering going with her dad when-

Enter Don West, clad in a bright orange spacesuit, swaggering into the passenger seat of the shuttle saying, “If anyone asks, I got paid for this.”

“Don?” Maureen gasps.

“A lot,” Don carries on, settling into the co-pilot station. “And if I die up there I better get a statue. My own holiday on Alpha Centauri.”

And Maureen is smiling in disbelief and John is skeptical but at a loss, and Penny and Will are relieved. Don sees all of that but he hasn’t looked at Judy. Not yet.

Thing is he didn’t see her behind him in that room when Maureen and John tried to sell him on the idea, and he told them to send him a postcard.

He’d said no because it is his life on the line too, he likes being alive, and doing the right thing does really suck.

So he doesn’t look at Judy right now as he doesn’t know what he’s going to find behind those big brown eyes that previously beseeched him to help. The ones he couldn’t stop thinking about later.

She had looked so devastated by his refusal, so vulnerable, that he is honestly not sure risking his life is enough to get her to talk to him again.

Probably for the best.

He flipped that tanker for her and he lost the money, then they lost Evan eventually. It was all for nothing. From where he’s standing, doing things for Judy doesn’t help him in any way, and that’s a problem because he can’t seem to stop. It’s entirely irrational.

He locks eyes with her later on, after various trials of his recovery time in test launches. He’s even more sluggish with each trial but it can work. They can do it. Don can’t tell what Judy is thinking and she looks away just as quickly as he does. But one thing he knows for certain is how she looks when she’s pissed and this — is not that.

Now they’re about to leave and Don needs an excuse to be near Judy one last time. Debbie clucks beside him and Don figures if he dies up there with John, he should make sure the lucky chicken is with someone else, maybe bring them a bit of extra luck like she did for him.

“I don’t want your chicken,” Judy says, when she realizes what Don has for her.

He thought she looked almost eager when he called out for her (it was endearing, really), and the way she rolls his eye at him right now is—that’s what it is.

That’s what does it for him.

The reason he’s risking even more than he already has is not because Maureen asked or because John needs someone else in the shuttle.

“And I don’t want to hurtle through space in a tin can,” Don replied, “but here we are.”

She doesn’t seem mad at him, not anymore, and that’s good enough for him. If he goes out doing something for her, it’s good enough for him.

He’s a decent person who has been dealt a bad hand and it’s still so awkward for someone like him to admit he’s a smuggler—he never liked that word—and the thing about Judy is, when she looks at him, it’s like she can see who he actually is underneath everything.

That’s why all her appeals to his better nature always succeed. It’s how the prior caught-off guard No eventually turned into a Yes.

It’s not just his life on the line, it’s her life too, and everyone else’s lives. He wants to reaffirm that he is a better man than everyone thinks, that they are past the money.

“Bye Debbie,” Don says gently.

“Don?” Judy calls after him just as he turns to leave. Her eyes are different, almost shimmering with emotion. Doing that thing from earlier but for a different reason. “Hey, try not to die up there, okay? Make sure you fight.”

There it is. Now he knows for certain they’re back on good terms. Beneath the hefty space suit, a flutter blooms in his chest.

Judy is preparing herself for the possibility that they may never see each other again. Don gives her a smile. He wants her to remember him well.

“Do my best. See you on the other side.” He winks at her and departs, hiding his own bittersweet smile.

. . .

When the shuttle explodes as it hurtles through the atmosphere Judy lets out a scream before she even knows it, and her eyes fill with tears for her Dad and for Don, because Don didn’t want to do this. She tried so hard to convince him and she thought she failed until he came back and strapped into the copilot seat.

And now he’s gone. He’s dead because of her. How can she live with that?

. . .

But then when she hears his sweetly bruised voice through the comm, thick with emotion, her eyes fill with tears again. “Are you crying?”

“No?” Don says.

“Yes you are!” Judy laughs and cries a little too, already thinking about when she’s going to see him again.

“They’re happy tears,” John confirms.

Don is so heroic. He made it. Judy is overjoyed and she can’t wait to hear his voice his person, to see the crinkles near his eyes when his smiles begin to form.

. . .

Don shuffles a few paces behind John Robinson. He knows the family is going to be all over the man, so he figures he’ll just give them some space. Although he’s been thinking about Judy he can’t let that show in front of everyone, and so when he becomes aware of her presence, Don tries his best to maneuver around everyone and maybe go see about Debbie.

But Judy pulls away from John and comes to him. Her eyes are full of admiration and pride and relief. It’s crazy how one person can make him feel like he’s a hero among men.

“Hey Doc,” Don says, watching as her arms extend. He catches her quickly, glad to see someone is happy to see him, and not just anyone — her. “That’s right Judy, I am amazing.”

Judy laughs, her arms tightening around him, basking in his warmth. “I’m glad you’re okay,” she says softly.

“Yeah. Me too.” Don pulls back to see that something is different about Judy’s demeanor — like calling her princess might do some things to her. “You good?”

Judy nods. “Never better.”

[somewhat-intelligent]

M A G N E T I C

Lost In Space S3 - Judy moving toward Don

[feralboo-the-weirdo]

Penny: Dumbest scar stories, go! Maureen: I burned my tongue once drinking tea. Judy: I dropped a hair dryer on my leg once and burned it. Will: I have a piece of graphite in my leg from accidentally stabbing myself with a pencil in the first grade. Don: I was taking a cup of noodles out of the microwave and spilled it on my hand and I got a really bad burn. Dr. Smith: Dr. Smith: I have emotional scars.

[nerds-yearbook]

The original pilot for Lost in Space was listed as having a release date of September 8, 1965, though it was considered lost and not aired until some time in the mid 1990's. Unlike the first aired episode and the series, it did not include key characters Dr Smith or the Robot. According to the unaired pilot, the Robinson family left Earth in the Gemini 12 to colonize Alpha Centari on October 16, 1997. ("No Place to Hide" Lost In Space, TV Event)

[ghostlyfanparadise]

[silveragelovechild]

Judy Robinson (Marta Kristen) and Don West (Mark Goddard) from season 1 of Lost in Space (1965).

[daria1611]

Rewatching this masterpiece. Trust me there will never be a show better than LIS. PERIODT.

[ginerva-mollyweasley]

"you are judy robinson and you can do anything"

JUDY ROBINSON → my top 50 fictional characters [36/50]

[lostinspaceage82]

Lost in Space- Major Don West and Judy Robinson in "Follow the Leader". Original Air Date: April 27, 1966

[texasthrillbilly]

Parkas

[shadeysprings]

Watching Lost in Space with my man and Judy and Don are giving me such feels ugh!