Your new favorite science fiction obsession is about to drop on Netflix when Lost in Space [1] premieres this week. It stars Toby Stephens and Molly Parker as the heads of the Robinson family, who embark on a space mission to find out if there are habitable conditions on other planets.
Of course, the mission goes horribly awry and all kinds of mysteries ensue, including Parker Posey [2] appearing as Dr. Smith, the mustache-twirling villain from the original series who is now an enigmatic woman. Is she a hero? Is she a villain? Is she a saboteur with good motives? Who knows?
If you're wondering when exactly you can tune in to this new sci-fi series, Lost in Space drops on Netflix Friday, April 13 at 3 a.m. ET/midnight PT. All 10 episodes will be available at the same time, primed and ready for a binge-watch over the weekend.
The reason Netflix drops its shows at such an unusual time [4] is basically this — it becomes the official "release date" at 12:01 a.m. in the Pacific timezone, which is where Netflix is based; its headquarters is located outside San Francisco, and another 800-person office is located in Los Angeles. So just after midnight Pacific time on the release dates (which tend to be Fridays) is when a new series will be available on the streaming service.
As for Lost in Space, early reviews are almost universally positive [6]. IGN's David Griffin wrote [7] that this reboot is "a wondrous new take on the 1960s series that honors its origins while charting a new course with a modern retelling" and TVLine's Matt Mitovich praised [8] the "top-shelf" visual effects and exciting "white-knuckle" action sequences.