It's an act of pure altruism, done with no expectation of reward, that radically disrupts Robot's programming. Instead, he simply says that there's no need for both of them to die, and after he frees Robot he leans back against the tree to accept his fate. Though Will and the split-in-half Robot are caught up in the same raging fire, Will doesn't choose to save the alien in the hopes that it will return the favor. In "Impact," we also see for the first time the "reprogramming" that turns the tide of the fight against the alien robots in the "Lost in Space" series finale. For Will, it was an early and brutal lesson that if he doesn't answer the call to wade into danger, his hesitation could cost his family their lives. After Will freezes up in fear, Judy dives into the water and, because she couldn't fit into the same tight gaps that Will could have, runs out of time and almost dies. When the Jupiter sinks into icy waters in "Impact," John wastes no time in telling his young son that he'll have to be the one to dive down and retrieve power cells from the ship. The opening episode also sheds light on why, in "Lost in Space" season 3, Will Robinson feels the need to silently shoulder so much of the responsibility for keeping the colony and his family safe - even if it means sacrificing his own life. Once we learn that this is a family of exceptional over-achievers who passed the stringent tests required for the colony mission (all except Will, who failed the stress test but had his results fudged by Maureen), the in-fighting and tension between the Robinsons starts to make a lot of sense. Penny and Judy also snipe at each other, setting a precedent for the bristly dynamic between the two sisters that would persist throughout the series. In "Impact," Penny cheats at cards and, after being caught, stubbornly insists that Will hand over his card anyway. When we first met the Robinsons, Maureen and John were barely on speaking terms and the kids didn't get along great either. Alpha Centauri manages to raise its defense shields again (unlike most sci-fi shows, the human spaceships in "Lost in Space" are not equipped with guns or missiles, so defending is the best they can do), but not before a single alien robot ship gets through - with SAR onboard. After acquiring the location of Alpha Centauri by scanning Don West (the only member of the Jupiter-2 crew who has been to the colony before), alien robot leader SAR prepares to launch an attack on the colony, sending an advance team to sabotage its power supply. Unfortunately, danger isn't far behind them. Given a choice between heading on to Alpha Centauri and going back to rescue their parents from near-certain death, Captain Judy Robinson makes the decision to defy her original instructions and return to where the rest of the colonists were stranded, risking the children's lives but ultimately getting everyone to Alpha Centauri alive. When "Lost in Space" season 3 begins, the Robinson children have been separated from their parents for almost a year (providing a handy explanation for why Will Robinson actor Maxwell Jenkins is now about three feet taller).
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