“The original was like this sort of apple pie ideal American family. The stakes were never really that high. Whereas, I think in this one it’s not that apple pie family. I don’t think we can get away with that any more. It’s a kind of war torn family, although it’s not a sort of depressing family. It’s a family trying to do the best they can, but they’re not perfect.”

Stephens also says that according to Netflix, the focus on a family-friendly sci-fi venture paid off.

“I was speaking to one of the people from Netflix and they were saying that (Lost in Space) had one of their longest completion rates,” he says. “With this it took a long time for a lot of families to watch this, because they’re watching it as a family and it’s hard to find that time where you can all sit down and watch something. But I love the fact that they were watching it that way, rather than binge watching it.”

With data like that, it’s no wonder that Lost in Space received a second season. There is no word on a release date yet, though that’s likely to come soon as the actors completed filming early in the year and both the DVD release and a book release are on the horizon. Lost in Space Season 2 promises to have the Robinsons well and truly lost in…space. At the end of the show’s first season, their Jupiter 2 ship teleported lightyears away to a new alien star system.

“I love the fact that the show is sort of expanding,” Stephens says. “There are all these mysteries unveiled by the first season. Where does the Robot come from? How many are there? What’s the whole mythology behind all of that? How are they going to get back to Alpha Centauri? Where are they? Where is this place that they now are and how different is that from our own solar system, or from anything we know about? What is in store for this family?”