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What made the Robot switch at the last minute? (Spoilers)

posted 5 years ago by Mikey (404)
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Will had tried to reconnect with his robot friend several times after Dr. Smith resurrected him (it). But the robot was having none of it. So, what made it suddenly switch and save Will? That was a big moment that was unearned because it had no explanation.
What they SHOULD have done was have Will lead the robot away from his family as it followed him in order to kill him. Then, just as the Robot has Will cornered and Will realizes he is about to die, he makes one last ditch effort to communicate with the Robot; in a fogged up ship window he draws with his finger the "alien art" that the robot drew in the sand. As the Robot closes in on Will ready for the kill, it sees the symbol of its galaxy (as we find out at the end) and that symbol "reboots" the Robot. The Robot continues to move closer to Will but instead of harming him, it seals his spacesuit and saves his life, just like what eventually happened. This gives us some rationale as to why the Robot suddenly switches back to being Will's protector.

[–] chrisjdel (2714) 5 years ago

I think the idea was that the robot's close contact with Will and his family changed it, made it evolve, and free will finally overcame programmed imperative. The fact that those robots seem designed to be commanded means they have overlords - either organic aliens or other machines - who give them orders and dispatch them on missions. Like "retrieve our stolen engine, eliminate all resistance". Humans in this show didn't develop FTL travel themselves. They incorporated a salvaged alien drive unit onto their mother ship which its owners seem to want back, hence the attack.

[–] brux (14666) 5 years ago

Fits in with every other dumb thing in this series. It is horrible.