Amph The Orville [Seth McFarlane's returning Sci-Fi Show]

I’m liking this show but this last episode was rather unclear as to story.
Ship crashes doctor held captive for whatever reason and the local seem to want to kill!

Why why why?

 

Big war, poisoned water/food makes people mad

Kidnapper telegraphed wanting company but did it badly (I actually felt a little bad for him when he bought it)

Kind of explained in the episode I thought.

 

Explained? Weakly! Just thought the plot was kind of shotgunned no real story other than a ship with a family crashes, is marooned with danger around then saved. I could have come up with this one...

 

I kind of thought they'd do something with the doctor having to take a life to escape, especially with the bit at the end where she hadn't submitted her report yet.

 

Explained weakly.... yup I kind of implied that when I said it was kinda explained in the episode

So explained yes.

Weakly? definitely

still explained though.



For me I was happy with a weak explanation though. I don't need everything telegraphing to me like Wocky does. This episode didn't imply that she was a slaver or a murderer for fun (As a Wocky type individual may believe).
Not everything needs to be covered off by vast amounts of exposition. This had a few cast away comments which I personally found were sufficient for me to enjoy the episode.

If it didn't work for you then fair enough; everything can't be everything for everyone.

 

I really liked this episode. It was the most filler ish but it had amazing character building for Dr Phin/Fin and Issac(he’s a beast). Also Trek fans got an xtra treat with franchise guest star Brian Thompson appearing.

I thought it was another win.

 

That’s the brilliance of using Thompson. It doesn’t really matter if that character went anywhere. He ll most likely show up again in a different role like in Trek. Just think of him as an expanded red shirt this Ep.

My fav bit had to be Issac offering in all seriousness to vaporize the kids.

 

I enjoy the inept struggle over style and tone more than anything else about the show. Seth sees the needle he wants to thread, but he doesn't have the talent to thread it. Maybe no one does, but only Seth gets the blame for conceptualizing a show he is too dumb to execute.

 

The episode Cupid’s arrow was interesting if not over the top.
Sexuallity explored.

 

just watched the ep where they get stranded on a planet ruled by social media , it was very good , Black Mirror did a similar episode but its a topic that has only begun to be explored .

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I just watched that one. I'm getting caught up, this would be the episode where the Doc gets stuck on a planet.

 

This Cupid's Dagger episode is hilarious. I only now just recognized Norm Macdonald and Rob Lowe.

 

Cupid’s Dagger went beyond exposing the audience to gay relationships. It “explored” bisexual, poly and to a certain extent pansexuality. It did so in a light humorous manner instead of making the sexuality part the main issue behind storyline.
I really like this about the Orville.

 

ok , must admit I'm enjoying this show more than I thought I would ( haven't like Mcfarlane's stuff much in the past ) , just saw the one where super-strength-girl has to confront her fears , really good , but do they have to pay any royalties to the creators of STNG ? I mean they use all the same storytelling grammar and even the music cues are pretty much the same !

 

I like this show more than I thought it would, but I just wish it would take itself more seriously. The poor attempts at humor are what I don't like. The themes, narratives and plot are what I enjoy.

 

I love the Oreville way more then TNG or the first episode of the new Trek on CBS The Thing I like about The Oreville Is It Isn't all Laughs' It has some really serious moments and plot points with about 3 or 4 laugh out loud moments! I hope the show keeps producing and Is on the Air for many years to come!

 

I honestly was expecting the Yaphet gets crushed into two dimensions joke and "I'm fine!" but they played it straight...

 

What's weird is... we were totally cynical about the whole thing.

1) That the Kelly worship and the takeover of the religion after the first attempt to course-correct would lead them to being gaining spaceflight and being anti-Kelly / anti-Union
2) Then when Issac stayed behind, that he'd cause a schism and cause all-out warfare destroying the civilization.
3) Then when everything happened, that Kelly would put in for a transfer rather than simply saying "we need to be adults."

Basically, we were expecting the worst of modern TV and they played it straight. Very refreshing!