The Orville

37 months since season 2 ended even with Covid that some break between seasons.

Disney+ Tomorrow 🙂

So we get the same story as SNW - very curious, enjoyed it all the same but SNW wins on visuals

Happy to see this back, might actually make Star Trek care about plot and story again.

After watching and reflecting on the opener. It's good but it misses its comedy. Think back to all our favourite comedy shows, Scrubs, Brooklyn 99, Friends, Fraiser etc. They were capable of pumping up the drama and growing with their characters as the seasons went on, but the comedy heart remained. I don't think I've seen such a quick tonal change since RAW went from being an edgy RTÉ 2 late night show to an RTÉ One Sunday night drama you could watch with your parents. I've said in the past that Gordon Molloy's humour was a bit OTT but that doesn't mean I didn't like Grayson and Mercer's awkwardness or Bortus's parenting skills or people underestimating Alara Katan/Talla Keyali and getting their asses whooped. Having said that there was a scene in the trailer where Captain Mercer is getting ready to launch and his speech fell into "May the force be with you". That looked funny and is hopefully a sign that the humour is still there, because I can't think of a single show that turned from comedy to drama successfully.

Also thought it was just OK. It looked very impressive but not enough storyline to justify an hour running time. Far too long admiring the cool graphics of space dock for me. Could have shaved 20m+ off it.

The full one hour format is not doing it any favours. OK second episode but sagged pretty badly in places with the overstretched side stories, thus lessening the tension.

Was there reports of bad tensions on set? Just watched the second episode and, maybe it was the real world situation, maybe it was the extended time apart but something feels off about the actors performances, they aren't gelling as well as they used to. You used to be able to see that they enjoyed their acting jobs. Now, not so much. 😐

Another very stodgy, overlong episode and really not much of a story to it at all. Humour and better pacing would be welcome at this stage or just revert to 42m episodes.

I think that by mid season 2 they had the balance between TNG and Galaxy Quest about right TBH.

This season has leaned too far into TNG. If Strange New Worlds hadn't come along it wouldn't be too bad, but SNW is surprisingly good!

Did someone say Tron?

Enjoyed that

Yea good episode this week but it did get very dark at one point (the whole bringing the couple into a room to meet what could have been their son - as Ed himself said, Jesus Christ!)

Overall though a solid episode that both followed up on and continued a plot from season 2, but more of last seasons humour would be good!

This week wasn't too bad in fairness. I actually enjoyed this one. It's a follow-up from a season 2 episode which tackled the same issue in very much the same way. The "side-step" of the orders so that the procedure could go ahead is very much in keeping with the Orville that I remember from a few years ago. OK so we're not back at the level of Issac chopping off Gordon's leg or Bortus smoking on the bridge, but there's definitely been a thaw in the tension that in my opinion has been ruining the stories of late.