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Follows the crew of the not-so-functional exploratory ship in the Earth's interstellar fleet, 400 years in the future.

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The Orville: Future Unknown  Season 3, Episode 10

The crew of the Orville rescues an old friend from Planet Downvote, and performs ceremonies bringing them closer together. [more inside]
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit on Aug 3, 2022 at 10:18 PM - 12 comments

The Orville: Domino  Season 3, Episode 9

The creation of a powerful weapon puts the crew — and the entire Union — in a political and ethical dilemma. [more inside]
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit on Jul 28, 2022 at 12:01 AM - 9 comments

The Orville: Midnight Blue  Season 3, Episode 8

The crew visit Haveena's sanctuary world and embark on a journey that may leave the Union more vulnerable. [more inside]
posted by jzb on Jul 23, 2022 at 8:28 AM - 10 comments

The Orville: From Unknown Graves  Season 3, Episode 7

In the midst of sensitive negotiations, the Orville discovers a Kaylon with a very special ability. [more inside]
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit on Jul 13, 2022 at 10:56 PM - 13 comments

The Orville: Twice In A Lifetime  Season 3, Episode 6

The Aronov time-travel device is put into action, so Gordon has to be rescued from 21st century Earth.
posted by Monochrome on Jul 7, 2022 at 6:23 PM - 10 comments

The Orville: A Tale of Two Topas  Season 3, Episode 5

Kelly helps Topa prepare for the Union Point entrance exam, causing tension with the Moclans. [more inside]
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit on Jun 30, 2022 at 12:00 AM - 12 comments

The Orville: Gently Falling Rain  Season 3, Episode 4

The crew leads a Union delegation to sign a peace treaty with the Krill. [more inside]
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit on Jun 23, 2022 at 5:54 PM - 7 comments

The Orville: Mortality Paradox  Season 3, Episode 3

When scans show a barren planet suddenly teeming with life, five crewmembers head to the surface to explore. They find themselves in mortal danger.
posted by Monochrome on Jun 16, 2022 at 7:25 PM - 12 comments

The Orville: Shadow Realms  Season 3, Episode 2

As the Union/Krill treaty negotiations continue, the Orville is the first vessel to explore a new realm of space. [more inside]
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit on Jun 9, 2022 at 10:08 AM - 13 comments

The Orville: New Horizons: Electric Sheep  Season 3, Episode 1

Season Premiere: The crew deals with the aftermath of the Kaylon battle. (IMDB) [more inside]
posted by Monochrome on Jun 1, 2022 at 5:46 PM - 22 comments

The Orville: The Road Not Taken  Season 2, Episode 14

Season Finale! The crew of the Orville have to deal with the disastrous consequences of Kelly's decision at the end of lat episode. [more inside]
posted by fimbulvetr on Apr 29, 2019 at 7:21 AM - 6 comments

The Orville: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow  Season 2, Episode 13

A time distortion affects Ed and Kelly's relationship. [more inside]
posted by jzb on Apr 21, 2019 at 9:58 AM - 29 comments

The Orville: Sanctuary  Season 2, Episode 12

The crew discovers that visiting Moclans aboard The Orville are harboring a secret. [more inside]
posted by filthy light thief on Apr 12, 2019 at 11:44 AM - 33 comments

The Orville: Lasting Impressions  Season 2, Episode 11

The crew opens a time capsule from 2015. [more inside]
posted by jzb on Mar 23, 2019 at 4:01 PM - 20 comments

The Orville: Blood of Patriots  Season 2, Episode 10

Ed has the opportunity to initiate peace talks with the Krill, while the Orville gets a few new visitors. [more inside]
posted by filthy light thief on Mar 8, 2019 at 10:17 AM - 10 comments

The Orville: Identity, Part 2  Season 2, Episode 9

Ed and the crew leave Isaac's home planet Kaylon. Risks are taken. Stuff goes boom. [more inside]
posted by filthy light thief on Mar 1, 2019 at 7:53 AM - 20 comments

The Orville: Identity, Part 1  Season 2, Episode 8

When Issac shuts down, the crew head to his home planet to fix him, and uncover a shocking secret. [more inside]
posted by filthy light thief on Feb 22, 2019 at 7:24 AM - 30 comments

The Orville: Deflectors  Season 2, Episode 7

It's a relationship episode! And an episode about Moclan society! And some spacecraft engineering. Oh, and there's a murder mystery ... IN SPAAAACE! [more inside]
posted by filthy light thief on Feb 15, 2019 at 7:32 AM - 13 comments

The Orville: A Happy Refrain  Season 2, Episode 6

The Orville crew is surprised when Claire's personal life takes an unexpected turn, and Gordon makes an unusual grooming suggestion to Bortus. [more inside]
posted by filthy light thief on Feb 1, 2019 at 9:29 AM - 27 comments

The Orville: All the World Is Birthday Cake  Season 2, Episode 5

The Orville makes First Contact and a new crew member joins the ship. [Official synopsis] Oh, and there's a joint birthday party! [more inside]
posted by filthy light thief on Jan 26, 2019 at 1:29 PM - 17 comments

The Orville: Nothing Left on Earth Excepting Fishes  Season 2, Episode 4

Ed finds himself behind enemy lines when he crash-lands on a mysterious planet; Kelly questions why Gordon wants to take the command test.
posted by peeedro on Jan 18, 2019 at 6:13 PM - 26 comments

The Orville: Home  Season 2, Episode 3

Ed, Gordon and Alara visit Alara's home planet of Xelayah. [more inside]
posted by filthy light thief on Jan 11, 2019 at 9:39 AM - 24 comments

The Orville: Primal Urges  Season 2, Episode 2

The Orville crew observes a planet being consumed by its star, Bortus is distracted. [more inside]
posted by peeedro on Jan 4, 2019 at 8:20 AM - 21 comments

The Orville: Ja'loga  Season 2, Episode 1

The Orville diverts course to the planet Moclus and the crew scrambles to find dates for the social event of the year. [more inside]
posted by peeedro on Dec 31, 2018 at 1:27 PM - 14 comments

The Orville: Mad Idolatry (Season Finale!)  Season 1, Episode 12

Mercer and Grayson decide to start seeing each other again. Grayson leads a shuttle team that crashes on a planet with a very short orbit around its star in which it phases in and out of another universe. While on the planet, they discover a bronze age society and Grayson interacts with a young native girl. [more inside]
posted by fimbulvetr on Dec 8, 2017 at 8:57 AM - 15 comments

The Orville: New Dimensions  Season 1, Episode 11

The Orville encounters a dangerous spatial anomaly, and Kelly recommends the unambitious John be put in charge of the investigation after she discovers his genius-level aptitude test scores. But she also causes a crisis of confidence in Ed when he discovers that she was the one who recommended him for command of the ship.
posted by Small Dollar on Dec 1, 2017 at 9:04 AM - 11 comments

The Orville: Firestorm  Season 1, Episode 10

Strange happenings occur on the Orville after a crewmember dies during a plasma storm.
posted by Small Dollar on Nov 18, 2017 at 1:41 PM - 25 comments

The Orville: Cupid's Dagger  Season 1, Episode 9

A tense mediation hosted on the Orville gets even more precarious when a key Union scientist turns out to be the blue alien Ed caught in bed with Kelly.
posted by Small Dollar on Nov 10, 2017 at 9:59 AM - 14 comments

The Orville: Into the Fold  Season 1, Episode 8

Isaac, Dr. Finn, and her sons Marcus and Ty crash land on an uncharted moon.
posted by Small Dollar on Nov 3, 2017 at 2:06 PM - 27 comments

The Orville: Majority Rule  Season 1, Episode 7

On a mission to rescue two missing Union anthropologists, the Orville encounters a planet where everyone wears a badge with the running total of the positive and negative impressions they leave on each other. Navigator John LaMarr makes a spectacle of himself acting lewdly towards a memorial statue and is forced to go on a public apology tour, where he must make a good enough impression of himself or else get his behavior "corrected" with a lobotomy.
posted by Small Dollar on Oct 27, 2017 at 12:42 PM - 23 comments

The Orville: Krill  Season 1, Episode 6

After capturing a Krill shuttle, Ed and Gordon are sent on a dangerous undercover mission to infiltrate a Krill ship and obtain a copy of their holy book.
posted by fimbulvetr on Oct 12, 2017 at 8:12 PM - 33 comments

The Orville: Pria  Season 1, Episode 5

The Orville responds to a distress call from a ship crashed on a comet which about to plunge into a star. Captain Mercer is smitten by Captain Pria, who they rescue from the ship, but Commander Grayson does not trust her. Grayson launches an investigation into the Pria with the help of Lt. Kitan. Meanwhile, an attempt by Lt. Malloy to explain humour to Isaac results in them playing pranks on each other.
posted by fimbulvetr on Oct 5, 2017 at 9:19 PM - 35 comments

The Orville: If the Stars Should Appear  Season 1, Episode 4

While on a routine stellar mapping mission on the edge of explored space, the Orville finds an enormous derelict spaceship which is drifting on a collision course with a star. Captain Mercer takes a team over to the ship to investigate. While aboard the derelict, the Orville is called away to assist a union ship which is under attack by a Krill warship.
posted by fimbulvetr on Sep 29, 2017 at 6:30 AM - 23 comments

The Orville: About A Girl  Season 1, Episode 3

The crew of the Orville grapple with how the all-male Moclan culture deals with the hatching of a female child.
posted by Small Dollar on Sep 23, 2017 at 7:11 PM - 10 comments

The Orville: Command Performance  Season 1, Episode 2

The Orville receives a distress call from another Union ship. Surprise, it's a trap, and Ed and Kelly find themselves imprisoned in a replica of their former home. Meanwhile, back on the ship,Bortus is on parental leave in his quarters after laying an egg. Alara is in command for the first time in her career. The crew discovers which system Ed and Kelly are located in, however they are informed by Union Command that system is off limits. Ed and Kelly are written off as lost in the line of duty and the Orville is ordered to return to Earth. Alara defies orders and heads up a rescue mission.
posted by fimbulvetr on Sep 18, 2017 at 10:41 AM - 32 comments

The Orville: Old Wounds (Pilot Episode)  Season 1, Episode 1

Set in the year 2418, pilot Ed Mercer of the Planetary Union divorces from his wife Kelly after he catches her cheating on him. One year later Ed learns that he got promoted to be Captain of the U.S.S. Orville, a mid-level exploration ship. To Ed's annoyance the First Officer assigned to his ship is his ex-wife Kelly. While on their first mission, a routine re-supply delivery to a scientific station, the station and the Orville get attacked by aliens that want to steal a device that can accelerate time.
posted by fimbulvetr on Sep 11, 2017 at 7:40 AM - 34 comments