So when they escape the exploding ship in the start of the episode, not only do they have to stop to open several doors, the manual override is outside the pod and she had to type a lot on the keyboard just to launch... That's the worst design of an escape system ever.

Since if noticed it, i just can't stop hearing it (and of course, it is my duty to absolutely share it with eveyone) but does Seth always finish most of his sentence with some kind of sigh? Either a sigh or a need to empty his lungs.

How did Gordon's egg sandwich appear in the future if the Aranov device wasn't on board in the future?

Bortus’s clinking on the glass and then “YOU WILL BE SILENT!!” made me chuckle. Also, I finally have the full context for Klyden’s “HURRAY!!!!” and I still laughed like I did the first time I saw it via TikTok clip. 😂😂

I just wanted to share somewhere. Don’t mind me.

Like idk even after what she did nothing made me like her character

Edit: don’t bother replying if you’re just gonna be a bitch☠️

Maybe I missed something - but was there any reason given that male Moclans hate the females? Do the females carry some virus or something..?..or are they just completely misogynistic?

Nuke the planet from orbit. Not a single person from the planet has any redeeming value. NUKE IT FROM ORBIT!!

Yesterday (Wednesday January 30th), the Mission Log: The Orville podcasters published an interview with André Bormanis, who has been "a key creative force" for The Orville "from the very beginning." Bormanis has worked as a producer and writer and science consultant for the show. He is the author of The Guide to The Orville. He has worked extensively on the Star Trek franchise (see Wikipedia at the link above).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSpRc4N_9Zo

Near the end of the interview, at 50:53, Bormanis said:

"... We're still hoping to do a 4th season of The Orville. Seth says it's a matter of 'when,' not 'if.' And obviously I would love to be involved."

There's a planet where inhabitants believed in Kelly as a goddess. The last time they met with the Orville officers they had evolved to the point of immortality. Is there a possibility that they could share their technology with the Union in the future if their planet reappears again?

Have loads of behind the scenes images from all 3 wrapped seasons. Figured as we build up to season 4 we might as well start posting some of them, starting with this doozy from season 3.

Roger in American Dad - The Fast and the Spurious

Marcos was a sh!t captain.

When Ed offered him the Thirteen Button Salute, he was about as cool and subtle as a Philadelphia Eagles Fan. "Of course...I understand." Moron. He should have laughed and said, "Are you STILL referring to that tired old joke from the academy? Ya old b@stard."

Then gone into hyperspace like immediately.

I know Orville is not an educational tv show and is Sci-Fi, so actual science is sort of irrelevant. But I am curious if there could really be a large swath of space without any visible stars? I loved the visual and the episode but it really made me curious about the reality of the situation.

What is the size of a heavy cruiser?

I'm guessing that it's over a 1.2 km since when compared to the Orville, it appears to be at least 2 Orville's long. I'm basing this on the fact that the wiki states to Orville to be either 410.5 meters or 674 metres long. Although the first measurement could be from the front of the vessel to the shuttle bay and the remaining length is added to make the second measurement. But I don't know if this has been confirmed or if someone's just added it in.

How big is the Kaylon cruiser class of sphere since they look to be larger in width than a leviathan class heavy cruiser?

If at the end of SE3 There's an alliance with the kaylon, then couldn't they change Issacs technology so he could experience emotions like Timmis? Would the Kaylon want that kind of ability of feeling emotions? I wish that would be touched on. Does anyone have any theories?

In s03e07, after carrying luggage, Gordon is seeing holding his back saying he thinks he has a hiatal hernia. As someone who's actually had a hiatal hernia correction, it's when your stomach pushes up into your esophagus.

Could this be a writer error or just Gordon being a dummy (lol)?

When the ladies change roles to convince the Janisi they are in charge and command the men, shouldn't the men address their superiors as Ma'am or something similar to continue the ruse?

When summoned to carry the luggage, Ed responds to Talla with, " yes, sir." I can't help but wonder if the Janisi would have seen that as an affront.

Okay, a few things before starting. I haven't finished the show, three episodes from doing it as I write this, so no idea if it's addressed. Secondly I realize this skirts outside the parameters of the show but it really bugs me.

But, when the kaylon explain why they want to invade they talk about needing to expand because their civilization is growing exponentially.

But that doesn't make sense. Isaac being able to survive in a lot more situations is a plot point on occasion. I doubt they need air. So expanding through conquest is... extremely nonsensical. They could use the 99.999999% of available space that organics can't use.

I realize that as much as they insist they can't feel emotion they're still acting out of an analogue of fear and racial trauma, but it bugs me that it's never called out. Even if they're on a warpath it'd honestly make more sense to retreat away from interaction with organics for like a century until they amass enough resources and diference in tech development there's no way for them to lose. With the way they just build new units they'd grow in number exponentially.

Noticed while watching, and in earlier episodes they had already been established blue. Wonder if there is a reason for this.

Or actually what about the whole planetary alliance? How do you think they would react to the SanTi?

How would the SanTi respond if they were hostile?

(I try to not post too much in the body of this post as I want to leave things open ended for discussion. Also, yay being drunk. Hopefully this post body is long enough so that it doesn't get aut-deleted.)

Ok, so this is my first time watching orville after seeing it several times in Youtube shorts. So far I have loved it. But on this particular episode, I feel the story wasn't properly written. And made me question a lot on this episode.

1. They have advance technology, shouldn't they be able to do some basic reseaech at least to know what kind of society this world has? They can watch the stream from the planet and yet they still have 0 knowledge before sending out a party.
2. Ok, let's do say they don't have time to do their research, then shouldn't they be trained enough or at least have the basic knowledge of covert missions or doing recon? Since they're an exploration crew or am I missing something?
3. It's as if the team just forget that they're trained people with advance technology, specially lamarr. Shouldn't they observe the situation first before taking any actions? Like observe and try to blend in. But lamarr went out of his way and hump the statue. Also, he even screamed "I'm a spaceman" when he found out his brain will be fried. Sure, jeopardize your crew's mission because of your st*pidty. And his attitude towards this mission doesn't really reflect a trained person for exploring missions.

Since Adrianne Palicki strongly indicated that she would not be returning to the series due to its shooting schedule, if it were to get another season, how would you write her out? How would you explain Kelly's absence? Would you recast her?

I would hope that they would be able to get her back for like a week (or maybe even less days) of shooting where they film all of her scenes for 1-2 episodes where the series can give her a proper farewell. It would feel wrong for a character with such an important role in Ed's and Bortus' (and Topa's) lives to just leave off-screen.

Aside from a single death that occurs this episode, and Isaac’s (lol), no other deaths of any other crews are regarded as tragedies. They either go unmentioned or the crew acts like it was a victory despite the thousands (4+ ships) of Union casualties in the battle.

When the Kaylon took over, dozens of Orville security officers were murdered. During the same episode as this funeral, there are multiple fighter jets with pilots the crew knows on a first name basis that explode during the battle. Considering there’s only like 5 jets they’re in active communication with, presumably all of them are Orville crew. Why don’t they get a part in the funeral? Not even a mention? If they all got individual funerals, we should hear something about that. It genuinely bothered me that Burke was the only death any of crew members cared about. No one cried when Ensign Murphy died in the battle.

What makes Burke’s death any more tragic or sacrificial? They all died in pursuit of a better world. Why does that title only go to her? And why are they so insistent about not leaving without her? They literally sent Union ships to be the front line in the battle against Krill and Moclans. Even though… Kaylon can’t die. If they explode they can be rebuilt on Kaylon. They are the best forces to send to open up the battle. Why did the thousands of Union ships need to be there? With tens of thousands of crew and family members on them?

I’m always paying attention to how a show handles death within it. Orville has always bothered me with how it handles it. It wants to have the impression of impactful battles with many losses, but we never actually feel the weight of any deaths

Oh also in the battle against the Kaylon, Burke was the only one who apparently lost anybody. Ed mentioned her acting like she had a monopoly on grief a single time and then everytime she acts like the only one who lost anybody after that, no one calls her out on it. She literally did have a monopoly on grief, apparently, since no one gave a shit abt the dozens of Orville crew members who got shot out of hulls E or H when they were breached. Or, again, the dozens of security officers who laid down their lives in an attempt to maintain Union control of the Orville.

So to start this I want to say I am a hellenist. Which means I worship the greek gods (no I will not justify my religious beliefs). So my view on the might be a little biased.

I also want to state how much I love this show and the stories it is trying to tell. The characters are amazingly well written and rarely do a find a character to be bland or annoying.

Okay... it feels like The Orville treats religions as if they are this archaic thing that we must all over come and something that only holds as back. And this... makes me uncomfortable. And I just... I don't know.... it makes is hard to watch at times. Anyone else feel this way?