I just started watching this show this weekend I’m on first few episodes of the third season this Charlie chick blows I think I’m gonna stop watching

So Im on my first watch thru of the show, it’s amazing in almost every single element, I love that they used Dolly Parton as the inspiration for the female moclons its frankly perfect imo, I only have one gripe with the whole show so far. They had her on the show and she didn’t actually play the guitar in the scene? Wtf that was like the one time tv/movies could have gotten 100% accuracy and she didn’t even fret a note, she muted every string…… I’m a little disappointed. I had my guitar in hand I was going to try and learn the chord progression

I fully expect to be downvoted but: am I the only one who gets annoyed at how Kelly is constantly sticking her nose in Bortus and Klyden’s business?

I understand and agree that she is right at certain points but at the end of the day it’s not her family and it’s not her business. Bortus clearly was going to tell Topa the truth about the procedure at some point but Kelly took it upon herself to make the choice for them. Then again in ep. 3x8 she sticks her nose in and talks over Bortus even after he expresses concerns about Topa joining them on the female Moclan colony and, Lo and behold, Topa gets kidnapped. I don’t care if this sounds unfair but if Topa was killed— that’s on Kelly as much as anyone.

The show makes a point of constantly reminding everyone how important yet fragile the alliance with the Moclans are and every time this issue comes up, Kelly lets emotions and personal ideologies rule her decision making. Klyden sucks. He’s easily the worst recurring character, but if im being fair — I can understand how infuriating it would be to have someone else constantly undermining you to your own child

Edit: I should mention that I AM on Kelly's side in "A Tale of Two Topas" but I think she is out of line in "Midnight Blue." That was not an issue of Topa's identity or depression— it was unnecessarily stepping on Bortus' toes as a parent when there was a much bigger issue at stake. Not the time and, more importantly, not her place

I’m loving this series in general but I don’t think I’ve laughed more than I have at Bortus lines. His deadpan delivery is hilarious. Any Bortus fans or favourite lines ?

Hello all!
I'm wondering what the general consensus is regarding Ed's relationship (hopefully) going forwards with future seasons.
For me, initially always wanted Ed & Kelly to get back together; Even S2 ep10 when they clearly showed signs they wanted it still.

But, since the BOMBSHELL s3 ep4 I SO want Ed and Teleya to get together, properly.
I can't explain why. Maybe I'm just a sucker for the improbable romanticism of everything. But that's my take.

Looking forward to seeing your answers

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I have watched all 3 seasons and I loved it so much. My favorite episodes will be Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Twice in a Lifetime. You can deduce why but nevertheless I now have an Orvill itch needs scratching.

Where should I go next? Never watched Star Trek, Im more of a Star Wars fan, so any recommendations? Also, the starship battle on S3Ep9 was so thrilling, any games with good starfleet battles will do as well? Or any forums I can join to discuss Orville topics? Like my undying hatred for Charly, or wanting to see a different timeline where Malloy and Laura did end up together, or more Moclan shennanigans?

Favorite line of the show: THIS IS GLORIOUS!!!

Just watched all three seasons of Orville and loved it. The one thing that shocked me was in S3Ep10, they brought back Lysella from the "Cancell Culture Justice system" world. All this time I thought it was her they brought on S3Ep1 and to my surprise Charly and Lysella were different people. I had to rewatched the episode back just to prove myself wrong.

Kind of a shitpost, kind of a question post. Idk.

When the hell does the Spirit of Fire appear in the show? Is fandom stupid?

What is the full form of "USS" in the star ships names like the USS Orville, the USS Roosevelt, etc.?
It cant be United States Ship, can it? As they are in future and earth is a single nation?

Is it Union State Ship? Has this been ever answered on the show? I have watched the show 5 times and I dont think they ever said what USS stands for. I am not able to find the full form in The Orville wiki either.

Multiple actors and actresses from the show are appearing at FedCon in Bonn (Germany) next month!

I just started S3 (New Horizons) and I'm upset with the shit that the crew is slinging at Isaac. I know he more or less started the battle at Earth with the Kaylon/Humans/Krill, but he is also the only reason the crew was able to take back The Orville and sacrificed himself to do so, not expecting to be "revived".

I’m amazed by the writing. Most fictional comedies/sitcoms I’ve found awful in recent years. Really in the past decade at least. But I love comedy and sc-fi so much. This is actually funny, but yet they write decent plots for each individual episodes. Still has a good sci-fi feel. Bordus is one the most likable characters I’ve seen in awhile. His line delivery is magic and his transgender baby story was wild.

I’m sure you guys know this, just wanted to share because I’m shocked. I’ve never liked Seth MacFarlane (well at least since early family guy when I was a teenager) but his plot and comedic writing is pretty good here.

AHH ney guys I need help if that's ok... I want to asks you guys How will you describe the Look of the Orville Like how they describe the look of a Ship when Writing a Novel.

I appreciate the help of those who can help me Put a Description on how the Orville looks.

So guys, i have watched all seasons of the Orville at least 3 times in full and dozens of times via clips. I can't find anything else like it.

I recently got Disney+ and binged all the Star Wars movies and tv shows in about 2 weeks. Liked the prequel the most and the sequels the least, but it wasn't on the Orville's level.

I have also watched Star Trek movies and tv shows. Didnt watch the old tv shows because the CGI isn't fun to watch. I like Brave New World but Discovery is just hard to swallow. I hate Michael Burnam. Dont wanna watch Season 5, i saw the trailer and it doesn't look fun.

Im surprised that TV shows about space travel are limited to only these 3 IPs.

I have already watched Dune and most of the Sci-Fi series on streaming services. Also, i have played Cyberpunk 2077 with Expansion 3 times. Loved it.

(BTW i have done all this in a span of 2 and half years).

I feel like there is nothing else to watch. Especially something that has amazing storytelling and humor like The Orville.

Any recommendations on what else i should do with my life?

Please finish the season if you haven't already before you read this. Also, it ended up being longer than intended. Turns out I had a lot more to say than I thought I did, but I really hope if you read it all you understand my feelings and viewpoints I tried to convey. Thank you.

I just finished Season 3, which meant I finally got to come to this subreddit! And by just, I mean I finished the entire show less than an hour ago. After seeing some of the posts on the front page about Charly, it really got me thinking. So I wrote this.

Klyden was, by the end of Season 2, the only character I actively disliked in the entire show. Yet as it went on you really understood that all his hate, his bigotry, his piece-of-shit-ness, was his way of trying to mask what he had to grow up with. A mix of self-hatred with indoctrinated belief system so harsh made him just an awful, awful person. Then later on, he realizes his mistakes, apologizes as sincerely as a person can to his daughter, renounces his citizenship and relationship to his entire people, and you can tell he finally feels happy. There's an elated relief in his acting afterwards, because the actor is incredible. This Klyden? I love this Klyden. But I wouldn't feel that way about him if not for the horrible piece of shit he grew out of.

Similarly, Isaac. He got, as the show said, thousands of people killed. Then he realized his mistake, made a choice, helped save everyone and went on to build the A-bomb of his species and, in effect, directly end the war. Don't tell me you didn't forgive him for that, especially by the last episode (Which I hope you've watched by now)

Now, for Charly specifically, yea I hated her guts. Every time she came on screen, at first, I wished she wasn't added to the show. And I'm definitely not saying I came to like her, but I do appreciate her as a character. Not only did she sacrifice her own life to uphold an order which she herself actively opposed, she helped us see even more growth from Isaac when she gave a sincere apology (remember Klyden?) which led to Isaac asking her to assist him. This obviously led to the K-bomb that, again, kickstarted the end of the war. But, somehow I think even more importantly, what her sacrificing herself did that mattered even more was finally prove to the Kaylon Primary that not all biologicals are the same as their creators. He saw, and finally understood, the value of a partnership with other species, that they don't have to fear enslavement, and honest to god I think she taught a fucking robot how to trust.

And as for how, as Mercer puts it, she monopolizes her own grief, it took me a while but I finally found a way to rationalize it. And that's, again, by comparing it to another character I already love. Molloy. Charly was in love with Amanda, she wanted to spend the rest of their lives together, and Amanda not only died during the Kaylon attack, but she died while choosing to save Charly over herself. First off, that'll fuck anyone up. It's understandable why she'd hate the Kaylon so much, and Isaac in particular as he was the catalyst to all of it. Now that hate got annoying, absolutely, but I don't think it was misplaced. Back to Molloy, think about when he was sent in time. He had a wife, a son, and even a baby on the way. He had a family he truly loved and couldn't imagine a future without, so much so that he was willing to break at least 50 Union regulations and jeopardize the future in order to keep them. They went and got him back before he did all that, but it's very clearly put that the Gordon we all know and love would have done the same thing if that 10 year mistake hadn't happened. Because, well, he did. Now, really compare the two, and give the same grace you'd give to Gordon or Isaac, to Charly. You don't have to like or agree with her, but I don't see how you couldn't understand where she's coming from. Gordon was willing to potentially rip apart the timeline just to keep his family. Charly was angry at the race that took hers before she even had the chance to start it. That much I can understand.

And to address the question of how she wasn't thrown out the air lock for how many times she was actively insubordinate, I think the show made it very clear that she is one of the only people in the Union who could visualize 4D space to that degree. Even Isaac himself said tot he admirals that he couldn't have done it without her, and again he couldn't mine for Dysonium under the Earth's crust without her help. Think again to Gordon, he gets away with a lot, he's sort of a fuckup, a goof, and we already know he's made a ton of mistakes. But he's openly stated to be the best damn pilot in the Union, so extra leeway is given. I don't see why the same wouldn't apply to someone who, in one very important and necessary area, can do calculations in a way even the Kaylon can not.

Hate her all you want, because I totally get that, but there's no way anyone can say she was a bad character. Annoying, like Klyden, yes. Made bad decisions stemming from a love lost, like Gordon, absolutely. Gave her own life to protect a race she's terrified of turned to hatred because, in the end, she knew it was the right thing to do, despite disagreeing with it in her very soul, fuck yes.

A bad character isn't bad solely because you dislike them or because they're annoying, I've recently learned this myself. A character is bad because they add nothing. Charly facilitated so many, many plot beats in Season 3, and character development for the crew we'd already come to love, that almost none of the incredible moments from that season would have been the same without her involvement.

She was a piece of shit, but like Klyden and Gordon and Isaac, she had sadness and heartbreak underneath that showed itself as hatred. The only real difference is we never got the chance to explore her character after her change of heart.

Alright, so I’m not really in the Star Trek thing yet. I’ve watched a single episode of the OG series roughly 8~ years ago in middle school before starting the Orville.

Why do all the ships look like the Orville (or the California, which kind of just looks like a scaled up Orville anyway.) Is the Enterprise an outdated ship class by this point? Why aren’t any of those flying around? It seems crude to have a few cruisers and dozens of explorer ships.

I’m midway through Season 3 so maybe there’s something I miss in the other half.

EDIT: Apparently the fucking Spirit of Fire from Halo Wars is in the show. Why not. Orville Fandom Page

I just got to the part where >!Isaac invited all of the Kaylon to his wedding !< OMG I LOVE IT

Great episode, but I skipped the ending scene

I enjoyed the episode, the battle was exhilarating and I think the idea between "do we/don't we" commit genocide is interested. But I have a few gripes with the episode too.

The whole "is it right or wrong" in regards to genocide sorta just gets forgotten half way through the episode. It also feels like the writers basically answered the question for us too.

I'm surprised the Kaylon were not only forgiven, but accepted by the union almost instantly. Simply because they didn't obliterate the union right after the battle.

Now onto my biggest peeve of the episode. I made a post here the other day titled "I already hate Charly" which got some traction. Many people there said she grew on them, but no I still hate her. "You're suppose to hate her" some people say, well sure, I hate the Kaylon because they were well written and designed to be that way. Charly? I hate her because she is very poorly written.

The fact a mere ensign got SO much say in the workings of the union and so much screen time. Why is she running around with Admirals and Ambassadors? Why is she sitting in on meetings with the ships top officers? She shouldn't even be on the bridge. Its like the showrunners expected us to just accept her as a part of the team despite how self righteous, smug and unprofessional she is. "Don't question it! She's in the show now so get use to it!" Oh and she has special powers where she can see into four dimensions, because she's special and wonderful.

Case in point, we just saw a massive battle where thousands of people died, many crew members of the Orville itself died in this battle. But yaaaaa forget all them, Charly died so she gets to have her own special funeral. Because we all love her so much and she was such an integral part of this show. Did the showrunners expect me to weep over her sacrifice or something?

Yeah I was so over her by this point I just skipped the ending, i was not emotionally invested what so ever and I was tired of her being pushed in my face.

This woman, ARGH! She's emotionally like a five year old, and they keep trying to play off her arc like it's some noble "what if we dated AI?" premise, but it's pure garbage. They give her absurd dialogue, like the ultimatum in S3E7, where she infers that Isaac could miss out on the most amazing experience ever, which she implies is HER. She's the most basic lady ever, and she's acting like dating her is a gift to the galaxy. She CONSTANTLY attacks him with emotion, but he has no reference, do you all get that this is basically verbal abuse?

The whole arc is infuriating, he has no emotions, he's a collection of information. I get that they are trying to infer he's already more than "just a robot", but unlike a show like Star Trek, it's based on feelings and not science or tech. Like, if he is developing emotions before any procedure, tell us, but it's never been said and since this show spells it all out, I don't think it was to be inferred, just lazy writing. I could go on and on, I don't fault the actress, but wow I hate her character. I get that it's a sitcom and they have to dumb people down for the masses, but if you wanna be Star Trek, you need stronger characters.

Space is big. Sublight speed is standing in one place.

The clock on the nose cone ties it all together.

So I’ve been thinking about Disneyland’s Tomorrowland problem and with the major push on the Hulu integration onto Disney+ I can’t help but wonder if we could ever see anything Orville related at Disneyland. My first gut instinct is that if they ever wanted to remove Star Tours due to Galaxy’s Edge existing, Orville would be a great new theme for the simulator. But even if we don’t get a ride, I would LOVE if you could get the Orville merchandise they sell on the Hulu store website in Tomorrowland, or even just have a Disney+/Hulu shop in Downtown Disney that carried the merch for the biggest hits on the platform.

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