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Season 2 – The Orville

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Dec 2018

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Set 400 years in the future, Seth MacFarlane's hit space adventure series follows the U.S.S. Orville, a mid-level exploratory spaceship. Its crew, both human and alien, face the wonders and dangers of outer space, while also dealing with the problems of everyday life. The ensemble series stars MacFarlane as the ship's Captain, Ed Mercer, and Adrianne Palicki as his ex-wife, who's assigned as his first officer. Additional cast members include Penny Johnson Jerald, Scott Grimes, Peter Macon and J Lee.

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Critics Consensus

Fun, focused, and surprisingly thoughtful, The Orville's second season makes good use of its talented crew.

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Liz Shannon Miller

IndieWire

01/02/2019

[It] may not want to be a space spoof, but if it's able to fully evolve into a character-driven dramedy that just happens to be set in space, then that's adding something unique to the genre. And that could make "The Orville" a show worth watching.

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Nick Wanserski

AV Club

01/02/2019

B+

Starting the season by focusing entirely on the characters and their relatively modest problems was a great pay off for all the effort season one put into developing the crew of the Orville into a group of people we care about.

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CJ Sheu

Review Film Review

08/05/2022

To my surprise, as the jokes decreased, my appreciation for them increased, even when the general quality remained about the same. I’m partial to episodic television[.]

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Kylie Klein-Nixon

The Post NZ

04/13/2020

Irreverent, slightly obnoxious, but time-drainingly watchable.

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Ed Fortune

Starburst

05/06/2019

8/10

Season 2 is occasionally a bumpy ride for its changes in story and pacing, but it's well worth the journey.

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Will Harris

The Verge

03/07/2019

When The Orville dials down the goofy comedy, it can hold its own with any of the more traditional science fiction properties out there.

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Vipul K

Feb 22

Love the show so far. Season 2 episode 5 was the most disappointing yet. Turns out all the higher ups in the union are idiots. They wont move to protect 2 of their people, let them be tortured by primitives just because they are trying to respect the view of a backward planet? Why would anyone want to work for this kind of union? Who would ever trust them to protect them? This kind of union can never possibly exist...this episode made me really angry. Rest is mostly good

mark s

Sep 16

now we're talking, this is what i was hoping for in the first season. these are characters you can get to know, the show follows real stories, and still has the jokes and fun play that you expect in comedies and life. this has the best of star trek, but give the comedy of shows like "family guy" and "TBBT". can't wait for season 3.

Tonya K

@Tonya_The_Kitsune Aug 17

This season you can see The Orville finding itself as a show and finally realize the show it wants to be. It shows in the episodes that the writers are finally realizing they don't have to do comedy all the time

Wing Hong C

@Winghong250210 May 16

“500 cigarettes” 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥

Ananya G

Apr 13

Season 2 really kicks it up in high gear for The Orville! More charged and more depth to the plots, character, and stories. Being a solid Trekkie I am shocked at myself that I did not know about The Orville until so late! However, I am glad I also found out about it when I could binge 3 seasons of it 😊 The Orville is the truest Sci-Fi to the original Star Trek shows considering where they have taken the series now - more of an action oriented saga than philosophy and growth. The Orville is certainly not a comedy but Star Trek with a bit of humor. Seth MacFarlane has truly built such strong characters and stories in nearly every episode without relying on a story arc to keep you glued. The strength of the characters is sufficient to feel like a part of the series and vested from episode to episode - exactly what kept me glued to The Original Series. Seth, Gene Roddenberry would have been proud of what you have created! The Orville can expand into its own full-blown universe in competition to Paramount's BS but only if you want to take it there.

Brad S. R

Mar 30

Excellent science fiction and a fantastic improvement over the show's rocky first season.

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Seth MacFarlane

Captain Ed Mercer

Adrianne Palicki

Commander Kelly Grayson

Penny Johnson

Dr. Claire Finn

Scott Grimes

Lieutenant Gordon Malloy

Peter Macon

Lieutenant Commander Bortus

Halston Sage

Chief Security Officer Alara Kitan

Episode 1

Aired Dec 30, 2018

Ja'loja

As The Orville heads toward Moclus for a unique ceremony, life aboard the ship heats up when Kelly gives Ed some startling news; Gordon asks John for dating advice; Claire turns to Isaac for parenting advice.

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Episode 2

Aired Jan 3, 2019

Primal Urges

Ed and the crew discover a planet about to be destroyed by its sun; Bortus struggles with a controversial addiction that throws his marriage to Klyden into crisis.

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Episode 3

Aired Jan 10, 2019

Home

Ed, Gordon and Alara visit Alara's home planet.

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Episode 4

Aired Jan 17, 2019

Nothing Left on Earth Excepting Fishes

Ed finds himself behind enemy lines when he crash-lands on a mysterious planet; Kelly questions why Gordon wants to take the command test.

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Episode 5

Aired Jan 24, 2019

All the World Is Birthday Cake

The Orville makes first contact; a new crew member joins the ship.

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Episode 6

Aired Jan 31, 2019

A Happy Refrain

The Orville crew is surprised when Claire's personal life takes an unexpected turn; Gordon makes an unusual grooming suggestion to Bortus.

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Episode 7

Aired Feb 14, 2019

Deflectors

Overseen by Bortus' ex-boyfriend, the crew travels to Moclas to have deflectors installed; Kelly and Cassius have troubles within their relationship.

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Episode 8

Aired Feb 21, 2019

Identity

When Issac shuts down, the crew heads to his home planet to fix him and uncover a shocking secret that was better off hidden.

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Episode 9

Aired Feb 28, 2019

Identity

Ed and the crew travel to Isaac's home planet, Kaylon.

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Episode 10

Aired Mar 7, 2019

Blood of Patriots

Ed must initiate peace talks with the Krill.

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Episode 11

Aired Mar 21, 2019

Lasting Impressions

The Orville crew members open a time capsule from 2015.

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Episode 12

Aired Apr 11, 2019

Sanctuary

Ed discovers that Moclans aboard the Orville are harboring a secret.

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Episode 13

Aired Apr 18, 2019

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

A time distortion affects Ed and Kelly's relationship.

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Episode 14

Aired Apr 25, 2019

The Road Not Taken

The crew must contend with the disastrous fallout from Kelly's decision.

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