The Orville 2017
Created by Seth MacFarlane
- Drama, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- 3 seasons
- 36 episodes
- Ended
- TV-14
New home. New missions.
Follow the crew of the not-so-functional exploratory ship in the Earth's interstellar fleet, 400 years in the future.
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Nostalgic, classical in form, epic and unpretentious.
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- classical in formformally daring
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- unpretentiousprestige
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- misubisuon TMDB · Oct 20229/10
I originally rated this show 8/10 after watching seasons 1 & 2. I have started watching season 3... which was a long time coming and I was really hanging out for it... I have just watched S03E05 'A Tale of Two Topas' and the first thing I did was up my rating to 9/10. Season 3 was totally worth waiting or. I particularly love the way that the stories are carrying on from season 1 & 2 events. I truly hope there is a season 4!! When the series started it was too forced with the comedy moments. They were not natural, and some were to the point of being cringe-worthy. But as season 1 progressed, it became more serious and in my opinion, it became a much better program. I don't consider there to have been a bad episode. Sure, some are better than others, but none are bad. There is drama, action, comedy (but no longer cringe-worthy)... the stories are totally engaging and cover worthwhile topics and ethical quandaries. I find the show extremely well cast and the acting very natural. It's more like Star Trek that Star Trek Discovery is!!
Read the whole review on TMDB - YouShouldKnowon TMDB · May 20197/10
Don't be fooled by the trailer, this is not a comedy show. Sure, it's a little off-beat and more reminiscent of Firefly than Star Trek. It doesn't reinvent anything though and rather uses a lot of things present in similar shows. The crew is interesting and so are their missions. The images are quite breath-taking and of course the story has new elements to it, but it is the same "righteous" and "just" series with a health dose of self-reflection. But two cliches do stand out: cocky alien males, and very mechanical and condescending androids, What they really did wrong though was mess with time-travel for more than an episode. It has been nearly every show's downfall and this is no exception. Season 2 is as far as I recommend going unless they pull a rabbit out of their hat and completely stop messing with time.
Read the whole review on TMDB - larz9on TMDB · Sep 20174/10
More heart than humour. Nothing wrong with that, if you find that sort of thing to be entertaining. Perhaps it's because we're talking about the creator of Family Guy, American Dad and A Million Ways to Die in the West. Maybe that set my funny bone's expectations too high but the guy is indeed hilarious and I suppose that was the standard I was hoping for. In any case, this comes off more as pure homage to Star Trek with a little sprinkling of humour here and there. I gave it a chance with three episodes. I'll give it another chance with the fourth episode but if that doesn't tickle me pink, well, this series will be off my list.
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Cast
- Seth MacFarlaneCapt. Ed Mercer
- Adrianne PalickiCmdr. Kelly Grayson
- Penny Johnson JeraldDr. Claire Finn
- Scott GrimesLt. Gordon Malloy
- Peter MaconLt. Cmdr. Bortus
- Jessica SzohrTalla Keyali
- J. LeeJohn LaMarr
- Mark JacksonIsaac
- Anne WintersCharly Burke
Crew
- Seth MacFarlaneCreator
- Jon FavreauProducer
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Seasons
- Season 112 eps · 2017
- Season 214 eps · 2018
- New Horizons10 eps · 2022
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