When I first started this show I found it to be a really awkward mix of comedy and seriousness. It had some jokes thrown it at the most inopportune times as some kind of comic relief from a really serious situation. Perhaps the first half of the first season was actually a bit rough or maybe the show just grew on me, but by season 2 I found myself loving this show.

To me it seems as every bit as comfy, intellectually interesting and even funny as some classic Star Treks while still clearly being its own thing. I wish more comfy space shows like this would get made.

What are your thoughts on The Orville? Also I miss Alara.

  • Tippon@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I think they screwed up the ending of the Gordon episode. If they’d cut from the captain and the team walking out of the door to Gordon being back on the ship packing away the phone and other things, it would have left it more to the viewers to decide if the decision was right or wrong.

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      1 year ago

      Maybe.

      On the flip side, the way it ended worked as a sort of “what if?” story about what Gordon is capable of.

      Maybe plans for some later season involve Gordon turning on Mercer for similar reasons, again?

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        1 year ago

        I don’t know. Given what was taken from him, and how grateful he was that it was done, I think they took that option away.