The Orville - Season 1

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

I'd say sex in the office is very inappropriate and unprofessional. Of course, this is a pseudo-Trek type not-really-military, so it would probably never be a big as a deal as it would be in real life, but I think it would still be okay to split them up.

It's also fairly easy to consider Mercer and Kelly's interaction with Lowe as a form of date rape, and then using that to broker a peace seems to send a bit of a questionable message.

I think they also missed an opportunity - the scene with Mercer surprising Kelly with Darulio again would have been much better if it was this time Kelly surprising Mercer and Darulio.

 

[Ryujin]

I hope you won't be dismayed when they replace that with all the ribbing Dr Claire's gonna get, if my hunch about MacFarlane's humor is correct

My hope is that it goes the "office party that you want to foget" route and no one ever speaks of it again, but you're probably right.

 

[calronmoonflower]

Latest episode - LOVED IT!

It was both smutty and immature... and a classic Trek story... and actually progressive and a middle-finger to homophobiacs... but mostly smutty and immature View attachment 90834

Ah, you realize that the chemically inducted infatuation removes a personas ability to consent to sex right?
That means that it can actually fall into anti-homosexual stereotypes rather that being a finger homophobia.

 

[CapnZapp]

Ah, you realize that the chemically inducted infatuation removes a personas ability to consent to sex right?
That means that it can actually fall into anti-homosexual stereotypes rather that being a finger homophobia.

Nah, I'm pretty confident a homophobe would never write his own character to end up happy in bed with another man, chemicals or no chemicals... ☺



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[calronmoonflower]

Nah, I'm pretty confident a homophobe would never write his own character to end up happy in bed with another man, chemicals or no chemicals... ☺



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Well I agree with this statement, but it is non-responsive to my actual point, as they are not mutually exclusive.

 

[Legatus Legionis]

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[Dannyalcatraz]

...of course, NOW we could get a “Harry Mudd” type storyline where a con artist starts selling “Love Potion #9” harvested or synthesized from the pheromones generated by Darulio‘s people.

 

[CapnZapp]

Unfortunately, the ackward tension between the Captain and the First Officer, now that at the end of the episode it was somewhat admitted the Blue Alien could (was) in heat the last time they meet, means a reconciliation of sorts is now possible.

Wish they did this episode later, so we could enjoy the tension more often between the two characters.

I do see your point, but how could we demand MacFarlane to hold off on his Yaphit love scene any longer when that's probably the main reason he started the show in the first place...

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Just an FYI:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/seth-macfarlane-apos-orville-going-143809435.html

 

[Orius]

Ah, FOX scheduling strikes again!

Okay episode this week, never been a fan of these types of episodes though. Crazy Claire was entertaining, as well that scene for all those arachnophobes out there, and LaMarr's clown phobia was funny. Interesting twist at the end.

Biggest missed opportunity was whatever holodeck simulation Gordon and LaMarr were about to run, especially after Bortas showed up with a powdered wig and pistol too. I really wanted to see what they were going to run, because Gordon comes up with some pretty zany stuff in there.