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- Episode aired Jan 10, 2019
- TV-14
- 46m
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8.1/10
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Ed, Gordon and Alara visit Alara's home planet of Xelayah.Ed, Gordon and Alara visit Alara's home planet of Xelayah.Ed, Gordon and Alara visit Alara's home planet of Xelayah.
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- TriviaThe house of Lt. Kitan's parents is the same filming location as the parental house of Johnny Rico from the movie Starship Troopers (1997). Incidentally, both sets of parents disagree with their child's choice to join the galactic fleet.
- GoofsAt the very beginning of the episode, Dr. Finn informs Alara that her muscle mass has deteriorated by 20%, to which Alara reacts with shock. That would be a massive drop in her ability to function. She should have noticed such a large drop in muscle mass (or the writers should have picked a smaller, more believable percentage of deterioration).
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Lt. Alara Kitan: Open your stupid ears and listen: All I ever needed to hear from you was "You can do it". That's all. Just once. And-and maybe it would have been a lie, but I needed that, dad. I really needed it. And you know who said it to me instead? Captain Mercer, Commander Grayson, and everyone on the Orville. But not my own father.
- ConnectionsReferences Starship Troopers (1997)
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Still stumbling compared to Season 1
Sigh.. I really hope some great episodes are on the way.
This one was fine.. Miles above the first two of the season... Which frankly, isn't much of a achievement.
The plot is very by the numbers. Nice to have two star trek doctor alums in the same episode. That was by far my favorite aspect. But they couldve used them in a totally different episode, one with a much more interesting script.
This ep felt like it was written just to get rid of actress that plays Alara. And the effort to make it a good send off felt weak.. I'm wondering if there was bad blood going on for the reason she left the show. Kinda came across that way to me.
This show in its first season was a good trek substitute in many ways. Now i dont really know what to call it, if anything i thought after the positive reaction it got from trek fans, that they'd step up that aspect in the writing, forgoing some of the comedy for more thought provoking dialog. But it seems the opposite is happening, with the writers trying to turn it more into its own weird thing thats a mix of cheesy light soap - uninteresting plots with a thin trek shell.
Nothing wrong with trying to be your own thing... if you start off that way. But this series was clearly created as a homage to trek. I really hope that wasnt just a tactic to pull in viewers, to then try changing things up after they have the eye balls watching.. Its very risky to try that change up.. It could work if they did a good job with it.. But so far this season isn't instilling any faith that they are capable of doing that switch up. So i hope im wrong, and that the rest of the season gets stronger as each episode is released. Score after just viewing 6 1/2
This show in its first season was a good trek substitute in many ways. Now i dont really know what to call it, if anything i thought after the positive reaction it got from trek fans, that they'd step up that aspect in the writing, forgoing some of the comedy for more thought provoking dialog. But it seems the opposite is happening, with the writers trying to turn it more into its own weird thing thats a mix of cheesy light soap - uninteresting plots with a thin trek shell.
Nothing wrong with trying to be your own thing... if you start off that way. But this series was clearly created as a homage to trek. I really hope that wasnt just a tactic to pull in viewers, to then try changing things up after they have the eye balls watching.. Its very risky to try that change up.. It could work if they did a good job with it.. But so far this season isn't instilling any faith that they are capable of doing that switch up. So i hope im wrong, and that the rest of the season gets stronger as each episode is released. Score after just viewing 6 1/2
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- Jan 11, 2019
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