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Taddy Mason

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2nd episode - Zoos are unethical
3rd Issue - Gender identity issues
2nd episode - A premise that was done on the twilight zone in 1960
3rd episode - People pushing their beliefs on a group of people telling them they're wrong. Perhaps they are wrong, nope still going to do it anyway. Don't think gender identity was the issue at all, it was making a choice for a newborn with no say. You could go a few ways with that...

I say that as a person that has no means bought into the show one way or the other. Still giving it a chance, because there hasn't been any new shows brought to my attention that are worth a watch.
 

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Midseason premiere.

Sunday, December 30
The Orville Season 2 - Special time following NFL On Foxdoubleheader

Thursday, January 3
The Orville Season 2 - Regular time slot premiere - 9 p.m.
 

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That was the most fucked up episode of any show ever.


I LOVED it!!
 

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I kept waiting for Gates McFadden to show up in this episode...
 

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Damn, that was a great episode.

And more Star Trek royalty giving this show a positive rub.
 

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Fuck
I keep forgetting this show is still on.
 

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5/11: The Orville (Fox) renewed for a 3rd season.
 

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Orville is moving from Fox to Hulu for S3...

7/20: The Orville will move from Fox to Hulu for its upcoming 3rd season, which will stream sometime in 2020.
 

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OMG OMG OMG


S3 E1 just dropped!!

I will have to binge the show from the start to prep!
 

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The unspoken comment in this thread is we all want Ted 3 and soon.
 

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Just watched 3.1.

Had a pretty heavy ST:TMP feel to it. Overall, it looks like they have just about completely abandoned the campiness entirely at this point.

In S1, I felt they used the campiness as a crutch. They would use it as an excuse to have low budget sets or lazy writing. As the slowly dropped the comedy, though, they seemed to still use that “relax, this show is just a good time. Don’t judge us on ST or SW terms.” because it was a “comedy”. I think they made a legit effort to get away from that crutch in S2, but they had painted themselves into a bit of a corner.

S3, though (at least through the first ep) seems to be over compensating. VERY serious episode, a noticeable increase in budget….

Is anyone else still watching? Despite my complaints above, this is still more Star Trek than current Star Trek.
 

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Still watching, still liking.
 

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Just watched 3.1.

Had a pretty heavy ST:TMP feel to it. Overall, it looks like they have just about completely abandoned the campiness entirely at this point.

In S1, I felt they used the campiness as a crutch. They would use it as an excuse to have low budget sets or lazy writing. As the slowly dropped the comedy, though, they seemed to still use that “relax, this show is just a good time. Don’t judge us on ST or SW terms.” because it was a “comedy”. I think they made a legit effort to get away from that crutch in S2, but they had painted themselves into a bit of a corner.

S3, though (at least through the first ep) seems to be over compensating. VERY serious episode, a noticeable increase in budget….

Is anyone else still watching? Despite my complaints above, this is still more Star Trek than current Star Trek.


Picard and DIscovery were more action packed than a normal star trek... New Worlds actually seems very star trek like to me...

orville, i have only seen up to 3.1... its good, i agree it is very star trek like... but i think they take political stands and turn them into Star trek like episodes... I feel like orville has a clear political message on each episode... and almost hits you in the face with it...
 

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I like that streaming shows are realizing they don’t need to stay with 42 minute template that broadcast requires, but these longer running episodes are exhausting and hard to binge.

Anyway, the reason for my post…

Is it just me, or has Adrianne Palicki lost a LOT of weight? She looks sickly skinny this season.
 

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Just starting this week’s episode now.

1 hr 20 mins

JFC.

They make it hard to watch…
 
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