What would you like to see in the second season of The Orville?
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Need an alternate universe story.
More about Earth history and how we get to this future.
More about Earth history and how we get to this future.
More of what we got pretty much.
Personal things, I'd like more info on Gordon. I hope we get a nice Gordon-centric episode. And I'd love to see more rooms on the Orville itself.
Personal things, I'd like more info on Gordon. I hope we get a nice Gordon-centric episode. And I'd love to see more rooms on the Orville itself.
Bortus and Klyden taking their annual piss.
It doesn't have to be big dramatic motivation, I'd be happy with just a few references here and there to relatives of people like Kelly or Claire, or where they're from.
Well, we saw Ed's parents and know that his Mom ain't a Kelly worshipper.
BTW, I think Grayson is my favorite character on the show. She's completely capable of running that ship and generally has good judgment; there's not a lot of excess ego or insecurity about her. She has an easy authority with her crew - so does Mercer, but he struggles with real social awkwardness that she doesn't.
I'm guessing that we'll get at least one episode next season about her being offered her own command. Maybe she actually leaves the ship briefly and the comedy that week plays around the foibles of and general dislike for whomever replaces her aboard Orville.
Fuck, you know if she'd been captain of Voyager I'd probably have liked that show.
BTW, I think Grayson is my favorite character on the show. She's completely capable of running that ship and generally has good judgment; there's not a lot of excess ego or insecurity about her. She has an easy authority with her crew - so does Mercer, but he struggles with real social awkwardness that she doesn't.
I'm guessing that we'll get at least one episode next season about her being offered her own command. Maybe she actually leaves the ship briefly and the comedy that week plays around the foibles of and general dislike for whomever replaces her aboard Orville.
Fuck, you know if she'd been captain of Voyager I'd probably have liked that show.
"Klyden, are you going to occupy the bathroom all day? You know I have to pee as well."
Oh -- new thought! The baby will have to take a yearly piss, too. That'll be ... disturbing.
This does raise a question, how long can Kelly stay there before it looks like she's hurting her career by standing still? After all, she's already qualified for her own command, IMO. It would certainly be a mistake for her to pull a Riker and turn down repeated command offers just so she can stay on the ship she likes.
Nah, something like the Annual Piss would almost certainly be celebrated with a ritual or ceremony. I imagine there's an episode where the senior officers are assembled for a party Bortus and Klyden are throwing for the occasion.
Well, i don't see the show becoming the kind of multi-ship series that would enable Palicki to go to another ship and remain a regular. So until she wants to leave the series, she'll be on the Orville.
Which brings up the question of whether at some point MacFarlane wants to stop performing on the show. He certainly hasn't put it together as a series in which his character is really the main focus, and he's got a lot of irons in the fire.
Which brings up the question of whether at some point MacFarlane wants to stop performing on the show. He certainly hasn't put it together as a series in which his character is really the main focus, and he's got a lot of irons in the fire.
Maybe he does, but I get the impression that "Orville" is a priority with him because a) he's the star and b) he's a major fanboy type. He could back away from writing and either get writers who "get" what the show is supposed to be or just do the "insert dick joke here" bits.
Overall I thought S1 of The Orville was better than S1 of TNG... given that it took TNG about 3 years to really get going, I expect S2 of The Orville to be fantastic.
I'd like to see the current comedy/drama mix ratio remain the same, but introduce more dire straits in the drama portion... let's up the stakes a bit, maybe NOT have things turn out OK in the end, like in the first season finale where the aliens evolved out of the Kelly-worshipping. We could work the world building and social backstories into both areas, and still come out on top.
I'd like to see the current comedy/drama mix ratio remain the same, but introduce more dire straits in the drama portion... let's up the stakes a bit, maybe NOT have things turn out OK in the end, like in the first season finale where the aliens evolved out of the Kelly-worshipping. We could work the world building and social backstories into both areas, and still come out on top.
And yet, Mercer is not the kind of captain that fanboys invent for themselves to play in their shows.
Mercer wrestling a tall guy in a rubber suit out in the desert.
I think that demonstrates a lot of restraint on MacFarlane's part. He's created for himself a flawed character that barely deserves to be captain... who doesn't get the girl all the time (except for Charlize Theron, which let's be honest... that's damn good enough right there).
He could have very easily created Mercer as the perfect fanboy hero. He did not, I suspect for the good of the show and the stories they want to tell. It gives the character room to grow later on.
He also didn't create him as an incompetent goofball who has to be handled and propped up by more competent underlings in order not to go off the rails, which is a very common conceit in organizational satires and workplace comedies (ie., The Office).
Kelly is arguably more competent than Mercer - she's better with staffing, anyway, which is part of her job - but she's The Goddess Kelly, after all.
Kelly is arguably more competent than Mercer - she's better with staffing, anyway, which is part of her job - but she's The Goddess Kelly, after all.
I want Patrick Stewart, too.
I'd like to revisit Charlize Theron's character.
Also would like to revisit those Krill children. Maybe Krill kids mature quick, like Jem'Hadar, and now the Orville crew has to deal with what they did.
Kelly with a beard for one episode, and no comment on it in-show.
Humor to stay at the level of the episode where Isaac cuts off Malloy's leg in his sleep.
I'd like to revisit Charlize Theron's character.
Also would like to revisit those Krill children. Maybe Krill kids mature quick, like Jem'Hadar, and now the Orville crew has to deal with what they did.
Kelly with a beard for one episode, and no comment on it in-show.
Humor to stay at the level of the episode where Isaac cuts off Malloy's leg in his sleep.
