THE ORVILLE, S2 E12: "SANCTUARY"

[Mr Awe]

Finally catching up with this series. I'd give this one a 6 on a 10 point scale. Half boring as shit and half a bit of excitement.

The boring stuff: Bortus and Klyban. Ugh. No more of their dysfunctional relationship please! Tired of the Moclan. The counsel meetings were dull. TNG stuff at it's worst.

The bit more exciting stuff: The Orville does pew pew. That's not always a positive but it did liven up the otherwise boring episode a bit. The interesting part was seeing how the people on the ground, The Orville crew, handled a situation while the powers that be tried to work it out at a higher level. Great seeing them kick some ass too against those who deserved it.

The highlights didn't redeem the episode, but at least they were something.

 

[Mr Awe]

You do know the next episode is 3 weeks away. Why is this thread being started now?

And why are there no polls for these threads?!

 

[Mr Awe]

It's customary at this point to add "I'd love to be proven wrong," but I think we know that goes without saying.

Denny, I know we don't always agree but I do hope it's renewed. It's not my favorite show. It's got that old TNG comfort but also worn out feeling to it from my POV. But, I know lots of people really enjoy it so I'm hoping for your and their sake it does get renewed.

One point of disagreement, I can't imagine this show is expensive to make. The sets look cheap and SFx are nothing to write home about. Now, I'm a fan of TOS, classic DW, etc., so I'd never ding a series for those things, it's the stories that are of primary importance to me, but I can't believe based on visual evidence that The Orville costs much.