THE ORVILLE S2, E6: "A HAPPY REFRAIN"
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"Gordon makes an unusual grooming suggestion to Bortus." I guess this is going to be Bortus's moustache from the trailers?
I'm guessing the foreshadowing of a Claire and Isaac hookup is coming to fruition. First the Jell-O guy and now a robot. Claire gets all the hot sci-fi action. 
An interesting episode...in theory. 
I like Claire's philosophizing about how important it really is to be thinking the same thing as the other person as long as you make each other happy. One case where Orville did something better than the way Star Trek did it.
Not that In Theory set a very high bar.
Not that In Theory set a very high bar.
Can't disagree. That was thoroughly charming. Best Orville ever.
My husband and I were laughing and applauding the scene on the bridge.
It sure was.
Let's not and say we did.
NORM! 
I gotta say, This wasn't the episode I thought we'd be getting, nor is it the Isaac episode that I'm hoping for, where we delve more into him, but I have to admit, I did like it, & for what they were doing, they did a really good & creative job. I got no complaints about this in any way. I actually think this may have been one of the best uses of the entire ensemble to date, with a special mention to the new girl, who had kind of an awkward start, but fit in quite well here
I gotta say, This wasn't the episode I thought we'd be getting, nor is it the Isaac episode that I'm hoping for, where we delve more into him, but I have to admit, I did like it, & for what they were doing, they did a really good & creative job. I got no complaints about this in any way. I actually think this may have been one of the best uses of the entire ensemble to date, with a special mention to the new girl, who had kind of an awkward start, but fit in quite well here
We have to.
So much on this episode was so unrealistic.
Just lazy writing, man.
It was probably offensive somehow too. I haven't figured out how, yet, but I will. It's important.
I ended up liking that episode a lot more than I thought I would at first.
Starting off I sort of felt where I thought it was going as it felt very similar to TNG's "In Theory," but, in the end, I think it actually managed to do better than Trek here. "In Theory" (where Data dates a human(oid) woman and struggles with the relationship) had very similar beats (including Issac/Data behaving like a stereotype of a bad mate) but this one really managed to make things work better by showing how much of an impact Claire had on Issac (causing his malfunctions) and how he was capable of thinking outside the box to win her back over at the end.
I liked the [holodeck] simulation with him in a humanoid form and thought it was sweet how he was able to delete the informaiton he he researched on her in order to "learn" about her through conversation.
As good as many of the episodes of this series has been, I usually only end up comparing them to be on par with a "good" or average episode of Star Trek, but even then not beating out the episode they most closely resemble.
Here, I must say, this episode managed to do one better than its Star Trek counterpart.
Okay, I got a chuckle and Norm MacDonald's in-person cameo as [holodeck] Yaphit.
Still not "feeling" Not!Alara.
I actually really liked Bortus with the mustache, he kind of reminded me of Mustache Dad from the Twilight movies.
Good episode.
(Oh, and I suspect an interstellar space-ship has water-proof/sealed computer systems, consoles, and carpeting. The rain on the bridge I suspect will be fine.)
On another note... Was it me or where there a *lot* of establishing shot in the episode? Shots of the ship moving between scenes? I get it was an episode where there were a lot of scene changes and time jumps, but it seemed like there were just way too many shots of the ship flying by at [warp] and stuff.
Starting off I sort of felt where I thought it was going as it felt very similar to TNG's "In Theory," but, in the end, I think it actually managed to do better than Trek here. "In Theory" (where Data dates a human(oid) woman and struggles with the relationship) had very similar beats (including Issac/Data behaving like a stereotype of a bad mate) but this one really managed to make things work better by showing how much of an impact Claire had on Issac (causing his malfunctions) and how he was capable of thinking outside the box to win her back over at the end.
I liked the [holodeck] simulation with him in a humanoid form and thought it was sweet how he was able to delete the informaiton he he researched on her in order to "learn" about her through conversation.
As good as many of the episodes of this series has been, I usually only end up comparing them to be on par with a "good" or average episode of Star Trek, but even then not beating out the episode they most closely resemble.
Here, I must say, this episode managed to do one better than its Star Trek counterpart.
Okay, I got a chuckle and Norm MacDonald's in-person cameo as [holodeck] Yaphit.
Still not "feeling" Not!Alara.
I actually really liked Bortus with the mustache, he kind of reminded me of Mustache Dad from the Twilight movies.
Good episode.
(Oh, and I suspect an interstellar space-ship has water-proof/sealed computer systems, consoles, and carpeting. The rain on the bridge I suspect will be fine.)
On another note... Was it me or where there a *lot* of establishing shot in the episode? Shots of the ship moving between scenes? I get it was an episode where there were a lot of scene changes and time jumps, but it seemed like there were just way too many shots of the ship flying by at [warp] and stuff.
It's probably a fair observation, but frankly, I have to think it's because there's so many damn commercial breaks. They wouldn't need to put you back on the ship, but for a couple times (Like the old TNG days), if they weren't constantly pulling you out of it for breaks
I don't watch much network tv. Are these REALLY "limited" commercial breaks like the show claims at the top?
Yeah, it's an obvious point of comparison, but this beat the crap out of "In Theory."
The thing about "In Theory" was that it had to be from Data's point of view, it involved a disposable character we would never see again, and it had to be buttoned up by the end of the episode.
About twenty minutes into this show I realized how much more interesting it was that both of the characters are people we already know and will keep seeing, and that the story of the human being trying to make it work with this machine was far more intriguing than the other way around.
It's true, as has been said, that Jerald is the MVP of this series.
About twenty minutes into this show I realized how much more interesting it was that both of the characters are people we already know and will keep seeing, and that the story of the human being trying to make it work with this machine was far more intriguing than the other way around.
It's true, as has been said, that Jerald is the MVP of this series.
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