While not the worst episode so far in season two, it's still not up to season one standard.
My gripes: Prior to landing on a newly discovered planet one would expect explorers to remain in orbit and gather information about the planets inhabitants, like, their laws and culture. But no, our intrepid Orville adventurers just arrive and dispatch the senior officers to do the meet and greet.
The story could still have been as it is but the cultural belief that the plot revolves around could have been undiscovered due to it being of such a highly sensitive nature.
On landing their shuttle on the new planet, in the background we see a crowd of people being controlled by what appear to be soldiers carrying sub-machine guns. Also, it's too much of a giveaway when we see the leaders of these people dressed in grey uniforms reminiscent of Nazi uniforms.
The show progressed fairly predictably from that point on-wards.
I feel sorry for the actors who play Isaac (the robotoid) and Lt. Cmdr. John LaMarr (Chief Engineer). Both had very few lines or screen time. It's almost as if they have been relegated to bit players.
Finally, the new actor that takes the role of Chief security officer to replace Alara Kitan (the strong one) doesn't impress me so far. Maybe I'm still getting over the loss of Halston Sage (Alara) from the cast.
Yes, I'll watch the next episode, only because there's no other sci-fi show set in space currently worth watching.
My gripes: Prior to landing on a newly discovered planet one would expect explorers to remain in orbit and gather information about the planets inhabitants, like, their laws and culture. But no, our intrepid Orville adventurers just arrive and dispatch the senior officers to do the meet and greet.
The story could still have been as it is but the cultural belief that the plot revolves around could have been undiscovered due to it being of such a highly sensitive nature.
On landing their shuttle on the new planet, in the background we see a crowd of people being controlled by what appear to be soldiers carrying sub-machine guns. Also, it's too much of a giveaway when we see the leaders of these people dressed in grey uniforms reminiscent of Nazi uniforms.
The show progressed fairly predictably from that point on-wards.
I feel sorry for the actors who play Isaac (the robotoid) and Lt. Cmdr. John LaMarr (Chief Engineer). Both had very few lines or screen time. It's almost as if they have been relegated to bit players.
Finally, the new actor that takes the role of Chief security officer to replace Alara Kitan (the strong one) doesn't impress me so far. Maybe I'm still getting over the loss of Halston Sage (Alara) from the cast.
Yes, I'll watch the next episode, only because there's no other sci-fi show set in space currently worth watching.