The Orville

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Season 2
  • Network: FOX , HULU
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 10, 2017
Season #: 3, 2, 1
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8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 111 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 92 out of 111
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 111
  3. Negative: 13 out of 111
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  1. Personalshopper
    Jun 8, 2022
    2
    First season was very good. Very funny. There are some decent comedy bits in the second season but it is mostly mired in boring stories. What was good about this show in the first season is that it was a parody of Star Trek but now it is just trying to be Star Trek with cringy social justice junk. Was Seth
  2. NafaryusDestiny
    Aug 29, 2021
    5
    The second season of the Orville varied in quality wildly. The first half barely felt like a space show, focusing entirely on the crew. Most of the episodes lacked any sort of backdrop/plot. The episodes after Identity, however, were noticeably higher quality. Situations were more original, and writing had more care. If they keep that up and lower the the romance/drama, The Orville mightThe second season of the Orville varied in quality wildly. The first half barely felt like a space show, focusing entirely on the crew. Most of the episodes lacked any sort of backdrop/plot. The episodes after Identity, however, were noticeably higher quality. Situations were more original, and writing had more care. If they keep that up and lower the the romance/drama, The Orville might just reach Enterprise in terms of quality, not that that's saying much.… Expand
  3. Simon_Says
    Apr 5, 2021
    10
    The only Trek you can get on TV right now. Once you're done, check out the Trek novels, avoid the STD infection, Poocard and Lower D1cks at all costs. Enjoy!
  4. TudorPopescu
    Nov 1, 2020
    10
    The Orville is a comedy version of Star Trek. It's very funny, but it doesn't only have jokes. It also deals with serious, real-world topics in a mature way.
  5. AWESOM-0
    Jan 5, 2020
    8
    Definitely more serious this season, but still maintains a humorous tone. I miss the character that left the show but they have done a good job at keeping the chemistry.
  6. wholock982
    Dec 18, 2019
    10
    This is a feel good show! It makes you cry, laugh, it evens makes you sad but in a good way.
  7. Davrosdaleks1
    Jul 11, 2019
    8
    I was already pleased with this dramedy homage to Star Trek the Next Generation, but this season has really honed itself into a much stronger work.

    The show has found its legs. The comedy, while still funny, is used more sparingly. A lot more effort is put into character development. Both Dr. Finn (Penny Johnson Jerald) and Lt. Kitan (Halston Sage) have some juicy storylines. However,    I was already pleased with this dramedy homage to Star Trek the Next Generation, but this season has really honed itself into a much stronger work.

    The show has found its legs. The comedy, while still funny, is used more sparingly. A lot more effort is put into character development. Both Dr. Finn (Penny Johnson Jerald) and Lt. Kitan (Halston Sage) have some juicy storylines. However, it's Scott Grimes' Lt. Malloy who really stands out. When he started off last year, he was the less disciplined, less respectable friend of the captain. Now, though, he's become sort of the relatable underdog. He brings some great pathos to a couple episodes.

    The storytelling has really gone up a notch, featuring many interesting allegories for the current world. There are a lot more episodes taking place on the ship. I'm guessing the planet-bound episodes cost more and the ratings have been on the fence, unfortunately. (Though when we do see special effects, they do look pretty nice for network television.) I really didn't mind because of the quality of the episodes.

    On the downside, a couple characters got short shrift. Lt. Cmdr. LaMarr (J. Lee) barely gets anything to do. Cmdr. Grayson (Adrianne Palicki) doesn't have much of a story outside of the relationship with her ex.

    Too much time is spent on Lt. Cmdr. Bortus (Peter Macon) and his mate Klyden (Chad L. Colema) and the Moclan race in general. Don't get me wrong: Bortus is a good character, and the Moclans serve as an excellent representation of more conservative countries and cultures. Still, Bortus and Klyden steal focus from the rest of the cast, and the Moclans can become exhausting after a while.

    Also, this is a Seth McFarlane show. I find from time to time that his subconscious views on male/female relations can be a little askew/unhealthy.

    Overall, I liked this season a lot more than the last, and I felt it offered some excellent individual episodes of television.    … Expand
  8. GeekFurious
    May 12, 2019
    9
    While season 1 definitely earned some of its criticism as it found its footing, season 2 is the show being the best version of Star Trek we've seen in 20+ years. It is a shame that early criticism of season 1 still gets to frame the overall perception that this show is not "good." It's pretty darn great.
  9. james-cordoban
    May 3, 2019
    8
    Season two starts a bit slow but then picks up the pace and really has brilliant episodes.
  10. baszermaszer
    Apr 27, 2019
    10
    Isn't it interesting that not one paid & bought for stupid critics bothered to "review" Season 2, which is even better than season 1??? The idiot little wretches "experts" receiving money just to pull TV Show critic scores down. Despicable roaches. These imbecile critics are the reason, why our best TV Shows die and the junk piss-poor TV Shows get renewed funded by probably MoneyIsn't it interesting that not one paid & bought for stupid critics bothered to "review" Season 2, which is even better than season 1??? The idiot little wretches "experts" receiving money just to pull TV Show critic scores down. Despicable roaches. These imbecile critics are the reason, why our best TV Shows die and the junk piss-poor TV Shows get renewed funded by probably Money Laundering Artists.… Expand
  11. Elthor
    Apr 27, 2019
    9
    Season 2 had changes made to fix the tone issues of the first.

    The first two episodes show the cast as a bunch of immature children somehow in charge of a giant spaceship. All equally unlikable. To be fair, I understand much of this is hold-over material from season one. The next couple episodes are an improvement. The immaturity of the characters is turned down. Episodes #3 and    Season 2 had changes made to fix the tone issues of the first.

    The first two episodes show the cast as a bunch of immature children somehow in charge of a giant spaceship. All equally unlikable. To be fair, I understand much of this is hold-over material from season one.

    The next couple episodes are an improvement. The immaturity of the characters is turned down. Episodes #3 and 4 feel like bland Star Trek episodes.

    By midway they almost entirely jettisoned the 'spoof' aspect of the show. It's still the Bro-ship of Idiots and I can't believe they haven't gotten themselves sucked out of an airlock. For the most part though, the show could best be described as the worst Star Trek series (not counting Discovery which is even less related to the Star Trek universe than the Orville).

    ...And now with the season complete... I recant. The back half of the show is near perfect to the point that the first half completely forgiven. If you aren't watching the Orville: why not!?    … Expand
  12. GarethB
    Apr 26, 2019
    9
    A great season of TNG style tv, a happy replacement for STD shenanigans. I was a bit underwhelmed by the series finale but overall the season was strong with several standout episodes. Season one was good but this took the formula and improved it further and eliminated some of the cringe humour which probably helped.
  13. RADErX4
    Apr 20, 2019
    0
    The show that's so bad even the Metacritic critics won't grade it. It has a 0 score from 0 critics.

    The show made a noticeable attempt to find out what it is and still came up with a season premiere about pee jokes. This is one of the worst sci-fi series ever made...ever!
  14. pizzapicante27
    Apr 20, 2019
    9
    Its incredible how within 2 seasons the parody became Star Trek and Star Trek became the parody.
  15. Odinscharge
    Apr 8, 2019
    10
    I love the show this season. Its found its footing and knows what it is. Its a great morality sci-fi show with some fun comedy! If you love classic or next gen Trek then you will love this show.
  16. roxxy67
    Apr 7, 2019
    10
    absolutely LOVE this show, my only hope is for a LONGER season. Fox would be stupid to lose this show. Lets hope the right people know this.
  17. Nalsii
    Mar 29, 2019
    10
    Like in Season 1, I still giggle and laugh with every episode, I still like all characters and their idiosyncrasies, I still want to know how the individual episodes' storylines unfold and how the issues, both serious and trivial, are solved or at least handled by the crew of the Orville, who are by no means the paragons of humanity (and other species). It's full of stuff that makes meLike in Season 1, I still giggle and laugh with every episode, I still like all characters and their idiosyncrasies, I still want to know how the individual episodes' storylines unfold and how the issues, both serious and trivial, are solved or at least handled by the crew of the Orville, who are by no means the paragons of humanity (and other species). It's full of stuff that makes me smile, it's neither on-the-nose preachy nor full of itself and there's really nothing I wanted to skip or would want to skip during a rerun (at least not in Season 2 – whereas I could not get through the Facebook episode in Season 1 at all).

    As a standalone series, it's an 8/10. As a Star Trek homage/parody, which is what everyone labels it, it's a 9/10. As a light-hearted Star Trek-like show featuring a crew who are not perfect, which is what McFarlane envisioned it as, it's a perfect 10/10. And when compared to the competing Star Trek Discovery series (mainly STD season 2, although it applies to STD season 1 as well), it's a godly 100/10. It's easily my (and my wife's) 1# series right now and has been pretty much from the start of season 1. All of this, according to my proprietary algorithm, averages to a user score of 10/10.    … Expand
  18. Jexter
    Mar 26, 2019
    9
    This is one of the best sci-fi show out there and closest to the old Star Trek shows we probably will get in TV for a while. If you liked Star Trek before 2009, you will most likely find that you like this show for very similar reasons. It has great cast of likable characters. The stories are interesting and typically end up in an uplifting note just like the old Trek used to. The humorThis is one of the best sci-fi show out there and closest to the old Star Trek shows we probably will get in TV for a while. If you liked Star Trek before 2009, you will most likely find that you like this show for very similar reasons. It has great cast of likable characters. The stories are interesting and typically end up in an uplifting note just like the old Trek used to. The humor has been toned down a lot from the early season 1 and is also better thought out. I would recommend giving this at least a chance, especially, if you are fan of old Trek.… Expand
  19. Purekind
    Mar 22, 2019
    10
    Best sci-fi show on TV right now. This is the new "Star Trek" show I've been longing for since the likes of TNG and DS9. Absolutely love it. Hope this show runs for many more seasons.
  20. FabiusPolis
    Mar 21, 2019
    5
    Season 2 focus on character development and fails. I never got attached to anybody, the characters have too much klischees. The whole bridge crew have problems of a teenager and dont behave as adults and are loosing credibility that way. Its still not a bad show, but far away of being remarkable. Perhaps its the main problem of parodies, the stories seems always a bit flat and the plotsSeason 2 focus on character development and fails. I never got attached to anybody, the characters have too much klischees. The whole bridge crew have problems of a teenager and dont behave as adults and are loosing credibility that way. Its still not a bad show, but far away of being remarkable. Perhaps its the main problem of parodies, the stories seems always a bit flat and the plots (even the moral conclusions) seen thousands of times before in the real Star Trek… Expand
  21. kraenk
    Mar 18, 2019
    9
    Still a great series but a bit too much romance for my taste in this season. Almost every episode had love as an underlying theme, which was a bit much for my taste. I hope they will continue this series for many more seasons as it’s very enjoyable to watch with likable characters..
  22. ppinto
    Mar 6, 2019
    9
    The two-episode "Identity" arc is simply incredible. This series just keeps getting better and better.
    The visual effects are vastly improved from season 1 and so is storytelling. Compelling characters, convincing sci-fi.
  23. ganoncrotch
    Mar 4, 2019
    10
    Season 2 just gets better and better, the comedy has taken a backseat to a really quickly expanding universe that Seth and his team are spinning up, the latest plot arc with Isaac has me well and truly hooked and hoping that S3 of this gets announced soon.

    Trek fan for life... but this show is more Trek than Discovery ever hopped to be.
  24. NiveaManIsBack
    Mar 4, 2019
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Maybe spoiler !! ...... I understand it is not for everyone.. but I love it!!! With every single episode I like everyone even more and more, even the dumbest things in this show are nice! And the battle was better than in ST3.. I hope they will keep the quality high ;-) andi gave only 9 because they can still a little bit improve the grafics..… Expand
  25. DioGren
    Mar 1, 2019
    10
    Оскара ребятам, ОСКАРА!

    Молодцы, Дискавери к сожалению фейлится трёпом в каждой серии, но вы превзошли все ожидания и показали совсем другой Орвил без комедии но эпический и интересный)

    Браво!
  26. Will_k
    Mar 1, 2019
    5
    Season 2 is not very good. I was excited after season 1 and after they said they would have a bigger budget for season 2 but so far it is terrible. The story is no longer interesting and focuses way too much on soap opera like character development that makes it impossible to get attached to ANY of the charcters. I was close to liking them by the end of season 1 but season 2 has made meSeason 2 is not very good. I was excited after season 1 and after they said they would have a bigger budget for season 2 but so far it is terrible. The story is no longer interesting and focuses way too much on soap opera like character development that makes it impossible to get attached to ANY of the charcters. I was close to liking them by the end of season 1 but season 2 has made me hate every character for one reason or another, especially the new security chief who is a bad actor with a bad attitude that shows up very clearly on screen. Its like season 1 they had a bunch of good ideas that gave me hope and then season 2 rolls in and they start pandering to social justice in order to play it safe. The show, at this point (up to the latest episode 3/1/2019), is just a less funny, live action family guy set in space. The doctor was a cool character in season 1 and then suddenly they make her into an idiot for season 2. I find myself watching every new epsidode now saying either "why would they ever have done that?" or "are you kidding me, im supposed to buy this story?". The things they do to move the plot sometimes are just absolutely mindless and hard to watch. Its like theres a new writing staff for season 2 that has never written anything scifi or funny. Seth, I was so stoked for this show. Season 1 left me pining for more. Season 2 left me wishing it never came back. Who knows, maybe they are just pandering to keep the show on air and we will get a great season 3, but I sincerely doubt it.… Expand
  27. AxeT
    Mar 1, 2019
    7
    The dopey over-the-top nerd and risqué humor is bettered by the finer subtler near stealth jokes along with freshly spun takes on old familiar stories that make this Star Trek spoof (liberally stealing from Star Wars and others as well) a taste worth acquiring for those so predisposed.
  28. EviledWink
    Feb 28, 2019
    4
    What a massive shift from the first season, it has now become a romantic drama set on a star ship, the writing is awful and it looks like it has no budget. A real shame this had potential.
  29. viroodiem
    Feb 17, 2019
    0
    Season 2 opener was abysmal. It was about basically nothing but everyone's romantic relationships. It says a lot when the highlight of episode is Jason Alexander under 15 lbs of silicone face mask essentially being the reptilian equivalent to Guinan.

    More picking the bones of Trek and doing a poor job of it. Its still the same. The sets look basic, the graphics are unimpressive. The    Season 2 opener was abysmal. It was about basically nothing but everyone's romantic relationships. It says a lot when the highlight of episode is Jason Alexander under 15 lbs of silicone face mask essentially being the reptilian equivalent to Guinan.

    More picking the bones of Trek and doing a poor job of it. Its still the same. The sets look basic, the graphics are unimpressive. The writing while funny at times has no depth. It is simply put not a good show and Season 2 shows in a much more profound way just how bad it truly is. It wont allow itself to be its own thing. It knows without relying on Trek name and concepts it cant stand on its own.

    STD may not be the trek anyone wants but for all its worts when you take off the nostalgia goggles at least that is actually trek. The Orville still is the same thing it has always been, A TV series that amounts to one long running cutaway gag that wishes it was a fraction of what it is trying way too hard to be and failing miserably at it.

    EDIT:

    Episodes 2 was unmemorable and just as bad as the pilot with their continued sole focus on workplace romantic comedy.

    Episode 3 was the closest thing to a good episode this season. However it guts any good will it had with its ridiculously long and drawn out farewell to Halston Sage. Visually it was shinier reflecting the higher budget this season in spots. Having two trek alums cameo also comes as a benefit of the higher budget. However theepisode still amounts to nothing of any consequence. It was simply just people talking.

    Episode 4 The very definition of cringe worthy. Taking pot shots at Star Trek Discovery in its main plot that was so beyond telegraphed from the first episode of the season that it would have taken a blind man not to see this coming. The surprise is that they let it go so early in the season and chose not to exhibit any depth to the story by building any narrative around it. The definition of premature and the illustration of anti climactic.

    Episode 5: This is where the shows fandom goes completely off the rail. It exposes the pure hypocrisy of the fans of the show that claim that THIS is Star Trek. Those who do cite the spirit of Gene Roddenberrys vision of a crew of humans who work together peacefully and honorably to solve their difference. This episode spits in the face at that "noble" ambition by being everything it claims that it rejects.

    If episode 5 actually illustrates anything of Roddenberrys vision its the same wild west cowboy TV/Film of the 1940s - 1960s Complete with Wilhelm scream worthy head over heel falls off second story structures.

    Episode 6-7 Both can be conveniently be reduced down to being yet again more episodes about dating. There is so little sci fi to even be wrung out here. Much less it being Trek

    This show has now become an examination not of its own merits but just how hypocritical its fanbase is in continuing to defend this Seth drek.    … Expand
  30. nkuk
    Feb 12, 2019
    10
    This show is absolute genius! I love it, its wonderfully original, inventive, funny and perfectly captures the upbeat positive spirit of the old Star Trek TV shows. The humour is spot on and the stories so far have been hugely original. I haven't seen anything like it before and am looking forward to future seasons. Seth McFarlane has really done well with this show. The actors are allThis show is absolute genius! I love it, its wonderfully original, inventive, funny and perfectly captures the upbeat positive spirit of the old Star Trek TV shows. The humour is spot on and the stories so far have been hugely original. I haven't seen anything like it before and am looking forward to future seasons. Seth McFarlane has really done well with this show. The actors are all also great and work really well together. Its my favourite show at the moment.… Expand
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