Gordon is the bridge cat, now.

I’m expecting to see the bridge cat going forward.

I wouldn’t say that people died right and left on TNG. More people died in three seasons of TOS than on seven seasons of TNG.

And they did have several episodes dealing with orphaned kids. Also, when Worf’s Par’machi was murdered, he responded by slaying Duras in an epic fight scene.

K’eylehr wasn’t a crewmember, but…

I had to restrain giggles during that scene, since the spiders were harmless (to humans) tarantulas.

Computer, end program! End program!

As The Orville is an allegedly progressive and inclusive show, I’m deeply disappointed that McFarlane and his writers fell back on dated and insulting coulrophobic stereotypes in this episode. Most clowns will NOT try to eat you (not even Hobo Clowns). To exhibit irrational fear upon meeting a clown you don’t know is…

I gotta hand it to the writers, with Issac they keep hitting the same AI sweet spot where you can see why the machine does something we would consider emotional from a logical perspective, BUT sells it in such a way that there’s doubt whether it’s entirely cold logic.

Bortus: What kind of pizza?

Does no one remember Penny Johnson’s evil First Lady from 24?

Some solid action/horror backed up by some actually funny comedy made this probably my favorite episode. I figured out the end pretty quickly but that didn’t diminish my enjoyment in the story (to be fair, between TOS, TNG, Voyager, Enterprise, BSG, Red Dwarf et al., it’s hard to come up with a plot for a show like…

The whole Kingdom of the Spiders moment was the highlight for me. I really liked their willingness to get genuinely spooky, more than Trek ever really did. They had the occasional vaguely horror-tinged episode but never really went as far with it.

She’s the lead. It’s literally been billed as a show about her.

Far too much Burnham. I really don’t like that actress, I hated her on TWD. Can someone else please get some airtime?

Now that we’re 9 episodes in, I feel safe in saying the Michael’s mutiny in the first episode was probably the most unsuccessful thing this show has done. The pacing is super-weird, and it makes her seem like an actual crazy person.

Ash Tyler must exist as a real person within Starfleet, because for everything else Lorca does, I can’t imagine he’d have just taken him at his word for who he was. I’m still sticking with my original theory that Voq’s katra/soul has been imbedded in Tyler’s mind. This is why he has nightmares,not just from the PTSD.…

Well, that was entertaining, if banal.

I don’t get your point. Some episodes are serious in nature, others are more comedic. That is the way it has always been with any episodic genre series, be it Xena, Buffy, or, of course, Star Trek.

And the Krill infiltration mission was theirs only because they were in the right place at the right time and there was no one else who could do it before the time window expired.

For this particular episode ... I dunno. Are there vastly unprofessional people on the Orville? Most assuredly. However, putting the crew on a spectrum, Grayson and Finn would be close to Bortas and Alara when it comes to being conscientious and professional, and Mercer would at least be in the middle. That Mercer,…

The only reason Yaphit was getting away with it was because the Doctor did not report it. Pay attention this is actually the first Episode where our Doctor flat out said if he didn’t stop she was going to report his behavior. In every other episode she told him to stop and then did nothing about it. Its actually a…