Thank you for providing a definition for irrational.

“What Viewers” wasn’t clear. I was referring to the precipitous drop of ratings between the 1st and 2nd season and the continued drop throughout season 2. It’s one of Fox’s lowest rated shows presently. This episode, in fact, had the series low (~3 million viewers) making it one of the lowest rated shows on Fox. This…

How so? You really think he would have refused to put it on the air unless he was the main character/Captain? That just being the writer/producer would not have been enough for him? He couldn’t have just been Issac’s VA?

There it is. Good job.

Has it? What viewers? The lazy is the lack of a cohesive world building coupled with incredibly generic designs. The designs are supposed to invoke TNG but really come off as cheap SNL quality homages. I am a fan of Seth’s but the Orville comes off as a self indulgent vanity project. He should NEVER have been a lead.

Free food.

I enjoyed Andromeda in its time (though it hasn’t exactly aged well) but I could never just get into Earth Final Conflict.

I don’t know if you heard of this before but it is possible to have something streaming while you implement other tasks. I believe those in the know call it multitasking

Those shows actually had:

“Impossible to love anything that’s still in production” sounds pretty much like every fanBOY Trek fan ever.

Lazy writing is lazy writing. Lazy production design is lazy production design. Both writing and production can be on the cheap to produce a quality fun not-so-serious show (see: Dr Who).

Yes yes. We know TOS and early TNG was kinda pretty racist at times. However you mashing up basic character tropes of TOS and TNG. The Orville is absolutely cribbing most of its plots, characters, designs etc from TNG.

You don’t. That’s a completely different show. Rather watch the good version of The Orville that would have existed without Seth’s presence. 

Than what? Earth: Final Conflict? Sure. Let’s go with that

Like the writers of the Orville, it takes no time to write this crap.

The Krill are a Romulan/Klingon mashup. Nothing even remotely original there. You are putting too much faith people who write by index card and dart board. Red Shirts, USS Callister , Alien Quest etc are good comedic spins on the Trek formula. All provide something new and refreshing. The Orville is a task of figuring…

The real problem? No it’s not like any of those IPs. It’s nothing. The tragic truth here is that even with most of two seasons under its belt the show has no identity. It’s Dollar General Star Trek with discarded Family Guy jokes and wasted cameos. Having a limited budget is no excuse for cheap and lazy production…

Comparing the Orville positively to Star Trek is trollish. Seeing the massive flaws in a lazy hodgepodge of sci-fi tropes is just a side effect of having eyes.

It’s the only way to enjoy it

Section 31 is a dark agency or didn’t you watch DS9?