Yeah, but she tried to bolster her claim by saying that Incas influenced Greatest Show, which the release dates don’t support. That’s why he posted the release dates. Up until that point she hadn’t said anything that would make him think she knew what she was talking about, so his confusion was understandable.

Except her first attempt to demonstrate why the question was correct wasn’t to share her experience, it was to try to claim Incas also influenced Greatest Show, which the release dates wouldn’t support. That’s what prompted his sentence of the correct years that everyone seems to be harping about to claim this in…

“Stanley: This question is wrong, it’s this

Yeah, but why does she say the Greatest Show costume was based on Incas when it came out two years earlier?

It’s pretty clear she was inspired by Secret of the Incas in making the Indiana Jones costume. The guy commenting on it probably conflated some interviews from Spielberg as I think he said Greatest Show on Earth inspired him to become a filmmaker, not necessarily having anything specific to do with Indiana Jones.

Yeah, it’s pretty clear they just took the promo that they used to announce the game way back around Comic-Con 2016 (all the kids sitting around discussing the phases of the franchise and then breaking up), and used it as a framing device for new material. It’s actually pretty seamless if you didn’t know better. The…

So, General Lane is still manipulating things behind the scenes. Good to know he still exists.

Not crazy at all, especially considering that Durance’s take when she first took on the role seemed to be a younger version of the Kidder Lois. Which is great.

There was a nice touch at the beginning, when Alara forced opened the door and Pria said “Don’t scratch the merchandise.” Seems like a throwaway line at the time but actually turns out to be a character trait and a bit of foreshadowing.

One thing they could do is “create” some fake 22nd and 23rd century content to be nostalgic over as well. “The Muppets Take Mars” or “The Glibnorp Comedy Emporium” or something. It would be clever, but it would also require more effort, whereas “Seinfeld” reruns are already just sitting there.

The Titanic was heavily promoted as the state of the art ultimate vessel of its day. Plus there were survivors, extensive hearings about the sinking, plenty of blame to go around, and as a result a complete restructuring of maritime regulations.

Rasmussen was from the 22nd century. He stole the time machine from the guy who was from the 26th. But I think the relevant similarity is using time travel to steal artifacts, which Rasmussen was definitely doing (even if to reverse engineer them into inventions in the past). Also shades of “Captain’s Holiday.”

There’s also the question of why the alien ship didn’t just follow the Orville back through the wormhole to capture it on the other side.

So, what exactly would make The Orville such a valuable collectible in the future if it was destroyed before it could do anything notable? And if she saved it from the Dark Matter field, how would anyone have known that’s what destroyed it if there’s no debris left behind? (Which then creates a paradox because Pria…

And what also makes the Seinfeld clip so funny, left unspoken in the episode, is the absurdity of the situation because it’s just a TV show.

What’s also interesting is how moving the episode completely changes the context in which we meet Klyden for the first time. As the series plays, he is referenced by Bortus but we don’t see him until the egg hatches at the end of the second episode.

Well, if it’s not CGI it probably would have been easy enough to re-shoot that part of the scene to include the baby bed. Plus when they show Klyden leaving the bedroom the baby bed isn’t in the background; when they put it in the scene they positioned it at the foot of the bed in such a way where it wouldn’t have…

Yeah, and it feels like it. I think they altered the opening scene to change the meaning of the Bortus-Klyden fight.

I suspect we’ll be seeing these people again. Robert Knepper is nothing if not a recurring villain for sci-fi shows.

For all the comparisons with Star Trek, it’s easy to overlook other influences on the show. When Kelly and Alara were approached by the military guys, I was picking up some serious 1970s “Battlestar Galactica” vibe. And the “city” backlot sets made me think of “Sliders” for some reason.