# The Orville season 3 (now on Disney+ also) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, disney-hulu\ **Created:** [February 5, 2022, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-3-now-on-disney-also/958946 "2022-02-05T03:04:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-3-now-on-disney-also/958946/161 "2022-07-10T18:49:10Z")
I disagree. They could have matched it, as in that _DS9_ episode; they didn’t. I look at _TOS_ and _SNW_ and it’s obviously not the same; an alternate timeline is the most convenient explanation. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-3-now-on-disney-also/958946/162 "2022-07-10T18:49:26Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > How did they find him in the wilds of Connecticut when they returned, anyway? Scan for the energy signature of his beam weapon? I was amused by that; there aren’t much “wilds” in Connecticut. It’s very densely populated and I doubt anyone could hide without coming across people for very long. And I assume that we were seeing the actor who plays Isaac ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-3-now-on-disney-also/958946/163 "2022-07-10T18:59:35Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I look at _TOS_ and _SNW_ and it’s obviously not the same I assume they went with an updated look to appeal to a younger modern audience but, they didn’t have to be so drastic. I especially dislike all the unnecessary light sources on the bridge. A legacy of the Jar Jar Abrams’s love of lens flare. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-3-now-on-disney-also/958946/164 "2022-07-10T19:44:31Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I disagree You may disagree, but be aware that this is a _choice_ you are making, to disagree. It’s not a required conclusion. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-3-now-on-disney-also/958946/165 "2022-07-10T20:10:08Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > And I assume that we were seeing the actor who plays Isaac Yes, it was. We also saw him in some of the episodes where Issac and the doctor were dating - he used the holodeck to appear human for some of their dates. > **[Mark Jackson | Actor](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2961481/)** > > Known for: The Orville, Peppermint, The Royal Today I also find it weird that he has Issac’s physical mannerisms even when appearing “human”. I can accept them from a robot, but seeing his as human, but acting like that, really emphasises the oddness around him “acting human”. Which of course is the point, but it still weirds me out 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-3-now-on-disney-also/958946/166 "2022-07-10T20:49:10Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > They could have matched it, as in that _DS9_ episode; they didn’t. It’s possible that the original sets are gone now, but we’re still around when the made DS9. I mean, the original series WAS filmed more than 50 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-3-now-on-disney-also/958946/167 "2022-07-10T20:50:46Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > I also find it weird that he has Issac’s physical mannerisms even when appearing “human”. I can accept them from a robot, but seeing his as human, but acting like that, really emphasises the oddness around him “acting human”. He reminded me of Sam on Atypical, or perhaps Sheldon on The Big Bang Theory. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-3-now-on-disney-also/958946/168 "2022-07-11T05:00:39Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > Chekhov’s Sandwich. It’d be really fun if the sandwich materialized 3 months later _in empty space_. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-3-now-on-disney-also/958946/169 "2022-07-11T05:52:46Z")
“Oh no, not again!” ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-3-now-on-disney-also/958946/170 "2022-07-11T15:17:31Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I was amused by that; there aren’t much “wilds” in Connecticut. It’s very densely populated and I doubt anyone could hide without coming across people for very long. Yeah, Seth is from Connecticut, so that has to be a joke. I doubt you can get more than a quarter mile from a paved road anywhere in the state. I’m pretty sure that Gordon had a reputation in the nearest town as “the weird guy who lives in the old Braithwaite cabin”. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-3-now-on-disney-also/958946/171 "2022-07-11T15:19:56Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > Yeah, Seth is from Connecticut, so that has to be a joke. I doubt you can get more than a quarter mile from a paved road anywhere in the state. I don’t disagree, but there are some wooded areas in the state. > **[Connecticut | Appalachian Trail Conservancy](https://appalachiantrail.org/explore/explore-by-state/connecticut/)** > > Connecticut ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-3-now-on-disney-also/958946/172 "2022-07-11T15:25:43Z")
I’ve been zooming around a bit on google maps, and even in the NW corner, which is the least developed part of the state (and near where MacFarlane is from), if you zoom enough there really are roads and small villages everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-3-now-on-disney-also/958946/173 "2022-07-11T17:55:09Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > Yeah, Seth is from Connecticut, so that has to be a joke. I doubt you can get more than a quarter mile from a paved road anywhere in the state. I’m pretty sure that Gordon had a reputation in the nearest town as “the weird guy who lives in the old Braithwaite cabin”. So he had his own Walden Pond! > **[The Fake Solitude of Walden Pond](https://lettersrepublic.wordpress.com/2012/12/27/walking-walden-today-for-better-and-worse/)** > > Walden Pond isn’t like it used to be. As I walked the two mile loop that Henry David Thoreau’s Walden describes as a “narrow shelf-like path in the steep hillside… as old pr… ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-3-now-on-disney-also/958946/174 "2022-07-11T18:14:38Z")
Ha - “Walden” is one of the biggest snow jobs in American literature. It makes “A Million Little Pieces” look like an encyclopedia. Thoreau wouldn’t have lasted 2 days in an actual wilderness. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-3-now-on-disney-also/958946/175 "2022-07-11T18:46:09Z")
It’s probably an in-joke, but what would Gordon, a product of a 25th century post-scarcity society, consider to be “the wilderness?” Sure, he’s probably had some kind of survival training or the odd away mission gone wrong. And Kelly did complain about the mess we left our descendants to clean up; maybe the closest thing to “wild areas” left on 25th century Earth are basically just large artificially managed and closely monitored parks. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-3-now-on-disney-also/958946/176 "2022-07-11T18:51:54Z")
Maybe it will save the day–are Krill allergic to bread or anything? Can a crumb take out a Kaylon if it gets in the right place? Will just its appearance scare someone/something away? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-3-now-on-disney-also/958946/177 "2022-07-11T22:05:38Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > I disagree > > You may disagree, but be aware that this is a _choice_ you are making, to disagree. It’s not a required conclusion. Well, jeez, _everything_ in fandom is a choice unless someone’s holding a phaser to your head. > [@Biffster](#): > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > They could have matched it, as in that _DS9_ episode; they didn’t. > > It’s possible that the original sets are gone now, but we’re still around when the made DS9. I mean, the original series WAS filmed more than 50 years ago. No, I’ve read about that episode, and they built new sets, taking great pains to match the originals. They did something similar with an _Enterprise_ Bridge segment for the _TNG_ episode with Scotty’s return. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-3-now-on-disney-also/958946/178 "2022-07-11T22:08:52Z")
Why the extended discussion of what’s going on in _Star Trek: Strange New Worlds_ in the thread dedicated to _The Orville_? ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-3-now-on-disney-also/958946/179 "2022-07-11T22:56:08Z")
Hi. Welcome to the Straight Dope! We go on tangents here! 😀 ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-3-now-on-disney-also/958946/180 "2022-07-11T23:55:30Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > It’s probably an in-joke, but what would Gordon, a product of a 25th century post-scarcity society, consider to be “the wilderness?” Sure, he’s probably had some kind of survival training or the odd away mission gone wrong. And Kelly did complain about the mess we left our descendants to clean up; maybe the closest thing to “wild areas” left on 25th century Earth are basically just large artificially managed and closely monitored parks. I dunno. I saw a lot of green in the cities at the end of A Tale of Two Topas. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-3-now-on-disney-also/958946.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-season-3-now-on-disney-also/958946.md?page=10)