# The Orville-Seth McFarlane **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 17, 2017, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814 "2017-05-17T03:28:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 71
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/1401 "2017-12-01T02:34:27Z")
Calling it now: the alien from the elevator who likes brunch and refinishing furniture is the breakout character. Love him! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/1402 "2017-12-01T03:21:43Z")
I don’t think so. Yaphitt might be. Good episode I enjoyed it. I loved the two-dimensional Society. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/1403 "2017-12-01T03:29:28Z")
So Mercer has read “Flatland” but didn’t know Emerson. OK. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/1404 "2017-12-01T03:33:02Z")
As usual, I liked the episode. It wasn’t as frantic as last week’s, but still fun to watch. Some more character development; we now have a new chief engineer. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/1405 "2017-12-01T03:42:13Z")
Are we… bonding? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/1406 "2017-12-01T03:42:40Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > So Mercer has read “Flatland” but didn’t know Emerson. OK. Why not? That is true for me. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/1407 "2017-12-01T03:44:02Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > As usual, I liked the episode. It wasn’t as frantic as last week’s, but still fun to watch. > > Some more character development; we now have a new chief engineer. Just like Geordie, black bridge officer becomes the Cheng ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/1408 "2017-12-01T04:00:02Z")
Back to fine form with a good episode. The bloody tissues were a great sight gag. And good character development for John and the captain. If I’m picky, I can gripe that the supposedly two-dimensional space seemed to allow some objects to slide over others. Hope the show is still getting solid Nielsen ratings. I’m a little frustrated because Nielsen had periodically sent me diaries to fill out, maybe once a year or so over the past few years; but last week they finally called me to have the actual electronic Nielsen box installed. However, I moved to another state in August and they couldn’t do it at my new address. So I could have been a boost to their numbers. Oh well! ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/1409 "2017-12-01T04:07:13Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Some more character development; we now have a new chief engineer. Except that I’m pretty sure I saw him back at his old spot in the preview for next week’s show. ---
**Author:** ![Temporary\_Name](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@Temporary\_Name](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Temporary_Name)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/1410 "2017-12-01T05:52:03Z")
I thought it was nice that they spent a few moments showing that the doctor’s kids did start to bond with the AI who saved them a few episodes ago, and that they are happy and well adjusted despite the events in that episode. I also liked that Isaac was dismissive of them and intent on his adult assignment at that moment, as most human men would be—but that he softened up quickly and allowed them to accompany the adults as long as they followed the rules. I also liked that the kids had grown too, that they were not so disruptive and destructive. Character growth and development all around ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/1411 "2017-12-01T06:47:24Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > This is exactly what I’ve said. It’s Star Trek but with real people. That was _Enterprise_. It still had pieces of the Hayes/Roddenberry Code constraining it, but that was real _Star Trek_ with real people (and a beagle). I would take _Enterprise_ over every other series, even with that ogdam Xindi season, because it was vastly more relatable than the other (and I was born in Enterprise). ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/1412 "2017-12-01T13:07:42Z")
_Enterprise_ seems to be widely hated, and I would agree unjustly so. Except for that awful song over the opening credits. That was terrible. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/1413 "2017-12-01T14:13:49Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/1414 "2017-12-01T14:19:15Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > _Enterprise_ seems to be widely hated, and I would agree unjustly so. Except for that awful song over the opening credits. That was terrible. The mirror universe opening credits and music were pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/1415 "2017-12-01T15:15:00Z")
I don’t remember that. What episode ? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/1416 "2017-12-01T15:26:00Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > I don’t remember that. What episode ? [In A Mirror, Darkly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_a_Mirror,_Darkly) Season 4. The only episode I can stand of the entire show, actually. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/1417 "2017-12-01T16:04:27Z")
You [tube.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfbsZRbwbJ4) ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/1418 "2017-12-01T16:55:44Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > _Enterprise_ seems to be widely hated, and I would agree unjustly so. Except for that awful song over the opening credits. That was terrible. I enjoyed the theme song. (Original version, not disco remix.) And I think that the xindi arc brought a needed focus to the show , even if not always used to best effect. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/1419 "2017-12-01T18:09:34Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Just like Geordie, black bridge officer becomes the Cheng In that context - Am reading too much into John’s explanation that where I come from you hide it when you have school smarts? ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814/1420 "2017-12-01T23:12:51Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Just like Geordie, black bridge officer becomes the Cheng First thing I thought! Hopefully he won’t lose his sight now. > [@kunilou](#): > > Except that I’m pretty sure I saw him back at his old spot in the preview for next week’s show. Shows are often filmed in one sequence but broadcast in a different sequence. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814.md?page=70) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orville-seth-mcfarlane/786814.md?page=72)