Sorry, make that ten parsecs.
I’m pretty sure he didn’t say the star he was pointing to was actually Sol, but rather that from where they were, it was a kind of guidepost to which direction our solar system was. Does anyone else recall it that way?
That’s almost enough to make the Kessel Run.
Right, except that in that galaxy, parsecs are a unit of time rather than distance. 
Hell, that’s no problem. That’s even less than the Kessel run.
I think he said, “You can see Sol.”
Just watched it online, what he actually said was:
“See that bright star right there? Right there. Well if you looked to the left of it with a really powerful telescope, you’d see the star at the center of Earth’s planetary system.”
So Sol wasn’t actually visible from wherever they were.
The Orville has destroyed two Krill ships so far. There’s no reason to think those ships didn’t have children on them, if there are kids on a ship they came upon randomly. Will Mercer have to refrain from fighting any Krill ships in the future?
Aha! Thanks.
I think what it comes down to with the kids is: you save them if you can save them. When you’re firing torpedoes at them, that’s not realistic. But in the circumstance they were faced with, it was.
Everyone feels sorry for the children, at least until they become teenagers and start thinking for themselves.
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Probably the gag I liked best was at the beginning:
Captain: Open a channel to the colony! ::immediately starts talking::
Bridge officer: I haven’t done that yet.
It’s like The Big Bang Theory for me. Mostly unfunny, but one or two jokes are good. But BBT is only a half hour show. Orville feels like a half hour show that goes on too long.
And a hot-shot pilot like Gordon might actually keep track of which way it is to Sol (while most people wouldn’t).
Why was there no episode this week (Last Sunday)?
Playoff game, or the potential of one, really.
WAG: They missed an air date? Star Trek was notorious for this back in 1966–69.
Fox moved The Orrville to Thursday several weeks ago. Last week’s episode was a rerun.
I’m wary of it if McFarlane is writing it, given the quality of his jokes lately.
It does look interesting, but it didn’t make me laugh. Though, the jokes were better than I expected. I worry they are the best ones, though.
Meh, I put up with the jokes to get a Star Trek Fix.
God, I would kill the helmsman.
Was that me?
I have decided that this show is much more “Star Trek” than the latest offering of “Star Trek.” So ST: D can just go die somewhere. I’ll be watching a show true to the spirit and dream.
Thank you.
I am really liking this, and the new Star Trek.
***The Orville ***is a lot more like Galaxy Quest than Star Trek.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that. 