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Gordon looks to the past to find love in a middling The Orville
I probably wouldn’t have been so quick to use a Futurama Space Pope reference if I knew how frequently the show would…
B
Bad blood threatens peace on The Orville
Well, it appears an unexpected invasion of homicidal robots went and put the fear of Avis in everyone and accomplished…
A
The Orville goes big and goes home
I’ll admit to feeling a little uneasy last week that The Orville would back out of its genocidal robot army storyline…
B+
The Orville takes Isaac home in a fantastic episode
By my own biases, I’m predisposed toward reviewing a television show more favorably if it features a cavern of skulls.…
B
A new romance fights an old prejudice on The Orville
“I wonder how long we’re going to put up with them?” Ed muses to Kelly towards the end of tonight’s episode,…
B
Defying the Space Pope, Dr. Claire dates a robot on The Orville
In Minneapolis, we, like a significant portion of the Midwest, are finally clawing out of the wretched, record-breaking…
B+
Ed is forced to confront the sins of his past on The Orville
It was the moment she said she was cold. I don’t know if it’s that Lt. Janel Tyler (Michaela McManus) just felt more…
C
A crew member departs on an otherwise middling The Orville
About halfway through tonight’s episode, “Home”, Alara Kitan, chief security officer for the Orville, is sitting on a…
B
The Orville explores 3-dimensional porn addiction, exploding planets
Bortus is into some kinky shit. That’s not the actual takeaway from tonight’s episode, which confronts how poor…
B+
The Orville begins its second season with a strong, low-stakes, character-focused episode
“Ja’loja,” tonight’s premiere for the second season of The Orville, was a low-key outing completely lacking in dramatic…
Seth MacFarlane says The Orville's second season will be longer, more heavily sci-fi
From the jump, Seth MacFarlane’s new hour-long Fox series, The Orville, has been a beast serving two masters, as the…
B
The Orville’s season finale goes out without a single bang
In anticipation of tonight’s season finale, I wondered last week who was going to get punched in what would surely be a…
B+
We meet John LaMarr again for the first time on a solid Orville
Every time the Orville had a really good show this season, I found myself wondering, “Is this it? Has the show finally…
B
The Orville gets spooky in an enjoyable episode
After last week’s gross episode, The Orville rebounds with a solidly enjoyable adventure. Tonight’s episode,…
C
On The Orville, an old friend returns
Maybe it’s just that today has been has been so dense with even more news about men who destroy lives just to satisfy…
B+
In an excellent episode, Dr. Finn emerges as The Orville's best character
Tonight we learned nothing comes in the way of a mother’s love; not even a war-torn moon festering with alien plague…
The Orville gets a 2nd season to keep figuring itself out
Seth MacFarlane’s science-fiction series The Orville arrived on Fox with much fanfare in September—namely the…
It’s the last new Good Place of 2017
Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Thursday, November 2. All times are Eastern.
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In a weak episode, The Orville tackles social media for no good reason
Even if you haven’t already seen the Black Mirror episode “Nosedive” (or really any episode of Black Mirror), or the Com…