The Orville - 1.10: Firestorm

[J Riff]

It just ended... and it may as well have been a Trek episode. Security officer has doubts, blahblah, a faceless crew member dies, but then a regular cast member is eaten by a giant spider, and you know instantly that 'it's all in her mind." Next.

 

[BAYLOR]

It just ended... and it may as well have been a Trek episode. Security officer has doubts, blahblah, a faceless crew member dies, but then a regular cast member is eaten by a giant spider, and you know instantly that 'it's all in her mind." Next.

It was a bit of a letdown.

 

[Dave]

Did Seth wake up in the shower?

 

[Cli-Fi]

Did Seth wake up in the shower?

Well he is dating the actress that plays Alara

 

[Cli-Fi]

It just ended... and it may as well have been a Trek episode. Security officer has doubts, blahblah, a faceless crew member dies, but then a regular cast member is eaten by a giant spider, and you know instantly that 'it's all in her mind." Next.

As soon as the first scene ended I knew it was going to be a holodeck episode. Pretty predictable but I think most Star Trek holodeck episodes were.

 

[J Riff]

But, lovely tarantula swarm. ) And clown. )

 

[Cli-Fi]

But, lovely tarantula swarm. ) And clown. )

True, but during the clown scenes, I thought are they really going to go spend the entire episode hunting clowns? It felt like he was mocking sci-fi fans and at the same time laughing with them. It was an odd feeling.

 

[Dave]

I still haven't seen this, but can it be any more silly than TOS: Shore Leave, which is really the mother of all holodeck episodes, or of TNG: Fistfull of Datas or several DS9 episodes that I try to forget: Our Man Bashir, Take Me Out to the Holosuite?

 

[Cli-Fi]

I still haven't seen this, but can it be any more silly than TOS: Shore Leave, which is really the mother of all holodeck episodes, or of TNG: Fistfull of Datas or several DS9 episodes that I try to forget: Our Man Bashir, Take Me Out to the Holosuite?

It was probably smarter than Shore Leave. I don't think I've seen that episode.

 

[REBerg]

Robert Picardo got a good line as Alara's disapproving dad, when he characterized humans as the "hillbillies of the galaxy."
I wonder how many other Star Trek series stars will make cameos in episodes to come.

 

[clovis-man]

Robert Picardo got a good line as Alara's disapproving dad, when he characterized humans as the "hillbillies of the galaxy."

Good makeup. I only figured out who it was when I heard his voice. No help with the voice though when he played Meg Mucklebones in Legend (1985).

 

[REBerg]

Yeah. I recognized the voice before I did the face.

 

[ctg]

I cannot take this anymore. They are in space, and under some sort of anti-gravity thing, which enables them artificial gravity throughout the ship. So why cannot they turn it off and prevent heavy object injuries? Or fall damage? Or something?

 

[Dave]

I couldn't understand why they don't use chairs any longer.

 

[clovis-man]

I couldn't understand why they don't use chairs any longer.

Because they'd probably have to use office chairs with seat belts like Commando Cody did.

 

[Dave]

Even at Funerals? I guess that is military etiquette, and the Space Corp seems to be more military than Starfleet, so my answer would be yes.