Bortus Sets Up A Surprise Rendezvous | Season 1 Ep. 3 | THE ORVILLE

[@urbypilot2136]

Calling the tractor beam the "shoving beam" when it's set to "push" mode and nobody reacting was a nice touch.

[@PirateDogAMV]

I love the balance between star trek and comedy it's perfect. You still get an awesome trek feeling with the jokes perfectly inserted at the right moments. I am well impressed. =]

[@pacaxe1236]

Pirate Dog I

[@GaryTurbo]

Too bad MCU couldn't do it right

[@MisterUnknown707]

Gary Turbo Wow, you couldn't be more wrong about that.

[@GaryTurbo]

MCU tried to force jokes in every scene

[@MisterUnknown707]

Gary Turbo Maybe it seems forced to "you". But most of the time they can pull it off. I won't lie though, sometimes the jokes are a bit forced.

[@rg0057]

Thank you for this episode. I love how it was not a lecture to the audience. I love how when a character has to have an unrealistic change of heart, you played up how absurd it is. I love how you raised male genital mutilation as a hypocrisy humans have. I love how the characters feel real, instead of idealized or placeholders. I love how the fact that you have a gay couple on ship is so seamless that nobody is even talking about it onboard or in real life, unlike that (cough) other show. Well done! You have balls.

[@pixxiespit]

lol I just love how _gossipy_ the crew is! It's great filler for when shit's going on outside the ship.

[@vexxama]

Makes sense. Confine people to a ship and eventually all they have to talk about on the trip is eachother

[@benw9949]

Ep 3, "About a Girl," is one of the best science fiction episodes I've seen. Ever. A lot of thought went into it; people will have to think it over and come to their own conclusions afterward. Fantastic! I'm hooked. Can't wait for ep 7 upcoming, and I sure hope the show is renewed for season 2 and beyond. Keep it up, Orville! Also, I'd say 3 or 4 of the eps have been outstanding so far, and the others have been above average; one of the strongest first seasons of a science fiction show I've seen in a long time. Great stuff. Thanks!

[@kabeltelevizio]

I have to disagree. The conflict made very little sense, they kept trying to force the human version of genders onto a society that doesn't have genders the way humans do. On the surface, it might seem smart, but the episode was most highlighting human ignorance and I am no sure that was what the writers intended...

[@michellethesaiyan]

kabeltelevizio uhm it wasn’t just human behavior. when Gordon said “he would lose a lot of friends§” its implying that no only would they lose the his crew respect but also the rest of the ship where as mocklins that are aboard the ship seem to be the only people with a male gender society. To force a sexchange on the newborn would be barbaric in the eyes of the other species. I was quite fond of the episode because it explain like you said human ignorance and ethics but at the same time explaining themselves their should be a universal law against doing that operation at a newborn if the child was older or it had defect then it wouldn’t be a problem. For that it became a union problem since the child was born on the vessel. If the child was born on mockin world then the crew couldn’t interfere.

[@andrewdiaz3529]

@@kabeltelevizio I think that was mostly oversight on the part of kelly. She messed up that part of the defense.

[@kabeltelevizio]

@@andrewdiaz3529 Not really, it was humans forcing their worldview on a non-human species. Imagine having the worldview of wolves forced on humans if you want a parable. Kelly and the crew were in the wrong there entirely. Their definition of gender does not apply to the mocklin species, even calling them males is nonsensical. As far as I can tell mocklins sometimes have genetic defect that produces a weaker mocklin. This mocklin is referred to be female by the humans. I have no idea why, and I feel like the writers of the show didn't know what they were doing either.

[@6324MR]

@@kabeltelevizio What you say would have made sense at first but now from what we know they aren't a single gender species. They are a 2 gender species,but you might be right if they reproduce asexually we still need more info on that because I don't know if they can lay an egg with or without a partner and as far as I know only the men give birth because they never say a woman can lay an egg. If the woman is unnecessary then I think you can call them a genetic mistake.

[@garysnow3526]

Captain says get your ass up here lol love it!!

[@TheLenaweeTrekker]

So far so good. Keep up the good work, and please stay on the air.

[@Nueztoy]

The vocal fry on that Californian is driving me nuts

[@rcnelson]

If Orville tried to shove an asteroid that big, it would've been pushed backward itself.

[@kalyana9705]

it is a space ship with thrusters of its own that can keep it in place

[@Gayboy21]

The show gets more serious a few episodes in

[@animemanXLK]

I so wish this was a part of star trek

[@danachos]

Please please consider fixing the subtitles where any alien words are rendered [INAUDIBLE] when they are clearly audible.

[@hestheMaster]

A whole society based on male dominance regardless of born sex. This episode walked a definite line especially when an adult female alien was found and they still rejected her! This should not be confused by any trans issues since the baby had no say . Instead I see the moral ineptitude of a forced male only "boys club " society. Very Star Trek Next Gen type episode And we got some humor in this one with yellow blob Yaphit trying to get a date from the Doctor!

[@hughmiller6389]

Really they are females, they just call themselves males. They can reproduce without another gender, which a all male specie couldn't. There are all female species of fish and lizard. And in rare cases a male is born, but because how the specie evold the male have no genetic dealing and become a dead line, since female are born pregnate. Just need to mature to lay eggs.

[@sonaruo]

your definition of specie is wrong. the male and female specie fo them they may both possess both genitalia thus making reproduction of male male a possibility, but the difference in that specie on male and female as said in the show is that the male is more strong physical. if you look at our animal species in our planet you will see that there are some species 2 gendered but where the female is stronger and bigger than the male, the male take care of the young ones ... and lets talk about fish the female lays eggs and the male throws the sperm to make them active. but both of them throw their genetic material in the water and noone carries the babies. so you can see that male female can be confusing if you combare it to a male human female human.

[@myranaam8562]

this episode promoted equality. Boys get circumcised, so too girls.

[@matt-jc4ly]

even so tho.... i think the crew was wrong... we had no right to stop them from practicing norms in their own culture....... Ethnocentrism to the max

[@2490debrick]

@@matt-jc4ly Trouble is the norm in their culture has been written out by indoctrination propaganda! Interference is irrelevant! They see it as wrong even at the smallest element that's the real point whether we agree to disagree lol!

[@tiwozo718]

I love the show

[@garycrowder]

Bortus = Gay Worf

[@rgolaf]

That ruined the show..

[@matthewlee567]

@@rgolaf How?

[@SjofnBM1989]

@@rgolaf You ruined your Moms life so who are you to judge 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

[@StagnationPrime]

Izak sounds like Mark Zuckerberg

[@frjoethesecond]

I dare say that those were chunks rather than fragments.

[@gerryfogarty7998]

It also struck that their not interference directive is different than in Star Trek. In Star Trek, they PROBABLY would have let the asteroid strike the planet. I think altering it would be interfering in the natural development of the Planet 'Elna 4'. If the asteroid or comet which caused the extinction of the Dinosaur had not struck, what would have happened?

[@Lanceawright]

Did I miss something, or did someone lose tattoos?

[@igotstoknow2]

They will solve many problems when they figure out how to prevent making sounds in space.

[@beepthemeep12]

No for real. And steel at that. On rocks

[@mydoggiesativa214]

Star Trek in weed.

[@VfletchS]

Wasn't this supposed to be a comedy?

[@d.cummer2652]

From what I've read, both.

[@OneofInfinity.]

Better yet: Brilliant combination between Sci-fi, comedy, drama, horror and action, Seth is a genius of entertainment.

[@jareththegoblinking3191]

I'd say it's a spoof but i could be wrong It's probably just like any other scifi show, even star trek had good humor

[@DSFARGEG00]

It was sold as a comedy because suits probably wouldn't have greenlit it otherwise.

[@brassholio]

@@jareththegoblinking3191 Have you even watched the show?

[@Josh-cb9rz]

Ill subscribe to this channel if you do steve smith’s voice how bout that?

[@malicant123]

I for one believe that there is no contemporary social agenda at work here...

[@slashtopher2193]

I'll keep watching for a little while. Maybe the writing will improve. The big draw for me is the female cast members. Adrianne, Penny, and Halston are excellent excellent picks for their roles!

[@alexboehm7171]

feels more like a sitcom....

[@davespellbound6167]

i subscribed until the ginger appeared at the end , fluttering his hands around begging me subscribe. Then i unsubscribed

[@Lumibear.]

"Wait, before you click away..." *CLICK*

[@davespellbound6167]

*OK*

[@Vir9il]

Really? I thought it was funny.

[@slashtopher2193]

I love the cast, but so far, the writing is merely good. I expected funnier.

[@ungulate1000]

Thank god it's not funnier. It's meant to be "star trek" with a touch of humor and it's working out great.

[@MrSpy13011]

Let me guess. The Orville is now SJW because of this episode, right? WRONG.

[@valtersplume3726]

@WOKEN'T but that doesn't make it less awesome.

[@slashtopher2193]

Wow, the writers made it all the way to ep 3 before throwing in a sex-change operation. Maybe next week's episode will center around something even more hilarious, like genocide.

[@prosperocobbler6734]

It tries to tackle serious issues but just fails miserably. It's like A poorly written Star Trek with Seth doing one liners.

[@hughmiller6389]

But when talking sex change it has no clear view. It better and more accruate to be about issue where different culture having different view and ideals trying to figure out a balance in it.

[@KingDragonBoyPrime1998]

………….Ew

[@edwardbibillio1959]

Garbage show

[@Lone432345]

I know i should watch JJ Abrams Star Trek instead and listen to emo Spock cry for hours on end.

[@ungulate1000]

Why.

[@kinaskonokalaskolisku5072]

I'm guessing you're not a real Star Trek fan? Sure, this isn't Star Trek, but it's closer to the TNG feeling I've seen so far.

[@drea4195]

And yet you thought it was worth watching and commenting.