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A much better episode than the first two, in my opinion. There is mystery, intrigue and a little suspense. No particular focus on any one character but instead on away team as a whole. There's a good dose of humour and even an inkling that the events (or rather, technology) in this episode may tie into a wider, future plot.

The exposition dump at the end is a little lame, but to be fair, the whole episode keeps you guessing and it just keeps moving forward which I enjoyed, never really getting bogged down. So it earned the exposition dump at the end...!

I hope the rest of the season is more in line with the quality of this episode. It's nice when a show subtitled "New Horizons" actually shows some of those horizons which are new. Here, this season seems to have found its footing.

Looking forward to more!

I keep reading about how unhappy people were with the lack of jokes. Check out NETFLIX. They are running the entire series of Seinfeld. This speaks more of the viewer than the show. While it has been hit and miss, there have been some really good sci fi moments, especially in this most current offering. While I was disappointed with how it ended, the down the rabbit hole series of events and the manipulation of the minds was really cool. People give it a one because it doesn't have a bunch of double entendre and lame sex jokes. Give me this. There's enough of that already.

Very well done. Not to mention the look of it at the end was amazing. I found myself wondering what was going on the entire episode. Then when I thought it was all figured out another big twist. Probably one of the most enjoyable episodes in the entire series.

This episode is absolutely brilliantly written and done. Top quality on par with the golden era of Star Trek. Won't spoil it for you and I wholeheartedly recommend it as it is a must see !

Ok, this trope has been reused in various sci-fi shows, notably several times in a few different Star Trek shows. But it hasn't really been done quite like this, nor quite as well.

Even recognising the familiar trope didn't give the game away and kept the audience (me at least!) guessing, not really fully knowing what was afoot. It was only towards the end that the episode started tipping its hand a little bit.

Got to give it a ten for keeping me fully engaged, keeping me guessing, and keeping me entertained, all while wrapping me in the nostalgia and comfort of reminiscence of much loved episodes of other sci-fi shows that have come before.

This was a well written episodes with a solid plot and acceptable dialogue. The problem is that a portion of the cast/characters are still not fitting in.

I am so tired of ensign Charlie yelling at Isaac for no reason. It comes off as childish and hateful and not worthy of a bridge officer. I'm tired of people agreeing with her when it is out of their character. I am also tired of the security chief being such a flat character. She can't deliver the tough lines and her character lacks depth as a result.

To begin with, I missed the old Ovrville, a light-hearted approaches to sci-fi tv show. That said, this episode is not that bad either, to me, it just kind of confusing, and yet, interesting.

Through all of the confusion, what is beneath is a retcon to a two years previous episode story, which I totally forgot, and never thought of this season, since it is subtitled "New Horizons" I thought it would all be independently brand new stories chapters, it's nice to see some old connection.

The first three episodes of S3 have been a bit un-fun.

I said loudly that the Orville was better than any of the current versions of Star Trek, that they out Trekked Trek, and part of that was in the humor and fun of the series. They acknowledged there were laughable aspects of original trek and certainly present day trek, and the orville cracked some jokes and got on with some actually pretty good trek like scripts.

These first 3 episodes have been jokeless, and delivered like an infront of a live audience first take is all we get 80s tv show, slow stilted, flat, lit for tv. All the things it doesn't have to be any more.

It feels like a director/editing thing. Flat on stage performances edited clunky.

Hopefully they'll pull it round again. The cast don't appear to be having fun.

Everything is pretty and shiny now, but the show has lost what made it good. It was a great affectionate send-up of the genre. Now it's just another mediocre example of the genre. This whole season has been a disappointment.

Another great episode, Season 3 has been amazing so far. The story telling and imagination has really surpassed my expectations. And just think we have episodes like this each and every week. Definitely worth the wait for these new chapters.

Just because this is sci-fi it doesn't need to be compared to others in same genre. It is its own identity, like humans, each different and comparing it to "other titles" is unfair, unjust and uncool.

This episode made me laugh, it inspired me, wowed me and kept me interested. Yep it is a great story and writers, actors, directors and producers have done themselves proud. Love each character as you sympathise with them, dislike them occasionally and side with them too, kids, robots, Moklan's and all.

Thanks Seth for telling me you story, champion.

At first I thought this would become something like TNG S2E12 "The Royal". But it soon become apparent that it might turn out more like TNG S2E2 "Where Silence Has Lease", but with The Orville's Nagilum not willed to sacrifice its laboratory rats. And in the end we got a touch of VOY S2E18 "Death Wish". And it did not feel artificial or forced. Plus it was very well-paced for the full 60 minutes. That is how you do full hour episodes!

An amazing episode and a return to form for the show!

We had been waiting for the return of The Orville for so long, but while the first 2 episodes were okay, they were missing something. The technical effects were there, but the heart, brains and soul had been a bit lacking. It had certainly been okay, but it just wasn't the show we looked forward to watching in the past.

With this episode, The Orville takes a giant leap forward. It was interesting, intelligent, and generally fun to watch. Almost like taking a ride on a roller coaster. One fun scenario after another. I think the initial self-consciousness of the characters returning is now gone, and they are free to just have fun with the roles more. There is a more comfortable chemistry onscreen, overall.

Just one quibble, I am glad that I did not read the title of the episode before watching. Sometimes, the less you know, going in, the better.

This was hard to get through. This was like a STAR Trek episode written by a 12 year old. There was so much opportunity to use the civilization in future episodes and it was wasted on this. The characters actions made no sense and the story dragged. I couldn't believe how accurate I was each time I said "watch it turns out to be BLANK" as a joke, and it turned out to be just that. It's as though they tried to come up with the worst possible story in order to show how bad The Orville could be if they wanted. This show was great, but I think this is going to be the end. Even if it isn't the end, it still is.

This episode was amazing ,it had absolutely everything you want from sci-fi episode,good effects,a brilliant story,good acting, mystery everything was perfect. Since the beggining of the episode my jaws dropped on each 5 minutes when another twist of events appeared on the screen. If you like Star Trek,Star Wars,The x files or Twillight zone , this episode will blow your mind away. I highly reccommend this episode to anybody,it is better than the last Star Wars and Star Trek trilogies of movies combined !!!!

P. S. I want to ask Seth to consider of making The Orville an extended franchise with multiple tv series like Stargate Star Trek or Star Wars,because we need a good one.

In summary: This was a really enjoyable episode that was well written, directed and made good use of the extra runtime.

Without giving away the plot, this episode had elements of Star Trek The Original Series and keeps the audience guessing what's happening right till the very end.

This is classic science fiction at its best.