Krill

I wanted to quickly review this episode because out of the first six, I felt it was easily the worst. It's not bad exactly, and I do love the strong classic Star Trek vibes this show brings. It is just that the show needs to know when to tone down the ham and get serious to maximize its potential. I suspect that the second season has learned this lesson and I'll discover that as I move along. Here though, the slapstick humor between Ed and Gordon completely kills the vibe, even if it is entertaining. It's good for entertainment, but sacrifices any potential to ever match some of Star Trek's best Klingon or Romulan episodes. If this show is going to hit the top level, it needs to know when to be full on serious, and this opportunity to establish the Krill on a similar amplitude to the Romulans is absolutely wasted on the humor. Also, the story element of the kids was good, but a bit too hammy in its handling. I suppose the classic Star Trek series had plenty of ham in the early going too. This is a solid show, I just wanted to voice my opinion on the matter in particular to this episode. Sometimes the humor is good, but to be a great show instead of just a good one, The Orville needs to know when to get full on serious.

First of all, the Orville is brilliant. And what Star Trek Discovery should have been. I was eagerly waiting for Star Trek Discovery for years on it being announced. I was then so let down when I actually seen it. It was atrocious. Someone recommended to me to see The Orville instead and I expected it to be some camp poor imitation rip off. Like the Scary Movies series did with Scream.

It is not. It is brilliant. It has the Star Trek 'feel' to it. The characters are all likable and intermix well. And the jokes feel right and are actually funny. This episode, Krill. Hit it right out of the park. It was perfect. The jokes in this had me literally in stitches laughing (no lie). But it also was very well done story wise too. I am so eagerly waiting for episode 7 now. But I suspect it will not top episode 6 and this will be the best of the series. Seth Mcfarlane you are literally my hero for creating this series as it really is the Star Trek of how it should be. And forgetting those trying to be a Star Wars clone that Discovery and the films have become. I hope this series lasts to 7 series like all the star trek's did. It deserves to.

I wasn't comfortable as I watched this. The Krill have a religion that allows them, in good conscience, to kill millions of people on helpless planets. The invasion of their ship was tenuous at best and required so much knowledge that seemed to be learned very fast. They may have a culture and a belief system, but if there were an alliance, they needed to be wiped out.

Orville delivered on balancing comedy and drama while giving us an insight to the society of Krill.

So far series presented this alien species as the default enemy. If the plot needed nameless bad guys, Krill filled the role. This episode gives us a chance to see Orville's universe through Krill eyes - it is a great chance to explore series setting.

Speaking of settings, Krill ship, prognostics and actors in them, present themselves outstandingly and give a believable representation of an alien culture.

Krill bare resemblance to Warhammer 40.000's Empire of Man - with their religious devotion in the age of spaceships, by we can easily compare them to our modern faith-based societies and ask ourselves a question, how to make peace with someone who is on a mission from the Divine?

Orville doesn't present those type of questions openly, but introduces us to a story that grows more complex with each scene - a fairly simple mission gets complicated and moral choices must be made.

That is what sci-fi that inspires to resemble Star Trek should be doing!

It is worth noting that we're having a chance to see Captain Mercer and Lieutenant Malloy being focus of the episode - both characters bring a degree of awkward charm to the story, but there is only one truly memorable funny scene in the whole episode. Both protagonists present rather awkward, bordering of incompetent, attitude towards their mission, especially compared to the very serious negative background of their Krill crewmates. It serves as a lighter tone for the episode but can be seen as overdone.

Light touch when it comes to comedy adds to the dramatic undertone, leaving us asking ourselves the question - can the circle of hate be broken by more violence and death?

Seth Macfarlane proves, beyond any doubt, that his aspirations for Orville go beyond a simple spoof fuelled by humour. Those who want a space comedy might feel disappointed, everyone else will probably enjoy the ride.

...so I would have just downloaded the much sought after tome... it seems the internet doesn't work so well in the future....