Ja'loja

Season 2 episode 1 should have came out swinging, instead it was a Strikeout! With ST: Discovery Season 2 airing Jan 17th The Orville should have rocked, but it was more of a dull soap opera. All 5 stories in this episode were boring and predictable. This was not a good start. Having 1 main story and maybe 1 side story is the way to go. This episode was rushed and unnecessary. Season 1 looked hopeful but after this episode, I see cancelation on the horizon.

Yes, I can see why some does not like the lack of actual science fiction in this episode. Should we start giving bad critics to ST:TNG as well then, because the show had a ton of non-scifi episodes? No, of course not. In fact, some of the strongest episodes were exactly that. Exploring the people.

That said I won't say this is a masterpiece. But it's funny. VERY funny. It has good development of the characters. It has some heartfelt moments. It's well written, well acted.

Again, no masterpiece, but to say this is a bad episode?

Prrrrrrf, give me a break. I will in fact say it's a GREAT way to start off the season! Give me that development! It's not even rushed, just an easing in, and doing it well.

Far from a bad episode, not a fantastic episode, but I think it was great. I laughed, I smiled, enjoy every bit of it. Wonderful start to the season.

Heard so many good things about this show in light of the Star Trek demise. This show would be great if I was still in high school. This was the first time I watched this show and probably the last. Okay, for the record I turned it off after 20 minutes.

Very safe episode, not something to expect from a first episode of the season.. didn't really hype up any sort of plot points or show any sort of jump from season 1? The sci fi elements of season 1 were incredible and hopefully we'll see more of those self contained episodes in this season, but this episode just wasn't it. It felt like a filler episode meant for the middle of the season and that would of been fine, I wouldn't be surprised if Fox moved this episode to episode 1 like what they did with firefly...

This was a rocky start in my book. Unless you are a teen or a preteen you probably did not love this episode either. Is this the new target audience...teenagers? I hope not. You had the kids acting out and the adults acting like teenagers. I was kind hoping Isaac's "sarcastic" comment about there being a disease on board were actually true. That would have at least redeemed the episode as a space exploration themed show. But No. We had officers acting like they had never been on a date before and the captain acting like a heartbroken prom date. All so we could go watch an alien urinate. That is a rocky start in my book. Not to mention. Didn't they already kinda foreshadow Alara and the captain in the first season. So why are they going through this long thing setting this up this season?