Nothing Left on Earth Excepting Fishes

It's quite astonishing how Seth McFarlane is kind of corrupting every expectation and can be so obvious and predictable yet so surprising.

It's hard to explain.

Predictable: the whole story, it's been done before. Then the whole 'but maybe they'll find common ground and it'll be fine' and yeah... seen it all before. More man vs woman toil, yeah old hat.

BUT... shows are so afraid to do it now. You have to be dark, and cut yourself and political if you do something heartfelt and straightforward then you must be crap. You have to be confusing and dark and that favourite word "edgy".

So Seth says... yeah you've seen this all before. I'm aping Star Trek quite obviously. And you know what... I'm gonna do it anyway.

There's a certain satisfaction of being there on the journey.. knowing where it'll go. And then him giving that beacon of hope. Blatantly, obviously so... but still so good.

I don't know how he does something that's so much a pastiche, yet so fresh because other shows daren't be this "nice" in this day and age.

Thank god Star Trek Discovery is back on the air - Why you might ask?

Because it makes it far easier to compare the two and recognize that the Orville is far and away the superior show.

Of all the episodes thus far this one has the most heart. This show has struggled with the balance between farcical humor, down to earth witty humor, and heart. The Office managed to thread all three needles simultaneously. This show has yet to achieve the balance, but this particular episode has a lot of heart. The unusually long closing sequence of the episode, which is dialogue-free, is the most emotionally complex and sincere moment of the series thus far, and is genuinely moving.

This episode was sooooo good! Please don't miss out on this beautiful show created with love and heart from Seth McFarlane

Great story excellent acting special effects outa site orville back on target