Pria
- Episode aired Oct 5, 2017
- TV-14
- 44m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
4.2K
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Ed becomes smitten with the captain of a stranded ship, but Kelly suspects all is not what it seems.Ed becomes smitten with the captain of a stranded ship, but Kelly suspects all is not what it seems.Ed becomes smitten with the captain of a stranded ship, but Kelly suspects all is not what it seems.
J. Lee
- Lt. John LaMarr
- (as J Lee)
Norm MacDonald
- Yaphit
- (voice)
Rachael MacFarlane
- Computer
- (voice)
Michael Richards
- Kramer
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Jerry Seinfeld
- Jerry Seinfeld
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMercer and Pria discuss the story of Giles Corey as depicted at a museum in Salem, MA. Giles was accused of witchcraft in 1692 and tortured by being pressed under rocks. The story they told of him asking for "more weight" is accurate.
- GoofsWhen The Orville pulls the shuttle in with the tractor beam, there is still a stream of chunks from the asteroid moving away from the sun behind it. If the sun's gravity was pulling the asteroid down towards the sun, the chunks would also be pulled down. However, the tractor beam could easily be affecting the chunks as well as the shuttlecraft.
- Quotes
Capt. Ed Mercer: You know what the most depressing part about this is? I allowed myself to care about you, and you used me. And despite all of your claims that you still care about me, not once have you even said, "I'm sorry".
Pria Lavesque: It's a good rule in life never to apologize. The right kind of people never want apologies, and the wrong kind take advantage of them.
- ConnectionsFeatures Seinfeld: The Junior Mint (1993)
Featured review
We'll Always Have Paris...
This episode, more than any previous in the short history of Orville, felt like a "bottle show". No wacky, crazy planets, little in terms of new sets or aliens walking around in prognostics - it was centred around the crew and the guest star of the week.
Episode suffered balance between A and B story. 'A story' felt... bloated, if that can be term used to describe a story. Things that should be said with a single stare, were over-explained. As if anyone needed to be told, exactly how it is to feel betrayed by someone you decided to trust.
Emotional scene works better, when viewer can insert their own feelings into the story. When going too far with explaining exactly what character feels, this connection is lost.
'B story' on the other hand, involving Isaac and Lt. Malloy, could really use an extra scene in the middle - something that would lead up to escalation we see closer to the end of the episode.
The Orville consequently tries to rebuild relationship between two main characters of the story - Captain Mercer and Commander Grayson. You can almost hear the conversation that happened while season 1 storyline was written, where someone said "We need to show how those two, despite turbulent past, can learn to work together and appreciate each other again."
While the effort itself is noble, it feels that plot of this episode was written to serve just that purpose.
I am hungry for episodes that would put Mercer-Grayson relationship as the 'B story', something that grows in the background, while giving the stage to the talented cast that plays very unique characters. We want to know more about them and see their characters being developed - you don't create such a colourful set of personalities and leave them as the window dressing.
Even the character of Chief Engineer Steve Newton is interesting in it's own way. Despite being just a minor role! Same goes for Yaphit (the jelly-guy).
Lastly, Charlize Theron's appearance in the show was noteworthy. She sold the character she played within the setting of Orville episode, but without stealing it. It's hard to say much more without going into spoilers.
It's not the best episode so far, but it does it's job and is enjoyable to watch to a certain degree.
Episode suffered balance between A and B story. 'A story' felt... bloated, if that can be term used to describe a story. Things that should be said with a single stare, were over-explained. As if anyone needed to be told, exactly how it is to feel betrayed by someone you decided to trust.
Emotional scene works better, when viewer can insert their own feelings into the story. When going too far with explaining exactly what character feels, this connection is lost.
'B story' on the other hand, involving Isaac and Lt. Malloy, could really use an extra scene in the middle - something that would lead up to escalation we see closer to the end of the episode.
The Orville consequently tries to rebuild relationship between two main characters of the story - Captain Mercer and Commander Grayson. You can almost hear the conversation that happened while season 1 storyline was written, where someone said "We need to show how those two, despite turbulent past, can learn to work together and appreciate each other again."
While the effort itself is noble, it feels that plot of this episode was written to serve just that purpose.
I am hungry for episodes that would put Mercer-Grayson relationship as the 'B story', something that grows in the background, while giving the stage to the talented cast that plays very unique characters. We want to know more about them and see their characters being developed - you don't create such a colourful set of personalities and leave them as the window dressing.
Even the character of Chief Engineer Steve Newton is interesting in it's own way. Despite being just a minor role! Same goes for Yaphit (the jelly-guy).
Lastly, Charlize Theron's appearance in the show was noteworthy. She sold the character she played within the setting of Orville episode, but without stealing it. It's hard to say much more without going into spoilers.
It's not the best episode so far, but it does it's job and is enjoyable to watch to a certain degree.
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- ionisravell
- Oct 6, 2017
Details
- Runtime44 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9 HD
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