Season Guide
The Orville Season 1
Season 1 Review
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Season 1 of The Orville premiered 2017-09-10 and ran 12 episodes through 2017-12-07.
Episodes
1
SummaryIt's 2418, and the Planetary Union promotes Ed Mercer to Captain of the exploratory vessel The U.S.S. Orville. Ed's enthusiasm for his new position is dampened when his ex wife,…
2
Summary When Ed and Kelly are tricked by a hologram of a ship in distress and find themselves prisoners in a replica of their former home, Alara must step up…
3
SummaryThe Orville crew is divided between cultures when Bortus and Klyden debate if their newly born offspring should receive a controversial surgery.Our TakeMiddle of the road. Watchable, but you'll forget…
4
Summary Ed and the Orville crew encounter a massive vessel adrift in space, which is in danger of colliding with a star. While some of the crew set out to…
5
Summary After the crew saves a stranded ship and its attractive captain, Ed becomes smitten with the Orville’s new guest, while Kelly suspects all is not what it seems. Meanwhile,…
6
SummaryAfter the Orville crew defeats a Krill attack on a brand new colony, the Union sends Ed and Gordon on a dangerous undercover mission to infiltrate a Krill ship and…
7
Summary When two Union anthropologists go missing on a planet similar to 21st century Earth, Ed sends a team led by Kelly to find them, but the mission quickly goes…
8
SummaryEd and the crew set out to save Dr. Finn, her two sons and Isaac after their shuttle gets thrown into uncharted space and they crash land on a moon…
9
Summary The Orville is called to mediate a peace treaty between two warring cultures, but tensions run even higher between Ed and Kelly when a familiar face boards the ship.…
10
Summary When a fire breaks out on The Orville and a crew member dies, Alara begins to question if she is fit for her job, just as unusual and terrifying…
11
SummaryKelly discovers that Lt. John Lamarr is smarter than he lets on. So, she pushes Ed to consider him for a key leadership position on the ship after The Orville…
12
SummaryEd and Kelly seriously reconsider getting back together. However, while Kelly is on a mission with Isaac and Gordon to investigate the origins of an uncharted star, they suddenly crash…