Tag: The Orville
REVIEW: The Orville – Season 2, Episode 11 “Lasting Impressions”
AlexGherzo | Mar 22, 2019 | 0
After a one-week absence (and before a three-week hiatus!), The Orville resurfaces this week with “Lasting Impressions,” a return to the slower, more character-driven episodes that began the season. Like “Blood of Patriots,” the focus is on Gordon, as new facets of his personality are explor...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Orville – Season 2, Episode 10 “Blood of Patriots”
AlexGherzo | Mar 8, 2019 | 0
The Orville wasted no time exploring some of the new threads opened by last week’s incredible episode with “Blood of Patriots,” a mystery that sheds some light on Gordon’s past and puts a potential peace between warring systems in a new light. It’s also funny, exciting, and the most import...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Orville – Season 2, Episode 9 “Identity, Part 2”
AlexGherzo | Mar 1, 2019 | 0
Following up the cliffhanger ending of last week’s first half of this mid-season two-parter, “Identity, Part 2” is a tense, rousing, immensely satisfying conclusion that wraps up the conflict while setting up new ideas and potential storylines for the show’s future. There’s lots of action,...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Orville – Season 2, Episode 8 “Identity, Part 1”
AlexGherzo | Feb 22, 2019 | 0
Halfway through a season that’s been heavy on character relationships and light on sci-fi action, The Orville ups the stakes considerably with “Identity, Part 1,” the phenomenal beginning of a two-parter that ranks with its very best episodes. Much like season 2, things begin on a quiet, chara...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Orville – Season 2, Episode 7 “Deflectors”
AlexGherzo | Feb 15, 2019 | 0
After taking a week off (during sweeps!), The Orville returns this week with “Deflectors,” which begins as another relationship episode – which, despite the excellent “A Happy Refrain,” gave me some consternation – but becomes something much more interesting. Talla takes center stage, li...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Orville – Season 2, Episode 6 “A Happy Refrain”
AlexGherzo | Feb 1, 2019 | 0
One of the strengths of science fiction is that it can encompass virtually any other genre. Star Wars, for example, incorporates classic fantasy elements in its galaxy far, far away; Blade Runner is a hardboiled detective noir involving androids; Alien is a horror movie in space. The Orville, like S...
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