Martin Carr reviews the eleventh episode of The Orville season 2… Poignancy and pathos extol a heavy price from the audience this week  as captain and crew encounter a time capsule. ‘Lasting Impressions’ is not only a highly perceptive piece of writing on the impact of social media, but subtlety encompasses other addictions without preaching. […]

Martin Carr reviews the tenth episode of The Orville season 2… Hidden beneath the surface of this back story building exercise and cloaked in thin character work sits a relevant topic for discussion. Extremist groups are sadly prevalent in this world and people rise up against governments, regimes and dictatorships on a daily basis. Their […]

Martin Carr reviews the ninth episode of The Orville season 2… There is tangible loss  in The Orville this week as life lessons are learned, Union space gets thrashed and unlikely allies team up for a one time deal. A series which is usually big on character also throws in some good old fashioned pitch […]

Martin Carr reviews the eighth episode of The Orville season 2… Drawing heavily from Fritz Lang’s Metropolis Seth MacFarlane introduces us to Kaylon this week as Isaac’s shut down forces an interplanetary visit. On the surface everything is clean lines, polished metal spires and automaton construction, stripped of emotion and driven by logic. Using the […]

Martin Carr reviews the seventh episode of The Orville season 2… This week marks a rare example of Seth MacFarlane relinquishing writing duties to someone else. However tonal shifts are unrecognisable and The Orville manages to bring us another solid fifty minutes of television. Mixing it up between relationship concerns and melodrama it manages to […]