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Promo images for The Orville Season 2 Episode 7 – ‘Deflectors’

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With The Orville now on a short break until February 14th, Fox has released a promo for the seventh episode of season 2 of Seth MacFarlane’s sci-fi comedy drama series, entitled ‘Deflectors’; watch it here… SEE ALSO: The Orville Season 2 Episode 6 Review – ‘A Happy Refrain’ From Emmy Award-winning executive producer and creator Seth […]

The Orville Season 2 Episode 6 Review – ‘A Happy Refrain’

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Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of The Orville season 2… You could just look at this week as another exercise in relationship exploration as two people from diametrically apposed backgrounds are brought together. You might choose to go deeper and consider the concept of feelings and what makes us sentient, self-aware and therefore human. Then […]

Promo for The Orville Season 2 Episode 6 – ‘A Happy Refrain’

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A promo has arrived online for next week’s sixth episode of Fox’s sci-fi comedy drama series The Orville season 2, entitled ‘A Happy Refrain’; watch it here… SEE ALSO: The Orville Season 2 Episode 5 Review – ‘All The World Is Birthday Cake’ CLAIRE’S PERSONAL LIFE TAKES AN UNEXPECTED TURN ON AN ALL-NEW “THE ORVILLE” […]

The Orville Season 2 Episode 5 Review – ‘All The World Is Birthday Cake’

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Martin Carr reviews the fifth episode of The Orville season 2… To say that Seth MacFarlane is taking a sideswipe at astrology and more specifically those who hold stock in such predictions is selling him short. This episode is shining a light on not just belief systems but cultural constructs, hive mind dictatorships and intolerance […]

The Orville Season 2 Episode 4 Review – ‘Nothing Left On Earth Excepting Fishes’

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Martin Carr reviews the fourth episode of The Orville season 2… If your down and dirty playlist does not include Billy Joel then best you steer clear of The Orville this week. Aside from touchstone movie moments, Krill kidnappings and mock torture MacFarlane has delivered us an old fashioned rom-com. Tolerance, acceptance and understanding might […]

Promo for The Orville Season 2 Episode 5 – ‘All the World Is Birthday Cake’

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Fox has released a promo for next Thursday’s fifth episode of The Orville season two, entitled ‘All the World Is Birthday Cake’; take a look here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAn_UuOijVg ED AND THE CREW MAKE FIRST CONTACT ON AN ALL-NEW “THE ORVILLE” THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, ON FOX The Orville makes First Contact and a new crewmember joins the […]

Promo for The Orville Season 2 Episode 4 – ‘Nothing Left on Earth Excepting Fishes’

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A promo has arrived online for next week’s fourth episode of Fox’s sci-fi comedy drama The Orville season 2, entitled ‘Nothing Left on Earth Excepting Fishes’; watch it here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlIkTR7vK-s Ed finds himself behind enemy lines when he crash-lands on a mysterious planet. Meanwhile, Kelly questions why Gordon wants to take the Command Test in […]

The Orville Season 2 Episode 1 Review – ‘Ja’loja’

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Martin Carr reviews the first episode of The Orville season 2… Few writers can imbue the puerile with pathos, make micturition both emotive yet amusing and create forty minutes of engaging drama using bodily functions as their inspiration. Few that is apart from Seth MacFarlane who uses nothing more substantial to give us an opening […]

The Orville Season 2 Episode 2 Review – ‘Primal Urges’

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Martin Carr reviews the second episode of The Orville season 2… There is a sensitivity, skill and structural balance at work here which demonstrates what continues to make The Orville so special. Multiple story threads, taboo subjects and same sex unions explored with consideration within a plausibly dramatic set of scenarios. MacFarlane starts from a […]