The Orville: New Dimensions (2017)
Season 1, Episode 11
This episode was kind of ... flat.
1 December 2017
Warning: Spoilers
Dude, Bortas just ate a piece of Yaphit. Hyuk! Hyuk! And when Yaphit rescues his missing morsel? Umm, it was interesting that it got past the censors (if there are any). But, completely in character given that Bortas is married to another male.

Sorry to see the Engineer Guy - Steve Newton (Larry Joe Campbell) leave. I thought he was doing a fine job. But it had to be done, because J Lee's character was Mr Redundant on the bridge. It looks like a better idea to have him run the engine room.

NOT ENOUGH HALSTON! We didn't get our weekly serving of Lt Kitan. We're all Hot for Halston. Well, *I* am.

And that reptile guy! Hey, how's it going -- uh, what's his name again?

Little things are getting better and better. Like Mike Henry as Dann. Yeah, you know Dann! He's the guy that suggested music for the elevators. He wishes he were more like Gordon and John with their practical jokes. And he loves restoring antique furniture. Some day he's going to make someone a boring mate. You know who Mike Henry is, right?

As for McFarlane and Palicki, they seem to be warming up to each other in their roles.

It's a rare thing that a reviewer mentions the Makeup Department, but Howard Berger has come up with some simply amazing pieces, with his execution of the Horbalak Captain outstanding in this episode. Keep your eye on this guy, he's going to give Glenn Hettrick a run for his money over there at the STD show.

It was a good episode, a little flat in parts, perhaps -- but a lot of fun during the opening minutes.
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