By any measure of narrative, The Orville: New Horizons Season 3 Episode 8 is a supersized portion of storytelling.
Clocking in at an hour and 26 minutes, it manages to test the mettle of Topa, her rescuers, and the Planetary Union itself. It introduces an unexpected potential relationship as well as a complication in that same relationship.
It frames the dangers of involving impressionable devotees in complicated plots and finally defines the limit of appeasement in the face of fear.
But, most impressive of all, it delivers Dolly-Freakin'-Parton, probably the most triumphant get in the vast constellation of guest stars that have appeared on the show over the years.
From the reprise of Heveena's de facto anthem, "9 to 5," through the soulful Moclan instrumental interpretation of "Jolene," to Parton's rendition of "Try" in Simulator Two, Parton is every bit as inspirational as a fictional figure as she is in real life.
It is...
Clocking in at an hour and 26 minutes, it manages to test the mettle of Topa, her rescuers, and the Planetary Union itself. It introduces an unexpected potential relationship as well as a complication in that same relationship.
It frames the dangers of involving impressionable devotees in complicated plots and finally defines the limit of appeasement in the face of fear.
But, most impressive of all, it delivers Dolly-Freakin'-Parton, probably the most triumphant get in the vast constellation of guest stars that have appeared on the show over the years.
From the reprise of Heveena's de facto anthem, "9 to 5," through the soulful Moclan instrumental interpretation of "Jolene," to Parton's rendition of "Try" in Simulator Two, Parton is every bit as inspirational as a fictional figure as she is in real life.
It is...
- 7/21/2022
- by Diana Keng
- TVfanatic
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