The Orville: Primal Urges (2019)
Season 2, Episode 2
Tackles current social and cultural themes like Star Trek back in the day
5 January 2019
It's not necessary for a Sci-Fi series to use technobabble or to fire phasers in each and every episode. And the mash of sitcom, drama, action and satire might still be confusing to some critics.

The Orville writers are very clever not to get trapped in the hype, but to keep doing what they're good at. This this gives a lot of freedom to produce original tv entertainment. The final scene combining comedy and suspense is hilliarious, nobody could do something this otherwise.

And it enables wrapping themes what couldn't be addressed in maintreasm global tv. Which is unfortunate, because the fact that our primal urges don't combine with modern technology will become increasingly problematic. Refer to "Black Mirror" for further details.

I don't want to use spoilers, but where is you-know-what illness covered elsewhere, and some might even be offended by Bortus' gender and relationship. Just like the first interracial kiss by Captain Kirk back in the day - which proves The Oriville is today's Star Trek.
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