Lasting Impressions

If the two parter Identity was a homage to Best of Both Worlds. This new episide definitely has to be a homage to The Inner Light episode from Season 5 of The Next Generation.

It was the episode where Picard gets taken over by a time capsule of a long extinct planet and seemingly lives his entire life inside of it as a member of that planet.

This was a fantastic episode. I went from a mixture of teary eyed at the Gordon scenes to literally laughing out loud at adiction to smoking scenes.

Both were handled brilliantly. This really is a must see episode. I feel I am not over-rating it giving it 10/10

The girl who played Laura was also very cute and I hope she gets cast in other things too.

The transformation began several episodes prior. No longer is the Orville a comedy with a hint of Star Trek it is now its own space show with a hint of comedy. This episode was fantastic and heart felt. Give it a try!

Episodes are getting better and better, please continue like this - make it so! Btw, reminds me a lot of Voyager. It has that warmth.

I have always thought that Star Trek: Voyager (1995) was Seth's favorite. The opening montage of The Orville (2017) is a clear homage to Star Trek: Voyager (1995).

I know everyone may not like this episode, there is no "space action". However, I think it is a nice change of pace, where it it more about the way those of the future might see the past.

I also liked the exposition near the end, about people being the sum of their experiences. Well-delivered by Adrianne Palicki.

A couple of side-notes - it seems that in the Orville universe, they currently appear to have the ability to create matter from energy, in their synthesizers, but they do not appear to have matter transporter technology.

Gordon seems to easily adapt to the cell phone user interface. I am not quite sure what that says. Has the cell-phone interface become so intuitive that even those who have not seen it for hundreds of years will be able to figure out what it means? Or slightly horrifying, there is nothing better to be developed?

The scene where Bortus is showing Klyden where all of the hidden cigarettes are located is hysterical. Short but sweet.

btw, I love the smell of un-burned tobacco, but hate cigarette smoke.

Leighton Meester has an excellent singing voice.

Everyone who knows the magic feeling of failing in love can empathize with Gordon on this one, love is for the most part an illusion, a projection of our own necessities, hopes and dreams, but what happens when the illusion seems to became real, and when things go sideways, how much control we do really have... an episode that reminds me of TNG and Voyager, also Tim Russ!, anyway, I love this one.