Comedy, eh? OK, so a couple of lines about Mr Potato Head, and an uncomfortable request for cake: these won't turn a dark episode into a laugh riot.
We start out watching a cuddly scene with Dr Finn's kids playing a game with Isaac where once more, they lose. Claire and Isaac declare in front of them just before the mechanical life form leaves, that they are "seeing each other". They're all very happy about it when "BOOP! BOOP!", Isaac's lights turn off and he crumples to the floor.
Isaac shows no sign of being "alive", so Mercer asks the Admiral for permission to visit Kaylon to ask for help, which is granted. The quantum drive is engaged and the Orville treks to the system seeking assistance.
Seth MacFarlane has crafted a clever story on how we judge a people based on a single example, and how that judgment can be so wrong on so many levels, whether you're the Captain of a starship, a lonely professional woman or an innocent child hoping for a new dad.
He shows how much the crew of the starship Orville can care for a thing that mimics their own behaviour, they can accept and welcome the ultimate alien. a being who has been built from components.
And, as it is in our flawed society of 2019, he shows how a child's discovery, "a bad thing" in a dark place below a shining city, can turn our preconceptions upside down. MacFarlane warns us of a coming disaster: Artificial Intelligence may turn out to be Humankind's downfall.
We start out watching a cuddly scene with Dr Finn's kids playing a game with Isaac where once more, they lose. Claire and Isaac declare in front of them just before the mechanical life form leaves, that they are "seeing each other". They're all very happy about it when "BOOP! BOOP!", Isaac's lights turn off and he crumples to the floor.
Isaac shows no sign of being "alive", so Mercer asks the Admiral for permission to visit Kaylon to ask for help, which is granted. The quantum drive is engaged and the Orville treks to the system seeking assistance.
Seth MacFarlane has crafted a clever story on how we judge a people based on a single example, and how that judgment can be so wrong on so many levels, whether you're the Captain of a starship, a lonely professional woman or an innocent child hoping for a new dad.
He shows how much the crew of the starship Orville can care for a thing that mimics their own behaviour, they can accept and welcome the ultimate alien. a being who has been built from components.
And, as it is in our flawed society of 2019, he shows how a child's discovery, "a bad thing" in a dark place below a shining city, can turn our preconceptions upside down. MacFarlane warns us of a coming disaster: Artificial Intelligence may turn out to be Humankind's downfall.