Mad Idolatry
- Episode aired Dec 7, 2017
- TV-14
- 44m
IMDb RATING
8.4/10
3.5K
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The crew crash land on a planet from another universe; Ed and Kelly consider getting back together.The crew crash land on a planet from another universe; Ed and Kelly consider getting back together.The crew crash land on a planet from another universe; Ed and Kelly consider getting back together.
J. Lee
- Lt. Cmdr. John LaMarr
- (as J Lee)
Chloe Alexa Ibanez
- Woman
- (as Chloe Russell)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaHeavily influenced by Who Watches the Watchers (1989) (the religion angle) and Blink of an Eye (2000) (the time dichotomy).
- GoofsThe 14th-century-period peasant's cottage has bright steel door hinges.
Not necessarily an error. Different cultures progress at different rates, and different cultures on worlds that are an invention of a writer can progress in any way he/she sees fit. In this instance, at time code 23.33, when a woman is disciplining her son, weapons are seen next to them that are obviously steel (or something that looks like it). There is no reason to think that a blacksmith or former solider, perhaps, couldn't have made the hinges.
- Quotes
Isaac: I believe what we have encountered is a planet locked in a multi-phasic orbit.
[in the conference room with all the senior staff]
Capt. Ed Mercer: Okay, let's pretend I don't know what that is.
Lt. Gordon Malloy: Do you know what that is?
Capt. Ed Mercer: I do not.
Lt. Gordon Malloy: So, we could just say that.
Capt. Ed Mercer: Thanks, buddy.
[sarcastically]
- Crazy creditsAfter having been credited as Lt. John LaMarr up to this point in the season, J. Lee is credited as Lt. Cmdr., reflecting his promotion from the previous episode.
- ConnectionsReferences Brigadoon (1954)
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S1: Uneven and inconsistent but neither as bad as the critics say or as good as the fans say
Unsure what to expect was the way I started watching The Orville. I expected it to be funny in a Family Guy way of course, but at the same time I had heard that fans had latched to it for being a solid Star Trek extension that focused on doing what the original show did. The truth is much more of the latter, with the note that when the show is lighthearted, then FG is the style of humor, but really it is a sci-fi in the spirit of original Star Trek.
The division between the critical assessment, and that of the viewers, is significant and interesting in how it plays out, but the truth is somewhere in the middle. I think the critics expected more cynicism and comedy, whereas the viewers gradually settled into what it is - and then overpraised it based on the savaging that the critics got. Truth is that both parties have good points. The Orville is essentially a run at doing the original Star Trek series again; it looks like it, it feels like it and its strengths and weaknesses are often in common with it. On one hand this is enjoyable, because it does have that nostalgic feel to what it does - but then, one has to wonder why so much money was spent on a vehicle which deliberately limits itself and feels like a step backwards.
How I felt about it personally tended to vary by the minute. At its heart it was solidly entertaining; it looked great due to the money spent on it, and it has undemanding but engaging genre-standard ideas and narratives. Within this the show throws in moments of humor that don't always fit in, but also lays out the most obvious and 'worthy' of allegories with an air of self-importance that it doesn't deserve. Most of the time it doesn't do any of this too much in one direction, but certainly there are one or two howler episodes (the gender reassignment one for example - aims high but misses). After a good chunk of episodes though, I had the tone and settled into it okay.
As a whole it is never more than 'okay', and it seems all over the map at times in what it wants to do. If you have fond memories of the original Star Trek then probably you'll be more likely to enjoy this than the casual viewer. It took me some time, but I was enjoying it by the end.
The division between the critical assessment, and that of the viewers, is significant and interesting in how it plays out, but the truth is somewhere in the middle. I think the critics expected more cynicism and comedy, whereas the viewers gradually settled into what it is - and then overpraised it based on the savaging that the critics got. Truth is that both parties have good points. The Orville is essentially a run at doing the original Star Trek series again; it looks like it, it feels like it and its strengths and weaknesses are often in common with it. On one hand this is enjoyable, because it does have that nostalgic feel to what it does - but then, one has to wonder why so much money was spent on a vehicle which deliberately limits itself and feels like a step backwards.
How I felt about it personally tended to vary by the minute. At its heart it was solidly entertaining; it looked great due to the money spent on it, and it has undemanding but engaging genre-standard ideas and narratives. Within this the show throws in moments of humor that don't always fit in, but also lays out the most obvious and 'worthy' of allegories with an air of self-importance that it doesn't deserve. Most of the time it doesn't do any of this too much in one direction, but certainly there are one or two howler episodes (the gender reassignment one for example - aims high but misses). After a good chunk of episodes though, I had the tone and settled into it okay.
As a whole it is never more than 'okay', and it seems all over the map at times in what it wants to do. If you have fond memories of the original Star Trek then probably you'll be more likely to enjoy this than the casual viewer. It took me some time, but I was enjoying it by the end.
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- bob the moo
- Aug 27, 2018
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- Park Plaza Hotel - 607 S. Park View Street, Los Angeles, California, USA(church hall where Valondis rules from)
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- Runtime44 minutes
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- 16:9 HD
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