Firestorm
- Episode aired Nov 16, 2017
- TV-14
- 43m
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
3.4K
YOUR RATING
Alara questions whether she's fit for her job when a fire breaks out on the Orville and a crew member dies.Alara questions whether she's fit for her job when a fire breaks out on the Orville and a crew member dies.Alara questions whether she's fit for her job when a fire breaks out on the Orville and a crew member dies.
J. Lee
- Lt. John LaMarr
- (as J Lee)
Gavin K. Lee
- Henry Park
- (as Gavin Lee)
Rachael MacFarlane
- Computer
- (voice)
Seth Allyn Austin
- Clown
- (as Seth Austin)
Leslie Awender
- Human Hallway Officer
- (uncredited)
Roger Berard
- Dreamweaver the Mindspider
- (uncredited)
Nina Hart
- Human science officer
- (uncredited)
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- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAlara's parents are portrayed by Molly Hagan and Robert Picardo. Hagan had a guest role on The Jem'Hadar (1994) and Picardo played The Doctor (alias Lewis Zimmerman, Lord Schweitzer, Shmullus, Mozart Van Gogh, etc.) on Star Trek: Voyager (1995). Picardo also played Richard Woolsey in the Stargate franchise, which at times was a loving parody-tribute to Star Trek; most of Woolsey's appearances were in Stargate: Atlantis (2004).
- Quotes
[the senior officers are discussing inexplicable event that have been occurring on the Orville]
Cmdr. Kelly Grayson: Wait. Isaac, what about the plasma storm? Is it possible that it affected us or the ship in some way?
Isaac: How so, Commander?
Cmdr. Kelly Grayson: I'm not sure. This is gonna sound like I'm talking out of my ass...
Isaac: Then please try to enunciate.
Cmdr. Kelly Grayson: No, it's a figure... never mind.
- ConnectionsReferences Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Featured review
the Orville's got me hooked
This was a fantastic episode; I started watching The Orville on a whim because a friend liked it and I never expected to care about the characters this much. This is a great episode, it's managed to be an action-heavy episode while never losing focus of the character at its heart, Alara, who is probably my favorite in the show. The episode also used the opportunity to use other character traits of the rest of the crew as part of the plot, which was both very clever and an excellent use of narrative. The first few episodes really fell flat for me because of the out-of-place humor, but the Orville has started learning that the situational humor of being on a Starship and the irony of sci-fi tropes creates plenty of opportunity for satire. At this point i'm actually sad this isn't some far-off corner of the Trek universe, because I'd love to see some of these characters interact with Trek ones. I've also been pleasantly surprised by the way the production quality of the show has gone up, with particular improvements in the directing and lighting, especially this episode which had a really great and atmospheric color palette compared to the rather beige first episodes. All in all, an outstanding, well-rounded episode that was balanced wonderfully between character development, action, suspense, and humor.
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- hydrorion
- Nov 22, 2017
Details
- Runtime43 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9 HD
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