The Orville (TV Series)

Firestorm (2017)

Mark Jackson: Isaac

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• [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.

• Isaac : I am afraid we cannot end the simulation at this time.

  Dr. Claire Finn : Isaac, look at her bio-signs. Her adrenaline levels are through the roof.

  Capt. Ed Mercer : Isaac, shut it down, now!

  Isaac : I am sorry, Captain. I do not have the authority to do so. Lieutenant Kitan has exercised directive 38 in the execution of this program.

  Capt. Ed Mercer : No bare feet in the engineering section? What does that have to do...

  Cmdr. Kelly Grayson : No, 38.

  Capt. Ed Mercer : Oh, 38. Wait a minute, she exercised directive 38 for this?

  Dr. Claire Finn : What does that mean?

  Cmdr. Kelly Grayson : It's an extreme crisis-only regulation that allows the chief of security on board a starship the ability to override all other clearance. Including the captain's.

  Dr. Claire Finn : What in God's name for?

  Capt. Ed Mercer : In the rare case that the captain has been compromised in some way; alien influence, extreme drunkenness, that kind of thing. If they use it and they're wrong, it's a career-ender. And it's definitely not meant to be used for something like this.

• Isaac : You asked to be subjected to a variety of frightening situations, so I designed a program based on inquiries conducted with the crew, in order to select a number of baseline phobias with which to populate the program.

  Cmdr. Kelly Grayson : The simulation began in the corridor, right before you saw the clown.

  Lt. Alara Kitan : But how did you...

  [realizing] 

  Lt. Alara Kitan : A memory wipe.

  Dr. Claire Finn : If you knew you were in a simulation, the fear wouldn't be real. So you needed a short-term memory wipe to erase any knowledge of the request. It's a risky procedure, but you told me it was essential for the protection of classified security material. I ought to write you up for lying to a medical officer.

  Lt. Alara Kitan : Wait, so who's afraid of clowns?

  Lt. John LaMarr : That's me.

  Lt. Alara Kitan : You really are afraid of clowns?

  Lt. John LaMarr : Yes. Please stop saying the "C" word.