So Orville has some potential being a zanier version of Star Trek, some episodes were pretty good but this one was a bit different. I felt like writing a review because it made me ANGRY after watching this episode, which had a lot of potential.
So the crew found a planet similar to earth in the 21 century, except the society works on a voting system where the majority of people decide what is right and wrong. Now, I love this premise which criticizes utilitarianism and democracy, but how this premise related to the crew was awful. You have Lt. LaMarr (a horrible diversity insert since episode 1 of the show) performing a lewd act to a statue on a foreign planet, on an undercover mission which cause the whole mission to go astray... So the rest of the episode was about trying to rescue him from impending doom. Not only that but he was completely unrepentant and the moral of the story? It's fine to act like a total asshole and suffer no consequences for your actions.
It could have been a great episode but the structure ruined it.
So the crew found a planet similar to earth in the 21 century, except the society works on a voting system where the majority of people decide what is right and wrong. Now, I love this premise which criticizes utilitarianism and democracy, but how this premise related to the crew was awful. You have Lt. LaMarr (a horrible diversity insert since episode 1 of the show) performing a lewd act to a statue on a foreign planet, on an undercover mission which cause the whole mission to go astray... So the rest of the episode was about trying to rescue him from impending doom. Not only that but he was completely unrepentant and the moral of the story? It's fine to act like a total asshole and suffer no consequences for your actions.
It could have been a great episode but the structure ruined it.