The Orville Season 1 Episodes

12 Episodes 2017 - 2017

When officer Ed Mercer (Seth MacFarlane) finds his wife in bed with an alien, his life is turned upside down. After his divorce, he finally gets his own ship to command, the Orville: However, just as he's starting to think his life is finally taking a turn for the better, he finds out his ex-wife Kelly Grayson (Adrianne Palicki) has been assigned to the Orville as First Officer. In Season 1, Mercer assembles an eccentric crew and together they embark on several adventures that take them to far away planets with weird societies, often putting the entire crew in danger.

Episode 1

Old Wounds

Sun, Sep 10, 2017 60 mins

Series premiere of a comedy-drama that follows the futuristic adventures of the Orville, a spaceship, and its crew of humans and aliens. First up: Ed Mercer is promoted to captain, but his enthusiasm wanes when his ex-wife is assigned first officer; and the crew is ambushed by the Krill, a vicious alien race, who are bent on stealing a device that can cause time to accelerate.

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Episode 2

Command Performance

Sun, Sep 17, 2017 60 mins

When Ed and Kelly are tricked by a hologram of a ship in distress and find themselves prisoners in a replica of their former home, Alara must step up in her first command of the Orville and attempt a heroic rescue. Meanwhile, Bortus and Klyden receive some happy, yet unexpected news.

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Episode 3

About a Girl

Thu, Sep 21, 2017 60 mins

The Orville crew is divided between cultures when Bortus and Klyden debate if their newly born offspring should receive a controversial surgery.

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Episode 4

If the Stars Should Appear

Thu, Sep 28, 2017 60 mins

Ed and the Orville crew encounter a massive vessel adrift in space, which is in danger of colliding with a star. While some of the crew set out to help the ship's inhabitants, Bortus, Gordon, and John stay behind and fend off a Krill attack on another Union ship.

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Episode 5

Pria

Thu, Oct 5, 2017 60 mins

After the crew saves a stranded ship and its attractive captain, Ed becomes smitten with the Orville's new guest, while Kelly suspects all is not what it seems. Meanwhile, Gordon attempts to teach Isaac the art of pulling off a practical joke.

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Episode 6

Krill

Thu, Oct 12, 2017 60 mins

After the Orville crew defeats a Krill attack on a brand-new colony, the Union sends Ed and Gordon on a dangerous undercover mission to infiltrate a Krill ship and obtain a copy of the Krill bible, the "Anhkana," to better understand the enemy.

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Episode 7

Majority Rule

Thu, Oct 26, 2017 60 mins

When two Union anthropologists go missing on a planet similar to 21st-century Earth, Ed sends a team led by Kelly to find them, but the mission quickly goes awry when they realize the society's government is completely based on a public voting system to determine punishment.

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Episode 8

Into the Fold

Thu, Nov 2, 2017 60 mins

Ed and the crew set out to save Dr. Finn, her two sons and Isaac after their shuttle gets thrown into unchartered space and they crash-land on a moon that is light years from the Orville.

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Episode 9

Cupid's Dagger

Thu, Nov 2, 2017 60 mins

The Orville is called to mediate a peace treaty between two warring cultures, but tensions run even higher between Ed and Kelly when a familiar face boards the ship. Meanwhile Yaphit declares his love for Dr. Finn with surprising results.

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Episode 10

Firestorm

Thu, Nov 16, 2017 60 mins

When a fire breaks out on the spaceship and a crew member dies, Alara begins to question if she is fit for her job, just as unusual and terrifying things start happening on the ship.

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Episode 11

New Dimensions

Thu, Nov 30, 2017 60 mins

Discovering that Lt. Lamarr is smarter than he lets on, Kelly pushes Ed to consider him for a key leadership position after the Orville gets damaged by a mysterious spatial anomaly.

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Episode 12

Mad Idolatry

Thu, Dec 7, 2017 60 mins

Ed and Kelly reconsider getting back together; and while on a mission to investigate the origins of an uncharted star, the crew suddenly crash-land on a planet from another universe.

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