Clicked on one of those astroturfed youtube vids of a battle involving the Kaylon or whatever and I kept getting bombarded with 'The Orville' Youtube shorts in the days since. One of them was about that Abortus guy and his husband fighting over their kid's gender.
I never got passed episode three or four of the first season, so I had no idea. These are such thinly veiled Hollywoke talking points and specific political pet peeves. You must be absolutely blind to not see what was going on. Charlize 'My Sons Are Girls Now' Theron was also on the show.
And this microwaved slop was supposed to be the acceptable normie alternative to Star Trek Disco/STD?
The Orville is just as bad as Lower Decks for showcasing why certain groups flat out cannot understand of write the requirements a starship would need in order to not explode on a weekly basis. Both have crews that should be spaced asap to prevent potentially destroying themselves, the ship, localised space, and any species they encounter because none of the behaviour shown is ever appropriate for the importance inherent to all those situations.
For those who haven't seen TO, one of the senior staff, either soon to be chief engineer or actual chief engineer already, goes on an away mission and within minutes is literally twerking on a local statue because... he's black? He gets caught on camera, almost lobotomised, and still then ends up as chief engineer later on whether promoted after or left in charge despite almost causing a global incident for being retarded.
You have entire species who emit pheromones that equate to date rape drugs because not only does everyone around them become pliable to suggestion but also wants to sleep with said species and the aliens do nothing to prevent this from happening, ergo taking advantage of others under the influence in a sexual manner. This is the reason the main character gets divorced from his wife before the show starts and later on both the captain and XO/ex-wife meet the alien again and both try to sleep with it this time.
The fact it was cancelled after 2 seasons then bought by Disney explains a lot why the first 2 seasons are ok for most and after that it turns into just another shitshow of political sperging handled with all the nuance of a radioactive bull on fire in a china shop filled with explosives.
Yeah, some of the jokes in the first couple of episodes didn't land, at all. And the involvement of Disney does explain a couple of things, but I suspect McFarlane is to blame himself.