Thursday, June 29, 2023

Space Opera

Bobbi went ahead and sprung for the third season of The Orville.

This is the dilemma of the Age of Streaming, it seems. We had enjoyed the first two seasons immensely...but not enough to subscribe to another streaming service when the show moved from Fox to Hulu last summer.

Anyway, the third season became available via Amazon Prime video and Bobbi and I have been watching it.

We're four episodes in and really quite impressed with how well the show's grown into its own skin. It's still got that occasionally-lighthearted Star Trek fanservice vibe, but it's filled out its own universe now, and given it a backstory. Plus the whole Kaylon war thing from the latter part of season two has provided a rich vein of plot ore to mine.

Sadly a fourth season remains in limbo; it hasn't been officially cancelled or renewed as best I can tell. I'm cautiously optimistic, as Seth MacFarlane has a fair amount of industry pull, and if he really wants to make it happen, he can probably make it happen.

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