Mick above noticed several of the other elements that left me disappointed and presented the big one I missed - Yes. Ripper got rid of nearly all of its water. Yes, the order was given to hydrate it. But no, I don't buy that it absorbed the water (assumed to have been carried out off camera) to a sufficient level as the damned thing was in the exact same size, shape, and state as it was previously, and Yes, there's no water in space for it to recover the rest of its mass. The point of the precious ship being used as a rescue vehicle wasn't lost on me either.
On the bright side I won't have to waste bandwidth downloading it anymore. Finding other stuff to sate my Sci Fi craving will be hard though. Orville won't cut it for me unless it drastically improves.
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