orville is what i'd also do if i had seth mcfarlane's money and the cbs / paramount jerks wouldn't let me use star trek franchise material to make a new show in the universe without any direct attachment to the official recycled characters.
it's a bit hamfisted, like star trek, and it's got good and bad episodes, like star trek.
the planet of the chuds giving humans shit for allowing abortions while pontificating about values was ehhh. even battlestar galactica had a lighter touch
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