MrSouthpaw
Sr Member
Awesome!
Officially renewed for season 2!
This show is is quickly becoming my only real "Must Watch" of the week. Everything else I see is on the DVR and get around to watching it, but this I look forward to watching the first chance I get.
Well, we agree on this, at least. :cheers
Good episode. Reminded me a lot of how TNG would do character focused episodes from time to time.
I was wondering when the Doc would get more screen time.
Next week's episode looks action packed. They are pacing these out perfectly.
This episode was great. My only complaint was that I didn't get that the Dr's rescuer was enough of a threat to warrant her killing him. He could have been a little more mean or creepy to sell that.
Actually, TNG almost always did character based episodes. It was kind of like the Brady Bunch where after the cold open you'd know who it was going to be about. They broke it up with the bigger mission episodes, but even those were done with a close character POV.
To me, thats what made TNG stand out. The mission was always the B story. Focus on a character came first, an the mission unfolded via their POV usually. DS9 did less of this, but they moved into a more serialized storytelling that made them unique. VOY and ENT though-- they flipped the dynamic. It was always about the mission and the characters reacting to it, instead of being about the characters reacting to the mission.
Orville has this down I think, and it's why it feels like it has heart.
This episode was great. My only complaint was that I didn't get that the Dr's rescuer was enough of a threat to warrant her killing him. He could have been a little more mean or creepy to sell that.
But a space gloryhole joke... makes up for everything.
Yah, that part needed more explanation. For all we knew he really was trying to help her, but she just stabs him in the gut.
Who was that guy? What were those buildings? Why was he there? Were there others like him? He was obviously afraid of the people outside, too.
How do we know he wasn't a good guy? He gave her food, even though food was scarce. He even went back to the wreckage to get her med-kit.
But she just sticks a knife in him.
Actually, TNG almost always did character based episodes.
This I agree with. We never really found out what Drogen's intentions were towards Dr. Finn--he may have been sincerely trying to protect her. Then again, was it really necessary to hold her captive in a locked room in order to achieve that goal? We'll never know, and neither will Dr. Finn. But under the same circumstances I think most (if not all) of us would do whatever we had to to get out of that room and regain our freedom, even if that wasn't actually in our best interests. And she had the added incentive of needing to find and care for her sons, so I think her actions could be justifiable. Sucks for Drogen, but she really had no choice.I agree with you guys. I didn't get much of a "threat" vibe from him. I mean, sure, he was keeping her locked up, but it didn't seem like he was mistreating her in any way OTHER than that.
That said...if someone had me locked in a room and wouldn't let me out, supposedly for my own safety, I'd get pretty stabby, too.
So, for those who are saying that the "rescuer" didn't seem like a big enough threat to warrant being stabbed: I'd like to point out that you are all dudes.
As a woman, there is nothing that the Doctor did that I would do any different in her place. She was being held captive with little to no explanation of why. She had two children out there that she didn't know if they were alive or dead, and she had no idea if the guardian who was looking after them was still functional. She did what she had to do to get away from a guy who had made absolutely no attempt to clarify his intentions toward her so she could find her kids and her crew mate.
So, for those who are saying that the "rescuer" didn't seem like a big enough threat to warrant being stabbed: I'd like to point out that you are all dudes.
As a woman, there is nothing that the Doctor did that I would do any different in her place. She was being held captive with little to no explanation of why. She had two children out there that she didn't know if they were alive or dead, and she had no idea if the guardian who was looking after them was still functional. She did what she had to do to get away from a guy who had made absolutely no attempt to clarify his intentions toward her so she could find her kids and her crew mate.
Thats a great point.
Seeing as as the show hasn't been afraid to go into current social issues/events, I wonder if this was a way to illustrate how women sometimes are made to feel unsafe when they shouldn't be having to deal with things that make them feel that way at all. We've all read news stories about dudes being creepy, and how women shouldn't have to put up with it. Maybe this was a way of showing that it's okay for a woman to take extreme steps to get herself out of a dangerous situation.