The series returns to present a lot of events in the form of many powerful, where this series begins again to offer a wide range of continuous adventures that look quite different this season. The second season opens with Ed, Gordon and Alara visiting the Allaya planet. Ed, on the other hand, is trying to help the crew rescue a group of survivors from the planet that the sun has almost destroyed.
The Orville is playing to it strengths right out of the gate. If any of the tonal wonkiness of the first season was off-putting for anyone, this second season debut seems to be sending a clear message: This show is a sitcom first.
A surprising follow up to a Season 1 storyline... It's also welcoming, and another point of evidence that Seth McFarlane's Fox series is more than a parody of Star Trek.
If the season 2 premiere of The Orville is any indication... [the show] has found its footing and maybe its identity in telling smaller, more character-driven stories, that better serve its sometimes confounding mix of sincerity and irreverence.
Starting the season by focusing entirely on the characters and their relatively modest problems was a great pay off for all the effort season one put into developing the crew of the Orville into a group of people we care about.
An understated, character-driven second season premiere that functions more like a day-in-the-life starship story than anything involving aliens or galactic peril.
[It] may not want to be a space spoof, but if it's able to fully evolve into a character-driven dramedy that just happens to be set in space, then that's adding something unique to the genre. And that could make "The Orville" a show worth watching.
