But on The Orville, which dares to go where few broadcast shows go, it's a telling window into Gordon's psyche the guy just wants a girlfriend, and the story lays that out with all the moral quandaries that go with it when you have the technology to "create" a girlfriend. It's an idea that isn't new - Black Mirror's "Be Right Back" explored the idea of love with an android recreated from a social media footprint, Spike Jonze's Her saw Joaquin Phoenix fall in love with a phone AI, and Bender once fell in love with a ship in Futurama- but it isn't an idea you're likely to see anywhere on broadcast television, which prefers to keep it simple. Take, for example, the season's 11th episode "Lasting Impressions." The USS Orville's pilot Gordon ( Scott Grimes) becomes enamored with the ship's simulation of a woman from 2015 based on a phone message she left as part of a time capsule. In Defense of For the People: Why ABC's Legal Drama Deserves a Season 3 ![]() ![]() The foundations of the ensemble cast were being set and the boundaries of the possibly limitless sci-fi universe and its technology were just being touched, but in Season 2, The Orville took the next great leap and made the best use of both. Understandably, that's tough for today's audience, which is why Season 1 was just a warm-up for Season 2.
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