The Orville: Season 1

2017 · 12 episodes · ★ 7.4

What Season 1 of The Orville

Ed Mercer, an officer whose career stalled after his divorce, takes command of the U.S.S. Orville, a mid-level exploration ship of the Planetary Union. His enthusiasm cools when he discovers that his ex-wife, Kelly Grayson, will be his first officer. Both must set their differences aside and work alongside Gordon Malloy, Ed's best friend and the ship's pilot. The crew travels to remote planets on diplomatic and exploration missions, and faces the Krill, the Union's enemy. Personal tensions aboard the ship drive much of the episodes.

12episodes

Sep 10, 2017premiered

Dec 7, 2017final episode

8.8 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 Old Wounds
Sep 10, 2017 · 45 min · ★ 7.3
It's 2417, and the Planetary Union promotes Ed Mercer to Captain of the exploratory vessel The U.S.S. Orville. Ed's enthusiasm for his new position is dampened when his ex-wife, Kelly Grayson, is assigned to be his First Officer. While on their first routine mission, the Orville crew is ambushed by the Krill, a vicious alien race, who are bent on stealing a device that can cause time to accelerate.
Directed by Jon Favreau · Written by Seth MacFarlane · Starring Patrick Cox, Brian George, Christine Corpuz, Sean Cook
1x02 Command Performance
Sep 17, 2017 · 44 min · ★ 7.6
When Ed and Kelly are tricked by a hologram of a ship in distress and find themselves prisoners in a replica of their former home, Alara must step up in her first command of the Orville and attempt a heroic rescue. Meanwhile, Bortus and Klyden receive some happy, yet unexpected news.
Directed by Robert Duncan McNeill · Written by Seth MacFarlane · Starring Chad L. Coleman, Jeffrey Tambor, Holland Taylor, JD Cullum
1x03 About a Girl
Sep 21, 2017 · 44 min · ★ 7.0
The Orville crew is divided between cultures when Bortus and Klyden debate if their newly born offspring should receive a controversial surgery.
Directed by Brannon Braga · Written by Seth MacFarlane · Starring Chad L. Coleman, Deobia Oparei, D. Elliot Woods, David Barrera
1x04 If the Stars Should Appear
Sep 28, 2017 · 43 min · ★ 7.6
Ed and the Orville crew encounter a massive vessel adrift in space, which is in danger of colliding with a star. While some of the crew set out to help the ship's inhabitants, Bortus, Gordon, and John stay behind and fend off a Krill attack on another Union ship
Directed by James L. Conway · Written by Seth MacFarlane · Starring Chad L. Coleman, Robert Knepper, Max Burkholder, Rachael MacFarlane
1x05 Pria
Oct 5, 2017 · 44 min · ★ 7.5
After the crew saves a stranded ship and its attractive captain, Ed becomes smitten with the Orville’s new guest, while Kelly suspects all is not what it seems. Meanwhile, Gordon attempts to teach Isaac the art of pulling off a practical joke.
Directing: Jonathan Frakes · Writing: Seth MacFarlane · Starring: Charlize Theron, Rachael MacFarlane, Larry Joe Campbell, Norm Macdonald
1x06 Krill
Oct 12, 2017 · 44 min · ★ 7.7
After the Orville crew defeats a Krill attack on a brand-new colony, the Union sends Ed and Gordon on a dangerous undercover mission to infiltrate a Krill ship and obtain a copy of the Krill bible, the "Anhkana," to better understand the enemy.
Directed by Jon Cassar · Written by David A. Goodman · Starring Michaela McManus, Dylan Kenin, James Horan, Gabriella Graves
1x07 Majority Rule
Oct 26, 2017 · 44 min · ★ 7.5
When two Union anthropologists go missing on a planet similar to 21st century Earth, Ed sends a team led by Kelly to find them, but the mission quickly goes awry when they realize the society’s government is completely based on a public voting system to determine punishment.
Directed by Tucker Gates · Written by Seth MacFarlane · Starring Steven Culp, Barry Livingston, Loren Lester, Ron Canada
1x08 Into the Fold
Nov 2, 2017 · 44 min · ★ 6.7
Ed and the crew set out to save Dr. Finn, her two sons and Isaac after their shuttle gets thrown into uncharted space and they crash-land on a moon that is light years from the Orville.
Directed by Brannon Braga · Written by André Bormanis, Brannon Braga · Starring Rachael MacFarlane, Brian Thompson, Brett Easton, Heidi Pascoe
1x09 Cupid's Dagger
Nov 9, 2017 · 44 min · ★ 6.9
The Orville is called to mediate a peace treaty between two warring cultures, but tensions run even higher between Ed and Kelly when a familiar face boards the ship. Meanwhile Yaphit declares his love for Dr. Finn with surprising results.
Directed by Jamie Babbit · Written by Liz Heldens · Starring Mike Henry, Chad L. Coleman, J. Paul Boehmer, Ralph Garman
1x10 Firestorm
Nov 16, 2017 · 43 min · ★ 7.4
When a fire breaks out on The Orville and a crew member dies, Alara begins to question if she is fit for her job, just as unusual and terrifying things start happening on the ship.
Directed by Brannon Braga · Written by Cherry Chevapravatdumrong · Starring Rachael MacFarlane, Larry Joe Campbell, Robert Picardo, Molly Hagan
1x11 New Dimensions
Nov 30, 2017 · 44 min · ★ 7.4
Kelly discovers that Lt. John Lamarr is smarter than he lets on. So, she pushes Ed to consider him for a key leadership position on the ship after The Orville gets damaged by a mysterious spatial anomaly causing harrowing effects to all things living.
Directed by Kelly Cronin · Written by Seth MacFarlane · Starring Mike Henry, Paul Vogt, Larry Joe Campbell, Dan J. Evans
1x12 Mad Idolatry Season Finale
Dec 7, 2017 · 44 min · ★ 7.9
Ed and Kelly consider the possibility of reforging their relationship, but Kelly soon crash-lands on a planet in another universe with Isaac and Gordon.
Directed by Brannon Braga · Written by Seth MacFarlane · Starring Chad L. Coleman, Lenny Von Dohlen, Erica Tazel, Philip Anthony-Rodriguez