Twice in a Lifetime
- Episode aired Jul 7, 2022
- TV-14
- 1h 7m
IMDb RATING
8.8/10
3.9K
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The crew must rescue Gordon from a distant yet familiar world.The crew must rescue Gordon from a distant yet familiar world.The crew must rescue Gordon from a distant yet familiar world.
J. Lee
- Lt. Cmdr. John LaMarr
- (as J Lee)
Norm MacDonald
- Yaphit
- (voice)
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Very pleasantly surprised by this episode; a return to form for the series in my humble opinion.
One may roll their eyes at the idea of yet another time-travel based plot in a sci-fi show, but the pacing of the episode was excellent, including moments of genuine humour and heartbreak.
The episode successfully conveyed the brutal reality of decision-making, driven by an uncompromising hierarchy of command. Indeed, I found myself split down the middle regarding Molloy's plight and the morally correct course of action.
A show that engages my brain without shoving ideology down my throat is one that deserves a high rating.
One may roll their eyes at the idea of yet another time-travel based plot in a sci-fi show, but the pacing of the episode was excellent, including moments of genuine humour and heartbreak.
The episode successfully conveyed the brutal reality of decision-making, driven by an uncompromising hierarchy of command. Indeed, I found myself split down the middle regarding Molloy's plight and the morally correct course of action.
A show that engages my brain without shoving ideology down my throat is one that deserves a high rating.
They took an overused, very cliche premiss and they made it into something great. The acting, the directing, everything about this is just top class. Not sure how they managed with this story, but they did.
This season has been amazing. It started a bit slow but episode after episode is just establishing this show as the best Scify on TV. Season 3 is the best so far and this episode was top of the line.
If you are not yet onboard with this show, start watching it now. This is great TV.
This season has been amazing. It started a bit slow but episode after episode is just establishing this show as the best Scify on TV. Season 3 is the best so far and this episode was top of the line.
If you are not yet onboard with this show, start watching it now. This is great TV.
Probably one of the best episodes to date imho. I don't wish to spoil anything, but a very compelling episode that presents a terribly interesting and unique moral dilemma, that I am not sure any other show has tackled before (which is really saying something in a world of television that like to recycle).
This season has picked up steam. Enjoying Strange New Worlds play to make episodic installments like old school, but this show continues to scratch an itch that Trek doesn't hit as often. Macfarlane has done great writing and some directing this episode. Hope there will be a little send off for Norm Macdonald possibly. And really hoping for as many more seasons as they can squeeze out. Longer format on Hulu also suits this well with fleshed out episodes such as this.
Well, my favorite ep. Of Orville was S02E11. Where Gordon and Laura 'met' - it was nice kind of cyber love story. Was not surprised that they made new episode about/involving them . And this reminded me a bit on my favorite ep. Of original Star Trek - yes, Orville is pretty much like Star Trek TOS, and that's good thing. So, there was time travel ep. With Joan Collins called City on Edge of Forever. With sad ending like this. Recommend to watch it if did not see.
I would give it 10, but maybe should work little more on whole time travels, especially that 99.9999 of speed of light was out of space for ships traveling way more than thousand times faster than poor Einstein's snail .
Part with Ensign and Isaac was nice too.
I would give it 10, but maybe should work little more on whole time travels, especially that 99.9999 of speed of light was out of space for ships traveling way more than thousand times faster than poor Einstein's snail .
Part with Ensign and Isaac was nice too.
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- TriviaAdmiral Ozawa is seen in command of the USS California. She had previously commanded the USS Olympia. Both are Leviathan-class cruisers.
- GoofsWhen Gordon takes Ed and Kelly home they seem surprised he's married to Laura yet in the Obituary it is stated that Gordon married Laura in 2019.
It's plausible that Ed and Kelly haven't read the whole obituary, because as high ranking officers of the Orville they are not expected to bother themselves with details. Furthermore, even if they have read the obituary, they may have simply forgotten this detail, and they didn't expect to see Gordon married because they hadn't aimed at retrieving him from the year 2025 (they expected to arrive in the year 2015). And lastly, their reaction may not be one of surprise due to finding out that he is married, but rather one of a shocking realization that bringing Gordon back is not going to be easy.
- Alternate versionsThe originally streamed version of the episode contains what some consider a paradox (under certain time travel rules): Gordon's distress call says that he's been stranded in 2015 for 6 months, and when the final rescue takes place, LaMarr's report on their time jump says Gordon arrived "about a month ago". Both lines of audio (but not LaMarr's mouth) were later altered to avoid the possibility of paradox: the distress call says 3 months, and LaMarr says "four months ago".
- SoundtracksCan't You Hear Me Knocking
Written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
Performed by The Rolling Stones
From the album "Sticky Fingers"
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