The Orville

- Hey, man. - Oh, hey, Ed. What's up?

Hey, it's after shift. I was gonna see

if you want to get a beer.

Oh, I-I totally would,

but I'm all jammed up here.

Oh, all good. Just figured I'd check.

Jammed up. Like, I'm in my jammies.

Yeah, no, I-I got it.

- Just making sure. - All right, cool.

- Have a good sleep. - Will do, brother.

All right.

Hey, Captain, what's up?

Hey, John, I was just seeing what you were up to.

I was thinking about grabbing a drink in the mess hall.

Oh. Well, man, that-that's really nice of you,

but right now is not-not the best time. -Oh.

That's all good. No worries.

John, who is it?

Oh, Captain.

Ensign Turco, hey.

Uh, listen, I'm sorry to bother you guys. -Hey, no.

It's all right. It's all good.

Do you want to come in and have a drink with us?

You know, I just remembered

I have an early morning tomorrow, so I...

- Oh, dang, that's a shame. - Okay.

- Yeah. - Hmm. -Yeah, dang.

- Hey, get those Zs, though. - I will.

- Okay. All right. - Okay. -I will.

- Good night. - Yeah.

Captain.

Is there a problem?

Oh, there's no problem.

I was just seeing what you're up to.

Am I suspected of some misdeed?

No, Bortus,

for god's sake, this is a social call.

I-I just wanted to see if you wanted to have a drink.

Klyden and I have just put Topa to bed.

You are welcome to join us for a glass of opsadda.

Whatever that is, sounds great.

Thanks.

It is aged nine years.

The perfect duration for good opsadda.

Man, if it, uh, looks like this going in,

I'm afraid of what it looks like coming out.

Opsadda does not come out.

It grows into a parasite within the body.

The sensation

is intensely pleasurable.

Mmm.

Hmm.

That's excellent.

So, um...

What do Moclans do for fun off duty?

Do you guys play, like, board games

or anything like that?

There is a popular Moclan game

called latchkum that we play from time to time.

Oh, well, break it out. Show me.

I do not believe you would enjoy it.

- It is not for humans. - Come on. You know what?

There's so much I don't know about your culture.

I-I want to... I want to learn.

I will pass the latchkum to you,

then you pass it

to whomever you wish as quickly as possible.

All right.

So, what, does this just go on

until somebody...

- Latchkum! - Latchkum!

Hey. You awake, too?

Yeah. Can't sleep.

They were wrong about the opsadda.

It does come out.

- What? - Nothing.

My god, what happened to your hand?

Oh, this.

I was playing a Moclan game with Bortus.

What's insane is apparently I won.

You should go down to sickbay and get that fixed.

The explanation for how this happened

is not something I want on file.

I was gonna ask you to borrow a dermoscanner

from Claire tomorrow and smuggle it to me.

No problem.

Hey, do you feel like going down

to the mess hall for a late one?

Sure.

Oh, god.

That is a lot better than Bortus' poo drink.

Oh.

The mess hall on a weeknight.

It's actually really pretty when it's empty like this.

Yeah, it is.

You know, I've been doing a lot of thinking

since Darulio was on board.

So have I.

You have?

Yeah.

I mean, he basically implied

that it was the Retepsian pheromone that made you...

I know.

Right? And so that means...

Maybe it wasn't really your fault.

I guess we'll never know for sure,

but that's generous of you to say.

No, it's not.

My motives are completely selfish.

Really?

I, um...

I miss you.

And, you know, I was lying in my quarters tonight,

and I was thinking to myself,

"Man, I have been lonely this past year."

And I-I had just gotten

so used to putting you out of my mind

that I just never even considered

getting back together.

And then that happened.

Do you... Want to get back together?

What do you say we do a date this week?

Like a... like a real date, like we used to do.

I think that's a wonderful idea.

Good. So do I.

Whoa. Easy. We're moving

into uncharted space tomorrow. You don't want to be hungover.

Call it a celebratory drink.

All right. Screw it. Let's do this.

I'll never get used to that sight.

An uncharted star that's just waiting for us

to come along and discover it.

It's amazing, isn't it?

It's really bright.

Isaac, can you reduce the illumination on the viewer?

Reducing illumination by 20%.

Captain,

I am picking up some unusual readings.

It is a distortion of some kind.

Coming from the star?

Negative.

It appears to be emanating

from beyond the star's photosphere

in open space.

Do... um...

C-could you...

Do you mind shutting off that beeping, please?

Oh. Yeah, sorry.

Oh, thank you.

These readings are most unusual.

It appears to be a spatial anomaly,

but scanners cannot clearly process it.

Captain, I would like to take a shuttle

to investigate at closer range.

Or we could just

come back tomorrow and see if it's still here.

This could be a find of some importance.

It would be foolish to squander the opportunity.

It's fine. I'll go with you.

Gordon, you're with us.

Uh, Bortus, have chief Lamarr

take the helm.

Kelly, no unnecessary risks.

All right? Give it a wide berth. -Don't worry.

We'll make it quick.

Approaching the coordinates of the anomaly.

Okay, slow us down.

Aye, sir.

Commander, these readings

- do not make any logical sense. - What do you mean?

It is almost as if the fabric

of space itself is...

Lieutenant, what is it?

Commander, this can't be right.

It's atmosphere.

That's impossible. We're in space.

Not anymore.

My god.

What is that?

It is a planet.

I know it's a planet. Where the hell did it come from?

It just appeared. Out of thin air. -Captain,

I'm picking up a signal from the shuttle. Audio only.

Shuttle to Orville.

We've lost partial helm control.

Unable to stabilize.

We're gonna try to set down somewhere if we can.

Where the hell are we?

This is not the day for a hangover.

Orville to shuttle.

- You guys okay? - Uh, yeah.

We're a little banged up, but we're okay.

What happened?

Captain, it appears the instantaneous transition

from vacuum to atmosphere

caused an overload in the engine core.

I believe Lieutenant Malloy and I

can repair it within the hour.

- You're sure? - Yes, Captain.

All right. We'll keep this channel open just in case.