The Orville

Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.

- C'mon, one more! - No, no, no. No, that's it.

That's it, I can't. I can't, my fingers are too fulla beer.

They barely work as it is.

- Well, finish the job. - Thanks, man.

Hey, this is why I love hosting parties, 'cos you can drink.

You don't have to go anywhere.

Cheers. - Cheers!

Hello, Ensign.

- Hello. May I speak with you for a moment?

Sorry, busy having fun.

Rough burn, man.

I have been attempting to converse with Ensign Burke for some time.

However, my overtures have been largely declined thus far.

- Yeah, that's going to be a tough one, Isaac,

and I don't have to tell you why.

My command of the nuances of discourse would seem to be deficient.

Ah, don't beat yourself up.

It is an elusive skill.

How does one begin a conversation with a biological life form?

L-Like in general?

Yes.

- There's no simple answer to that, but I guess a good place to start

is to ask the other person about themselves.

People like it when you take an interest in their lives.

Please clarify.

Well, it could be anything.

Ask them do they play any sports, what kind of music do they like?

What are some of their hobbies?

Give them a compliment on their haircut. Whatever you could think of.

It's really not that hard once you get the hang of it.

Hey, Gordon, what's this?

Oh.

It's a... it's a cellphone.

A what?

- It's a communication device from the early 21st century.

Wow. Is it real?

Nah. It's a replicated version

of a real one they found in a time capsule on Earth.

Belonged to a woman named Laura Huggins.

Here, I'll show you.

- Is that her? - Yeah.

She was really pretty.

She was, yeah.

You know, you can learn a lot about the people of that time period

from one of these things.

I learned a lot about her.

Had the computer replicate this as a... sort of memento.

To keep her in my thoughts.

You talk like you knew this girl.

Kind of feel like I did.

Want to take a selfie?

A what?

Something I learned from Laura.

- Thank you for the invitation to your party, Lieutenant.

I must be going.

- Oh, here, wait, before you go. Get in this.

Okay, everybody, big smiles, okay? Big smiles.

Here we go.

- Essentially, it's two major breakthroughs for the price of one.

And I mean major.

First off, the projection radius of the field

is about three orders of magnitude greater than Dr. Aronov's original device.

Which means what?

- Which means the temporal field expansion

could theoretically encompass an entire ship.

That's... a significant upgrade.

- Hey, man, what's going on? We were supposed to have lunch.

Ah, sorry, man, I got sidetracked.

Well, we doing it?

I can't. I'll owe you one?

All right, well, I'm starving.

You said there were two breakthroughs. - Egg salad sandwich.

We have managed to increase the temporal resolution of the field.

- In other words, we can tune the field down to the exact millisecond.

Oh, Gordon, can I borrow your sandwich?

Sure.

- Now, in ten seconds, I'm going to send this sandwich

exactly ten seconds into the past.

- Where'd that come from? The future.

Now watch.

- You just sent that sandwich into the past,

and that's why it appeared ten seconds ago.

- Boom. - Well, why wouldn't you just keep it?

Then you could have two sandwiches instead of one.

If Commander Lamarr had not followed through

with his intent to send the sandwich into the past,

it would have caused a temporal paradox.

- In which case an entirely new universe

would've branched off from this one, all because of a sandwich.

Makes your head hurt.

- Hey, wait! I got an idea!

Can you send that three months into the future?

Yeah, why?

- Because three months from now, it'll appear,

and that'll be a nice surprise.

Okay.

- Aw, I'm excited. I can't wait to eat that sandwich.

- Well, as novel as this is, it also means the Aronov device

just became a lot more potent.

The Admirals should be notified.

- It's undeniable they've achieved something extraordinary,

but I have to admit, I wish they hadn't.

March of progress. Can't stop it.

- The weaponization of time travel has always been the unthinkable horror.

If the Krill or the Kaylon ever achieved it,

they could skip the galactic brinksmanship

and simply destroy the Union at its inception.

How do you want us to handle it?

- I'm going to recommend the immediate dispatch of a convoy

to escort you to the maximum security research station on Sabik Three.

You'll transfer the device and all data over to their care.

- John's gonna weep. He's losing his favorite toy.

- That toy is gonna be a hell of a lot safer there.

I'll contact you soon. Perry out.

- Captain, we're being hailed by the California. It's Admiral Ozawa.

Put her on.

Go ahead, Admiral.

- Captain, we've been hailing the station for the past five minutes.

There's no response.

- Talla. - Doing it now.

Hailing on every channel.

No answer.

- I'm ordering all ships to increase speed to maximum.

- We'll stay with you. - Ozawa out.

I have a bad feeling about this.

Life signs?

None, sir.

They found out we were coming.

- Captain. A convoy of Kaylon ships is dropping out of quantum.

- Evasive maneuvers, pattern beta! - Aye, sir!

Deflectors down to 50%!

Full auxiliary power!

Kaylon interceptors in pursuit.

Gordon, pattern delta five. - Aye, sir!

Navigational array is offline.

Explosive decompression on decks E and F.

- Sir, incoming message from Admiral Ozawa.

Put her on!

- All ships! We're taking heavy losses!

I'm ordering a full retreat,

bearing 1-6-7 mark 12.

We'll try to lose them in the Veil nebula.

- Gordon! - On it!

Tractor beam has locked on!

Full reverse power.

No effect!

- Hail the Kaylon! - Hailing!

You will surrender the device.

- Back off now or we'll destroy it ourselves.

- You will surrender the device or you will die.

Prepare to be boarded.

- Talla. Go to the lab. Destroy the Aronov device.

Oh, god, hang onto something!

- Talla! - Medical team to the bridge!

Ed, I'll go.

- Do it, go! Charly, take the helm. - Aye, sir!

- You sure you're all right? - Yeah, I'll be fine.

Captain, Kaylon vessel is activating docking clamps.

I can't shake us loose, Captain!

- Options! Sir.

A forced overload of the deflector array could disrupt their tractor beam.

Mercer to Lamarr!

We're gonna use the quantum core to overload the deflectors!

On Isaac's command!

Aye, sir, rerouting power now!

Core output 60%.

Core output 76%.

98%.

Core overloading.

- We're loose! - Get us out of here!

- Bortus to Captain. Still no sign of the Kaylon.

It is possible they have given up their pursuit.

All right, keep me posted.

Mercer out.

- And it's not possible he was injured during one of the blasts?

On his way back to the bridge?

I've done a full scan.

If he hit his head and took a fall somewhere, I'd know about it.

- Captain, these magnetic impedance readings, they don't add up.

What do you mean?

- Well, the residual energy signature makes it look like the Aronov device

has been running at full power,