The Orville: Lasting Impressions

Ho, hum. Did we need a second "love in the simulator" episode this season? On the other hand, watching a crew that's never seen cigarettes respond to them was amusing, in a kind of horrifying way.

I realize that every episode can't be grand arc stuff, but I'm hoping we'll see consequences from the last few episodes ripple through coming episodes, and I'm not confident we're going to get that. They've already missed one big opportunity there.

When this show is good it's very good, but there have been several "meh" episodes this season, as with the first season. I haven't been paying enough attention to know if there's a connection to writers of individual episodes.