The BEST episodes of The Orville
Every episode of The Orville ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Orville!
Follows the crew of the not-so-functional exploratory ship in the Earth's interstellar fleet, 400 years in the future.
#1 - Domino
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/28/2022
The creation of a powerful new weapon puts the Orville crew — and the entire Union — in a political and ethical quandary.
#2 - Identity (2)
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/28/2019
The Kaylons take control of the Orville with the intention of destroying all biological lifeforms.
#3 - Identity (1)
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/21/2019
Ed and the crew travel to Isaac's home planet, Kaylon.
#4 - Lasting Impressions
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/21/2019
The Orville crew members open a time capsule from 2015.
#5 - The Road Not Taken
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/25/2019
The crew must contend with the disastrous fallout from Kelly’s decision.
#6 - Mad Idolatry
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/7/2017
Ed and Kelly seriously reconsider getting back together. However, while Kelly is on a mission with Isaac and Gordon to investigate the origins of an uncharted star, they suddenly crash-land on a planet from another universe. Kelly then makes a decision with unforeseen long-term consequences for the planet, putting Ed in a difficult position.
#7 - Twice in a Lifetime
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/7/2022
The crew must rescue Gordon from a distant yet familiar world.
#8 - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/18/2019
A time distortion affects Ed and Kelly’s relationship.
#9 - Nothing Left on Earth Excepting Fishes
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/17/2019
Ed finds himself behind enemy lines when he crash-lands on a mysterious planet. Kelly questions why Gordon wants to take the Command Test.
#10 - Sanctuary
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/11/2019
Ed discovers that Moclans aboard The Orville are harboring a secret.
#11 - Future Unknown
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/4/2022
A celebration is underway aboard the ship.
#12 - If the Stars Should Appear
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/28/2017
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.
#13 - Midnight Blue
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/21/2022
The Orville crew visits Heveena’s sanctuary world and embarks on a journey that may leave the entire Union more vulnerable.
#14 - New Dimensions
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/30/2017
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.
#15 - A Happy Refrain
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/31/2019
The Orville crew is surprised when Claire's personal life takes an unexpected turn. Gordon makes an unusual grooming suggestion to Bortus.
#16 - Krill
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/12/2017
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.
#17 - Home
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/10/2019
Ed, Gordon, and Alara visit Alara's home planet of Xelayah.
#18 - From Unknown Graves
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/14/2022
The Orville discovers a Kaylon with a very special ability.
#19 - Gently Falling Rain
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/23/2022
The Orville crew leads a Union delegation to sign a peace treaty with the Krill.
#20 - Pria
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/5/2017
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.
#21 - Blood of Patriots
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/7/2019
Ed must initiate peace talks with the Krill.
#22 - Firestorm
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/16/2017
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.
#23 - Majority Rule
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/26/2017
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.
#24 - A Tale of Two Topas
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/30/2022
Tensions between Kelly and the Moclans result when she helps Topa prepare for the Union Point entrance exam.
#25 - Deflectors
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/14/2019
Kelly breaks up with Cassius, while the Orville has its deflectors upgraded by a Moclan engineer who used to be Bortus' boyfriend.
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