The WORST episodes of The Orville

Every episode of The Orville ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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.

Last Updated: 4/20/2025Network: HuluStatus: Continuing
Future Unknown
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#1 - Future Unknown

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/4/2022

A celebration is underway aboard the ship.

Directors: Seth MacFarlane
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Electric Sheep
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#2 - Electric Sheep

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/2/2022

The crew deals with the aftermath of the Kaylon battle.

Directors: Seth MacFarlane
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Shadow Realms
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#3 - Shadow Realms

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/9/2022

The Orville explores a mysterious region of space.

Directors: Jon Cassar
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Mortality Paradox
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#4 - Mortality Paradox

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/16/2022

The Orville crew makes a new discovery.

Directors: Jon Cassar
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Gently Falling Rain
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#5 - 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.

Directors: Jon Cassar
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A Tale of Two Topas
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#6 - 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.

Directors: Seth MacFarlane
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Twice in a Lifetime
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#7 - Twice in a Lifetime

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 7/7/2022

The crew must rescue Gordon from a distant yet familiar world.

Directors: Jon Cassar
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From Unknown Graves
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#8 - From Unknown Graves

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/14/2022

The Orville discovers a Kaylon with a very special ability.

Directors: Seth MacFarlane
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Midnight Blue
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#9 - 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.

Directors: Jon Cassar
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Domino
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#10 - 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.

Directors: Jon Cassar
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Primal Urges
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7.60
189 votes

#11 - Primal Urges

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/3/2019

Ed and the crew race to save a small group of survivors on a planet about to be destroyed by its sun. Bortus and Klyden start marriage counseling when Bortus' obsession with the ship's simulation room gets out of hand.

Directors: Kevin Hooks
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Into the Fold
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7.70
378 votes

#12 - Into the Fold

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/2/2017

Ed and the crew set out to save Dr. Finn, her two sons and Isaac after their shuttle gets thrown into unchartered space and they crash-land on a moon that is light years from the Orville.

Directors: Brannon Braga
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Command Performance
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#13 - Command Performance

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/17/2017

When Ed and Kelly are tricked by a hologram of a ship in distress and find themselves prisoners in a replica of their former home, Alara must step up in her first command of the Orville and attempt a heroic rescue. Meanwhile, Bortus and Klyden receive some happy, yet unexpected news.

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Majority Rule
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7.73
325 votes

#14 - 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.

Directors: Tucker Gates
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Blood of Patriots
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7.74
190 votes

#15 - Blood of Patriots

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/7/2019

Ed must initiate peace talks with the Krill.

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Sanctuary
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7.80
109 votes

#16 - Sanctuary

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/11/2019

Ed discovers that Moclans aboard The Orville are harboring a secret.

Directors: Jonathan Frakes
Writer: Joe Menosky
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Old Wounds
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7.81
434 votes

#17 - Old Wounds

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/10/2017

It's 2418 and the Planetary Union promotes Ed Mercer to Captain of the exploratory vessel The U.S.S. Orville. Ed's enthusiasm for his new position is dampened when his ex-wife, Kelly Grayson, is assigned to be his First Officer. While on their first routine mission, the Orville crew is ambushed by the Krill, a vicious alien race, who are bent on stealing a device that can cause time to accelerate.

Directors: Jon Favreau
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New Dimensions
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7.82
379 votes

#18 - 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.

Directors: Kelly Cronin
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Firestorm
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7.92
406 votes

#19 - 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.

Directors: Brannon Braga
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Krill
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7.92
379 votes

#20 - 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.

Directors: Jon Cassar
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All the World is Birthday Cake
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190 votes

#21 - All the World is Birthday Cake

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/24/2019

The Orville makes First Contact and a new crew member joins the ship.

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About a Girl
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7.98
380 votes

#22 - About a Girl

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/21/2017

The Orville crew is divided between cultures when Bortus and Klyden debate if their newly born offspring should receive a controversial surgery.

Directors: Brannon Braga
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Ja'loja
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8.00
162 votes

#23 - Ja'loja

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/30/2018

The Orville heads towards Moclus for Bortus' special once-a-year ceremony, Ed discovers Kelly has moved on and has started dating. Gordon asks for John's help in getting game. Claire turns to Isaac for parenting advice.

Directors: Seth MacFarlane
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Mad Idolatry
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8.00
270 votes

#24 - 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.

Directors: Brannon Braga
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The Road Not Taken
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8.01
159 votes

#25 - The Road Not Taken

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/25/2019

The crew must contend with the disastrous fallout from Kelly’s decision.

Directors: Gary S. Rake
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