The Orville: New Horizons Episode 3.8 "Midnight Blue" Discussion Post

[senshi_forever]

First off, I'd like to remind everyone that the tie-in novella for the show, titled "Sympathy for the Devil", has released in ebook/audiobook form. Linking that post here for anyone needing more information. It's available on Amazon and through a Disney imprint. Maybe other places too, I haven't really checked.

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[xorogueox]

Idk how I feel about Bortus/Kelly since I reeeeally like their friendship, especially since the “shared birthday episode” (which had me dying lolol) BUT if it’s done well then I’m here for it. I would hope they would consider addressing Bortus’s “cultural indoctrination” in regards to being born and raised in a male dominated culture where they’re all meant to be homosexual.

I want it so badly to be renewed but with McFarlane making Ted, which no one asked for, idk how it’s going to go.

[helloitsmeabby]

McFarlane said in the below interview that he and the cast are hopeful for the fourth season. I think it’s a matter of how well it does on Hulu and Disney+.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/seth-macfarlane-orville-trans-allegory-1235175929/

Re: TED series

[senshi_forever]

FWIW, I think they may be filming Ted now. Scott Grimes was doing a Q&A on IG and he had a mustache and mentioned he was running late for work. I know he has a main role on the show and I'm imagining it's what his character might look like, although I guess the mustache could be for a different role entirely.

[screamingintune]

Penny Johnson Jerald was hyping people up to tweet the other day about wanting a season four. I don't think it's as settled as I once thought it was, but I'm still keeping my expectations low

[beesknees7]

I think it's probably doing well for Hulu, but probably not well enough at this point to justify the expense of a fourth season, which is why most the cast & crew's tweets are basically begging us to get more people to watch.

Well done, keep recruiting and maybe we can get enough people watching to impress Hulu into giving us another season.
- Jon Cassar (@joncassar) July 22, 2022

Here to clarify. All three seasons will be on BOTH PLATFORMS… @hulu AND @disneyplus. Spread the word about this tweet, and THE SHOW, hint hint. #TheOrvilleNewHorizons #TheOrville https://t.co/Hh6LiSxWiC
- Tom Costantino (@TomCostantino) July 23, 2022

I did notice that Disney+'s tweet about streaming the show did get more engagement than what they usually get using Hulu or their own twitter. It's, what, the second biggest platform behind Netflix? So maybe that will make a difference. I feel like we basically only got this third season based on the strength of Fox's longstanding relationship with Seth anyway, and now the woman who was running Fox's TV