That's a tougher challenge when it comes to character development when you have a diverse group of characters to work with.
even tougher when you spend entire episodes around completely asinine topics
That's a tougher challenge when it comes to character development when you have a diverse group of characters to work with.
It takes time to develop characters. TNG wasn't all that great in the first 2-3 seasons. .
It takes time to develop characters. TNG wasn't all that great in the first 2-3 seasons. It took time to find their stride. When you have a 24 episode season you have that luxury, especially when you know you are going to be around for a while.
IMO, DS9 had some of the best character development arcs of all of Star Trek, but the first 2 seasons where pretty bland.
The Orville has had only 15 episodes thus far, just a little more than half a regular season of traditional Star Trek to get character arcs going. That's a tougher challenge when it comes to character development when you have a diverse group of characters to work with.
Gandalf, you are really bad at bo4.
Whatever the reason for her departure - be it contract-related or MacFarlane dipping his pen in the company ink - you can be sure it's a stupid reason. And those are the most painful reasons of them all.Fuck fuck fuck. Did they really get rid of my favorite character? That's it, I'm done with this fucking show.
After ComicBook.com reached out, FOX confirmed that “Home” was Sage's last episode as a series regular, but that the door remained open for her to return in the future.
FOX did not provide a reason for Sage’s departure.
“Home” aired on January 10th and saw Sage’s character, Lt. Alara Kitan, resign her post aboard the USS Orville. The episode led to speculation and discussion among fans of the show about Sage and Alara’s future.
There have been rumors about Sage's departure for months as she was noted to be working on other projects while The Orville’s second season was still in production. The Orville also added Jessica Szohr as a new series regular in Season 2. Szohr's character, Talla, still hasn’t made her first appearance, but photos from The Orville’s set suggest that Talla is a Xelayan security officer, just like Alara. This has led to speculation the Szhor’s character is meant to replace Alara.
Alara was the chief security officer aboard the Orville. She is incredibly strong in Earth-normal gravity after growing up in the exponentially stronger gravitational pull of her home planet, Xelaya. The episode "Home" revealed that Xelayans who spend a long time away from their homeworld eventually adjust to Earth-normal gravity and lose their strength. For some Xelayans, this happens more quickly and more suddenly. Alara discovered she was one of those Xelayans when she broke her arm in an arm-wrestling match with Isaac.
Alara returned to Xelaya to reacclimate herself to its gravity. This meant spending time with her family. Her parents and sister are all scholars who never understood or appreciated Alara's calling to join the Planetary Union fleet, but after Alara saved the family from vengeful home invaders during the episode, she finally gained the respect of her father.
Dr. Finn devised a treatment that, while painful, would have allowed Alara to return to the Orville and still regain her strength. Alara decided not to go through with the treatment. Instead, she chose to return to Xelaya to reconnect with her family. She left a gift on Capt. Mercer’s desk, a large jar of pickles, which is a reference to several jokes between the two characters in the show's first season.
'The Orville': FOX Confirms Halston Sage's Exit
Another Xelayan security officer? Wasn't Alara's thing how rare it was for one of them to be in the Union Fleet? How is this not going to feel like a lame knockoff version of Alara? dang
If you're going to challenge social or existential issues then do it as a conflict encounter. It could be an anomaly or a world or something. It's worked pretty great for all the other episodes. When the episode is over, it's on to the next adventure. That's not the case with Bortus. The writers now have to keep working his ham-fisted home life into future episodes which is fine if it fits the comedic tone but little of it does.
Supposedly the studio forced the show to rein back the comedy, which is why the show has lost a lot of what made it great to begin with. I don’t even chuckle anymore. The new security officer is terrible, she has none of the charm alara had. Halston Sages character was so gawddamned cute as a spunky insecure badass. And they separated lamarr and gordon, their interactions were priceless. They have made so many little changes that have just destroyed what made the show special. It just sucks now.