Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "The Orville" is "Primal Urges", rated 6.7/10 from 4069 user votes. It was directed by Kevin Hooks and written by Wellesley Wild. "Primal Urges" aired on 1/3/2019 and is rated 0.4 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Ja'loja".
6.7/10 4,069 votes#1 - 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. Meanwhile, Bortus and Klyden start marriage counseling when Bortus' obsession with the ship's simulation room gets out of hand.
Director: Kevin Hooks
Writer: Wellesley Wild
7.1/10 3,874 votes#2 - Ja'loja
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 12/30/2018
As The Orville heads towards Moclus for Bortus' special once-a-year ceremony, Ed discovers Kelly has moved on and has started dating. Meanwhile, Gordon asks for John's help in getting game, and Claire turns to Isaac for parenting advice.
Director: Seth MacFarlane
Writer: Seth MacFarlane
7.2/10 3,110 votes#3 - Shadow Realms
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 6/9/2022
The Orville explores a mysterious region of space.
Director: Jon Cassar
Writer: Brannon Braga, André Bormanis
7.3/10 3,668 votes#4 - 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 uncharted space and they crash-land on a moon that is light years from the Orville.
Director: Brannon Braga
Writer: Brannon Braga, André Bormanis
7.3/10 3,395 votes#5 - 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.
Director: Robert Duncan McNeill
Writer: Seth MacFarlane
7.4/10 5,566 votes#6 - Old Wounds
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/10/2017
It's 2417, 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.
Director: Jon Favreau
Writer: Seth MacFarlane
7.4/10 3,800 votes#7 - Electric Sheep
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 6/2/2022
The Orville crew deals with the interpersonal aftermath of the battle against the Kaylon.
Director: Jon Cassar
Writer: Seth MacFarlane
7.6/10 4,840 votes#8 - 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.
Director: Robert Duncan McNeill
Writer: Seth MacFarlane
7.6/10 5,238 votes#9 - 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.
Director: Brannon Braga
Writer: Seth MacFarlane
7.6/10 3,255 votes#10 - Deflectors
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 2/14/2019
One of Bortus's old lovers is assigned to help upgrade the ships defences and makes a surprising admission to Talla.
Director: Seth MacFarlane
Writer: David A. Goodman
7.8/10 4,319 votes#11 - 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.
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Writer: Seth MacFarlane
7.8/10 3,691 votes#12 - Cupid's Dagger
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/9/2017
The Orville is called to mediate a peace treaty between two warring cultures, but tensions run even higher between Ed and Kelly when a familiar face boards the ship. Meanwhile Yaphit declares his love for Dr. Finn with surprising results.
Director: Jamie Babbit
Writer: Liz Heldens
7.8/10 2,846 votes#13 - Blood of Patriots
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 3/7/2019
Ed must initiate peace talks with the Krill.
Director: Rebecca Rodriguez
Writer: Seth MacFarlane
7.8/10 3,075 votes#14 - Mortality Paradox
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 6/16/2022
The Orville crew makes a new discovery.
Director: Jon Cassar
Writer: Seth MacFarlane
7.9/10 4,151 votes#15 - 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.
Director: Jon Cassar
Writer: David A. Goodman
7.9/10 3,082 votes#16 - 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.
Director: Kelly Cronin
Writer: Seth MacFarlane
7.9/10 4,643 votes#17 - 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.
Director: Seth MacFarlane
Writer: Seth MacFarlane
8.0/10 3,499 votes#18 - 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.
Director: Brannon Braga
Writer: Cherry Chevapravatdumrong
8.1/10 3,983 votes#19 - Home
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1/10/2019
Ed, Gordon and Alara visit Alara's home planet of Xelayah.
Director: Jon Cassar
Writer: Cherry Chevapravatdumrong
8.1/10 4,083 votes#20 - 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, and Gordon makes an unusual grooming suggestion to Bortus.
Director: Seth MacFarlane
Writer: Seth MacFarlane
8.1/10 3,152 votes#21 - Midnight Blue
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 7/21/2022
The crew visit Haveena's sanctuary world and embark on a journey that may leave the Union more vulnerable.
Director: Jon Cassar
Writer: André Bormanis, Brannon Braga
8.1/10 2,587 votes#22 - Future Unknown
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 8/4/2022
A celebration is underway aboard the ship.
Director: Seth MacFarlane
Writer: Seth MacFarlane
8.2/10 4,823 votes#23 - 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
Director: James L. Conway
Writer: Seth MacFarlane
8.2/10 4,745 votes#24 - 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.
Director: Tucker Gates
Writer: Seth MacFarlane
8.2/10 3,704 votes#25 - 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. Meanwhile, Kelly questions why Gordon wants to take the Command Test.
Director: Robert Duncan McNeill
Writer: Brannon Braga, André Bormanis