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The Best Episodes Written By Seth Macfarlane

Every TV Episode Written by Seth Macfarlane Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

Seth MacFarlane Ratings Summary

"Identity (2)" is the best rated episode written by Seth MacFarlane. It scored 8.456/10 based on 34 votes. It was directed by Jon Cassar. It aired on 2/28/2019 and is rated 0.3 points higher than their second-best episode, "Lasting Impressions".

  • Identity (2)
    8.5/1034 votes

    #1 - 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.

    Director: Jon Cassar

    Writer: Seth MacFarlane

  • Lasting Impressions
    8.1/1035 votes

    #2 - Lasting Impressions

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 3/21/2019

    The Orville crew members open a time capsule from 2015.

    Director: Kelly Cronin

    Writer: Seth MacFarlane

  • Mad Idolatry
    7.8/1042 votes

    #3 - Mad Idolatry

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/7/2017

    Ed and Kelly consider the possibility of reforging their relationship, but Kelly soon crash-lands on a planet in another universe with Isaac and Gordon.

    Director: Brannon Braga

    Writer: Seth MacFarlane

  • Desperately Seeking Susan
    7.8/108 votes

    #4 - Desperately Seeking Susan

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 1/11/2024

    Blaire convinces Matty and Susan to let Ted act as their marriage therapist. After the session, Ted, John and Blaire encourage Susan to pursue the career she abandoned long ago.

    Director: Seth MacFarlane

    Writer: Seth MacFarlane

  • A Happy Refrain
    7.8/1032 votes

    #5 - 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

  • Just Say Yes
    7.6/1013 votes

    #6 - Just Say Yes

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/11/2024

    When Matty makes Ted go to school with John, Ted immediately decides to get expelled.

    Director: Seth MacFarlane

    Writer: Seth MacFarlane

  • Command Performance
    7.4/1053 votes

    #7 - 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

  • If the Stars Should Appear
    7.4/1048 votes

    #8 - 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

  • Blood of Patriots
    7.4/1031 votes

    #9 - 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

  • Pria
    7.3/1044 votes

    #10 - 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

  • Old Wounds
    7.3/1072 votes

    #11 - 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

  • New Dimensions
    7.2/1038 votes

    #12 - 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

  • Majority Rule
    7.2/1042 votes

    #13 - 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

  • Death Has a Shadow
    7.1/1058 votes

    #14 - Death Has a Shadow

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/31/1999

    After Peter heavily drinks at a bachelor party, even though he told Lois he would not, he gets fired from his job at the Happy-go-Lucky toy factory for being hung over. Peter soon applies for welfare, but after a mix-up, gets sent a check for $150,000. Eventually, Lois finds out, and Peter decides to return the money by dumping it from a blimp at the Super Bowl. He is arrested as a result, and his family ends up coming to his rescue.

    Director: Peter Shin

    Writer: Seth MacFarlane

  • Ja'loja
    7.0/1039 votes

    #15 - 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

  • Date With an Antelope
    7.0/101 votes

    #16 - Date With an Antelope

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 7/28/1997

    Johnny meets an antelope named ""Carol"" for a date. He did not realize Carol was an antelope because he met her on the Internet. On their date, everything went horribly wrong, and at the end, Carol confesses that she was only dating Johnny to get her boyfriend (which is a crab) jealous.

    Director: John McIntyre

    Writer: Seth MacFarlane

  • My Fair Dork
    7.0/101 votes

    #17 - My Fair Dork

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 8/4/1997

    A dorky kid is trying to get a date with Suzy for a dance and Johnny shows him the way to get girls and the kid ends up getting girls by acting like Johnny and also gets a date with Suzy.

    Director: John McIntyre

    Writer: Seth MacFarlane

  • The Day the Earth Didn't Move Around Very Much
    7.0/101 votes

    #18 - The Day the Earth Didn't Move Around Very Much

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 8/25/1997

    Bravo explains to the court about how time froze yesterday and how he took advantage of it by eating candy without paying for it, having a free supper and spending a night at a hotel without paying for a key!

    Director: Butch Hartman

    Writer: Seth MacFarlane

  • Johnny Real Good
    7.0/101 votes

    #19 - Johnny Real Good

    Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 12/8/1997

    Johnny is trying to earn to earn money for a car so he babysits this kid named Timmy, who has powers and does bad stuff to Johnny.

    Director: John McIntyre

    Writer: Seth MacFarlane

  • Johnny Bravo Meets Adam West!
    7.0/101 votes

    #20 - Johnny Bravo Meets Adam West!

    Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 12/15/1997

    Mrs Bravo is supposed to be home at 6:00 after shopping but at 6:01, she is not home! Johnny sets out to find her! He gains the help of the original Batman, Adam West! They follow a ridiculous trail of clues that lead them of course to jail!

    Director: Butch Hartman

    Writer: Seth MacFarlane

  • Johnny Meets Donny Osmond
    7.0/101 votes

    #21 - Johnny Meets Donny Osmond

    Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 12/15/1997

    After breaking his mom's favourite cabinet thanks to Suzy's shenanigans, Johnny needs a nanny and Donny Osmond is the man for the job! He looks after Johnny in a Mary Poppins-like attitude but actually cramps Bravo's style in the process! Don't miss the ending of this episode!

    Director: John McIntyre

    Writer: Seth MacFarlane

  • Twice in a Lifetime
    7.0/1023 votes

    #22 - Twice in a Lifetime

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 7/7/2022

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

    Director: Jon Cassar

    Writer: Seth MacFarlane

  • Family Guy Viewer Mail #1
    6.9/1027 votes

    #23 - Family Guy Viewer Mail #1

    Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 2/14/2002

    Viewer mail inspires three stories in which Peter loses his bones, the Griffins gain superpowers, and Peter and his friends appear as eight-year-old "Little Rascals."

    Director: Michael Dante DiMartino

    Writer: Seth MacFarlane

  • North by North Quahog
    6.8/1025 votes

    #24 - North by North Quahog

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 5/1/2005

    Peter and Lois decide to go on a second honeymoon. But when Peter crashes the car, he decides to pose as Mel Gibson to stay in his fancy hotel suite, where they find a copy of a "The Passion of the Christ" sequel. They attempt to destroy the film and end up being chased by two priests who went to retrieve the film.

    Director: Peter Shin

    Writer: Seth MacFarlane

  • All the World is Birthday Cake
    6.8/1030 votes

    #25 - 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