If the Stars Should Appear
The Orville crosses paths with a much larger ship that is drifting in space. The Orville's sensors are unable to penetrate the hull of the ship to determine if there are any life forms aboard. Captain Mercer, Commander Grayson, Security Chief Kitan, Doctor Finn, and Science Officer Isaac take a shuttle and go investigate the big ship.
The away team finds a race of humanoid people living within the ship. The away team splits up Alara and Kelly head in one direction. They are accosted by two men who shoot Alara and take Kelly prisoner. The other three encounter a teenager who tells them about the world they have found. The people of the large ship don't realize that they are within a ship. They are ruled by a dictator named Hamelac who insists that their world was created by a being named Doral.
Mercer and the others find the wounded security chief and then go looking for Commander Grayson. They find her and use their superior technology to free her and deal with Hamelac and his goons.
Liam Neeson shows up in a brief, uncredited guest appearance towards the end of the episode.
There's room for explanations and questions about the working of this giant ship but this is a pretty good episode as it stands. The humor is good even though it doesn't always work. Ed and Kelly's past relationship is mined multiple times for humor. I like the character interactions for the most part but I sometimes wish that Captain Mercer was a little less quippy.
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