In the Fold
Dr. Claire Finn tries to take Marcus and Ty, her two sons, on a brief vacation in one of the shuttles. Isaac is piloting when the shuttle gets sucked through a spatial fold. The shuttle is damaged and they are forced to land on an inhabitable moon. Dr. Finn gets separated from the others during the landing when the shuttle breaks in two.
Isaac looks after Marcus and Ty, who quarrel frequently. Dr. Finn is found by a local who locks her up but also takes care of her. He explains that most of the people on the planet have turned feral after getting infected by a waterborne pathogen.
Isaac, Marcus, and Ty go looking for Claire but they are forced to turn back when Ty gets sick after falling in a stream. Dr. Finn escapes from the man who was holding her. She finds her communicator and contacts Isaac. She finds the others but dozens of feral people start closing in on them. Isaac and Marcus hold them off while Claire tries to do something for Ty. The Orville shows up just as it looks like the Dr. Finn and the others are about to get overrun.
The rest of the cast are in this episode but don't have very many scenes. The last three episodes seem to have given most of the cast, with the possible exception of Bortus, a moment in the spotlight. The last three episodes have also taken place away from the Orville for the most part. Will they keep this up?
I could poke a lot of holes in this story. How did Claire find her way back to the others in the dark? Claire says something about valuing life but she stabs the man who kidnapped her in the gut. The inhabitants of the moon they landed on were mostly feral. The only one who wasn't was an evil SOB. There isn't much to work with there.
This is an okay episode. I didn't find it to be quite as engaging as some of the previous ones. The quarrelling kids were a turn off. There are a couple of character moments that worked for me.
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