Primal Urges
Bortus avoids Klyden, his mate, and indulges in sexual fantasies in one of the Orville's simulators. Klyden doesn't know exactly what Bortus is up to but he tries to kill Bortus. It is the Machlan way of divorcing someone. Dr. Finn saves Bortus' life. Captain Mercer orders Bortus and Klyden to go to couples counseling.
The crew of the Orville discovers a small group of people underground on a planet that is no more than a day away from getting destroyed by the star the planet orbits. The Orville contacts the people on the planet and plans a rescue mission.
A shuttle is sent to bring as many people back to the Orville as possible. Everything does not go as planned. Bortus' sexual addiction is partly to blame.
I thought this episode started off a little slow. I was a bit bored with it at first even though I wasn't sure where it was going. The episode turned a corner and started to get quite funny as more and more of Bortus addiction was revealed. Another corner was turned later in the story when the rescue mission didn't go according to plan.
They really made it look like the Orville was doomed (near the end of the episode) to the point that I thought most of the episode would turn out to be a dream sequence.
This was a damn good episode but I felt a bit manipulated by it.
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