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The Orville takes Alara back to Xelaya, her home planet because she needs to reacclimate to its strong gravity. She stays with her parents and her older sister who are happy to see her. Alara doesn't like the way they treat her. She has to ride around in a wheelchair, because she hasn't reacclimated to Xelaya's gravity.
The family goes to their vacation home which is on a deserted island. They aren't there for long before a couple whom they have never met before shows up. Cambis and Floratta Borrin. They seem nice at first but things get ugly after Cambis reveals that Alara's father is to blame for their son's death by suicide.
Alara recovers from her weakened state sufficiently that she is able to defend her sister and her parents from the intruders. Alara is given a chance to return to the Orville but decides instead to stay on Xelaya with her parents.
Olix (Jason Alexander) has a brief appearance in this episode. Lieutenant Tharl, the interim security chief, was played by Patrick Warburton. I thought I recognized his voice but I wasn't certain until I checked the credits after the episode was over.
John Billingsley played the par of Cambis. I know him best from Enterprise where he played Doctor Flox.
I believe that Alara will be back but only for a single episode and I'm not sure if it is one from season two or three. I don't think that Lieutenant Tharl will be taking her place in future episodes.
This turned out to be a better episode than I thought it would be in at first. Alara has a reconciliation of sorts with her father towards the end of the episode that was very moving. Her departure from the Orville also got to me.
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