Editing The Orville (section)

==Season Two==
In the second season, the network got a little more confident in the show so, to save money, they aired the episode about Bortus' porn addiction, held over from the previous season. Season One's preachiness rears its head in "All The World's A Birthday Cake", but with astrology as a substitute for religion.

The main change here was writing out Alara a couple eps in. The character's actress, Halston Sage, was rumored (by various online tabloid publications) to have briefly dated Seth MacFarlane. It is also possible that other factors such as her role on ''Prodigal Son'' or a desire for a pay increase could've contributed to or caused her departure. In any event, if the dating rumor is true it just goes to show that [[Derp|dating a co-worker and subordinate 20 years younger than you rarely ends well]]. This may come back to haunt the showrunners as Alara was one of the better received characters. Don't worry though, Alara's character was immediately replaced with Talla, another alien of the very same race, gender, and profession... despite the lore establishing that Alara's career path as a security officer was unusual by her species' standards. To be fair, Alara's final episode ''is'' a good sendoff for the character.

The next big change is the Krill, who become the "lesser villains that need to team up with the good guys to fight worse villains" cliché. Given all the villainous setup the Krill have, this is jarring, the more so because this season pulls it out its own butt ''twice''.  

The first instance was when Ed, his new girlfriend and the crew were caught between a conflict of not-Orks doing WAAAAGH! and the Krill.  Then... surprise! Ed's new woman is really Teleya - a female Krill he captured in Season 1 - disguised as a human to capture end and bring him to the Krill for interrogation (resulting in plot holes because Teleya was last seen imprisoned on Earth and she's a schoolteacher, not a soldier or a spy), but they're forced to work together when trapped on a death world. We don't see the orks again in this season. The second is when the not-Federation teams with the Krill because the rest of Isaac's robotic race, the Kaylon, have gone [[Necrons|Full Skynet]] against organic life.  Ironically, throughout the Season Isaac gradually turned good, becoming the crew's not-Data member.  The Kaylon attempt to invade Earth and look set to become the show's Borg equivalent (minus organic parts and assimilation).

The cast seems to be gelling better - Halston's departure and rumored situation between her and Seth aside, the writers have a better idea of what the show should be and the humor is now used in service of the stories.  Season 2 was definitely a step up overall.