Taking the Stand

A newly-promoted captain of the exploratory spaceship U.S.S. Orville is taken aback when he learns that his ex-wife has been assigned as his First Officer.

Ed and Kelly are taken prisoner by a mysterious enemy, forcing Alara to assume her first command in a rescue mission to save them; Bortus and Klyden receive pleasant and unexpected news.

A new arrival puts Bortus and Klyden at the center of a Moclan culture clash.

Ed and the Orville crew encounter a massive vessel adrift in space, which is in danger of colliding with a star.

Ed and the Orville crew save a stranded ship and its captain (guest star Charlize Theron), who is not what she seems.

Ed and Gordon are sent on a risky undercover mission.

Kelly leads a rescue team to recover two Union anthropologists who disappeared on an Earth-like world.

Ed and the crew attempt to save Isaac, Dr. Finn and her two sons after their shuttle becomes set on a course into uncharted space.

The Orville must negotiate a peace treaty between two warring planets, but tensions escalate when Ed and Kelly encounter a familiar face.

After a crew member dies as the result of a fire that broke out on The Orville, Alara questions her efficacy as the ship's chief of security.

Kelly makes an unexpected discovery about Lt. Lamarr, which leads her to recommend him for a key leadership position on the ship.

While exploring a mysterious planet that appears from nowhere, Kelly has an inadvertent but profound effect on its inhabitants.