The Orville Season 1.5: New Beginnings #[nn]

In "New Beginnings Part 1 of 2," Captain Ed Mercer and Lt. Gordon Malloy respond to a century-old distress call from a lost Union ship, only to crash-land on a planet inhabited by a primitive, bird-like species. Meanwhile, on the Orville, Commander Kelly Grayson is drawn into a delicate situation when Bortus asks her to help Topa attend school, testing the limits of interspecies understanding.

In the second part of this two-part adventure, Captain Ed Mercer and Lt. Gordon Malloy face a dire dilemma on the Chog homeworld: the alien species rely on the wreck of the Burton for survival, but its automated defenses threaten any ship that approaches—especially the Orville, which is en route to rescue them. As Ed and Gordon race to warn their ship without triggering the deadly system, they must also find a way to protect the Chog from starvation and extinction. Meanwhile, aboard the Orville, Commander Kelly Grayson finds herself at a crossroads in her growing connection with Cassius.

In "The Word of Avis Part 1 of 2," The Orville intercepts a Union shuttle on the edge of Krill space, where a team of xenoanthropologists claims a systems failure—but Captain Ed Mercer and Commander Kelly Grayson aren’t buying it. As tensions rise and secrets begin to surface, the crew must navigate a fragile diplomatic line, probing a mystery that reaches into the past and the minds of a people long thought to be beyond understanding.