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s02e11 — Lasting Impressions

The Orville — s02e11 — Lasting Impressions

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s02e11
s02e07 - Deflectors
s02e08 - Identity
s02e09 - Identity Part II
s02e10 - Blood of Patriots
s02e11 - Lasting Impressions
s02e12 - Sanctuary
s02e13 - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
s02e14 - The Road Not Taken
s03e01 - Electric Sheep

Discussion: Season 2, Episode 11
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NastasiyaFun
NastasiyaFun
22 Mar 2019, 12:50 #
We return to the light series, which do not carry loads)

+ this season, too much time is devoted to Mockumentation in the main plot or sub-plot of episodes.. Will it play out in the final?)
MrSnippy
MrSnippy
22 Mar 2019, 22:37 #
@NastasiyaFun: I wouldn't call it an easy series.
Of course, there are funny moments, but, on the whole, it's kind of sad.
PlagueSpreader
PlagueSpreader
10 May 2019, 23:56 #
@NastasiyaFun: And in my opinion, this is one of the strongest dramatic episodes of the season. Even if it is diluted with moralizing about the dangers of smoking in a humorous form, but the part about Gordon leaves a residue.
Danman
Danman
22 Mar 2019, 14:22 #
It's sad after the series somehow.
dlr5668
dlr5668
22 Mar 2019, 17:23 #
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RinaFroz
RinaFroz
08 Jul 2022, 04:33 #
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Eka-Terina
Eka-Terina
22 Mar 2019, 18:40 #
A series with a bittersweet aftertaste. I really expected something more cosmic, and I was a little tense (for the rest of the episode) when Gordon said that his father's name was Greg too. I kept hoping they wouldn't make such a move, where he's her great-great-great-grandson.)
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A separate delight was caused by a hipster bow and a crocodile game)))))
Pushkin87
Pushkin87
22 Mar 2019, 19:46 #
A great series. One of the best of the season
MrSnippy
MrSnippy
22 Mar 2019, 22:36 #
@Pushkin87: one of the best in the series.
Nokia21
Nokia21
23 Mar 2019, 00:47 #
@MrSnippy: That's what I think after most episodes. What a wonderful series, there are no words.
Blackmeser
Blackmeser
24 Mar 2019, 09:59 #
@Nokia21: There are a lot of powerful episodes in the series, like this one, which on the one hand seems to be simple, but on the other hand raises very important ethical issues.
Haifish
Haifish
22 Mar 2019, 22:21 #
For some reason, I thought it would be shown later that this photo turned out to be in a real phone, but Gordon would never know about it. Then everything would really be for real)
Krspl
Krspl
23 Mar 2019, 00:40 #
@Haifish: Let me kiss you!
vk745345
vk745345
25 Mar 2019, 18:20 #
@Haifish: He didn't travel in time.
Kentavr
Kentavr
26 Mar 2019, 06:39 #
@vk745345: What if the simulation is not just a simulation?
shiroisasori
shiroisasori
31 Mar 2019, 16:25 #
@Kentavr: A simulation is just a simulation. We have sci-fi, not psychedelic sur.
Фабий
Фабий
11 Apr 2019, 17:07 #
@Haifish: it could be a foundation for an epic arc, when it would turn out that they themselves are all in simulation. For example, kaylons)
PlagueSpreader
PlagueSpreader
10 May 2019, 23:59 #
@Фабий: After all, why reshoot the Matrix with Isaac instead of Agent Smith?
LincolnMM
LincolnMM
22 Mar 2019, 22:41 #
One of the best episodes in the series)
Zverstvo
Zverstvo
27 Mar 2019, 14:27 #
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Merido_Brew
Merido_Brew
23 Mar 2019, 00:45 #
It's amazing how the series from the creator of Family Guy shuts down many other projects on television in terms of content and inspiration.
Nokia21
Nokia21
23 Mar 2019, 00:48 #
@Merido_Brew: It's not surprising, Family Guy clearly shows how multifaceted the Set is))
Errors_unique
Errors_unique
07 Apr 2019, 22:01 #
@Merido_Brew: What's wrong with Family Guy? Seth voices half of all the characters there himself, which in my opinion is a fantastic job: Brian, Stu, Peter, Quagmire, Tom Tucker, Pewdershmith - the dialogue between them is a dialogue of one person.
Family Guy also shuts down many other TV projects, and most of those that have already slipped.
AsasadAsasad
AsasadAsasad
17 Jan 2023, 21:54 #
@Errors_unique: One person's dialogue is called a "monologue" :) .
iasra
iasra
23 Mar 2019, 01:51 #
A bit of a lyrical series, after the action.
I was pleased with Bortus, as I saw that he took a cigarette, I thought: again)))) Bortus and its dependencies))) and lighting a cigarette from a weapon is just trash)))
DariaVeriaskina
DariaVeriaskina
23 Mar 2019, 09:57 #
Maclans-nariks are a separate kind of comedy)))The series is great, and touching, and sad. There was even a slight whiff of a black mirror, from the hopelessness of Gordon's situation. There was an episode in the last season, in my opinion, the best in it, about a relationship that was not meant to be.
Togusa
Togusa
23 Mar 2019, 13:10 #
Historian Scientist: WTF is a Wirless Telecommunications Facility
Holo-simulation program: (downloads all data from an unfamiliar device, recreates the historical period down to the smallest detail)
And why don't they have sessions in this room scheduled for a year in advance? Anyone in the story takes and occupies this room for half a day or all night.
Ytabayakov
Ytabayakov
25 Mar 2019, 00:06 #
There are several simulators there, when he told the others to come to the party, he said that we would meet in the second simulator)
Doro
Doro
26 Mar 2019, 18:18 #
@Togusa: The simulation was built accurately not only according to the data on the phone, but also according to other databases at that time. Well, I think reproducing a couple of rooms from photographs is not such a big problem for the supercomputers of the future.
As for the fact that the room is used whenever they want, it may be a miscalculation. What else can they do, how can they have fun? There is no television. I have not seen any computers/phones as we currently have them.
Perhaps only the senior staff has access to the holos, which would somehow explain the lack of a schedule.
AlinBlueberry
AlinBlueberry
27 Mar 2019, 20:42 #
@Doro: No, even children were allowed there in previous episodes.
Doro
Doro
28 Mar 2019, 19:15 #
@AlinBlueberry: Then it turns out that they all have much better things to do on a ship without Internet or television than a virtual reality in which you can make any dreams come true. Or there is more than one gallop deck.
AlinBlueberry
AlinBlueberry
31 Mar 2019, 04:54 #
@Doro: Well, this is somewhat understandable, it has already been noticed more than once. Plus, in some episode, it seemed like someone said the phrase "Meet me in the third simulator" or something like that.
Loreleya_
Loreleya_
28 Apr 2022, 22:50 #
@AlinBlueberry: The kids seem to have entered there without permission. After the vodka was synthesized on trial
PlagueSpreader
PlagueSpreader
11 May 2019, 00:04 #
@Togusa: Well, as for the simulation program, it seems to me that for it it's like if we dug up a stone axe. Although it is also partly an unfamiliar device, we will be able to use it, because the technology has long been studied and understood by everyone.
For such a progressive technology, capable of adapting to various connectors and connections, having the entire database of humanity, it will not be a problem to open an iPhone.
znaika
znaika
23 Mar 2019, 18:46 #
If this is not a great series, then I do not know what can fall under the definition of "excellent".
Tania_Larina
Tania_Larina
23 Mar 2019, 20:50 #
Poor Gordon: (
Gourry_aka_pm
Gourry_aka_pm
23 Mar 2019, 21:11 #
@Tania_Larina: how karmically unlucky he is:(:(:(:(
Filadora
Filadora
24 Mar 2019, 12:01 #
@Tania_Larina: and don't tell me, even a virtual girl broke it off. Sadness:(
Фабий
Фабий
11 Apr 2019, 17:12 #
@Filadora: Yes, I think it would have been worse if things had worked out the other way around. After all, she was the one who put the phone in the capsule, that is, the saved content ran out and he would have just a virtual game. And so it turned out to be a real relationship with a real ending that did not contradict the real life of that girl.

And the photo "for the capsule" at the end is like a recursive symbol of the end of history, the collision of simulation and reality.
loginloyso
loginloyso
23 Mar 2019, 22:03 #
A touching and kind episode.
Gordon is a romantic after all)
leshlepesh
leshlepesh
24 Mar 2019, 00:21 #
The best cigarette advertisement!
Filadora
Filadora
24 Mar 2019, 12:22 #
@leshlepesh: ))) it's evil... eternal!!)) The "set" in the capsule is just something - laughter through tears. It is sad to realize that cigarettes, chewing gum, a phone with a bunch of stupid selfies, MMOs and text messages, flip flops, toilet literature in the form of a book "50 shades of grey", canned food from "shit" and other "necessary for man" things are what characterize our civilization. And that all this junk was deemed worthy of a time capsule. That's advertising through the ages! Screenwriters know how to tease the audience)
Kentavr
Kentavr
26 Mar 2019, 06:43 #
@Filadora: Well... The "capsule" is not from some kind of "All-Earth 2015", but a local one from a small town in America. It's like when you and your friends get together and bury the same thing. You won't be hanging out there looking for a Rembrandt to put in a capsule, which, moreover, won't describe you in any way, unless it's just to troll the archaeologists of the future.
Zverstvo
Zverstvo
27 Mar 2019, 14:35 #
@Filadora: Yes, that's how it is...
Filadora
Filadora
28 Mar 2019, 22:48 #
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shiroisasori
shiroisasori
31 Mar 2019, 16:31 #
@Filadora: You have a strange disregard for simple human life.
And for historians, such capsules will be more valuable than entire museums crammed with Exhibits, because it's all real and unadorned, and there's nothing strange or shameful about it. Absolutely nothing.
leshlepesh
leshlepesh
01 Apr 2019, 19:27 #
@shiroisasori: And many people like to throw fluff, but if you ask the question - "What attributes do you think reflect the current modernity?", then the answer will clearly deviate far from such eloquent attacks.
PlagueSpreader
PlagueSpreader
11 May 2019, 00:09 #
@shiroisasori: I agree. For archaeologists, household items are always extremely valuable. It is even better if they were actively used in this very everyday life and have some kind of their own specifics. Art objects can help restore the overall picture of people's worldview, but only everyday objects give this picture shape.
DarvTormen
DarvTormen
24 Mar 2019, 01:23 #
Another session from the Track. This time Tuvok decided to check in)
Mifster
Mifster
25 Mar 2019, 15:27 #
@DarvTormen: Tim Russ is the first black Vulcan on the Track.
bagem
bagem
24 Mar 2019, 02:35 #
Who can say why the cigarettes fell out of the pillow with a noise like some kind of solid objects))
Arhitecter
Arhitecter
24 Mar 2019, 06:07 #
It was great about cigarettes %)
Oliverell22
Oliverell22
24 Mar 2019, 09:10 #
Leighton is Mr. Beautiful. It turned out to be a very cute character from the past.

I sometimes think I could fall in love with Gordon if he were real.
Give me a simulation...
drakonis
drakonis
24 Mar 2019, 09:40 #
What an amazing future they've painted!
What a good story with Gordon!
Seth is as handsome as ever!
I really wanted such a series! Funny, serious, sincere!
KsuCannella
KsuCannella
24 Mar 2019, 10:09 #
Leighton is such a cutie, it doesn't seem to change at all over the years)

Personally, in the series, I saw the idea of how we idealize objects of sympathy and build ourselves a "picture" instead of a real person. There are enough simulations in our world too, they're just in our head)

The smoking moments are hilarious))
Filadora
Filadora
24 Mar 2019, 11:44 #
)) And the little things, having lain for 400 years, have been preserved... cigarettes are so magical - they haven't even lost their smell over the centuries)))))))))
PlagueSpreader
PlagueSpreader
11 May 2019, 00:11 #
@Filadora: And they'll be in a vacuum.
MDHouse
MDHouse
24 Mar 2019, 17:42 #
In Orville, the plot of the present is so subtly shown through the prism of the future: and how no one on Earth smokes anymore, but how alluring the aroma of tobacco is that a new species cannot resist; where is the line between the present and simulation and that one should not try to forcibly change the life of another person, that everyone leaves a mark in the habits of another person.
Shadowrun
Shadowrun
25 Mar 2019, 03:33 #
@MDHouse: I liked the moment with the newspaper: civilization is on the verge of an ecological catastrophe, and they have a full-page advertisement for teeth whitening)))
Errors_unique
Errors_unique
07 Apr 2019, 22:06 #
@MDHouse: The answer is clearly given in the series, the simulation is edited by a person, and reality lives on its own.
Although with the resources you can "edit" your real life by bribing people, your relationship will be so real.
Actiregularis
Actiregularis
24 Mar 2019, 18:01 #
A human is actually also a computer, just very complex. If it becomes possible to create such simulations or humanoid robots with cool AI in their skulls, how will they differ from humans?! Nothing.
Doro
Doro
26 Mar 2019, 18:23 #
@Actiregularis: Well, when it came up in the series, there was a dialogue about self-awareness. But I'm sure the hologram is also capable of analyzing itself to an extent, if the hologram realizes that it is just a simulation, it can be a nightmare for it.
Renfree
Renfree
24 Mar 2019, 18:19 #
That feeling when a filer episode breaks your heart😢 By the way, it's already the end of the second season, and the crew doesn't pair up, Ed/Kelly and Doc/Isaac are on hiatus, the only married couple constantly in conflict...
kronusn7
kronusn7
26 Mar 2019, 17:21 #
@Renfree: Why pair them up? It always infuriated me that in serics they love to break up all the characters in pairs with all these relationships, such a thing.
Maaler
Maaler
24 Mar 2019, 18:53 #
Oh, that was fucking touching. I, a 34-year-old man, sincerely started a stingy male at the end of the episode.
6571
6571
25 Mar 2019, 00:26 #
What a sweet, touching, sad and inspiring series! This series is one of the best in the world! In such a light form, under the guise of "simple fiction", to remove something that touches such necessary strings in the soul. It's really very simple and absolutely brilliant at the same time!
Well, and about smoking - great! )))
kotofrey
kotofrey
25 Mar 2019, 05:23 #
I fell in love with this series with a lot of interesting topics, revealed from interesting sides)
vk745345
vk745345
25 Mar 2019, 18:19 #
Having an affair with memories and eventually being abandoned. It's fucked up on so many levels
stas_box
stas_box
26 Mar 2019, 23:28 #
I really liked the series. If there were such simulations nowadays, humanity would definitely have died out.
Лям
Лям
27 Mar 2019, 03:23 #
A soulful series! But that's what I'd damn well like for the final photo to suddenly end up on the phone I found. :)
DigitalAudioTape
DigitalAudioTape
28 Mar 2019, 03:29 #
"sos myslom" (c)
but seriously, it's because of such episodes that I fell in love with Orville - very sincerely and from the bottom of my heart.
Raven_Kaosa
Raven_Kaosa
29 Mar 2019, 03:35 #
One of the most touching and catchy episodes...
trycatchfinally
trycatchfinally
PRO
31 Mar 2019, 03:59 #
The series is a masterpiece
Gordey
Gordey
01 Apr 2019, 11:16 #
A wonderful series! Sweet and touching!
nachtner
nachtner
02 Apr 2019, 15:11 #
A secret correction was made to the simulation program and Gordon turned out to be the "third extra". Bortus and his partner were burned for 25 packs, and he laughed for a long time. A wonderful episode! Touching!!!
lyoka_d
lyoka_d
07 Apr 2019, 00:53 #
How did Laura call Gordon if the simulation wasn't running at the moment?
and all. I wanted to smoke)
Фабий
Фабий
11 Apr 2019, 17:15 #
@lyoka_d: he also linked the phone to the simulation when he created the device.
Like, there's no hologram in the room, but it can simulate communication.
SherLoki
SherLoki
16 Apr 2019, 03:43 #
Gordon is wonderful; and it's a pity that he's so lonely - I want to give him a handful of happiness. Like the commentator above, if I were there, I would also fall in love with him. ♥
ddd79
ddd79
18 Apr 2019, 02:59 #

What a touching episode!!!!
kiprian_zhurov
kiprian_zhurov
20 Apr 2019, 17:21 #
it perfectly shows that any, even negative, event in our lives shapes our personality and if we remove it, we will be a different person
super series!
PersianCat
PersianCat
24 Apr 2019, 13:46 #
I haven't watched the episode yet, but at the moment when Bortus asks for 500 cigarettes, there are actually 464 of them.
A minute of important information.
rashelko
rashelko
22 Feb 2020, 12:57 #
@PersianCat: I love you .
PersianCat
PersianCat
02 Mar 2020, 18:45 #
❤️
Selen1126
Selen1126
05 May 2019, 00:52 #
It's a little weird, but it's a great series. Bortus is a chicken - it was cool. It's a pity about Maloya.
Airstrike404
Airstrike404
10 May 2019, 17:26 #
I love how progressive humanity has realized the full harm of cigarettes, and no one has smoked on Earth for 400 years! But everyone stubbornly continues to drink every episode :)
SeriesWatcher
SeriesWatcher
10 May 2019, 22:42 #
@Airstrike404: In ST:TNG, for example, it is a substitute for ethyl alcohol, which does not make people drunk.
Elves
Elves
23 May 2019, 20:05 #
@SeriesWatcher: Why drink alcohol that doesn't make you drunk?
PlagueSpreader
PlagueSpreader
11 May 2019, 00:13 #
@Airstrike404: Well, if you don't drink, then you can go into outer space and fly like a cuckoo. Alcohol and tobacco have completely different effects.
Irena_Turner
Irena_Turner
17 Jun 2019, 00:26 #
A very sensual series, I can't stop admiring the series)
Tea_Maniac
Tea_Maniac
PRO
11 Jul 2019, 22:38 #
Bortus doesn't have enough moustache for a cigar.
Ctixia
Ctixia
13 Jan 2020, 06:31 #
Orville, as always, is great, and it's getting better with each episode.
But here's Blair (Leighton Meester) I didn't expect to see it, it's nice to see familiar faces.)
IraTaranova
IraTaranova
01 Jun 2020, 06:42 #
That's it, it's officially my favorite series!!!
RinaFroz
RinaFroz
08 Jul 2022, 04:34 #
It's a very emotional episode, full of light sadness.
berion87
berion87
PRO
14 Oct 2023, 17:30 #
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berion87
berion87
PRO
14 Oct 2023, 17:35 #
Moklans are weak before nicotine. there would be a whole race of smokers)
when Laura's ex appeared, it seemed to me that it was Wil Wheaton. Well, since Tuvok appeared. Wesley Crusher could have made a cameo appearance. or like Wil to "fuck up" one of the characters.
Kinochad
Kinochad
PRO
18 Nov 2023, 13:20 #
Mr. Leighton 🥰
At least start watching Gossip Girls because of her.
id264460076
id264460076
18 Feb 2025, 17:31 #
Damn, I'm so sorry about Gordon... Let them find a mate for him already and he will be happy.
Adrinalina
Adrinalina
14 Jun 2025, 12:43 #
A very enjoyable episode, funny and at the same time sad and meaningful! I hope Gordon finds his happiness and sings great!) I laughed at the Moklans, of course))
AtomicTroll
AtomicTroll
05 Aug 2025, 02:58 #
Poor Gordon, find him a girl already.

It feels like a good fantasy melodrama in full meter
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