“I mean, there have been talks,” says Palicki, who plays the Orville’s first officer, Kelly Grayson ... “I mean, she pretty much is anyway. But I don’t know, I’m sure there’ll ...

The Orville presents almost exact replicas of some of these characters. McFarland himself plays Captain Ed Mercer. His first officer (and ex-wife) is Commander Kelly Grayson (Adrianne Palicki).

Thursday’s episode was titled “Home” and focused on Alara Kitan (Halston Sage), Orville‘s super-strong Xelayan chief security officer. As hinted in the title, the episode involves Alara ...

Ed's enthusiasm for his new position is dampened when his ex-wife, Kelly Grayson, is assigned to be his First Officer. While on their first routine mission, the Orville crew is ambushed by the ...