The Best Episodes Written By Seth Macfarlane

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   9.0/10(1 votes)

   #1 - Family Guy (Pilot)

   S0:E312/20/1998

   The original Pilot of Family Guy. The story of the pilot is similar to what would eventually become the first aired episode, "Death Has a Shadow", with distinct differences in the character designs, animation and writing. The first seven minutes are included on the Volume 1 DVD set.

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   8.4/10(50 votes)

   #2 - Identity (2)

   S2:E92/28/2019

   The Kaylons take control of the Orville with the intention of destroying all biological lifeforms.

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   8.3/10(55 votes)

   #3 - Lasting Impressions

   S2:E113/21/2019

   The Orville crew members open a time capsule from 2015.

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   8.0/10(57 votes)

   #4 - Mad Idolatry

   S1:E1212/7/2017

   Ed and Kelly consider the possibility of reforging their relationship, but Kelly soon crash-lands on a planet in another universe with Isaac and Gordon.

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   7.8/10(48 votes)

   #5 - A Happy Refrain

   S2:E61/31/2019

   The Orville crew is surprised when Claire's personal life takes an unexpected turn, and Gordon makes an unusual grooming suggestion to Bortus.

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   7.8/10(58 votes)

   #6 - Just Say Yes

   S1:E11/11/2024

   When Matty makes Ted go to school with John, Ted immediately decides to get expelled.

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   7.7/10(26 votes)

   #7 - Desperately Seeking Susan

   S1:E51/11/2024

   Blaire convinces Matty and Susan to let Ted act as their marriage therapist. After the session, Ted, John and Blaire encourage Susan to pursue the career she abandoned long ago.

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   7.6/10(76 votes)

   #8 - Command Performance

   S1:E29/17/2017

   When Ed and Kelly are tricked by a hologram of a ship in distress and find themselves prisoners in a replica of their former home, Alara must step up in her first command of the Orville and attempt a heroic rescue. Meanwhile, Bortus and Klyden receive some happy, yet unexpected news.

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   7.6/10(67 votes)

   #9 - If the Stars Should Appear

   S1:E49/28/2017

   Ed and the Orville crew encounter a massive vessel adrift in space, which is in danger of colliding with a star. While some of the crew set out to help the ship's inhabitants, Bortus, Gordon, and John stay behind and fend off a Krill attack on another Union ship

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    7.5/10(62 votes)

    #10 - Pria

    S1:E510/5/2017

    After the crew saves a stranded ship and its attractive captain, Ed becomes smitten with the Orville’s new guest, while Kelly suspects all is not what it seems. Meanwhile, Gordon attempts to teach Isaac the art of pulling off a practical joke.

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    7.5/10(60 votes)

    #11 - Majority Rule

    S1:E710/26/2017

    When two Union anthropologists go missing on a planet similar to 21st century Earth, Ed sends a team led by Kelly to find them, but the mission quickly goes awry when they realize the society’s government is completely based on a public voting system to determine punishment.

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    7.5/10(45 votes)

    #12 - Blood of Patriots

    S2:E103/7/2019

    Ed must initiate peace talks with the Krill.

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    7.5/10(12 votes)

    #13 - The Mom's Bombed Rom-Com

    S2:E43/5/2026

    Blaire's rom-com movie marathon annoys Matty; Ted and John double date with their elderly neighbor.

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    7.4/10(54 votes)

    #14 - New Dimensions

    S1:E1111/30/2017

    Kelly discovers that Lt. John Lamarr is smarter than he lets on. So, she pushes Ed to consider him for a key leadership position on the ship after The Orville gets damaged by a mysterious spatial anomaly causing harrowing effects to all things living.

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    7.4/10(80 votes)

    #15 - Death Has a Shadow

    S1:E11/31/1999

    After Peter heavily drinks at a bachelor party, even though he told Lois he would not, he gets fired from his job at the Happy-go-Lucky toy factory for being hung over. Peter soon applies for welfare, but after a mix-up, gets sent a check for $150,000. Eventually, Lois finds out, and Peter decides to return the money by dumping it from a blimp at the Super Bowl. He is arrested as a result, and his family ends up coming to his rescue.

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    7.3/10(100 votes)

    #16 - Old Wounds

    S1:E19/10/2017

    It's 2417, and the Planetary Union promotes Ed Mercer to Captain of the exploratory vessel The U.S.S. Orville. 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 Krill, a vicious alien race, who are bent on stealing a device that can cause time to accelerate.

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    7.3/10(38 votes)

    #17 - Twice in a Lifetime

    S3:E67/7/2022

    The crew must rescue Gordon from a distant yet familiar world.

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    7.2/10(30 votes)

    #18 - Future Unknown

    S3:E108/4/2022

    A celebration is underway aboard the ship.

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    7.1/10(33 votes)

    #19 - Family Guy Viewer Mail #1

    S3:E212/14/2002

    Viewer mail inspires three stories in which Peter loses his bones, the Griffins gain superpowers, and Peter and his friends appear as eight-year-old "Little Rascals."

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    7.1/10(33 votes)

    #20 - North by North Quahog

    S4:E15/1/2005

    Peter and Lois decide to go on a second honeymoon. But when Peter crashes the car, he decides to pose as Mel Gibson to stay in his fancy hotel suite, where they find a copy of a "The Passion of the Christ" sequel. They attempt to destroy the film and end up being chased by two priests who went to retrieve the film.

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    7.1/10(53 votes)

    #21 - Ja'loja

    S2:E112/30/2018

    As The Orville heads towards Moclus for Bortus' special once-a-year ceremony, Ed discovers Kelly has moved on and has started dating. Meanwhile, Gordon asks for John's help in getting game, and Claire turns to Isaac for parenting advice.

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    7.1/10(45 votes)

    #22 - All the World is Birthday Cake

    S2:E51/24/2019

    The Orville makes First Contact and a new crew member joins the ship.

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    7.0/10(70 votes)

    #23 - About a Girl

    S1:E39/21/2017

    The Orville crew is divided between cultures when Bortus and Klyden debate if their newly born offspring should receive a controversial surgery.

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    6.9/10(24 votes)

    #24 - Pilot

    S1:E12/6/2005

    Stan Smith uses his CIA skills to help 13-year-old son Steve win class president and the heart of the hottest girl in class, Lisa Silver. But when being class president makes Steve mad with power, Stan must jump in to save the day. Meanwhile, Roger, the alien Stan saved from Area 51, helps 18-year-old Hayley with her school paper. In return, she hooks him up with boatloads of junk food to curb his sweet tooth. Unfortunately, some Chocodiles send him over the edge and a sugar crash prohibits him from finishing one of her papers, forcing Hayley to pick up the pieces. And Klaus, the goldfish with the brain of a German guy, pines after mother Francine. Unfortunately for Klaus, the closest he'll ever get to a date with her is the spin cycle with her sports bra.

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    6.8/10(41 votes)

    #25 - Electric Sheep

    S3:E16/2/2022

    The Orville crew deals with the interpersonal aftermath of the battle against the Kaylon.

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