#Twice in a lifetime

[miyagi-hokarate]

#Ralph Macchio #William Zabka #Twice in a Lifetime #Python 2000 #Miyagi-horiginal #Such an odd coincidence. Why were you both cops. Stop that

[pinkjellymoon]

Art I made for a later chapter in part 2 of Twice in a Lifetime. I’ve been daydreaming about this scene for days and I’m so excited about it!

#no context for you! #fanart #kamisama hajimemashita #kamisama kiss #tomoe x nanami #twice in a lifetime #yokai tomoe #nanami momozono

[jamiemegad3thnot]

I can't believe a silly sci-fi Star Trek parody keeps making cry

#hm this character is happy #let's rip their heart straight out of their chest #perfect idea #however #topa can be herself #because we can't be that cruel #the orville #seth macfarlane #a tale of two topas #twice in a lifetime #from unknown graves #ed mercer #kelly grayson #gordon malloy #claire finn #isaac #john lamarr #bortus #alara kitan #talla keyali #charly burke #THREE EPISODES IN A ROW #FUCKING HELL #EVEN WHEN ALARA LEFT #THE EMOTIONS WERE GENUINE #MY HEART HURTS SO MUCH #I AM REALLY GLAD THAT TOPA IS HAPPY NOW THOUGH #I REALLY HATED KLYDEN #thank you for coming to my ted talk

[philosopherking1887]

Ah, traveling back in time to about when the show was made... a very Star Trek tradition.

#phil liveblogs tv #the orville season 3 #twice in a lifetime #the orville

[stephenlangdaily]

Stephen on the set of Twice in a Lifetime (1985) with costars Brian Dennehy and Kevin Blyer, who played Steve’s son in the film

#twice in a lifetime #photo #bts #stephen lang #slang #1980s #1985 #* #brian dennehy

[ramblings-of-a-mad-cat]

Mad cat do you like The Orville? I saw your post talking about Twice Upon a Lifetime. Gordon has my whole entire heart and I wish they could have just let him be, but they had to protect the timeline. Everything they did they did for the sake of their future.

I do! In a lot of ways, it was baby's first Star Trek, for me. I saw episodes of Next Gen here and there when I was a kid, but The Orville is what inspired me to watch Next Gen (and Discovery) in full. Even to this day, I consider The Orville to be "real" Star Trek. Not saying it's better than official content (though I certainly enjoy it) but I would argue that it's more than earned it's place as an addition to that fictional universe.

Regarding Twice In a Lifetime,

I know that was the point of view the episode wanted to establish for Ed and Kelly, and I'm not even sure if they wanted us to see Gordon as being in the right or wrong. I can only tell you that when I watched it, I was absolutely on his side and frankly, rooting for Ed and Kelly after that episode was...challenging.

They claim they want to protect the timeline, but they have an extremely narrow definition of what that means, regarding a subject that they freely admit to not fully understanding. The fact is, Gordon could be right. Maybe the timeline where he stays on Earth is the "right" one. The Orville crew don't know. They can't be sure, one way or the other, so what makes the version of time they're fighting for more real, more legitimate, more "safe?" Whether or not Gordon should have done what he did, it's happened now. Ed claims that it's still in flux "until we act." But that doesn't make any sense. Everything they do is "acting." How does the timeline know when they "mean" it?

Oh and, they go back in time to rescue Gordon from 2015, despite already interacting with Gordon in 2025, and obtaining the fuel they need to make that journey from 2025. Would that not create gigantic paradox? I guess it doesn't, but again, how the hell could the Orville crew be sure that it wouldn't before they make that jump? Can we also talk about how they mine a finite resource from the Earth's crust that hasn't even been discovered yet, like that won't affect the timeline more than Gordon having kids.

There is no way to not leave a footprint when you're in the past. It is not possible. On paper, hiding out in the woods seems like it would change less, but it really doesn't. Every one of the animals Gordon killed for food might have played some role or been part of a domino effect that changed the future somehow. It's called The Butterfly Effect for a reason. Living a quiet, mundane life, to me, is just as acceptable and probably smarter than staying in the wilderness. Oh yeah, and when they find Gordon's bio, Kelly asks "Why is there a record of him at all?" My sister in Christ, why were you looking him up in the first place if you didn't expect to find something?

Ed and Kelly keep bringing up Union law to Gordon, even though the Union literally doesn't exist in the 21st century. How is he supposed to break laws that don't exist? The Union can try to legislate the past all it wants, but in actual practice it should have no right or jurisdiction. By The Union's it's own reasoning, the past is apparently written in stone. Ed and Kelly also mention how Gordon "took an oath" as if he hasn't made it very clear that he's resigning his post as a Union officer. And so long as we're talking about the law, would it not be a crime to erase Edward and his unborn sibling? Like, Gordon raises that point and Ed/Kelly don't acknowledge it.

Man, I could go on. I could talk about the hypocrisy of The Orville crew considering history says they're all supposed to be dead after the dark matter storm in Season 1. How they were far more open minded with Past Kelly in Season 2, agreeing to let her stay and not forcing a memory wipe on her when she was going home. Not to mention they were willing change history in The Road Not Taken. I could talk about how, in just the previous episode, they were willing to risk losing their greatest ally against the Kaylon just so Topa could transition. I'm not saying any of these decisions were wrong, but if that's the attitude we've been going with so far, how do Ed and Kelly justify such a sharp turn?

In general, I have a lot of issues with the laws of The Union/Federation. I also think The Prime Directive is a circular argument that basically humble-brags about it's own lack of empathy, but that's a debate for another time.

#The Orville #Star Trek #Twice in a Lifetime #Gordon Malloy #Ed Mercer #Kelly Grayson #Edward Malloy #The Federation #The Union #The Prime Directive

[politicallydreadful]

I really liked the Isaac and Charly b-plot this episode. At first I thought that Isaac was attempting small talk just to try and get on Burke's good side since he mentioned in the previous episode that he is doing things to be more amicable to the crew but I love that it all was leading up to him saying a genuine Thank You. Also I thought it was realistic that Burke still isn't ready (and might never be) to warm up to Isaac, one mission doesn't take away the grief, pain and loss.

On a lighter note Mark Jackson's delivery of "oh no I am losing" in the bar scene was totally Isaac humoring that biker and my favourite line in the episode. Hope that guy is able to recover his reputation after that.

#the orville #twice in a lifetime

[welovejessicaszohr]

Jessica Szohr as Lt. Talla Keyali -  Twice in a Lifetime S3E6

#Twice in a Lifetime #Jessica Szohr #talla keyali #talla #seth macfarlane #Adrianne Palicki #scott grimes #J Lee #peter macon #Penny Johnson Jerald #Mark Jackson #the orville #Orville

[iamthecutestofborg]

Well, Twice in a Lifetime just fucked me up. Like fucked. Me. Up. No I mean like

FUCKED

ME

UP

Am I nuts to think they were absolutely wrong? Am I nuts to think Gorden should be livid? Is it nuts that I'm livid?

#the orville spoilers #damn this show is good im absolutely furious #what a dick move #Oh well they may have murdered his family but at least he's still got a sandwich coming 🫤 #the orville new horizons #the Orville #twice in a lifetime #gordon malloy

[passed-out-real]

Amy Madigan Filmography Part 1

The Day After (1983)

Streets of Fire (1984)

Places in the Heart (1984)

Alamo Bay (1985)

Twice in a Lifetime (1985)

Nowhere to Hide (1987)

The Prince of Pennsylvania (1988)

Field of Dreams (1989)

Uncle Buck (1989)

The Dark Half (1993)

#Amy Madigan #The Day After #Streets of Fire #Places in the Heart #Alamo Bay #Twice in a Lifetime #Nowhere to Hide #The Prince of Pennsylvania #Field of Dreams #Uncle Buck #The Dark Half

[proverbialschoolmarm]

#the orville new horizons #the orville #hulu #twice in a lifetime #from unknown graves #midnight blue #domino #future unknown

[ashleybenlove]

I’m actually glad they sealed up the hole they made in that house.

Imagine if some randos bought that house and like, everytime something small  dropped near it, it just fell into the fucking mantle of the Earth.

That’s very considerate of Isaac and Charly

#ashleybenlove posts #The Orville #The Orville: New Horizons #the orville spoilers #season 3 #Twice In A Lifetime

[pinkjellymoon]

Chapter 62 of Twice in a Lifetime (rated E/MA) is up! This is essentially the last chapter of part 1, with a bonus smut chapter to close it out next week.

The day of Tomoe’s planned proposal has arrived and sitting on a secret like this is quickly becoming unbearable! Nanami doesn’t know what to make of his behavior. Will Tomoe be able to pull it off?

#kamisama hajimemashita #kamisama kiss #kh fanfiction #tomoe x nanami #twice in a lifetime

[end-of-the-world-optimist]

Since I haven't seen it mentioned in the tag for The Orville, I would like to say the song playing in the background in Gordon's party at the beginning of the episode is Gershwin's "You can't take that away from me", a nice and emotional detail considering what happens later in the episode.

#the orville #twice in a lifetime #episode 6 #seth macfarlane #gordon malloy #george gershwin #you can't take that away from me

[thatannoyingbitch]

Seeing time travel in other sci fi: Wow, that technology is amazing! it would be so cool if it actually existed!

Seeing time travel in The Orville: Wow, that technology creates so many disasters! I’m so glad it doesn’t exist!

#help I just rewatched Twice in a Lifetime #the orville #the orville new horizons #time travel #sci fi comedy #renew the orville #the orville Hulu #time travel mishaps #seth macfarlane #sci fi series #the orville season 3 #twice in a lifetime #technology

[hypnoticcastiel]

the moral compass of some Orville characters is astonishing

Mercer & Grayson: "Hey Gordon, we're late and sorry for that. But now that you have a healthy and human family life, we will kill your wife and two kids. Bc playing with time and stuff might complicate the universal balance."

Gordon: "You m-f-ckers don't know shit about the complexities of time and my kids could prevent the war in the infinite branches of time."

Mercer & Grayson: "Uhm yeah, but we are higher ups and it would feel quite embarrassing to not be right about stuff that we can't fully comprehend. So let's just kill your family and take you back. We will use a time travel trick so you won't remember our murderous actions when we find you more than 9 years earlier. Cheerio loser!"

#orville tv #the orville 3x06 #Twice in a Lifetime #gordon malloy #ed mercer #kelly grayson #scifi #time travel #this was pretty much the dark side of monolithic starfleet dogma bs