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.

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

The creation of a powerful new weapon puts the Orville crew — and the entire Union — in a political and ethical quandary.