This is the first book to take a deep dive into the philosophical, social, moral, political, and religious issues tackled by Seth MacFarlane's marvelous space adventure, The Orville.

These new essays explore what The Orville has to say on everything from climate change, artificial intelligence, and sexual assault, to gender, feminism, love, and care. Divided into six "acts" (just like every episode ofThe Orville), with the show as its backdrop, the book asks questions about the dangers of democracy and social media, the show's relationship to Star Trek and the puzzle of time travel.

David Kyle Johnson is a professor of philosophy at King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He also produces lecture series for The Teaching Company’s The Great Courses and has edited several volumes of works on popular culture. Michael R. Berry is an associate professor of mass communication at King's College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. His research interests are in presidential debates, superheroes/pop culture figures, and their representations in mass media. He has published on deception, academic debate. and superheroes.