I do not own the Orville or any of the characters. It is the property of FOX and Seth MacFarlane. After Bortus isn't spending enough time with his mate, Klyden wants a divorce, but Moclan divorce is quite sharp
Wow! Moclans are even more brutal than the Klingons. To my knowledge, Klingons don't get divorce by sticking a dak'takh inside their partner's chest...
I've heard about honor killing in some culture. This is kind of like that. I bet you'd be surprised to hear if your neighbor was involved in that ritual of honor killing.
The Moclan's Are incredible weapon designers and that is what got them in the Union.. All the Union saw was the ability to defend themselves with tremendous weapons but short sightedly didn't realize what they were they were bringing it to their own home until it was too late and we got the results at the end of the Season 3. I am not surprised at this at all and there was a precedent set also in star trek where they had the episode where those weapon designers kill themselves making weapons To provide the perfect defense and were themselves the victims of their own brilliance.
I really like how Ed and Kelly kinda bond over this matter. They understand that marriage is hard...but dang...they still respect each other even more so after THAT WITNESS
@@crem-crem4070 You're missing the point. Besides the fact that that was the line said here, Klyden was born female and was forcibly transitioned due to Moclan customs (just like Topa), but this was only revealed in a much later episode.
3:52 - 4:05 One piece of advice to you Captain Mercer: If you're sick and tired of various aspects of Moclan culture, wait until you have met with Captain Picard and how he has to deal with Worf and all the ritualistic shenanigans he brought from the Klingon homeworld 😉
Captain Mercer had it way worse sure the klingons might have been more violent as a whole but the Moclans Were brought into the Union way too quickly without any real knowledge of their culture and society. The Klingons were at least a known quantity to the federation. Poor Mercer spent every day wondering what exciting and horrifing facet of Moclan Culture was to come next. Will they bring a Flame Thrower to the kids birthday party because on Moclan the child needs to live through fire to become a full man.
3:53 "What do they do when it's someone's birthday, light the parents on fire?' Well, I mean, only if they're Giliac. What else are you supposed to do?
For a while I didn’t mind the Moclans. Incredible stomachs, male race and fire power. Pros, cons however is where things get dicey. Especially when it comes to female births, divorces involving stabbing and the occasional being questioning about their culture all the time since it revolves around getting hurt. Seriously I’d rather be on a Klingon home world.
Ironically, Ed and Kelly are a divorce couple passing judgment on a couple from a different culture's marriage practices. Not saying they are not right, it is just irony.
Well, if my ex hadn't left first, that is how this would have gone for me. She did tell me that "It's until death do us part. I mean yours." I can't say "Poor Bortus." He got a divorce! He survived marriage. Poor bastard.
Back in the day, men and women used to have their spouse killed rather than go through the "shame" of a divorce. Doesn't seem too different. It's just, out in the open.
The amount of times in the show that they seem utterly baffled by an element of culture from another species who allegedly is part of the union makes me think not everybody in the Union does their homework.
Apparently the Mocclans were fast tracked into the Union due to their weapons manufacturing practices. So the Union on the whole didn’t really do their homework aside from ooh weapons yay.
@@WardNightstone Okay look I made this comment three years before the 3rd season came out sophist to say I an not a fan of Moclan culture as I was 3 years ago
@American Restoration Initiative I strongly disagree. Yes, the Orville has a bigger comedy focus than old school Trek did, but it still does have a lot of episodes that are based on ethical dillemas, just like old school trek. Actually quite a few of specifically the Moclan episodes are exactly about that. For example in one episode where they explore the fact that Moclan society used to have a female sex, but due to cultural changes, they started transitioning all females to males at birth to have a fully male society. And the human crew is unable to accept this cultural difference and finds it wrong (which is certainly something that happens many times in old school trek), and so when a Moclan female is born aboard the Union ship and the Moclan parents naturally want to transition her to male as per their culture, the doctor refuses and they have a whole episode about it and it really doesn't have light hearted ending either, its a very interesting and serious episode, despite the overall comedic style of the show.
Okay, youre on a Union Ship, you chose to come here, you chose to stay, you play by their rules. Moclans should not be shocked that murder on Union territory is illegal under any circumstance. Klyden should have stayed in the Brig and either exiled back to his planet or placed in prison. That's holding up the laws of your people
This channel must not be officially affiliated with the Orville production company. I don't think the Orville production company would actually misspell the species name of one of their characters in the title and then 3 years later still not have fixed it.
"what do they do for their birthdays, set their parents on fire?" this logic follows and i cant help but laugh also holy shit those drinks are ingenious for a toasting
