I think the writing is good so far. They JUST went to war, which is a huge deal for a sort of altruistic, science/exploration based society. They are all in shock and chaos.

Overall, I'm digging it. I give it 3 out of 4 popcorns.

I watched 1 episode of Orville and couldn't take it. Different strokes...

A fan club is an organized group of people who all admire the same person or thing.

is that the name of another ship?

I like it so far. My ratings for TV are on the post reality shows ruined TV sliding scale so I don't need a perfect show. I just want something that's better than average and I'll take it if it's sci-fi especially.

I was just being a wise ass since this was sounding like the most negative "fan" club ever!

I'm still liking the show. Last episode was good. They dipped in to the repeating timeline bucket pretty quick though. There are some odd anachronisms that kind of take you out of it at times though. Not sure what they are going for there.