So I finally finished re-watching The Orville and I forgot how fucking stupid the ending was for Season 3. Mercer and Grayson arguing against using the weapon on the Kaylon was pants-on-head stupid and the Union Council's compromise was equally stupid. The Kaylon literally told them "once we figure out a countermeasure, we will resume our genocide of all life in the galaxy." How could anyone be so naive to argue against eliminating the Kaylon when they're already on the brink of galactic scale genocide? The only reason it gets resolved is because the lipstick lesbian sacrificed herself to save everyone, including Kaylon Prime who ignored all the ways that humans risked their lives for Isaac over the previous two seasons. Oh, yeah, and all the other humans who fucking died to accomplish the mission. Kaylon Prime didn't mention any of those people, nor did the Orville. The writers killed off thousands of nameless Union service members, including some poor Asian pilot, but the white lipstick lesbian is the important one?
This is also compounded by the fact that they developed the weapon in the first place. Why develop a weapon that can genocide the Kaylon and then cry about using it? You wouldn't have needed to make it in the first place had Haveena not caused a military and diplomatic crisis. It would have made more sense for the Moclans and Krill to develop the weapon and then the Union to work with the Kaylon to disable it, with the Kaylon realizing that the Union is worth siding with. It would have made their entry into the Union make more sense.
Jesus Christ, these writers are shit!
