The Orville Season 3 Twice in a life time argument

Ed and Kelly argue with Gordon for breaking union law about not interfere or interact with the past

[smurlix]

Dude was literally stranded for 10 entire years. It was an inconvenient afternoon for Ed, it was an entire 6th-10th of Gordon's life span.

[bolatluver]

2:00 Gordon brings up a good point, before they went back in time the crew accessed the history of Gordon and couldn't identify any significant catastrophic changes in their time

[bluryfilms]

Gordon should have been like, to every time they cited the union: "technically? The union does not exist yet. I am not bound by laws to a system that does not exist."

[JoybuzzerX]

Didnt agree with the Union on this one. Trapped him in the past for that long, hes no longer Union.
More so for being pricks about it.

[jericholacey]

Gordon deserves his happy ending. unlike those two didn't work out for them.

[marvelfuturefight-bttw]

I like the reference that killing animals is murder in a world where food is unlimited due to the invention of materials synthesizers

[nicholasbuckley-jubb]

has anyone else noticed the Hypocrisy in there statement they have changed the time line before and im not refering to past kelly but the black market antic dealer from the future after all who knows how many things they've changed by changing the orvilles fate

[MaxCarnage]

Our current understanding of temporal physics suggest, that this version of Gordon's existence is still valid, even after Ed and Kelly go back to an even earlier point to get him.

This version of Gordon had an impact on history, however small or big that may be, after he chose to disregard Union laws. It became a branched timeline, that played out resulting in a new alternative reality.

[a.greywolfe]

If him coming back in time created a DIVERGENT timeline, then no harm, no foul to the this particular Orville's timeline.
Sort of like Terminator, the fact Skynet Sent back a terminator to kill John Connor, means it already failed, because success would mean Skynet would NEVER have a reason to send it back in the first place.

[TheVortexmaster]

Doubt it will happen now, but a season 4 episode where this Gordon threatens Ed’s daughter as revenge could be cool wrath of khan retribution

[Rob]

Ed is all high in mighty about not changing the timeline as long as it didn't affect his timeline. Ed in his actions led to a timeline that started a war that led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands in the Kylon war. Ed is supposed to be dead in the unaltered timeline, but he wasn't strong enough to accept his destiny and destroyed the destinies of millions.

[grimshock]

Who’d have thought the guy who made Family Guy would make a show where you think about morals

[SB-vjsz]

I think if the show continues, there ought to be a time remnant episode, where this Gordon sees his world collapse and finds a way back to the future to take revenge.

[askjeevescosby]

This scene angered me
He murdered his best friends children. They will never exsist. Its worse than murder. Nobody will ever know about them.

[jadehurdle]

0:19
Gordon stand up for him self.
Yeah this episode made me sad

[amitsaini]

Ed and Kelly were total hypocrites. If they were in Gordon’s position, they would have done the exact same thing. The writing was off. They were not supportive to Gordon and clearly aren’t his friends.

[giovannymorales]

Honestly they're all in the wrong. That machine should never even exist. If they're afraid of messing with time they shouldn't have done it to begin with.

[butteaviation]

They should have given him a big hug, wished him luck, then do what they did anyway. Then he wouldn't have been terrified and distraught over losing his family, and then would have never known anyway.

[Gayboy]

They should have went back in time without telling him, just go back to the moment he was stranded

[clyrus]

He was marooned long enough, he deserved his happiness.