History Recap / TheOrvilleSeason3E08MidnightBlue

--->'''Bortus:''' My daughter is fortunate to be alive. They planned to '''murder...''' her. Members of ''this Union'' planned to '''''kill'''''... ''[tempers his emotion]'' ...my child! ''[with the mother of all {{Death Glare}}s at the Moclan ambassador]'' You are liars, and you are '''''butchers''''', and '''''YOU MUST ANSWER... FOR YOUR CRIMES!!!'''''

* JerkassRealization: Learning that Topa was tortured and nearly murdered is enough for Klyden to finally realize how his own prejudices contributed to this. He accepts her for who she is and begs for a second chance with her and Bortus. He even invites Kelly to join them for dinner to show he's changed his former attitude.

* PlatonicCoParenting: Kelly acts as both a mentor and a mother figure for Topa, while Bortus and Klyden are her [[HasTwoDaddies biological parents]]. Kelly and Bortus, while [[IncompatibleOrientation not a couple]], are very good friends and seem to have this relationship.

%% * StandUpInSupport: When the Moclan Ambassador challenges the Union Council against the charges being made against his people, he dares any one of them to stand up in defiance. Just then, Bortus and Kelly barge into the proceedings with a bruised and battered Topa. After Kelly reveals the deception, Bortus verbally tears into the Moclan Ambassador, and after a few moments, the members of the council start to stand up, pair-by-pair, barring the Moclan delegates themselves.

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Bortus beats the ''hell'' out of the Moclan torturer, hurling him into the ceiling before smashing his face into pulp and destroying his remaining eye with the man's own Krill shock weapon.

* PapaWolf: Finding Topa beaten is enough for Bortus to unleash a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown on the torturer, ending in jamming the shock device into the man's (formerly) good eye.

--->'''Bortus:''' My daughter is fortunate to be alive. They planned to murder her. Members of ''this Union'' planned to '''''kill'''''... ...my child! ''[with the mother of all {{Death Glare}}s at the Moclan ambassador]'' You are liars, and you are '''''butchers''''', and '''''YOU MUST ANSWER... FOR YOUR CRIMES!!!'''''

* StandUpInSupport: When the Moclan Ambassador challenges the Union Council against the charges being made against his people, he dares any one of them to stand up in defiance. Just then, Bortus and Kelly barge into the proceedings with a bruised and battered Topa. After Kelly reveals the deception, Bortus verbally tears into the Moclan Ambassador, and after a few moments, the members of the council start to stand up, pair-by-pair, barring the Moclan delegates themselves.

--->'''Bortus:''' My daughter is fortunate to be alive. They planned to murder her. Members of ''this Union'' planned to '''''kill'''''... ...my child! ''[with the mother of all {{Death Glare}}s at the Moclan ambassador]'' You are liars, and you are '''''butchers''''', and '''''YOU MUST ANSWER FOR YOUR CRIMES!!!'''''

** A frustrated Gordon verbally shreds the Moclan delegation when they once again hold the Kaylon threat over the Admiralty's heads as a means of getting their way.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The torture and attempted murder of Topa for information on political dissidents owes a lot to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Jamal_Khashoggi assassination of Jamal Khashoggi]], which was presumed to have been carried out by the government of Saudi Arabia, a close US ally. At the time, there were suggestions Saudi Arabia would become a pariah state, though, obviously, that didn’t happen.