History Recap / TheOrvilleSeason3E07FromUnknownGraves

* {{Irony}}: [=LaMarr=] [[DiscussedTrope points out]] how he and Isaac are experiencing relationship difficulties with their significant others that oddly complement each other. Isaac can satisfy Dr. Finn sexually but is incapable of emotions, while [=LaMarr=] and Tala have a strong emotional connection but can't have sex without LaMarr getting badly injured. He jokes that put together, the two of them would have the perfect relationship.

** During the party at Kelly's cabin, [[spoiler:the camera lingers on Charly while she sings the line "I'll pretend my life will never end." She later dies during the attack on the anti-Kaylon weapon.]]

** Timmis himself feels extremely guilty for all the organics the Kaylon killed ''after'' earning their freedom, since they did it out of paranoia that all organics would behave as their creators did given the opportunity. However, he honestly feels killing their creators [[IDidWhatIHadToDo was the only option available to them]], even with his ability to feel empathy allowing him to reexamine those events from a new perspective.

* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Charly pretends to be Chief Engineer and is in way over her head, instead of the far more logical choice: recurring character Lt. Jenny Turco.

* Foreshadowing: Bortus openly wonders why The Union would consider an alliance with a race as bigoted as the Janisi, which is ironic considering that his own people are at least as discriminatory, and are members of The Union. [[spoiler: In the next episode, the Moclans are finally expelled from The Union.]]

* {{Irony}}: [=LaMarr=] [[DiscussedTrope points out]] how he and Isaac are experiencing relationship difficulties with their significant others that oddly complement each other. Isaac can satisfy Dr. Finn sexually but cannot offer her love because he's a robot, while [=LaMarr=] can offer Tala love but cannot satisfy her without hurting himself because of her absurd strength.

* [[HeWhoFightsMonsters She Who Fights Monsters]]: The females of the Janisi have become this, because in their point-of-view, every male is no better than another, prone to supremacy, and desiring conflict. To that end, they have kept their males subordinate and without rights.

* HypocrisyNod: Hearing that the Janisi treat men like second-class citizens, Bortus asks "why would we ally with such a closed-minded society?" To their credit, the rest of the crew manages to bite their tongues even though they all glare in response. In fairness to Bortus, he is considerably more critical of Moclan society and its misogyny than most of his brethren, and demonstrates a willingness to accept other cultures. The Janisi simply represent a mirror of what his people still are.

* HypocrisyNod: Hearing that the Janisi treat men like second-class citizens, Bortus asks "why would we ally with such a closed-minded society?" To their credit, the rest of the crew manages to bite their tongues even though they all glare in response. In fairness to Bortus, he is considerably more critical of Moclan society and its misogynism than most of his brethren, and demonstrates a willingness to accept other cultures. The Janisi simply represent a mirror of what his people still are.

* ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex: In this case: woman of steel, man of Kleenex. [=LaMarr=] breaks his arm and a rib in bed with Talla. It turns out to be only the latest of several sex-related injuries with her that he passes off as a "training program." They keep trying, but after further bouts leave [=LaMarr=] looking like he just went through a brutal boxing match, they finally both accept that they need to break up for his own health.

* ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex: Or, in this case, woman of steel, man of Kleenex. [=LaMarr=] breaks his arm and a rib in bed with Talla. It turns out to be only the latest of several sex-related injuries with her that he passes off as a "training program." They keep trying, but after further bouts leave [=LaMarr=] looking like he just went through a brutal boxing match, they finally both accept that they need to break up for his own health.

* ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex: [=LaMarr=] breaks his arm and a rib in bed with Talla. It turns out to be only the latest of several sex-related injuries with her that he passes off as a "training program." They keep trying, but after further bouts leave [=LaMarr=] looking like he just went through a brutal boxing match, they finally both accept that they need to break up for his own health.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom:

* BittersweetEnding: It's a SlidingScale depending on [[ThreeLinesSomeWaiting the plotline]]. In the Janisi plot, the "ease them into it" plan goes fubar, but Ed and Kelly are able to salvage the negotiations with the Janisi and get them to accept a Union embassy. The emotion modification for Isaac turns out not to be permanent, but Claire realizes the robot may have come to love her in his own way. Talla and [=LaMarr=] unfortunately get the short end of the stick: they decide it's impossible for them to pursue a sexual relationship because [[ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex she might accidentally kill him in the act]], and break up.

* BittersweetEnding: It's a SlidingScale depending on [[ThreeLinesAllWaiting the plotline]]. In the Janisi plot, the "ease them into it" plan goes fubar, but Ed and Kelly are able to salvage the negotiations with the Janisi and get them to accept a Union embassy. The emotion modification for Isaac turns out not to be permanent, but Claire realizes the robot may have come to love her in his own way. Talla and [=LaMarr=] unfortunately get the short end of the stick: they decide it's impossible for them to pursue a sexual relationship because [[ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex she might accidentally kill him in the act]], and break up.

* KidsAreCruel: After Timmis' pain receptor was installed, his owners' children started using it to torture him, purely for their own amusement. He ended up [[WouldHurtAChild killing them]] along with their parents.

** When Isaac discovers that he is too advanced for him to consistently keep his emotional programming, Isaac initially wants to go through with the procedure to downgrade his neural circuitry out of "love" (or rather, what he has learned as his own version of love) for Claire. However, modifying his neural circuitry to do so will require the scientist to erase his mind, essentially starting from scratch. Conversely, out of consideration and love for Isaac, Claire decides to reject the procedure.

* MoodWhiplash: During [=LaMarr=] and Talla's breakup scene, the camera starts with a close-up of Talla sobbing as she comes to terms with the fact that she and John can't be together...and then it zooms out to show John looking like he's just gone a dozen rounds with a heavyweight boxer. They have a serious, heartfelt conversation about their feelings for each other, and then John spits out some teeth and limps off to sickbay again.

* SubterfugeJudo: With one-sided knowledge on the side of the ''Orville'' crew.[[note]]Until this point, the crew has kept their gender equality a secret)[[/note]] The Janisi and the ''Orville'' crew engage in this when one of the Janisi delegates demands to take Ed as a mate. Kelly tries to use her authority to absolve all responsibility (i.e. She doesn't have the authority to let him go.), Claire tries to claim that men are not commodity objects, and Gordon tries to go in Ed's place, but each time the delegate is insistent and will not let up. This is what forces the crew to reveal the masquerade, angering the delegation.

* SubterfugeJudo: With one-sided knowledge on the side of the ''Orville'' crew. The Janisi and the ''Orville'' crew engage in this when one of the Janisi delegates demands to take Ed as a mate. Kelly tries to use her authority to absolve all responsibility (i.e. She doesn't have the authority to let him go.), Claire tries to claim that men are not commodity objects, and Gordon tries to go in Ed's place, but each time the delegate is insistent and will not let up. This is what forces the crew to reveal the masquerade, angering the delegation.

* FiveSecondForeshadowing: The aliens featured as the creators of the Kaylon have the same skin coloration, head shape, and basic eye color as the Kaylon themselves, before K-1 is even revealed. Later, in another instance, one could be forgiven that the scenes with K-1 were about an odd alien race in the present day finding a Kaylon and repurposing it as a servant, as there is no other indication that it takes place in the past. [[note]](Since the plot also deals with a parallel event about a scientist finding a damaged Kaylon, nursing it back to full operation, and even giving it emotions)[[/note]] What foreshadows that these events are a flashback, and the precursor to the events of "Identity", is the introduction of the AgonyBeam device created by Yan, the inventor of the Kaylon servants, which was the catalyst for their uprising and rebellion.
* {{Flashback}}: A series of flashbacks show how the Kaylon were invented, evolved, and eventually turned on their creators.