Uploaded July 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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In the third episode of the Roundtable Review podcast, I am joined by JP from Egotastic Funtime & Talking The Orville, alongside Star Trek expert Nick Ketwolski, to discuss the two dueling sci-fi franchises of The Orville and Star Trek Discovery. In this episode, we analyze the two television series and compare them not only to one another, but to the series that came before them, and break down what they are doing right and what they are doing wrong. As always, we take a deep-dive examination into the narratives and tropes of both TV shows from a writing perspective.

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JP from Egotastic Funtime:
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Ketwolski:
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