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The Orville season 2, episode 3 "Home"
Written by Cherry Chevapravatdumrong, directed by Jon Cassar.
Dr. Finn tends to Alara after she surprisingly broke a bone arm-wrestling Isaac. This leads her to realize the amount of time Alara has spent away from her home planet of Xelaya has caused her entire body to atrophy. The only meaningful solution is for Alara to temporarily return home and rebuild her strength over time. On Xelaya, Alara is immediately overwhelmed by the native gravity and also has to confront her parents (Robert Picardo & Molly Hagan) who never really supported her choice to serve in the Union. On the Orville, Alara's absence is felt as the crew deals with an interim Security Chief (Patrick Warburton) and works to devise a way for Alara to return.
Originally released: 10 January 2019
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What did you think?
Well several people have stated it was in the script, so that’s planned ahead not retcon. It’s surprising to me as well, but I have no trouble believing the reasoning.
Even more confusing to viewers was that scene in the trailer has NO CG at all. It's a girl riding a horse on a beach. This is probably what fueled the belief that Human Alara was a mistake or due to some production constraint.
Here's the ComicCon trailer, it's at 2:19:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWBRMaKsGN4