Finn: I don't even see any fish.
Grayson: The Kaylon were thorough.

Isaac: Your species' extinction is inevitable. It would be far more efficient to surrender.
LaMarr: Not today, my man.

Mercer: We'd have to learn how to farm. How to cook.
Grayson: Look at the sunset every night.
Mercer: Look at you every morning.

In the middle of this nightmare universe, I felt this weird sense of comfort, being with you.

Grayson

Mercer: What was I like in the other timeline?
Grayson: You were a perfect gentleman.
Mercer: Well, that's boring.

Keyali: According to the chronometers, two full days have passed!
Malloy: Man! How was your weekend?

Mercer: You want the top or the bottom?
Grayson: I like to be on top.

Grayson: Because you were captain, the Kaylon were defeated.
Mercer: Because I was captain?
Grayson: Yes.
Mercer: I stopped the Kaylon?
Grayson: Right.
Mercer: I had to swim with my shirt on until I was twenty.

Mercer: Don't panic.
Malloy: Don't panic? They're going to cut off our skin and wear it like a suit.

Malloy: There's an ice moon orbiting the planet. I could take us inside, buy us time to reset the drive.
Mercer: What do you mean, 'inside'?
Malloy: Like, not outside.
Mercer: Do it.

Malloy: I thought we'd be safe here. At least for a while.
Mercer: There's no such thing as safe anymore.

Real is relative....Goals change. Things become more beautifully complicated. So we have to stop every so often and reassess. What is it you really want?

Dr. Finn

The Orville Quotes

Mercer: I know Gordon has his issues but we all know that there's nobody that can drive a starship like him.
Admiral: Didn't he once draw a penis on the main viewing screen of Outpost T-85?
Mercer: He's drawn a lot of penises on a lot of things.

Mercer: I've had some personal stuff that's been going on... It's not really worth going into... Can I have one of these mints?
Admiral: Those are marbles.