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Oh, my God. She's so adorable.

And she's healthy.

15 pounds, two ounces.

About average for a newborn Moclan.

A female baby born to a member
of an all-male species.

Yeah. Bortus, this kid
is one in a million.

In fact, a Moclan female is born

roughly once every 75 years.

Well, here's to the only girl in town.

If you all do not mind,

I would like to be alone
with my mate for a moment.

Totally fine.

We should be on the bridge, anyway.

Come on, guys.

Congrats, you two.

It must be done.

Yes. I will make the arrangements.

Yaphit, there's nothing wrong with you.

Oh, I'm pretty sure there is, Doc.

I haven't been retaining
fluids like I usually do.

My quarters look like a swamp.

It's a mess.

There's absolutely no evidence
of fluid loss whatsoever.

And-and then there's this cough.

Right?

You don't have lungs,

which means you don't have a cough.

Yaphit, you've been in sickbay
three times this week.

I know what you're doing.

Claire, look, just let me
take you out on one date.

If you have a crappy night,

I promise I'll never ask you again.

Yaphit, no.

Besides, we're incompatible species.

It's impossible.

Huh? There's more where that came from.

Get out.

All right.

How's it going, man?

- Dr. Finn.
- Bortus, hi.

Hey, have you guys settled on a
name for your little girl yet?

We're all feeling a little funny
just calling her "the baby."

A name would be
inappropriate at this time.

Doctor, I require your help.

Sure. What do you need?

It would take two weeks for the Orville

to reach my home planet, Moclus,

from our present location.

And I do not believe the captain
would be able to divert course.

Therefore, Klyden and I would like you

to perform the procedure.

What procedure?

To conform our child.

To make her a male.

Bortus, there's no way
in hell I'm doing that.

May I ask why not?

You have to ask?

Because I will not perform a sex change

on a perfectly healthy newborn.

You ever hear of the Hippocratic Oath?

It is my understanding that as a doctor,

your duty is to cure illness.

Bortus, this is not an illness.

Your child was born female.

I got news for you.

It happens all the time.

My world is different than yours.

I would hope that you
would respect that.

I am a Union doctor
serving on a Union ship,

and I will not perform a sex
change on a newborn infant.

That's far enough, señor.

It's over, Vasquez.

Surrender now and maybe we'll ask
the judge to go easy on you.

I think maybe you are blind, señor.

You're outnumbered, and my
rifle is aimed at your head.

There's an entire regiment on the way.

Give yourself up or you die here.

You are bluffing.

There is no cavalry.

You willing to take that chance?

You shoot us, you'll hang for it.

Perhaps we settle this
the traditional way.

You mean a showdown.

If that's the way you want it.

No, señor. We will have a dance contest.

- Wait, what?
- What is this, man?

What-what... This-this is where

- we're supposed to have the showdown.
- Yeah. What the hell is this?

I have taken many years of jazz and tap.

If you can beat me in a dance-off,

I will surrender.

Gordon, what the hell is going on, man?
What is this?

I messed around with the program.
I wanted,

I wanted to mix it up a little bit.
You don't like it?

I infuse many different
styles of choreography

to make the steps my own.

You will be defeated, señor.

Captain, I must speak
with you immediately.

Bortus, can't it wait, man?

We're in the middle of a game here.

It is a matter of great urgency.

All right, I'll be back.

Hey, while I'm gone,
fix this thing, huh?

Okay. Will do.

All right, what is so urgent?

You know, I get, like,
one free hour a week.

Coffee.

Captain, Dr. Finn has refused to perform

a necessary medical
procedure on my child.

Medical procedure? What kind?

I thought she said your
kid's totally healthy.

I have asked her to see to
the conversion of my child

to the male gender.

She has refused.

I request you order her to comply.

You want to perform

a transgender operation on a baby?

Bortus, that is completely unethical.

On my world, it would be
unethical not to do so.

Why not just let the
kid decide for herself

when she's old enough?

Captain, in human biology,

is there not an occasional
mutation called a cleft palate?

Yeah, sure.

What happens to a child
born with this condition?

It's usually corrected
right after birth,

takes about 12 seconds.

And why do you not wait and let
the child decide for himself

whether he wishes to
correct this condition?

Oh, my God.

You're kidding, right?

Bortus, that is completely different.

Being a girl is not a condition.

There are no health risks.

Having a vagina doesn't
give you a-a lisp.

I mean, depending on how you use it.

It is different for my people.

On our planet, there are no females.

For you to judge us by
human standards is unfair.

All right, look, even if
I was not against this,

we are on a Union ship.

And, for that matter, your
planet is a member of the Union.

For me to order Claire to
do something like this

would be in violation of a hundred laws.

Captain, I implore you...

Bortus, I'm sorry. I'm not gonna do it.
All right?

Request denied.

Dismissed.

There's the son of a bitch.

How long until it
collides with the planet?

One month, 17 days.

Well, that gives us a little time.

Lieutenant Lamarr,
activate cutting beam.

Have you checked in with Bortus?

I gave him the rest of the day off.

He was pretty wound up.

I feel so sorry for that baby.

There's nothing sadder
than an unwanted child.

I got to believe, at the end of the day,

he has an open-minded conscience.

Oh, are you guys talking about
Bortus's baby's sex change?

My God, does the whole
ship know about this?

- Yes.
- Pretty much.

Captain, I do not understand
the reason for this conflict.

Would the gender alteration
procedure harm the infant

or endanger her life?

There are different
kinds of harm, Isaac.

Psychological harm, for one.

I'd have been pretty pissed off

if my parents had made
the unilateral decision

to make me a guy.

And while it might have saved me
an entire marriage if they had,

- it still would have been wrong.
- Oh, thanks.

You guys don't think that
Bortus and Klyden will love her

any less than they would
a male baby, do you?

Well, they'd lose a lot
of friends around here

really fast if they did.

Sir, the asteroid is breaking up.

The tractor beam can now alter the path

of the individual fragments.

Lieutenant, give them a shove.

All right, sir. Shoving beam on.

Trajectory altered.

The fragments will no longer
collide with Elnath 4.

Well, couldn't save a marriage,
but we just saved a planet.

Captain, we're receiving

a transmission from Moclus.

It's from the head of Internal Affairs,

a Minister Kaybrak.

Put him on.

Channel open.

Minister Kaybrak, this
is Captain Ed Mercer.

What can I do for you?

Captain, I am informing you
that we are sending a ship

to rendezvous with the Orville
near the Pleiades cluster.

A ship?

We don't have any rendezvous orders.
What for?

A vessel was requested
by one of your officers.

We are coming to take
the Moclan female.

I want you to tell me just what
the hell you think you're doing.

You want to set up a rendezvous
with another vessel,

you go through Kelly or me.

I am sorry, Captain, I had no choice.

Don't give me that crap, Bortus.
You are a Union officer.

Do you have any idea the kind of
position you're putting me in?

I am not asking you to participate, sir.

Klyden and I will transfer

the child to the Moclan vessel,

where she will undergo the procedure.

The Orville need not be involved.

The Orville is involved, Bortus.

By the very fact that we are the ones

transporting the baby.

What would you have us do, Captain?

The doctor will not perform
the procedure here,

so we are left with
no other alternative.

That baby was born on a Union
ship to my second officer.

Which means that as
long as she is aboard,

her safety is my responsibility.

With all due respect, sir,
we do not see it that way.

And I do not believe the
Moclan ship will, either.

What does that mean?

What, are you... what, are you implying

this could lead to a military conflict?

Bortus, your people are
members of the Union.

Which, by the way, could be jeopardized

if the admiralty decides
that this is unethical.

Do you see the size of all of this?

Permission to return to my station, sir.

No, you're relieved of duty.

Thanks.

Thanks.

Kelly, we are doing the
right thing here, yeah?

What do you mean?

Are you doubting it?

Let's say you and I had a baby.

On purpose?

Yeah, and-and imagine

that baby was born with a third leg.

Like, a whole, full-sized leg?

Yeah, like a, like an
actual leg, with, like,

a foot on the end of it and everything.

And we had the doctor remove it.

Now, no one would think
twice about that, right?

Even though there are species

in the galaxy with three legs,

we would be conforming that child

to our species' appearance,

and we wouldn't have any
moral qualms about it.

Do you actually believe

that's the same thing as
changing a girl into a boy?

No, I don't.

I-I'm just... I'm just policing myself,

because we all know how easy it is

to judge another culture's way of life

just because it's alien to us.

But you have to balance that

against some universal code of ethics.

I mean, suppose it was their custom

to kill all newborn females.

Should we respect their culture then?

The Moclans view

the female gender as a handicap.

There's one person on board
who might be able to help.

You ready?

I do not understand the purpose of this.

The purpose is to get you
to blow off some steam.

I know you've been upset

since the captain
suspended you from duty.

I was unaware that blood
sports were popular on Earth.

Mm, boxing's been gone
a few centuries now,

but Commander Grayson
taught me the basics,

and trust me, it's an art form.

It is my understanding that
striking a fellow officer

is a court-martial offense.

Well, I won't tell if you won't.

Although, a Xelayan female

versus a Moclan? I'm sure the
crew would love to take bets.

Here we go.

Round one, ding, ding.

What is "ding, ding"?

Never mind.

Come on, put your hands up.

Protect your face.

That's more like it.

Okay.

My turn.

Not bad for a female, huh?

I am growing weary of my shipmates

imposing their will upon my family.

Have you ever stopped to think
that maybe they're right?

I will decide what is best for my child!

Bortus. What happened to you?

There was an explosion in engineering.
I am fine.

Why the ice pack?

Dr. Finn can repair your injury.

Do you not have somewhere
you need to be?

You are snippy.

I am not snippy.

Very well.

I'm going to get new clothing
for our trip to Moclus.

Mind the baby.

Fine.

Oh. Sorry, Klyden.

Hey, yo, Bortus, mind if we come in?

Now is not a good time.

What happened to your head?

I said go away.

Listen, we feel really bad about
everything that's been going on,

so we thought you might
need a little cheering up.

How about a beer and a movie?

I am not in the mood.

Ah, come on. You're laid up anyway.

What do you say? A couple of
brews and an old Earth flick.

Huh?

Rudolph. Rudolph, please.

Would you tone it down a bit?

I mean, that nose of yours.

I... That nose.

That beautiful, wonderful nose.

Huh?

Rudolph, Christmas is not off.

What I'm trying to say is,

Rudolph, with your nose so bright,

won't you guide my sleigh tonight?

It will be an honor, sir.

Okay, Rudolph. Full power.

Up, up, up and away!

Of course.

Without Rudolph's nose,

Santa would not have been
able to complete his voyage.

Looks like Santa got pretty lucky, huh?

Christmas would have been ruined

if Rudolph had been euthanized at birth,

as his father wished.

Yeah, I don't... I don't know
if that was ever on the table.

What was clearly a deformity

became a supreme advantage.

One can never know.

Please, watch the child for me.

I must find Klyden.

Yeah, no-no problem.

Hey, he just left his baby
with two drunk dudes.

Reminds me of my dad.

Ah, I miss him.

Klyden, we must speak.

About what?

I have had cause to reconsider the...

We require privacy.

Leave now!

Wow. Nice day to you, too, dick.

Klyden...

I believe we should leave
our baby unaltered.

What?

Bortus, you cannot be serious.

I am.

We must raise the child as a female.

Out of the question.

Why would you suggest such a thing?

Because I have witnessed events
that have opened my eyes.

We do not know what kind of
future we are taking from her.

She may be destined to do
great things as a female.

Impossible.

Klyden, you must hear
the tale of Rudolph.

You will rethink your
conviction, I promise you.

My conviction will not change.

You cannot be certain of that.

Indeed, I can.

- How?
- Because...

I was born a female.

Klyden, how could you
have kept this from me?

I am your mate.

When we first met, I did not know.

My parents had the procedure done

on Moclus soon after I was born.

And when did you find out?

When you were assigned
to the USS Clemens

and I moved on board with you.

It was my first examination
by a non-Moclan physician.

The doctor discovered
evidence of the alteration.

I was unprepared.

And why did you not tell me then?

Because I did not want to lose you.

Klyden, I love you.

That has not changed.

I am angry because you
withheld this from me.

You lied.

I did not believe it was of consequence.

That is not the reason, and you know it.

Your parents

made this decision for you.

You do not know what your
life would have been like.

I would have been an outcast.

Do not pretend otherwise.

Or perhaps you would have achieved glory

for guiding Santa Claus
on Christmas Eve.

What?

Bortus, the captain
says get your ass up here.

The Moclan vessel is approaching.

As if all this couldn't
get any more complicated.

I do not see any complication.

The child will be taken to Moclus,

where she will undergo the
corrective procedure.

Don't start passing out penises
just yet, Captain Vorak.

The parents are in disagreement
about what's best for the child.

In such an instance, the Moclan state

is ethically bound to
side with the parent

in favor of correcting the condition.

"Condition."

So to you people, being a woman

is like having chronic diarrhea.

Look, Kel, I think we should focus on...

Hey, Doc, I'm not feeling well.
I've had the tits all day.

Captain Vorak, I will not
allow that child to be taken

off the Orville without
Bortus's consent.

Look, I suggest we all
just take a beat here,

let the admiral sort this out.

In the meantime, you can
hang out on our ship.

We have board games.

We have Scrabble. We have Candy Land.

We have Monopoly.

You can be the car.

Ah, ah, Kel, I'm-I'm always the car.

Yeah, but maybe this one
time, since he's our guest.

You can be the thimble.

The matter is settled.

We will depart for
Moclus within the hour,

and we will take the child with us.

I'm sorry, I can't allow that.

You will stand aside.

- I will not.
- Captain, do you require...

No. Sit down, Bortus.

You are very fragile, Captain Mercer.

Are you aware of this?

There's an antibullying
law named after me.

Yes, I'm aware of it.

Captain Vorak, I formally
request tribunal.

What? Bortus, you cannot.

It is the only way.

What's tribunal? Like, take it to court?

In a manner of speaking.

We will be mocked and ridiculed.

Our shame will be on display for all.

Then do not compel our child
to undergo the procedure.

It is irrelevant.

No advocate on Moclus would
defend such a thing.

To my knowledge, the advocate
need not be a Moclan.

Captain, I request that
you be my advocate.

Wh... You want me to be your lawyer?

Yes.

No, I won't do it.

- Captain, I beg you.
- But Kelly will.

What?

You took a year of interplanetary law

- at Union Point, right?
- Yeah. One year.

Yeah, that's a year more than I've had.

Ed, I don't want this responsibility.

I cannot be the one to
determine that child's...

Commander.

Please.

I'll do my best.

Mercer to bridge.

Set a course for Moclus.

Aye, sir.

Our ship will accompany you there.

How do I know you will not
flee with the infant?

Klyden and I will travel
with you on board your ship.

We will bring the child.

Very well.

Safe travels, Bortus.

We'll see you soon.

"Between soul and sacrifice

beats the heart of civilization."

What's that from?

It is from a novel by Gondus Elden,

a Moclan writer of great esteem.

It is customary

to respond with a fitting passage

from the literature of one's own planet.

"I'm a survivor.

"I'm not gon' give up.

"I'm not gon' stop.

I'm-a work harder."

Those are words of great power.

Who wrote them?

I think it was actually
about 15 different people.

They must be very wise, these 15 people.

Well, you should, uh,
probably get going.

I hate this planet.

They've completely industrialized

the entire surface.

It's amazing they can even breathe.

Oh, my God, they're under attack.

Alara, those are testing zones.

What are you talking about?

Moclus's primary industry
is weapons manufacture,

so they're a little fast and loose

with their research and development.

They test explosives
wherever the hell they want.

Oh, crap!

Commander Grayson to Moclan Air Control.

What the hell are you
bastards trying to do?

Our deepest
apologies, Commander.

That testing zone was
added this morning.

We neglected to include
it in your flight plan.

That's great. Thanks for thinking of us.

I'm gonna need a pair of pants
brought to the landing site.

- We will have pants waiting for you.
- He's kidding.

No, I'm not.

Tribunal begins.

Advocate Kagus, please
begin your inquiry.

Lieutenant Commander Bortus,

how long have you and Klyden been mates?

Six and a half years.

Tell me about your gomaskah,

what you humans call "a first date."

Klyden and I shared an evening
meal at the dining establishment

atop the Moclan Central Arcade.

We then played combat games in
the environmental simulator.

Was it a pleasurable experience?

Yes. Between the two of us,

Klyden and I shot

339 simulated combatants.

Hot date.

And is it your wish to
deny your offspring

that same experience?

No. However...

Are you aware that by electing

to forego the gender
correction procedure,

you are condemning your
child to a life of shame?

She will forever be alone,

an object of disgust.

Never will she experience

a "first date."

I have recently come to believe

that we are unable to make such
predictions with accuracy.

I feel the decision should be hers.

How generous of you.

However, by the time

she is old enough to have
developed the sense of self

necessary to make that decision,

the childhood damage will be done.

In all likelihood, she will despise you

for not sparing her the pain
when you had the chance.

That is a risk I am willing to take.

I am not.

Observers will remain silent.

My inquiry is complete.

Advocate Grayson, begin your inquiry.

Thank you.

Request Lieutenant Alara
Kitan to the inquiry chair.

Advocate Kagus,

why is it so bad to be born female?

It is a serious birth defect,

which severely limits the
ability to function:

Biologically, intellectually
and socially.

Interesting.

Let's look at the biological end of it.

What are the drawbacks?

Females are weak.

They do not possess
the physical strength

necessary for effective

participation in
industrialized Moclan society.

Hmm. Okay.

Arbitrator, would you be so kind

as to loan me your gavel thingy?

Thank you.

Advocate, would you do me a
favor and reshape this cube?

Impossible.

Why?

It is solid titanium.

All right.

Alara, would you mind
taking a whack at it?

The tribunal will note that this female

was more than strong enough
to reshape the cube.

Show me a male in this
chamber who can do the same.

Irrelevant.

She is Xelayan.

All members of their species

possess elevated physical strength

due to a high level of gravity

on their home world.

In fact, if there were
a Xelayan male here,

he could reshape the titanium

with half as much effort.

I think the tribunal will grant

that since there's no
Xelayan male present,

that absurd statement
is purely speculative.

Now, onto your assertion about
male intellectual superiority.

Lieutenant Malloy, I'm gonna
ask you a few questions

that one might find on any
basic test of adult knowledge.

Go for it.

These are gonna be kind
of hard for you. Sorry.

It's okay, Commander.

It's for the baby.

Let's start off with some Earth history.

A few hundred years ago,
the continents of Earth

were divided into separate nation states

with individual sovereign governments.

What was the capital of the
United States of America?

Um... pass.

No, it's-it's not a pass kind of thing.

Just give me your closest guess.

What was the capital

of the United States of America?

Nabisco?

No.

- The moon?
- Let's move on.

What are the four chambers
of the human heart?

The chamber of secrets,

the chamber of horrors,

the chamber of...

No, no, let me get you halfway.

There's the left and the right ventricle

and the left and the right...

I would like to switch to movie trivia.

Let's try one more.

In the year 2056,

which genetic engineer
discovered how to target

and eradicate individual cancer cells?

Doctor...

Bill Nye the Cancer Guy?

Well, my point is made.

While this male may be
the fleet's best pilot,

he's also an idiot.

Sorry, Gordon.

Totally okay.

The tribunal must acknowledge
that there is no valid claim

for gender-based superiority.

Inquiry complete.

Dr. Finn,

it is my understanding that
you refused to perform

the gender alteration procedure
on the child in question.

- Correct?
- That's right.

No ethical doctor anywhere would do it.

Captain Mercer.

Tell me about your penis.

Uh... did I miss a segue
of some kind here?

What?

Are you, what is the term?

Circumcised?

Gosh, you know, I don't
usually discuss that

till the second date.

I will rephrase.

Are there cultures within the Union

who circumcise their offspring?

Yes, there are some.

Doctor, if a member of one of those

races asked you to
circumcise their infant,

would you refuse?

That's completely different.

How?

It is a significant bodily alteration,

and the infant has no say in the matter.

A circumcision is not a
life-altering scenario.

And a life-altering scenario

would be unfair to the child.

Yes, it would.

A life-altering scenario,

such as a child shunned
by Moclan society,

planet-wide,

that would be unfair indeed.

Thank you, Doctor, you've
made my argument for me.

Mercer to Orville.

Go ahead, Captain.

Isaac, initiate a planet-wide scan

of the Moclan surface using
the following search filter.

Interesting, Captain.

Yeah. I thought so, too.

Stand by. Scanning now.

Scan complete.

Transmitting data.

Mercer to Lamarr.

Lamarr here, sir.

As inconspicuously as you can,

grab Alara and meet me at the shuttle.

We're taking a trip to the mountains.

It's got to be around here somewhere.

These are the exact coordinates.

There's a lot of thermal interference

coming from beneath the surface.

It's hard to get a clear
geographical reading.

Wait.

Wait. Yeah, there it is. Small cabin.

- 50 meters up.
- Scan for life signs.

One life sign, Captain.

Coming from inside the cave.

That's it. Come on.

Hello?

Is anyone here?

Who are you?

Arbitrator,

this continued delay

is unacceptable.

Advocate Grayson?

If it please the Arbitrator,

my colleagues are urging
me to withhold closing

until they return with their evidence.

It has been two hours.

Arbitrator,

request compulsory adjournment.

What do you got? A hot gomaskah tonight?

Silence!

Advocate Grayson,

you leave me little choice.

This tribunal

is adjourned.

Wait.

Oh, my God.

What... is this?

My name is Heveena.

I wish to enter testimony.

Absolutely not!

Arbitrator,

this... this freak

is an offense to the tribunal!

Dude, you have been a colossal dick

all friggin' day.

Shut the hell up.

Arbitrator, to my knowledge,

there's no prohibition
against the testimony

of a Moclan female.

That is correct.

When I was born, long ago,

my parents made the choice

to allow me to remain female.

They believed that to have me altered

would be an offense to nature.

So they took me far
up into the mountains

and built our family a home.

In seclusion.

They taught me to think,

to read, to wonder.

They taught me to love the person I was.

When they passed,

I remained.

I had planned to die up there.

Undiscovered.

But that is no longer possible.

The tribunal must not be allowed
to take from this child

the gift that I was given!

So I present myself to you,

as a woman without regret.

I am happy.

A life

of isolation, in the wilderness,

cut off from society.

This is your shining example?

"The blackest abyss is
a pock in the flesh

"when one has gazed in solitude

upon the infinity of self."

You dare to bastardize the
words of Gondus Elden

to serve your own purposes?!

If he were here, he would
spit on you for that!

Would he?

Why don't you ask him?

No...

I do not believe it.

Well, look at that.

Your planet's greatest writer...
is a female.

There are many ways to
contribute to society, Advocate.

This was mine.

Unless there are any objections,

this tribunal is adjourned.

The arbitration council is asked

to give their decision

within 12 hours.

Hey. How you doing?

I am fine.

Hmm.

She looks so peaceful.

She has no idea she's
in the eye of a storm.

I gave everything I could out there.

I hope it was enough.

I am grateful for what you
have done for me, Commander.

Have you talked to Klyden?

He still believes she must
undergo the procedure.

Well, I doubt the
arbitration council does.

Heveena's testimony changed everything.

I wish I had such... confidence.

But, whatever happens,

we will love her in
every way we are able.

You'd stay with Klyden
after all of this?

I must try.

He is still my mate.

And I love him.

We will now hear the council's verdict.

We,

the arbitration council

of this honorable tribunal of Moclus,

do not find sufficient
cause for suspension

of the procedure.

Very well.

It is the decision

of this tribunal that the child

will receive the corrective alteration.

Arrangements may be made at
the central medical facility

before the departure of
the starship Orville.

This tribunal is adjourned.

I'm so sorry, Bortus.

Bortus and Klyden,

I am pleased to introduce to you...
your son.

Thank you, Doctor.

Captain, permission to
return to the Orville.

Of course, Bortus.

I am...

sorry for all that has happened.

It was not my intention to hurt you.

I just wanted to do what was right.

What is important now is... Topa.

It is a good name.

And we must give him a good life.

Whoever he becomes.

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