Timeline of media

*For the in-universe timeline, see Timeline.*This is a **timeline of *The Orville* media**.
## Pre-series

*This is a list of glimpses of history prior to* The Orville*, including flashbacks, recorded media and images including real world films and television episodes.*
* c. 419 CE - *If the Stars Should Appear* (Dorahl's message)
* 1956 - *Nothing Left on Earth Excepting Fishes* (*The King and I*)
* 1964 - *If the Stars Should Appear* (*The Sound of Music*)
* 1964 - *About a Girl* (*Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer*)
* 1993 - *Pria* (*Seinfeld* - *The Junior Mint*)
* 2015 - *Lasting Impressions* (Laura Huggins' message)
* 2015 - *Twice in a Lifetime*
* 2025 - *Twice in a Lifetime* (alternate timeline)
* c. 2320 - *New Beginnings, Pt. 1* (Tzel flashback)
* c. 2320 - *New Beginnings, Pt. 2* (Ensign Hodges' message)
* 2390s - *Majority Rule* (John LaMarr's photograph)
* c. 2400 - *Blood of Patriots* (Gordon and Orrin's photograph)
* 2400s - *Home* (Kitan family photograph)
* 2414 - *The Road Not Taken* (Closing scene)
	+ *Alt. 2414* - *Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow* (Closing scene)
* Mid-2410s - *Ja'loja* (Ed and Kelly's photographs)
* c. 2417 - *All the World is Birthday Cake* (Opening scene)

## The Orville

TV Season 1 (September 2419 - 2420)
* 1. *Old Wounds* (2418, September 2419)
	+ In-Universe Message

Opens in 2418 before moving forward a year, this episode takes place over the course of a few days.
* 2. *Command Performance* (c. September-October 2419)

Takes place over the course of 21 days. Ends with the birth of Topa.
* 3. *About a Girl* (c. October-November 2419)

Takes place over the course of at least a couple of days.
* 4. *If the Stars Should Appear* (c. Late 2419-Early 2420)

Takes place over the course of at least a couple of days.
* 5. *Pria* (c. Late 2419-Early 2420)

Takes place over the course of at least a couple of days.
* 6. *Krill* (c. Late 2419-Early 2420)

Takes place over the course of at least a couple of days.
* 7. *Majority Rule* (c. Late 2419-Early 2420)

Takes place over the course of at least a couple of days.
* 8. *Into the Fold* (c. Late 2419-Early 2420)

Takes place over the course of at least a couple of days.
* 9. *Cupid's Dagger* (c. Late 2419-Early 2420)

Takes place over the course of at least a couple of days.
* 10. *Firestorm* (March 2420)

Six months following *Old Wounds*. Takes place over the course of at least a couple of days.
* 11. *New Dimensions* (c. April 2420)

Takes place over the course of at least a couple of days.
* 12. *Mad Idolatry* (c. April-May 2420)

Takes place over the course of at least 34 days.
Dark Horse Comics Season 1.5 (c. June 2420)
* *New Beginnings, Pt. 1*

A few weeks after *Mad Idolatry*. Topa is now eight months old.
* *New Beginnings, Pt. 2*

In total, *New Beginnings* takes place over the course of about two days. Kelly Grayson meets Cassius.
* *The Word of Avis, Pt. 1*
* *The Word of Avis, Pt. 2*

In total, *The Word of Avis* takes place over the course of about a day. Teleya has plans for Ed Mercer leading into *Ja'loja*, where she joins the *Orville* crew as "Janel Tyler".
TV Season 2 (*2420 - 2421*)
* 1. *Ja'loja* (c. July 2420)

Almost a month following *New Beginnings*, as that is how long Kelly and Cassius have been seeing each other, this episode takes place over the course of about two days.
* 2. *Primal Urges* (c. August 2420)

Takes place over the course of a few days.
* 3. *Home* (c. September 2420)

A year following *Old Wounds*. Takes place over the course of a few days.
* 4. *Nothing Left on Earth Excepting Fishes* (c. September 2420)

Takes place over the course of a few days.
* 5. *All the World is Birthday Cake* (c. September-October 2420)

A week following *Nothing Left on Earth Excepting Fishes*, this episode takes place over the course of at least a month.
* 6. *A Happy Refrain* (c. Early 2421)

Takes place over the course of about a week, during which Claire and Isaac develop a relationship.
* 7. *Deflectors* (c. Early 2421)

Takes place over the course of at least a couple of days. Talla notes that she has not been on the *Orville* for long, placing this episode not long after *All the World is Birthday Cake*.
* 8. *Identity* (c. July 2421)

Takes place over the course of at least one day, leading directly into *Identity, Pt. 2*. Claire reveals her relationship with Isaac to her children, placing this episode not long after *A Happy Refrain*.
* 9. *Identity, Pt. 2* (c. July 2421)

Immediately follows *Identity*. The Battle of Earth takes place over the course of a few hours,
* 10. *Blood of Patriots* (c. August-September 2421)

Over a month following *Identity, Pt. 2*, this episode takes place over the course of a few days.
* 11. *Lasting Impressions* (c. October 2421)

Takes place over the course of a few days. Klyden mentions Topa's upcoming birthday, presumably his 2nd. However, it should be noted that the Moclan dating system and its relationship to our own remains unknown.
* 12. *Sanctuary* (Late 2421)

Takes place over the course of a few days.
* 13. *Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow* (Late 2421)

At least two years following *Old Wounds*, this episode takes place over the course of a few days.
Digressions, Pt. 1 & Digressions, Pt. 2 - prequel to The Road Not Taken
* 14. ***The Road Not Taken*** (alternate timeline; c. April 2422)

Six months following what would have been the events of *Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow*, and just less than nine months following this timeline's equivalent of the Battle of Earth, originally depicted in *Identity, Pt. 2*.
*Season 2.5*
* *Launch Day, Pt. 1*

Twelve months after *The Word of Avis*.
* *Launch Day, Pt. 2*
* *Heroes, Pt. 1*
* *Heroes, Pt. 2*
* *Artifacts, Pt. 1*
* *Artifacts, Pt. 2*

*Season 3* (2422)
* 1. *Electric Sheep*
* 2. *Shadow Realms*
* 3. *Mortality Paradox*
* 4. *Gently Falling Rain*
* 5. *A Tale of Two Topas*
* 6. *Twice in a Lifetime*
* 7. *From Unknown Graves*
* 8. *Midnight Blue*

Almost a year since *Sanctuary*.
* *Sympathy for the Devil* (first half of novel takes place in simulation of events leading to and during World War II, epilogue is set in early 26th century)
* 9. *Domino*
* 10. *Future Unknown*