and First Officer Kelly Grayson (Adrianne Palicki) helping a ship attacked by the alien Krill, when it shifts into a homage to the Star Trek: The Original Series episode, "The Menagerie." ...

Adrianne Palicki, who plays Cmdr Kelly Grayson on ... every day I'm in awe of these new scripts." Star Trek wasn't really her jam "I watched some growing up, but I wasn't a big Trekkie.

Seth MacFarlane's The Orville has received high praise from Star Trek: The Next Generation ... Other cast members included Adrianne Palicki, Penny Johnson Jerald, Scott Grimes and Peter Macon.