Mercson

Mercson is the het ship between Ed Mercer and Kelly Grayson from the The Orville fandom.

Season 1
The first episode of the series, Old Wounds, opens up with Ed arriving home. He hears giggling from the bedroom and opens the door to see his then wife, Kelly, sleeping with Darulio. There's a time skip to a year later, showing Ed and Kelly are now divorce. Ed is promoted to captain of the orville ship, and Kelly later comes on in that same episode as Ed's first officer. The two have to work together alongside Dr. Claire Finn, Alara Kitan, and Dr. Aronov to survive a krill attack, as well as protect the Aronov device. At the end of the episode Kelly has found a new person to be Ed's second officer. Ed asks Kelly to stay, and she agrees. They continue serving together.

In season 1 episode 2, Command Performance, Kelly and Ed are on the ship's bridge when they answer a distress signal from a transport ship that has been attacked by the krill. When they contact the transport, Ed's parents happen to be on it. They talk to him and Kelly, embarrassing the pair by talking about the divorce, affair, and colon scans. In order to get his parents to stop talking Ed says he and Kelly will go over to the other ship and see them. Kelly agrees to come along. While on their way to the other ship Kelly complains about how Ed's mother hates her. Ed tries to deny it, but eventually admits that his mother once called her a bitch 46 times in one sitting. Ed thanks Kelly for cheating though because it showed him how they never would have worked. When the two board the transport vessel they are teleported into a room that looks like their old apartment back on Earth. The two explore the space and deliberated over what's happening. Kelly asks if they've gone back in time, and Ed discovers that the door is sealed. The two decide to eat, drink, and get comfortable while they're stuck. They wonder how Alara is handling command before going to bed. The conversation shifts to them reminiscing going to the opera with another couple the pair hated. The two share a laugh and talk about how it feels like the last year never happened. Ed says he might have been wrong back on the shuttle. Kelly rubs his knee before going to bed. Ed and Kelly wake up to find themselves inside a calivon zoo. The longer the pair remain trapped the more they become annoyed with each other. They argue and decide that all the little things just prove they weren't a good match. Alara and Isaac try to get them out by saying the pair are sick but it results in the zoo trying to kill them. The pair hold each other as the laser beams come closer towards them.

Season 2
In the episode Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow a past version of Kelly ends up on the Orville. This is a version of Kelly that had just had her first date with Ed the day before. While she's on the ship past Kelly asks Captain Ed out on another date. Ed asks current Kelly if she is okay with it, before he agrees. During the date he continuously compare things that past Kelly says, does, or owns, to what current Kelly had said, done, or owned during their relationship. This bothers past Kelly.

Season 3
One of the last moments in Future Unknown, is Ed and Kelly holding hands as they listen to Gordon Malloy sing at Claire and Isaac's wedding.

Fanon
Mercson has been very popular within The Orville fandom. From the start of the series people enjoy the back and forth the two often had during episodes.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

Trivia

 * The show's creator, Seth McFarlane (who also plays Ed Mercer), originally planned to have Kelly and Ed's relationship be a will they/won't they dynamic. As of season 3 he decided to focus more on their friendship rather than romance.