Ed x Teleya

Ed x Teleya is the het ship between Ed Mercer and Teleya from the The Orville fandom.

Season 1
Ed and Teleya meet in episode 6, where Ed and Gordon pretend to be Krill. They sneak onto a krill ship to try and learn more about the krill's religious text. While on the ship, Gordon and Ed pretend to be survivors from the ship Teleya's brother served on. She asks if they knew him during prayers, which Gordon lies and says yes. Ed tries to stop him, but when unable, he goes along with the lie. While Ed and Gordon were on board they share meals with Teleya and even speak in front of her class. When Ed and Gordon decide they have to stop the ship from dropping a bomb on a union colony. They set a timer up to cause the lights on the ship to kill all the krill. Ed goes to Teleya's classroom, and after making sure her and the students were in the room, he shoots the lights out and saves them. At the end of the episode Teleya is taken prisoner. The union sends all the children home, and Teleya is taken prisoner.

Season 2
In episode 1, Ja'loja, Teleya returns to the Orville disguised as Janel Tyler. Ed greets her and welcomes her to the ship.

Season 3
In episode 4, Gently Falling Rain, Ed discovers that Teleya is running for the position of Supreme Chancellor on krill. If she wins all peace talks between the union and the krill will fall apart. Ed goes to krill as part of the entourage sent for peace talks. When Teleya wins, Ed and the rest of the entourage are arrested and kept in prison. Teleya orders for Ed to be brought to her. When he arrives, they talk about peace and if it's possible. Teleya seems certain that it's not, Ed is insistent on them giving it a try so they can stand a chance against the Kaylon threat. When their talk is done, Teleya sends him away, and secretly arranges for Ed, and Ed alone to be set free. As Ed follows Teleya's soldiers, unsure of where he's going, he is saved by a different faction of krill. When he follows them, he meets his and Teleya's daughter, Anaya. Teleya hides her away from everyone and only pays for Anaya's needs. Ed insists that Teleya won't listen to him, but the caretaker explains that she must care for him because she told the krill soldiers to sneak him back to the Orville. He agrees to try and talk to Teleya again so that his daughter doesn't have to live in hiding, and possibly that he could be a part of her life. When Ed goes back, Teleya calls him foolish and informs him that he should have escaped. She did not want to kill him and now she can't let him go. Ed tries to convince her that krill and humans can co-exist. That way Anaya won't have to be hidden away.

Songs

 * she's always a woman | BILLY JOEL
 * letting teleya go free, ed says goodbye after giving her a copy of the best of billy joel

Fanon
Although not a lot of fan fiction exists for The Orville or Ed/Teleya, it is still a popular pairing amongst fans. Many fans feel the dynamic between Ed and Teleya is one of the more compelling relationships on the show and believe their story isn't finished. The ships main rival is Mercson.

Fandom

 * FAN FICTION