Doctor Odyssey

Doctor Odyssey – I Always Cry at Weddings

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Doctor Odyssey - I Always Cry at Weddings

With the ship being bought out for a wedding cruise, most of the storylines of “I Always Cry at Weddings” have to deal with the medical team dealing with issues of the wedding party and mother of the bride. Most turn out to be not so serious, although the psychological problems of the groom to be put a permanent damper on the festivities after he commits suicide. The crew also get to stand in for the bride and groom at the rehearsal allowing for us to get at least the semblance of a wedding in the wedding episode.

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Doctor Odyssey – Halloween Week

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Doctor Odyssey - Halloween Week

Airing at an appropriate time of year, “Halloween Week” offers a week of Halloween-themed events aboard the latest cruise along with the regular selection of medical cases to be solved. The most memorable moments of the episode come early on with Max (Joshua Jackson) providing real competition to Tristan (Sean Teale) by constantly showing up in the same costume. While the idea Avery (Phillipa Soo) isn’t good at Halloween feels like just giving her a themed plot on the show (which isn’t really necessary given her big save on the beach), the episode also features several of the guest-stars in a variety of costumes.

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Doctor Odyssey – Plastic Surgery Week

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Doctor Odyssey - Plastic Surgery Week

“Plastic Surgery Week” is about putting characters in emotional situations to further explore their characters. For Max (Joshua Jackson) that means meeting, and the losing, a reality-TV star (Justin Jedlica) who meant quite a lot to him during his time in quarantine. The oddity of the friendship is remarked on by both his subordinates, but the flashbacks make it work well-enough. At the same time Tristan (Sean Teale) is surprised by his mother’s arrival and once again confounded the cruelty of her affection. While also odd, this too works well enough and the pair’s separate experiences do allow them to do some further bonding.

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Doctor Odyssey – Singles Week

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Doctor Odyssey - Singles Week

With it’s second episode Doctor Odyssey already seems to have found its formula. We get a themed cruised, this week being a singles cruise, with a story outside of the expected thrown in and still time to play with the romantic interests of Max (Joshua Jackson), Avery (Phillipa Soo), and Tristan (Sean Teale). While I’m already tired of the love triangle, the rest of the episode works fairly well with a gigolo’s (Chord Overstreet) Syphilis outbreak providing the humor and the rescue of a survivor on a life raft (Kassandra Cruz) providing the drama. The Captain (Don Johnson) also gets a bit more to do in his romance with one of the passengers and a health scare. Like with Avery’s experience with the rescued woman, the Captain’s story allows for an opportunity to flesh out his character a bit more as well.

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Doctor Odyssey – Pilot

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Doctor Odyssey - Pilot

Joshua Jackson stars as Dr. Max Bankman who joins the luxury cruise ship The Odyssey for his first trip as the ship’s new doctor. The “Pilot” sets up the basics of the series, introducing us to key members of the crew including its Captain (Don Johnson), and Max’s two nurses (Phillipa Soo and Sean Teale) along with setting up the basic setup for the show with Max showing off his skills to his new subordinates and them showing him a few things about the unique environment aboard a cruise ship. That and the various quirky health issues of the week set what is likely going to be the template for the series.

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