Lamar Reviews - Dr. Odyssey (Airdate 10/18/2024)

This is a new show on ABC, it is not a comedy, or a drama, or romance, it is a boat. A cruise ship in fact. If you are old enough to remember, the first thing you think is Love Boat. And there is a slight resemblance, but Love Boat was all about relationships and romance. Dr. Odyssey is a procedural, all about sickness, broken bones, surgery, with romance in the background. I think you can count on one hand how many times we saw the inside of Doctor Adam Bricker’s, played by Bernie Kopell, sick bay. Besides the ship, the star of this show is Joshua Jackson, who plays Dr. Max Bankman. A 6 ft 2 inch Yale educated overqualified drop dead gorgeous doctor who could work anywhere he wanted but picked a cruise ship. There’s a back story that explains that by the second episode. The ships captain is not a bald Captain Stubing, but a dashing Don Johnson, as Captain Massey.

He quickly explains to Dr. Bankman that the crew is there for one reason, “to preserve the fantasy”. He has two nurses on the ship to assist him. Avery, a PA played by Phillipa Soo, and Tristan, played by Sean Teale.

Max calls out Tristan on his unrequited crush on Avery, but it turns out that the real chemistry is between Avery and Max. This means the series is aiming for a will-they-won’t-they love-triangle thing to keep the audience watching.

It seems there is going to be a theme on the ship every week. Singles Week, Plastic Surgery Week, Wellness Week, and so on. I assume we will see many different diseases, conditions, and injuries. So far, the medical crew has faced, iodine poisoning from too many shrimps on the buffet, noses falling off from plastic surgery, frost bitten boob job, and a broken penis, are just a few.

Thursday nights at 9:00 PM on ABC or stream online on Hulu.

I actually thought I might right this off as a Love Boat wannabe but I might have been too quick to judge. The world we live in today provides so many choices of things to watch. Thousands and thousands of movies, TV shows, documentaries, sports, etc.

Everything we watch does not have to educate, it doesn’t have to inspire, and it doesn’t have to change our life. Sometimes you want to watch something mindless, unreal, and stupid, but there is something about it you enjoy.

This just might be that for you. Turns out it is for me. I have been a big Don Johnson fan, Miami Vice, Nash Bridges, and tons of other stuff. Joshua Jackson is very charming and there is going to be a lot of guest stars, like Shania twain, John Stamos, Kelsea Ballerini, and more.

I’m watching, not saying I’m proud of it, but I’m watching it. While I cook, or read a book…this is what I call a background show. You can have this on while doing something else, and still keep up with it.

My Score: 3 Budweisers