Joshua Jackson does george clooney in the E/R on a boat. That seems to be the concept of this series. Joshua Jackson got the greyish hair, the george clooney voice and charm, heck he is a spitting image of george clooney, its quite amazing actually.

The other lead actors are miami vices Don Johnson and fresh face actors Phillipa Soo and Sean Teale. Acting is overall good, but the story has so far not made any room for anything challenging. Its been very simple, quick and superficial.

The story is as mentioned quite uncomplicated. Its slightly sitcom-ish and surrounds the emergency medical staff on a cruise ship.

The good of this series is its freshness and elegance. Its easy to digest and its without 'the message'.

The bad is that its too simple, too lighthearted. The characters are very much caricatyrs and not acting like real people. I for one prefer realness above actingness.

Oh yeah, the story takes place on a boat mostly at sea, which limits the storyline somewhat but most of the phootage never give away that its played on a boat, so it gets kinda stuffed and closed in.

6/10.

This is definitely The Love Boat meets House series. Caught my attention when I learned Don Johnson was back in a series. I had also just watched an Australian series that featured several of the Fringe actors. Made me wonder what dreamboat Pacie from Dawson's Creek was up to these days. Then just like that he shows up in this new series as the head doctor.

So far there has not been enough of Don Jonson. Hope there will be more of the Captain in the future. Joshua Jackson has the major role so far. Not sure I like him jumping into bed with a cremate so quickly, thou.

Hard to believe all the medical equipment they have available on this one cruise ship, though. I can't get this kind of care in one medical clinic in my state. In just these couple early episodes, they have handled conditions that, perhaps, these passengers should have not been traveling with and should have stayed home..

I do not normally watch medical dramas, but this one caught my attention with the added element of it being on a cruise ship. And it is just that, a medical drama on a cruise ship. Which made it stupidly awesome. Certain things are made better with an added element of cheese, like the Golden Bachelor/Bachelorette. This show is so cheesy and stupid that I will probably keep watching it anyway. It's a perfect, ridiculous, brain cell killing, destress show. Overused jokes? Check. Major plot holes? Check. Nonsensical storytelling? Check. It's basically perfect, if you can handle cringing for an hour.

I don't think this show would win a lot of points for accuracy or realism, but I am really enjoying the escapism it provides me so far - go out weekly on a gorgeous looking boat with beautiful people shot in bright colors practicing impossible medicine? - why not..

The 3 main actors are well known and deserving of their street cred, they mesh well together, sometimes making you forget that they are supposed to not know each other, and I always find it refreshing when a show tackles interpersonal issues head on instead of forcing it (through lazy writing) into a conflict for the sake of drama - normal people talk to one another!

There are some continuity issues with the personalities of the characters, it feels like they haven't yet fully got it down, but I'm rooting for them - I'm having a great time so far.

I mean, I ll be honest. I like Joshua a lot. I watched Fringe 4 or 5 times. I loved the show, that is where I discovered him. He has talent and potential.

This series is.... nothing. I waited for something interesting to happen. NOTHING DID! I mean: what is the main idea of the show? The actors and cute and hot. And? What next?

I really expected a nice plot, some intrigue, a reason to look forward to the next episode. A reason to ge back for more. And yet... I see luxury, hot people and no depth. Beyond the surface there is no beauty, there is nothing hidden. Such as shame....

Sorry, I do not recommend. I will go watch Fringe again.

So I'm rooting for this show because I adore Joshua Jackson. Mighty Ducks, Dawson's Creek, Fringe. I've been a fan for awhile. With that said, this show has potential, but it needs some major work. I like that Dr. Bankman seems teachable and is quick to humble himself. His backstory however, just lazy. Seriously, that's what they came up with. The whole patient zero thing, earned an eye roll. The situation with, Avery was cringey and forced. I'm glad of how it went but did the first episode really need it. Then the supposed tension with Tristian, again was forced and unnecessary. For this to be a major network show, the writing seems amateur.

As far as the technical stuff, I've never been on a cruise so I just take it for what it is. However, the whole 3 hours from land, but no medevac helicopter, has me questioning what the writers really thinks of their intended audience. I may not know much about ships, helicopters and medicine, but even that seemed far fetched.

I'm really hoping this gets better fast. Otherwise, it won't last.

Don't you hire a doctor and nurse to help you with the medical issues - it looks like you are making them up!!!

Cardiac Catheterization at sea - I don't think so!! A heart monitor showing flatline they are calling V-tach!!! No!!!

Please hire a doctor who knows ships doctor's protocols and a nurse who understands nursing!!!

Also a doctor on a ship - who is the only doctor would never be drinking!!!!

How about real beds with linen for our patients who just coded!!

I'm sorry - is this the future? Did I miss that part of the story?

I hate to say it but Bernie Kopell from the Live Boat was more realistic!!

I started watching the show because of Don Johnson and Joshua Jackson. At first I thought this is terrible. I kept watching and after the second episode I feel like maybe something sinister or crazy is going on. Are they all dead? Is this real? At one point the Captain states " this ship is heaven" Is it? I hope I'm right or this really is a terrible show. The more episodes I watch the more I want to watch. I'm sad that Don Johnson isn't in the episodes more. I do love watching Joshua Jackson as a doctor who is unpredictable in every episode, and that's why I think there is something else going on. Sort of like the show From but we haven't been shown the monster part yet.

Don't expect a serious medical drama here or a laugh out loud comedy.

It's light-hearted. A balancing act with the cruise theme with related-medical situation(s) of the week and the dynamics of the different characters.

The characters are all fairly likeable and with enough diversity for a 30+ audience demographics.

As another reviewer wrote Joshua Jackson in the lead does his best "Clooney" and is charming. With Jackson and Johnson, they got the Baby Boomer, and Gen X covered. The new faces Soo, and Teale covers Millennials and Gen Z.

The ultimate question is given the demographic coverage, can the characters make meaning connections to the audience based on the story and their performance to keep the show going.

I personally enjoy it as a nice distraction from reality shows, and serialized drama that takes themselves too seriously.

How does a show this bad make it to broadcast?

I made myself sit through the first episode in hopes that it just needed to work through the initial set up and then it would find its' feet. Unfortunately no. The writing is lame and the dialogue stilted. The acting is wooden and stiff and just uncomfortable. You know how sometimes a show is so bad that it draws you in - not this one. It is just plain bad. Save yourself from loosing time that you can never get back. Go outside and watch the grass grow or paint a wall and watch the paint dry. Pretty much anything you could do would be a better use of time.

I can understand other reviewers issues with the show but aren't we forgetting this is TV and not reality? The show takes place on a cruise ship and it's a medial drama, two unusual things to mash up. I think it's great that they're trying to make tv fun in a lately overly serious time.

Never really watched Greys Anatomy but House was really interesting albeit off the wall. House would have been fired every week IRL. The Love Boat was off the wall but at the end of the show always ended on a high note. There's opportunity for this show to go in a lot of different directions, I'm gonna give it a shot. I enjoyed what I saw so far.

I am VERY well versed in medical/procedural shows, name one i have probably watched it. If i had to rank this show so far it wouldn't be very high up.

Imo, max is annoying- i can't stand him, so that is a reason it isn't very high. Another reason is it is very very cheesy, i love a bit of cringe now and then but when i have to pause multiple times during an episode just to get through it is a bit much.

The acting isnt the best apart from phillipa soo and whoever plays the tristan guy, however it is watchable. I also wouldn't give it many points for accuracy, however thats just run of the mil in these types of dramas.

But i do enjoy the episode structures, a new theme each week, and i also enjoy the storylines. The love triangle is a bit cliche, and not my favourite but i am excited to get into these characters backstories as it has already been touched on for a few of them.

I do hope however it doesn't repeat the same situation that 9-1-1 lonestar fell into, where they focused too much on rob lowe as he the starring actor even though it was an ensemble show. Too many of the storylines focused on him and it hindered the other characters storylines. I hope it isnt the case with this show.

I see this being my guilty pleasure show.

Would I go out of my way to recommend this show to friends and family? Probably not. Would I find myself curling up in a blanket to guiltily binge a few episodes, yes.

This is actually terrible.

3 stars for the all-in game ness of the players, despite a script that should be pulped for recycled toilet paper.

Near the beginning of episode one, the new doctor onboard tours the Odyssey, a lavish 5 star cruise liner. We tour right along with him. It's a sumptuous, fantasy of a ship. At one point, the doctor is led down a hall of burnished walnut, walking in a kind of formation and I thought "Bones!!!?!'" . And 'oh, wouldn't it be wonderful if this show took a turn toward Star Trek or even The Orville?'.

Not only did Doctor Odyssey choose the path more commonly taken, the single first script was packed with every cliche, trope and bit of bad dialog it could scrape from the bottom of Ryan Murphy's shoe.

Ugh.

I watched the entire first episode and I promise you, it just gets worse and worse.

I feel badly for the talent caught up in this mess.

Joshua Jackson on screen is warming, and so is the cast. They've got great energy together and are nice to watch. It's not meant to be a mind blowing show but easy and fun. Thanks for bringing this on air. I like the mockery and relevancy to today's time. Congrats, keep having fun making it and we'll keep having fun watching it. The costumes are well done and the sets are really nice too. Makes you want to go on a cruise! Thanks Ryan Murphy and rest of the people putting on the show for something sweet and fun to watch. I'll be checking back weekly until hopefully we best of a season two! 'Yes chef'

So many ridiculous errors here. The Captain, on a formal nite, isn't in uniform and dines only with similarly attired staff. The Captain teaches a crew member how to fold towels. The Doc lives in a palatial stateroom. The ship is "60 miles from land," which is purportedly too far for a medivac chopper. The vessel has only one MD, whereas even a smaller cruise ship carries two. The sets are totally wrong for a vessel of this size. The ship shares a name with a real luxe cruise ship (familiar to us) but bears no resemblance to it. The crew is ashore on a sort of booze-fueled beach party when she's in port. Utter nonsense all 'round, me hearties!

The whole medical setup is total fantasy, the treatment beds are more like a spa than any medical setting let alone a clinic on a ship that could be dealing with heavy seas. If there's any waves the patients would be on the floor within seconds. That's only the most obvious glaring invention not to mention all the weird allowed behaviour of the crew. It all looks very luxurious and slick, even the medical equipment has gold trim?! Or perhaps it's brass as a nod towards nautical tradition. It's a decent cast and some of the medical incidents are undoubtedly based on things that have happened on cruise ships it's the details that are unrealistic.

I watch programs to be entertained. I was entertained. This show might not be realistic, but it's entertaining. From Don Johnson to the nurses It was much better than I expected, Ryan Murphy knows how to entertain. I loved Nip Tuck. I will watch this show. It's a great escape from the political stories in the news and for 42 minutes, I forget about all that stuff.

Maybe the writing isn't great, but I didn't notice. The ship is mesmerizing with its unbelievable beauty and decadence. Cruises aren't really like that unless you're a billionaire. I like Joshua Jackson in this role and Don Johnson in his.

This is a great show to escape with so far. Until it stops. I'll keep watching.

The doctor has tucked in his Aloha shirt, which is never done. (That dildo Thomas Magnum tucked his in to show how slender he was, I guess.) I can't think of any other reason. Not only did doctor Odyssey break protocol with the shirt, he wore what looked like a wife beater under it. Why in dog's name would anyone wear an undershirt in a tropical area? And, for the love of god, why would anyone ever wear a wife beater? It won't absorb underarm sweat. It won't keep you warm. It performs none of the functions of a T-shirt. They're just butt ugly. It makes you look like an Italian mobster. It's like wearing underpants. They're not necessary and they don't do any good.

Seemingly no one knows how to do CPR. Their efforts are ridiculous.

Well, we saw all the commercials and decided to give this a try. Even got HULU just so we could watch it. The commercials looked pretty cool but the show itself... It sucked. First episode is so non believable and honestly, just not very interesting at all. The concept of a cruise ship doctor sounds interesting and exciting yet, this wasn't. The passengers weren't even believable. We could start there. It was like watching the Titanic and waiting to see the lower deck crowd. The acting was piss poor and we debated on turning it off before the show was even finished.

I'm guessing they picked out the exciting fun clips for thr commercial then you had to patiently wait for anything else entertaining. Which rarely happened. Again, the concept is great but the follow-thru was absolutely terrible.

I rated this show 8 for its entertainment value for me. It is a series that's easy to watch with a good cast. Actors we know. It's a medical show regarding illnesses, accidents that could happen on a cruise ship, it gets a little intense but obviously not like an ER in Chicago. They have a well-equipped medical facility. There's quirky guests. Some romance. Fun activities going on. Like a dance party and day drinking on the beach. I would recommend watching it when you are in the mood for something that's not dark but more fun. There's chemistry between the cast. There's humor but some serious stuff too. I liked it.

I have now watched four episodes of Doctor Odyssey and I don't love it, but I don't hate it either. I've never paid much attention to Joshua Jackson other than the odd role here and there. But oddly his charm as Dr. Max Bankman in this medical dramedy might be what saves it. The different theme each week is clever considering the show centres around the medical crew of a cruise ship. However, it's also weird that the medical crew of a cruise ship seems to find themselves embroiled in all sorts of scenarios that a medical crew probably wouldn't be involved in. Is the captain really going to ask the ship's doctor to dance with single passengers at dinner? Would they allow the ship's only doctor to go out on a boat to rescue someone stranded in the water? If this is normal protocol on a cruise, I stand corrected. But it struck me as odd. The other thing that stopped me from giving more than 6 stars is the love triangle between the doctor and two nurses. It's only episode four and I'm tired of playing who's going to get the girl. Overall, it isn't terrible so far and nothing they've done has made me yell at the tv. So I say it's worth a watch if you like medical dramas that aren't so serious or cruise ships or themed episodes or Joshua Jackson or Don Johnson.