Doctor Odyssey

It is all, as I hope I made clear at the start, terrible and fun. It is discrete set pieces bunged together on a boat. Characters do not develop, shifts in relationships make no emotional sense. .... But at the centre of everything, it has Joshua Jackson performing some kind of miracle; playing his part in absolute good faith, pitching it perfectly no matter what new narrative or tonal bonkersness is unfolding round him, grounding it somehow, and yet transcending it at the same time. It is a wondrous thing.

Doctor Odyssey is a pretty dumb, inessential watch, but an entertaining one, mostly due to the performances of the main cast and guest stars.

The pilot did decently well at establishing who the characters are while hinting at where their future plotlines might take them. Johnson's Captain Massey still feels like a bit of a dark horse, though it's clear he cares deeply about preserving the magic of the cruise ship experience.

Doctor Odyssey has its amusements but, ultimately, all the colour and commotion can’t disguise plots staler than a week-old captain’s table bread basket.

It’s shallow and silly to the point that something about the series feels a little off.