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“Doctor Odyssey” is addressed to the three people present in the room
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“Doctor Odyssey” is addressed to the three people present in the room

(This story contains spoilers from the seventh episode of Doctor Odyssey“Oh, Dad!”)

It was “Gay Week” Doctor Odysseyand the Ryan Murphy-the series produced was aimed at (almost) three people present in the room.

At the end of last week’s episode, the show’s main trio, Max (Joshua Jackson), Avery (Phillipa Soo) And Tristan (Sean Teale)) decided to make their relationship a little less platonic. After stating that a threesome was on each of the character’s wish lists, Avery tells her two potential suitors that she would be open to having just one, which forces Tristan into action. Max eventually joins the group, in a fade-to-black moment.

The opening moments of this week’s episode – titled “Oh, Dad!” — opened with Don Johnson’s Captain Robert guessing gay lingo before the ship’s “Gay Week,” announcing to the ship that his younger brother, guest star John Stamos, would be on board with his new boyfriend.

“Relax, the dads are here. They’re having a time, as the kids say,” Robert said of Johnson. Jackson’s Max after the crew decided Max was in the daddy category.

Before Max, Avery and Tristan might even talk about their previous evening together, Bob the Drag Queen then makes an appearance as Captain Robert’s guest (a gift for his brother). “You’re his favorite queen,” he tells the drag queen.

Stamos finally appears with, surprise, not one but two boyfriends. Naturally, this leads the main trio to talk about what Jackson’s Max calls something they’ve agreed to “never talk about again.”

“You’re both acting weird, really extremely weird,” Avery told them. “I had fun, it was exciting and hot,” she continues, making it known that she wants the threesome to be more than a one-off event.

An argument over a diagnosis between Max and Tristan during a patient visit then leads the doctor to speak with Avery and Max, telling them that he doesn’t think he can be with more than one person. “I can’t do it, I just can’t. What happened the other night was wonderful, but it’s just not me,” Max tells them.

Avery is undeterred and asks Tristan to convince him Max. to think about it again. Finally, Tristan admits to Avery that he doesn’t want to “share” her.

Other highlights of the episode included Bob the Drag Queen performing Chappell Roan’s “Hot to Go,” Stamos’ character telling Max “I have two boyfriends, that’s pretty exciting,” and a real birth on board the ship.

The trio appears to have returned to a love triangleat least for now. But as this episode proved, nothing is impossible in the world of Doctor Odyssey.

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Doctor Odyssey releases new episodes on Thursdays at 9 p.m. on ABC.