This week on Doctor Odyssey, it’s Gay Week, providing some joy after Wedding Week’s heartbreaking conclusion. Captain Massey’s brother, Craig, comes aboard with his partners and the relationship between Max, Avery, and Tristan ends before it even begins.
Episode 7 titled “Oh, Daddy” starts with an amusing meeting between the crew, quizzing Massey on the lingo he may hear during Gay Week. Captain also boasts about how proud he is of his brother for getting sober and finding a good partner. Little does he know Craig has not only one partner but two!
Massey informs Max about his growing up with Craig and how there was a 10-year age gap, leading to him practically raising his brother because their mom and dad weren’t around. Massey and Avery then talk about how accepting he is of his brother’s throuple because he keeps an open mind to what makes people happy.
Craig, played by John Stamos, finally comes aboard with his partner Brian. Massey gets a bit of a surprise when Riley, Craig and Brian’s third, comes aboard. Unsurprisingly, given last week’s threesome, Avery seems quite interested in Craig, Bryan, and Riley’s relationship.
At dinner Captain can sense something is wrong with his brother and asks him if he’s been drinking. Angered by this accusation, Craig accuses Massey of not accepting his throuple, but quickly gets excited when Marcia, Craig’s favorite drag queen, performs to ‘Hot to Go’ by Chappell Roan, which Massey organized. Max jumps into action when Marcia’s wig catches fire, resulting in no lung damage, but a burnt head. In a vulnerable state, Marcia opens up about the appearance she has to keep up as a drag queen.
The big three ponder the idea of actually being a throuple, Avery leading the conversation and admitting that their threesome was fun.
Tensions flare when Max and Tristan bicker about a diagnosis for a couple experiencing a medical emergency after a Zumba class. They bring Massey into it, where he demands that they get a diagnosis as soon as possible, which Max is clearly unhappy about because he wanted to do everything by the books.
It turned out that Max was correct; the condition was not Marburg, as Tristan thought, but rather Carotenosis and Mononucleosis. When Captain senses the agitation in the room, he urges the big three to get back in sync. Afterwards, Max admits that he doesn’t want to be in a throuple because it’s not him. He wants to be in a relationship with one woman and to have a marriage and kids. However, Avery refuses to accept no for an answer and convinces Tristan to talk to Max about reconsidering their throuple.
Later on, Brian tries to convince Craig to go to rehab, but Craig once again says no. Things take a disastrous turn when Craig bumps his head on the pool slide stairs, with blood flowing from his head.
Craig promises Massey, Brian, and Riley that he hasn’t been drinking, but Max’s drug test says otherwise. Craig tells his brother that something is wrong, because once again, he has not been drinking. It’s soon revealed that he has indeed not been drinking but has Auto Brewery Syndrome due to his acid reflux medicine.
Tristan makes a confession to Avery, telling her that he is in love with her and can’t share her. He doesn’t want to be in a throuple with Max either, and it has to be all or nothing between them.
At the end of the episode, arguably the best part, a couple who mistakenly booked their cruise during Gay Week gets a little bundle of joy when the wife gives birth to a beautiful and healthy baby girl.
The Odyssey cruise ship is about to be rocked, with Avery revealing that she’s pregnant. Who is the father? Is it Max or Tristan? The fall finale will air November 21 on ABC. It will stream on Hulu the next day.
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