THE ABSOLUTELY WORST SHOW IN THE HISTORY OF TELEVISION!

And I should know because Mr. X and I have watched every episode of this crap this season! (I’ll explain why in a second.)

At least the cast is attractive.

And the winner, (or should I say loser,) is…Doctor Odyssey! It’s on ABC, and stars Joshua Jackson and Don Johnson, who, at this point in his life and career, is probably happy to work a few hours a week and get a big paycheck, without regard to the material. Heck, I’m sure most of us would be happy to make a quarter of what Don does, even though we’d have to put our work principles aside to do so.

Let me explain that, in normal times, I wouldn’t have even sampled the show. Or, if I did, I would have been done with its nonsense in a nano-minute. But with this harrowing political season, I was looking for something relatively mindless to watch to distract my brain from the horrors that are coming in this country for the next four years. (I’m just getting back to watching a tiny bit of local news now, and no national shows. And I’m baby-stepping into even reading anything.) So I decided to watch the most benign new show I could think of. And this was it.

By the way, Mr. X hasn’t watched network hour-long shows in years. He’ll join me for sitcoms and dance shows, but supposed dramas are not for him. But he’s agreed to view some this season for the same reason that I’m now watching shows I normally wouldn’t. We’re so shell-shocked by the election results that we just sit in front of the TV like bumps on a log, desperate for an escape.

So Doctor Odyssey seemed like a fun solution. But let me tell you—it’s seriously the worst show in the history of television! I hope that none of the rest of you have wasted your precious time on this drivel.

As witless as the old Love Boat series was, it was Shakespeare compared to Doctor Odyssey!

The entire medical team cavorting on the beach…again. So who is standing by on the ship for health emergencies???

In addition to the asinine weekly stories, what cruise ship has only one doctor and two nurses on board?! A quick google search told me that a “smaller ship” typically has two doctors, three nurses, and sometimes a medical secretary, while a “larger ship” typically has three doctors, five nurses, and a secretary. And at least one medical professional has to be available 24/7, so that this trio is always playing dress-up, partying, or hanging-out on the beach is just pure bunk. Not that a TV show has to be accurate, but this set-up is egregiously imbecilic!

On top of the medical crew’s sparse availability, how does this general practitioner, (the one played by Joshua Jackson,) have the ability to do bowel surgery on the ship??? And with just one nurse??? (The other nurse had an eye infection that day, which cleared-up by the next morning!) It’s all insane. And not one of them seems to be on duty often—they’re always either in the pool, dancing, or…having a threesome!!!

Speaking of that last part, how do they get away with having a threesome on network TV??? At 9PM, not even the late primetime spot! That’s so odd. And unwanted.

Ryan Murphy creeping into the bigger image of Joshua Jackson.

When that happened, I said to Mr. X, “This must be created and produced by some weirdo pervert!” And then we discovered that they’re both none other than…Ryan Murphy! In our opinion, he peaked with Glee.

So do yourselves a favor—miss this show! Even if you sit there just twiddling your thumbs for an hour, it will be a much better use of your time than watching the insanely awful Doctor Odyssey. Unless you’re as dumb and creepy as this show!