Joshua Jackson Weighs in on the Internet's Theory AboutDoctor Odyssey– But Is He On Board?

Mar. 15, 2025

Joshua Jackson attends the premiere for ABC’s ‘Doctor Odyssey’ at Bel-Air Bay Club on September 18, 2024 in Pacific Palisades, California.Photo:Emma McIntyre/Getty

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IsDoctor Odysseya fever dream?

Joshua Jacksonis weighing on the internet’s theory about his new seriesDoctor Odyssey.

On the series, Jackson, 46, plays Dr. Max Bankman, the on-board doctor of a luxury cruise ship, where the staff “works hard and plays harder,” according to an official synopsis.

Now, fans are hypothesizing Max never actually recovered from COVID — after his experience as “patient zero” was revealed in the pilot — and is in limbo between dead and alive. Of course, the opulent ship would be actually heaven, which is beckoning him.

Joshua Jackson on “Doctor Odyssey”.Tina Thorpe/Disney

Tina Thorpe/Disney

“I have appreciated the internet sleuths’ work on it and I think it’s great,” he added.

Ahead of the show’s premiere last month, Jackson toldEntertainment Weeklythat the show — which also stars Don Johnson, Phillipa Soo, and Sean Teale — is meant to be an escape for viewers.

From left: Sean Teale as Tristan, Don Johnson as Captain Massey, Joshua Jackson as Dr. Max Bankman, and Phillipa Soo as Avery on “Doctor Odyssey”.Pari Dukovic/Disney

Pari Dukovic/Disney

“Our mission statement is to be enjoying ourselves at all times so that the audience can have an hour in the week where they can just sit back and enjoy,” he explained at the time. “It’s supposed to be a one-hour vacation every week.”

From left: Phillipa Soo, Joshua Jackson and Sean Teale in “Doctor Odyssey”.Tina Thorpe/Disney

“I think it’s a beautiful launching episode for the show, because I just feel like we all were there,” he added. “Not all of us decided to go work on a cruise ship, but all of us thought about it, ‘Maybe I do need to just start again’ or ‘Maybe I’ve just been quietly getting through but not really living my life.’ Everybody’s been in the spot that Max is at, and that’s what launches the show. That’s the mission here: Let’s all collectively exhale, turn the page and commit to life.”

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Doctor Odysseyairs Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET on ABC.

source: people.com