Joshua Jackson Admits He's ‘Bummed Out' by Doctor Odyssey Cancellation: ‘It Was a Really Fun Show'
'I'm sad that we don't get to go back and do it again,' Jackson told People. 'But I really enjoyed the time that we did get to do it.'
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The cast's options for a second season were not picked up when they expired back in June, according to our sister site Deadline, meaning that they are free to book other roles. Though not a formal cancellation, if ABC does eventually want Doctor Odyssey to return, producers would need to re-sign all lead actors to new deals; Jackson doesn't anticipate that happening.
'They may make that show with somebody else,' Jackson shared. 'I have no idea what their plans are. They haven't let me know, but I am not holding my breath that it's coming back.'
He added that he's 'always bummed out when a show gets cancelled' and that he 'really, really enjoyed the experience.'
'That was a really good group of people, and it was a really fun show,' he said. 'I'm going to miss the gang for sure.'
The modern-day Love Boat starred Jackson as Max Bankman, the onboard doctor of the Odyssey, a cruise ship helmed by Captain Massey (played by Miami Vice's Don Johnson). Dr. Max treated the ship's many medical emergencies alongside nurses Avery (Shining Girls' Phillipa Soo) and Tristan (The Gifted's Sean Teale), but things got messy after the group had a threesome, resulting in plenty of love triangle drama.
During the course of its freshman run, the Ryan Murphy series' glitzy look and pandemic origins prompted TVLine to develop the Fever Dream Theory, arguing that Max never recovered from COVID. As we theorized, The Odyssey wasn't a ship it all — it was Heaven, beckoning Max to 'cross over' to the other side. Jackson has not explicitly confirmed the theory, but did previously admit that they 'had a similar theory operating on set.'
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