Written by Ryan Murphy And Jon Robin Baitz And Joe Baken
Directed by Paris Barclay
Tristan (to Max): "It's Singles Week, strap in!"
Yes, it really was the week of the singles on The Odyssey with all four of our main cast members getting heavily involved in the three main cases and the respective focused singles as well.
First of all, let's talk about Tristan Silva, shall we? That rivalry between him and Max over Avery. We're two episodes and already, it's the weakest aspect of the show. He was still annoyed about Max breaking the "bro code" and it didn't help that Avery dismissed Tristan's crush on her, only to later reciprocate a kiss from him. Even more odd was the lack of follow up after that kiss. I felt like there was a scene missing from the episode there.
Tristan's a man who's well aware of his sex appeal and does seem to enjoy it as well. When we didn't have his fawning over Avery as a source of story, there was also his failed hook up with single girl Kelly (Stephanie Suganami). Before they could do the deed, she literally passed out with heart troubles on Tristan.
In fact, this episode tried to up the ante by putting Kelly in a very life and death state before later revealing that a dietary supplement she was taking was interfering with her heart. Heart troubles in this episode definitely seemed to be on point.
It's also better handled with the Captain himself. I did say in the previous episode we barely knew anything about him and this episode revealed that he literally had a broken heart over losing his wife. It's pretty effective and made me feel bad for the guy. On the other hand, he did get to have fun with Shania Twain's glamorous widow, even she didn't get too much screen time.
Keeping with guest characters, it was funny to see how former Glee hunk Chord Overstreet fared in this episode. His character Sam (not that one) was a rampant man whore that got an STD while still trying his luck with anything that moved. What was funny was watching Max and Tristan see him as a cautionary tale while Avery managed to avoid sleeping with him at the last minute.
Getting back to Avery, while the triangle with herself, Max and Tristan doesn't do any of them any favours, I did like that both guys stepped up to help her with her dreams of being a doctor. Not to mention, the other case involving an immigrant couple brought out her best scenes of the episode. Plus her views on Singles Week shifted quite a bit in this episode.
- Tristan was the one to tell Max that next week's episode would be a plastic surgeon. If we don't get a Nip/Tuck reference of sorts, I'd be surprised.
- Spencer Monroe, Massey's right hand man had a little more screen time as well. Max also likes a Martini with three olives.
- Those women fighting over the unseen Jeffrey were very over the top, though I did laugh when they pointed out that Avery needed to get the D. Avery doesn't do relationships apparently.
- Chronology: A week from the Pilot episode.
I'll admit this one was a little better than the first episode. Singles Week had fun with it's guest cast and utilised it's main players a bit better into their stories as well. I'm still not fond of this triangle and I'm hoping it's nixed sooner than later but I am finding myself rather charmed by the show regardless.
Rating: 7 out of 10
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