Written by Tracy Taylor And Jessica Grasl And Mike Schaub
Directed by Jennifer Lynch
Max: "All of that sounds circumstantial to me at best."
Athena: "Which is why we need to catch them cheating."
Max: "We?"
Athena: "If they saw me arresting Henry, my cover is blown, but you, you're just a friendly doctor. You ever wear an earpiece?"
Finally it happened. It took eleven episodes but Doctor Odyssey did the inevitable and crossed over with 9-1-1. Now while I would've preferred having Buck (Oliver Stark) and Tommy (Lou Ferrigno Jr) boarding The Odyssey and flirting up a storm with Max, we had a different scenario play out instead.
Athena Grant-Nash (Angela Bassett), the icon she is ended up on the ship because of a Bonnie & Clyde con duo. She had seemingly arrested the Clyde part of the duo but ended up being locked in a room, only to find out that the ship was sailing. As we already know, Athena's not a cruise kind of woman. Too many bad memories of one particular incident.
The moment ABC announced that Doctor Odyssey was going to be a series, a part of me had assumed that the seventh season premiere of 9-1-1 factored into it and its rather fitting for Athena to be on this ship and this show certainly didn't waste the character for a moment. Athena dominated this episode in a way that no guest star has done this far and all the better for it too.
I loved Athena's dynamic with Max. He was the good cop to her bad cop. The rookie to her seasoned police officer and yes, despite being a married woman, Max flirted a little bit with Athena. They also mildly disagreed on potential suspects when we weren't getting gambling metaphors for a lot of the themes of the episode too.
The thieves being a grandmother and her grandson, connected to Henry was a nice but pretty obvious reveal. I didn't buy Granny's sweet and innocent act one bit but after this episode, can we return the favour and have Max help Athena out on a case on land? Also if the writers want to put him in scenes with Buck, Tommy and Eddie, that'd be nice too.
Athena also had some rather nice scenes with both Robert and Avery, especially with the latter. She gave Avery some sage advice on motherhood, which Avery took to heart. Avery made something of a point of telling Max that she's keeping the baby while also reminding him that he might not be the father. For some reason, Max's become a punching bag for Avery and Tristan and I don't like it, plot wise. I'm also not convinced the show will have Avery remain pregnant either.
- While Athena didn't get any big scenes with Tristan, there was a slight missed opportunity in not having her interact with Corey. I'm sure he would've reminded her of someone.
- Due to spoilers leaked, this episode seemed to setting up a drinking problem for Tristan. They could've seeded that a lot better.
- There was a nice subplot with a guest named Daphne in which the character needed a new heart.
- Chronology: From where the last scene of that 9-1-1 episode left off.
Casino Week might be just the best episode so far and yes, I know the bar's not too high. The show had fun with Athena as the main guest and I could have watched more and more scenes with her and Max, along with the glitzy backdrop of the casino theme.
Rating: 8 out of 10
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