ONTD Watch Party: Dr. Odyssey Episode 7 (on Hulu) and Emilia Pérez (on Netflix) (starting at 8/7c)

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Happy Saturday, ONTD. Tonight we're watching Episode 7 of Dr. Odyssey at 8/7c followed immediately by 2024's Emilia Pérez, directed by Jacques Audiard and starring Zoe Saldana, Karla Sofía Gascón, and Selena Gomez.

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Emilia Pérez follows four remarkable women in Mexico, each pursuing their own happiness. Cartel leader Emilia enlists Rita, an

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[squirrels_oh_no]

Because it's not real! The ship is both a Carnival Cruises ship AND an ultra-luxury yacht all at once. And if you've ever actually been on a cruise, you know it's nothing like what's happening on that ship - almost as if nobody on the ship has also ever been on the cruise, including the crew. It's what someone who imagines it's like LMAO. And the situations that happen sometimes just defy the laws of reality (especially the wellness week episode with the weather). Also watch for tonal whiplash because it will go from dark to campy and back real fast.

We agreed that episode 1 is the gayest episode, even more than gay week. It's kind of disappointing LMAO. Although episode 3 has some weird pseudo-flirting, episode 2 has the air kisses that barely anyone noticed because there was a lot of movement going on in that shot LOL, and episode 7 is legit a gay cruise. But man, it pushes the boundaries of how much sexual energy is allowed on an American 9 pm show on a broadcast network. They are all super horny for each other, it's quite amusing, especially given that the rest of the show is just INSANE in how wacky it is. And Avery legit just switches back and forth between Max and Tristan every episode for a few episodes while Tristan and Max are just trying to one-up one another in an incredibly homoerotic way.

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Honestly, the guys are so homo while trying to pretend they're hetero, and I say this as someone who likes Tristan/Avery more than any coupling with Max. I'm on episode two now, and it's just insane with how cringe it is. (I thought I was already on episode two halfway through episode one because Max and Avery moved FAST!).

My medical knowledge is Grey's and E.R. and this is unbelievable to me. How do they not have more staff? Do they not have shifts? Are they always on? I've never been on a cruise, but I would not want to be on this cruise.

I think Don's character is god just because he gives me that vibe.

I can't wait for the next ONTD discussion post because I will be there!

[squirrels_oh_no]

Episode 8 is the fall finale and it won't return until March AFAIK :(

I think most fans, if we can't have the throuple, want Max/Tristan LMAO. In episode 3, it gets heavily hinted that Max isn't 100% straight (if you hadn't already gotten that hint from, idk, the entire show - this show is heavy-handed about everything, which just ups the cheesy camp factor). But yes, the horniest by far is Avery, and she clearly wants both of them very early on, which is weird given she didn't want Tristan in the years they've known each other until suddenly Max shows up and now she's like "Give me everything!" But alas, a lot of fans did this in episodes 6 and 7:





But then the preview for episode 8 brings an entire new level of WHAT to the PREVIEW so we are hopeful that they will give us something incredibly insane to tide us over until March.

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I'm unsurprised since fandom tends to skew M/M. I like Avery a lot! She has a lot of sass/doesn't make me cringe lol. (I also tend to like the women more than the men.) I kind of felt like Tristan wanted to get into Max's pants as he keeps giving him a bit of a sexy side-eye, and Max definitely reads as though he wants a bit of that D.

But I still don't know who the crew are on this ship aside from these three and Don Johnson!

I saw the episode 8 preview and decided I needed to watch LOL.

[squirrels_oh_no]

Yeah, this show is speed-running five seasons worth of plots in 8 episodes, it's insane.

At some point, they do introduce a few recurring side characters, the most important of which is in episode 4, but she then proceeds to vanish from episodes 6 and 7 and she doesn't have much of a personality, but she's introduced as a love interest for Tristan who promptly forgets about her and runs back to Avery, but she was in the episode 8 preview LOL. There is also the first mate, the engineer, and the head of housekeeping.

This show just straight up WANTS you to ship them as a throuple, though, and acknowledges that in episode 7 in an interesting way. People kept calling throuple and the show straight acknowledged "Yep, that's what we want you to think!" haha, so I give the show props for that. They want you to think you want them all to fuck, and so far the only part of the triangle that hasn't yet is Max/Tristan... Unless they did and it was off screen episode 7, but we don't know what happened there other than "it was fun".

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Tristan just kissed Avery and this is episode 2???? I thought this'd be more slowburn!

I'm sticking it out until episode 8 because when this show is cringeworthy, it has a moment where I laugh so loudly because it's honestly insanely stupid, and then go back to cringing. But I like that it's harmless and silly and doesn't require me to think that much.

Hopefully they have another threeway where the swords touch.

Edited to say I'm reading episode reactions on Reddit and I definitely like the idea of the ship being heaven/purgatory and everyone is dead. It makes it more fun.

[squirrels_oh_no]

Oh, she is gonna go right back to Max, but only after Max coerces Tristan into "allowing" Max to pursue her LOL. As I said, it is speed-running plots at an insane rate. How else do you think by episode 6 we would get what made this show suddenly very popular among ONTDers and our ilk? Some shows make you wait until season 6+ for the will they/won't they. This show gives it to you EPISODE 6. Well, beyond the fact that Avery is having sex with both of them on her own time from episode 1 LOL.

My dad watches this show now and tomorrow he is going to be watching episode 6 which is the episode that caused me to pick it up and I have told him that so I am going to be hardcore judged tomorrow when he finishes.



There was another theory people had after episode 3 - that Max is the only one in a coma and Avery and Tristan are his main nurses in the hospital LMAO, but idk about that. I also had the theory of "Is this just San Junipero but on a ship and nobody knows?" as in the Black Mirror episode. Which would be related to the "Is everyone dead?" or more specifically "Is Max dead?" theory. Or in a coma. Or this is a fever dream. Or they're in a snow globe.

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LMFAO I hope your dad likes it!

Every time they open an episode, they say that the ship is heaven and that Max is here to "keep everyone alive"… But if they are dead… Maybe he is there to keep their souls alive. IDK. I can see the theory that Avery and Tristan are his nurses, but I like the idea of everyone being dad better. The ship is so brightly lit, too, which gives it a heavenly feel. (There has to be something more to the show if it's netted Joshua, Don, and guest stars like Shania Twain…)

I like that medicine is second (or third, really) on this show. I tried watching The Resident and was bored, and we still have Grey's. At least this is fun.

[squirrels_oh_no]

This goes over a lot of the theorizing, and this came out after only two episodes so people have been committed to the "is this a dream?" theory from episode one, which isn't hard given how many times they said "heaven" or "illusion" etc.

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I like this theory because it honestly makes it more fun. I know why some people don't want this to be true, but it's silly as hell!

PLASTICS WEEK IS MAKING ME SCREAM.

[squirrels_oh_no]

I think people are afraid that if it suddenly tries to be Lost, it will lose what made it what it was to begin with. And tbh, that's accurate - that is going to be one massive tonal shift if suddenly he figures out he didn't recover from COVID after all. I mean, it will basically be a completely new show in a way, given how silly and campy it is. Could it successfully pull off that switch to being science fiction or fantasy? IDK, it would be hard for real, but interesting if they could pull it off. My dad started watching because I told him it looked like it might be attempting to do Lost, but campier LOL. But why is everything in the medical center gold? The SYRINGES are gold, the IV poles are gold, the vital monitor is gold. Everything is bright and shiny. It's just so weird LOL, but I mean, it could be that post-election malaise has driven me nutty, but I am LIVING for this show the past week. This show has consumed my life as I try and forget what is happening in reality, and I am at the present moment fine with that.