Doctor Odyssey - The Wave
The two-part season finale of Doctor Odyssey (which may turn out to be the series finale given the show has not yet been renewed) offers enough big event which we've seen sprinkled throughout the season. In the "Wave" an earthquake at the latest stop puts causes a tsunami which is bad timing for Max (Joshua Jackson) and a handful of guests, one with an injured knee, who can't make it back to the ship and must see out higher ground and wait things out. Meanwhile, given the situation, the Odyssey (while taking on lots of locals in need of protection) is forced to return to deeper waters and ordered to leave the area (and their doctor behind).
Despite the title, we don't see much wave action here other than the people still on the beach somehow surprised it's coming and the Odyssey getting tossed around a bit. What we do get is Max helping out on the mainland with the help of a talkative coroner (Jim O'Heir) while Avery (Phillipa Soo) takes control of the medical situation on the ship and Tristan (Sean Teale) yo-yos between sulking and helpful.
If the show, currently not listed on ABC's Fall schedule, does get cancelled I think you can look at the amount of time devoted to the inconsistent love triangle (which never feels like a real triangle) as a major cause. We also get our captain under fire as a bit of filler content in the second episode, but there's no surprise when Max returns safe and sound and makes up with Avery, Massey (Don Johnson) is reinstated with little on-screen effort, and everything is reset back to the status quo to close out the season.
