We Finally Set Sail on Doctor Odyssey

Plus, Shirley Bassey's jewels, and the rest of the Thursday night ABC lineup.

Of all the new shows whose ads have besieged us during live sporting events, I have been least excited about Dr. Zachary Quinto Totally Isn’t House MD, and the one I harbored the highest hopes for — har, har — was Doctor Odyssey, a.k.a. Pacey Reunites With Boats, a.k.a. Grey’s Emergency Floating Clinic, which I think is in the Gnorfbun universe. Accordingly, I have left the former show alone, and watched Joshua Jackson’s live on Thursday night, because I knew we’d need to convene here to talk about it.

Tomorrow, Jessica is recording an episode of Extra Hot Great on this very topic, which is fun because you may get a TOTALLY different take on it from her, Tara, and Sarah — all three of them former Dawson’s Creek recappers and Pacey Witter scholars. The short version of my take is, if it continues in the vein of the pilot, this is a perfectly cromulent but weirdly cheap one-eye show, probably half an eye if I’m being truly honest, not quite fun enough or dumb enough to be great — but th…