Doctor Odyssey: Shark-Infested Waters and a Sexy New Doctor Bring Trouble Onboard in Mid-Season Trailer

No one is safe on The Odyssey!

In PEOPLE’s sneak peek of Doctor Odyssey’s two-part “Shark Attack!” event, Max (Joshua Jackson), Avery (Phillipa Soo) and Tristan (Sean Teale) navigate the perils of the high seas and the aftermath of their ménage à trois — and the resulting pregnancy.

“Look at where we are — practicing medicine on the ocean,” Max declares at the beginning of the teaser. “It’s heaven on earth, right?”

However, the idyllic dream doesn’t last long as the crew of the Odyssey are traversing shark-infested water. First Officer Spencer Monroe (Marcus Emanuel Mitchell) is seen lying on a surfboard as a shark lurks nearby before he is abruptly pulled into the water.

He is then rushed to the medical center. As Max begins to assess his condition, he says, “Level four, shark bite injury to the arm and leg.”

 “Level one injuries to the abdomen,” a new doctor (Adrianne Palicki) adds but Avery is less than welcoming, asking, “Not to be overly formal, but who are you?” 

“Dr. Brooke Lane, licensed trauma surgeon,” she responds.

Captain Robert Massey (Don Johnson) knows there is more trouble ahead, he says, “Sharks are territorial. They hold grudges. We’re moving right through their breeding waters,” as Avery knocks on Max’s door only to discover Brooke in a towel.

“Wow,” Avery says before she walks away with Max standing in the hallway.

If that wasn’t enough, the ship received a mayday call because a nearby boat “is going under quick and there are sharks in the water”

As they race to save the endangered people on the raft, the Captain realizes they could also be in harm’s way. 

“[With] water temperatures rising, sharks are faster, they’re hungrier,” he declares.

“What is that noise?” Max asks they search the open water and he peeks his head over the edge of the boat. The clip then cuts to a shark on the attack.

“It’s going to be okay, nothing bad ever happens on the Odyssey, right?” Avery concludes.

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In addition to Palicki, Paris Jackson, Charlotte Lawrence, Ava Phillippe and Rumer Willis are set to guest star on the second half of Doctor Odyssey season 1.

The show picks up after the mid-season finale, during which Avery revealed her pregnancy to Max and Tristan. In November, Soo, 34, said she was proud of the realistic — and complicated — conversation between the trio.

“It’s a perfect example of how these kinds of conversations can be messy and people don’t necessarily always say the right thing right off the bat,” she told TV Insider of Max’s logical response and Tristan’s supportive one. “But I think, especially having this conversation with the two of them, as the trio that they are, this has really opened up new territory in terms of how we talk about things and how this conversation goes.” 

She added: “I think that it’s very clear that she has this choice that she wants to make, and she’s just not sure what to do. And I think that sense of unknowing and feeling kind of frozen in a moment like that is something that a lot of women really do relate with.”