Doctor Odyssey is all in.

Although Avery is not pregnant as Episode 14 disclosed, Max remains unwavering in his dedication to building a life with her. It was only through the guidance of his elder twin, Merill, portrayed by Jackson as well, that he came to this realization.

In this week’s episode of the best new show on ABC, Max uses “Crew Week” — a one week reprieve from the unending parade of themed cruisegoers — to visit home and see his brother and his neices, also a set of twins! While in town, he secretly interviews for a job at a local hospital — a ship manned by an old high school friend played by Mike O’Malley — feeling like it may finally be time to settle down. Which, to be fair, he does want, it’s just the “who” he wants to settle down with that presents an issue.

After stepping in and saving a teenager while waiting for his interview to start, Max decides that while there is so much good work he could do as the chief of internal medicine at this hospital, it’s not who he is or what he wants out of life. It’s actually a speech given by Merill that reminds Max that there is nothing wrong with being on different paths, even unconventional ones like doctoring on a cruise ship and trying to turn a threesome into a duo. Actually, Max doesn’t get into the Avery stuff with Merill but it’s safe to say she was on his mind.

Back on The Odyssey, Avery and Tristan (Sean Teale_ are left to monitor the crew, which (surprise, surprise) are in need of medical intervention. After a large piece of machinery falls on Rosie’s (Jacqueline Toboni) foot, breaking the appendage and leaving her with a nasty case of compartment syndrome — a buildup of pressure around the muscles after a traumatic incident — Avery is desperate to get Rosie to agree to surgery. The procedure, a fasciotomy, would simply see Avery and Tristan making incisions to relieve the pressure, but Rosie is hesitant to have them cut her open without Max on board. Fair enough, but an amputation could be the treatment if the case progresses so thankfully Avery and Tristan are able to talk her into the more routine surgery.

Elsewhere, Avery and Spence (Marcus Emanuell Mitchell) share a moment and confirm they once had a fling on The Odyssey, but the scene is cut short as Avery notices he’s walking without putting pressure on one of his legs. A disturbing sign for someone who was bit by a shark just weeks ago, she hauls him to the infirmary where an CT reveals a parasitic infection in his body, potentially caused by undercooked pork. On that note, I won’t be eating anything from any place ever again.

Just as Avery and Tristan are fighting about how to treat Spence’s infection, Max arrives back on The Odyssey, more determined than ever to win over the girl. For that to happen, however, he realizes he has to trust her, which requires giving her the leash to run Spence’s treatment as the lead. It’s sweet but complicated because she is headed off to medical school shortly and relationships where one person is in a pressure cooker always tend to do well, right?

Alas, the episode ends with Max confessing that he is all in for Avery and that she is the one he wants to be with, no matter what. It’s an awkward moment for her, however, as Tristan made a similar confession earlier in the episode. Is it cliché to guess that she’s going to choose herself? We will just have to wait and see until Episode 16 airs on ABC next Thursday, April 24.

The first 15 episodes of Doctor Odyssey are currently streaming on Hulu and Disney+.