‘s latest network offering, , brings viewers into the well-loved world of medical professionals through a unique lens, as this medical team works and lives on a cruise ship. The ABC medical drama — created by Murphy, Jon Robin Baitz and Joe Baken — stars as Max, luxury cruise ship The Odyssey’s newest and seemingly overqualified doctor. Max joins the cruise’s two long-time, skeptical nurses on the medical team, Avery ( ) and Tristan (Sean Teale).
When was first announced, the premise of mastermind Murphy’s next series was Would there be a twist in store? Would the cruise ship be not what it seems? Not until the did viewers get a synopsis and first look, and begin to understand what the prolific showrunner really had in store. Recently, when chatting with , as “a tribute to the ABC shows of my youth.” Soo, who rose to prominence playing Eliza Schuyler in the original Broadway cast of , says the decision to make her next project was easy after getting her hands on the script and knowing Murphy was steering the ship.
“I didn’t know much about the story at that point. It was very much under wraps, but I’ve always been a fan of Ryan [Murphy] and the things that he makes,” Soo told in a chat after the show premiered — and ABC’s most-watched drama series launch since 2020. “I felt like this was a world that felt fun.
It felt luxurious. It felt like something that, for me, personally, I was craving. Something that felt like really fun and inviting and en.