What do you think about the latest Pitt episode?
oh boy!! hm. I have no idea how detailed of an answer you want for this one but I thought it was pretty good, all things considered? Not much interesting going on with the medical cases, but lots of good character development. I mean everybody's miserable and I hate it but it's good writing. robby's spiraling and he's dragging the entire department down with him while trying to convince himself he's a martyr for refusing to let it go.
uhh, in order and most relevant to the stuff I've previously mentioned on here:
HUGE fan of the Santos/Whittaker discussion there. very glad to have confirmation that Whittaker does in fact see straight through Santos and realize how much she cares. it would suck if he thought Santos actually resented him this whole time.
between the ‘I was hoping Robby would give you some fatherly advice’ and her absolutely short-circuiting when put on the spot about being a softie, she has no hope of fooling anybody anymore. i hope Javadi never lets her live it down
also santos better ditch that scalpel because our girl is scaring me
I liked the santos/langdon development this episode too? no major revelations, more just confirmation of what had already been heavily implied. Normally I like the subtler route, but hopefully this was blunt enough finally to put an end to all the arguing.
it's a nuanced situation and I can empathize with everybody involved, which is good writing. I think a lot of it comes down to Robby's decision to cover up Langdon's stealing being a massively bad idea, even though it seemed merciful at the time.
santos has the guy she blew the whistle on reinstalled as her direct superior with zero protections from retaliation (after he spent an entire season demonstrating his willingness to leverage his position over her and gaslight her to cover up his own failings). i'd be pissed too.
langdon has no way to actually take responsibility and come clean without revealing that Robby knowingly concealed multiple felonies, which would wreck the department beyond repair. robby's made it impossible for him to prove himself and earn forgiveness in the ways they want. he's been set up to fail.
al-hashimi is supposed to be taking over the ED for three months and her predecessor didn't bother to warn her that a senior resident committed multiple felonies and they conspired to cover it up in a ruse that she will need to maintain while still mentoring everybody involved. and i thought MY job onboarding was bad.
dana is pissed that Robby made things worse for everybody through his own bad choices and now has the audacity to act like he's the victim here, when it's literally his JOB as chief to handle situations like this with grace.
anyways I'm assuming they're building to an endpoint where Dr. Al-Hashimi comes in clutch, talks things out, and finds a way for everybody to work together. she's got a lot more patience and compassion than Robby, and I think that's how they'll set her up as a capable successor. I'm DAMN sure she could've come up with a better plan than 'uh. stick langdon in triage for a couple hours?' if she had been informed of key information to begin with.
joy, beloved boundary-setting queen. sad to see you go but good for you
mohan deserves some tomatoes to throw at robby's head for the way he's treating her. mckay gets some too as a treat
santos should switch (at least partially) to the night shift. i think she'd mesh better with abbot than al-hashimi and it'd give her some space from langdon.
still holding out hope for a rouge ambulance crushing robby's bike. it's getting dark out there soon and the bike is black. i can dream.