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A GHOST STORY 2017 — dir. David Lowery
I need to see it again to pinpoint the details but I really like how the opening scene of obsession (2026) is Bear practicing his confession with a diner waitress... like already you have a woman (who is not Nikki) fulfilling the role for her, saying the response she thinks Bear would like to hear, but the moment this woman gives her own opinion, offering genuine advice to Bear (something along the lines of buying Nikki something she likes, like her favorite candy, flowers, etc)... Bear disregards it... but then ends up using Ian's recommendation from this same conversation (calling Nikki "Freaky Nikki")... like god its all already right there
One thing about Obsession (2026) that I enjoyed was that it almost asks you to feel empathy for the entity possessing Nikki as well as the real one. Like, obviously the things she's doing are horrific and fucked up, but I think the scene where Bear is asking her to "just be Nikki!" and she eventually just desperatly screams "I can't be Nikki!" does a really good job of showcasing the entity's inner feelings. She's been created with the sole purpose of loving this guy more than anyone else but no matter how perfect it is or how much he claims to love her, its not her that he loves, its Nikki. And any time she stops pretending to be Nikki, he reacts (albeit rightfully) with disgust and horror. She can't be Nikki because Nikki would never love Bear, and so Bear will never love her.
the pitt s2e12
three things can be true:
Langdon's behaviour towards Santos in s1 was inexcusable, and he owes her an apology which she is not obligated to accept
Santos needs to be able to conduct herself professionally when working alongside him in front of patients regardless
Garcia was out of line for the manner in which she reprimanded Santos publicly, though she was right to draw a line in the sand
"omg baran switched up on langdon she must hate addicts" okay so imagine its your first day working the attending shift at this ER you've never been to before. and your co-attending, who has thus far ignored all your attempts to reach out for more info about the ED, is now also blowing you off all day whenever you try to do your job. like at this point there are like 500 things that he has not told you about that you've had to find out by yourself. and now imagine that you hear about a senior resident returning to work after rehab and being proud of him for returning and recognizing your co-attending is being a huge dick to him so yeah maybe youre a little overprotective of the guy. and then you later have to find out by yourself that two of your soon to be residents completely hate each other (or at least, trinity hates frank), and so you ask the senior resident why that is. and he tells you "ehhh i guess i was kind of a dick to her once." and because hes a senior resident you believe him, only to later have to find out via eavesdropping that no, he wasnt just "a dick" he actually systemically gaslit this (at the time) intern who was just trying to do her job. and THEN when you approach your co-attending about this and ask why you hadn't been informed about the tensions between these two, you THEN have to find out that theres animosity there because SHE WAS THE ONE WHO REPORTED HIM FOR STEALING DRUGS, and while your mind is still reeling with the fact that a reporting party and a reported party should not have ever been scheduled together again, you then have to realize HE STOLE DRUGS FROM THE ED??? and it feels like everything everyone in this fucking building says is a lie and you cant get a straight answer from anybody about anything. yeah I would also become a lot more guarded and defensive around langdon who, on the first day I ever met him, I found out he tampered with lifesaving patient medication and also lied to me about why another doctor didnt like him because of it.
the fact that it’s langdon’s first shift back after rehab and he’s the one picking up the supportive slack while robby’s being an unempathetic asshole… im gonna cry
him asking mel about her deposition and helping with her sister when robby had “checked in” just to walk away while she was talking… him chatting with mcckay and offering her a hug when robby had used roxie’s death as a dig against her… him reassuring dana that she did the right thing and everything will be okay after robby was on her ass for breaking some protocols to save emma… he’s back and he’s so in tune with what everyone needs and trying to be better UGH
in a way i'm glad she's gone because girl yes set your boundaries but that is joy's departure from the show - she's not coming back. it's mad how we initially were like wtf is this woman's problem? till it turned out she just hated emergency medicine and then joy kwon turned out to be one of the strongest characters in season two. in awe! goodbye my love, hope we see you again one day in the future.
you'd think they're telling her her father died instead she just got caught losing the idgaf war absolutely hysterical character
fandom misogyny is one of those things where you notice it and youre like "wow thats terrible!" and then you just keep noticing it over and over until the end of time and youre sitting there saying "hey is anybody gonna talk about this" and everybody says "no" and then goes "haha isnt it funny how this mlm ship is so popular even though these characters dont have much screen time? especially compared to a wlw ship between the main characters haha!" and it makes you want to peel all your skin off
Santos telling Whitaker she's mad about Langdon being an asshole and that being what Langdon apologizes for (being an asshole) in his sincere but not good apology. her projecting about him potentially relapsing while she's on the verge of her own relapse of self-harm. oh, Santos and Langdon parallel arcs are so good when people aren't trying to tell you one is totally wrong and one is totally correct. luckily for us the writers know that yay
i’m SO glad somebody said it bc every time i see someone talk abt santos i think about alicent
trinity santos is such a beautiful, nuanced, important character that it honestly makes me sad when people can't see it.
she continues to be great representation for so many who are struggling. for people who don't see themselves represented in a realistic way very often. she has clear hurts, traumas, scars, and it does not define her. she's a capable doctor, she's intelligent, she's kind.
yes, she is kind, extremely so. she has very clear, strong morals and sense of justice. no, she's not always 'nice', but nice and kind are different things. she took in a homeless man despite her trauma involving men. she didn't let a suicidal patient slip through the cracks, was the only one to notice and comfort him. she didn't let Langdon slip through the cracks— he probably would've never gotten the help he needed if she hadn't spoken up about something she knew to be wrong.
sure, she can have a short temper, she can be irritable and snappy and sarcastic. but she never lets shit go too far. I see so many people get mad at her for ribbing Dennis over losing Mr Milton— she immediately after said it wasn't his fault. she made it clear she didn't think he actually killed his fucking patient.
the hate on her for talking to a goddamn baby is crazy. first of all, I cannot believe you all did not find that shit hilarious. second... the baby does not care 😭😭 the baby does not understand her 😭😭 y'know what the baby did understand? soft, soothing singing and a finger to hold.
it is so so important to me and many others to have someone like her on this show. trinity santos is an incredible character.
i get robby feels betrayed by langdon, and that's justified. but to actively make langdon feel small and have langdon second guess every medical decision he makes is such an abuse of power imo. robby is the boss but also langdon's role model. langdon thinks the world of robby, obviously, and he knows hes on robby's shitlist, probably forever. but to hear that vocalized ('i dont want you in my er'), shake up his confidence, and then made to feel extra shitty when robby essentially waits for langdon to fumble over his own words/decisions, is just mean.
robby's acting petty and normally that would be fine but he's going against his own words from last season ('this is a teaching hospital') and letting his own personal feelings get in the way of their work. that was a hard scene to watch just because everyone knows langdon knows his shit. but pressure and heartbreak is the same for everyone. but it was nice to see both mel and garcia be there for him. even though garcia's arrogant/harsh with everyone she was actually quite soft in that scene. she's always been langdon's friend so im sure she's rooting for him underneath all the sarcasm.
so much of what happened in 2x5 really sharpened robby for me. there’s a bit of a jagged, almost intentional cruelty to the way he moves this episode. from his blatant distrust of frank, to the comment about dana needing a cigarette, to almost giving a beer to louie—it all starts to feel like a deliberate sabotage of hope.
robby seems to operate under a kind of fatalistic existentialism: the belief that once you are something—an addict, a failure, a lost cause—that is all you will ever be. but the deeper truth is that he’s terrified of the alternative. because if frank can get clean and stay clean, or if dana can function without a crutch, then robby loses his greatest armor: his excuses.
he treats his own flaws as set in stone, unmovable and unavoidable. he’s decided he’s finished—fixed in place—and because of that, watching anyone attempt the grueling, unglamorous work of change feels like a personal indictment. he validates the worst impulses of those around him because their failure makes him feel safe in his brokenness. if everyone stays stuck in the mud, he doesn’t have to ask himself why he stopped trying to climb out; he doesn’t have to face the fact he’s still down there by his own design. hurting is familiar, a known quality, something robby feels he’s earned. he has fundamentally decided he is incapable of betterment and the concept of anyone else changing, growing, healing??? feels improbable! impossible, even.
it’s the same reason therapy never quite works for him, why he can’t find a therapist he likes. he doesn’t want a nice person to challenge his delusions of worthlessness; he wants a witness to his self-hatred—someone who will confirm every ugly thing he believes about himself so he can finally stop fighting the urge to give up. he hoards his mistakes like relics, blaming himself for things that aren’t even his to carry, simply because it’s easier to be a guilty man than to face the raw uncertainty of trying to heal.
knowing he sleeps with the tv on feels like another piece of the puzzle slotting into place. here is a man who the entire ED looks to for guidance, yet he is incapable of being alone with the person he is when the work stops. he gets through the day full of sounds and nonstop motion; the pitt keeps his head full so it never has to be empty.
he needs the noise the tv provides because he is paralyzed by the honesty silence forces on him. he can’t let a thought even begin to form, because if he does, the feelings start. the grief, the PTSD, the sheer weight of everything—it’s all too loud, too much. he has to keep the volume up at all times so he doesn’t have to hear himself think.
which makes his upcoming three-month sabbatical feel less like a getaway and more like a slow-motion collision. he’s a man who can’t survive a quiet evening in his own apartment, yet he’s planning to drive straight into the wilderness alone. it’s the ultimate contradiction: fleeing from himself by heading toward the only place where there’s nowhere left to hide.
it makes you wonder what it is he’s chasing. if we know the sabbatical isn’t ‘vacation’ and we know he’s spent years outrunning himself—outrunning grief, guilt, the quiet, the parts of him he doesn’t like—then what is it he’s going to find in the face of all that silence? all that time alone? nothing but the open stretch of road ahead of him?
everything robby did this ep malpractice-wise feels like he plans on not coming back or having to be held to account lol. talking to the patient’s boss, cutting through the nec fasc, stealing a beer for louie, etc. uncharacteristically reckless. and when i say lol i mean what the fuck
ppl already hating on trinity for being snappy with mel and dennis like yeah if some new authority figure came into my job and immediately questioned my competency and low key threatened me i’d probably be a little bitchy too?