All That Is Gold Does Not Glitter

Reviving tumblr for a bit so I have somewhere to indulge in bg3

[boykavalier]

THE PITT 2.14 "8:00 P.M."

[str4wbsstuff]

“THEY GOT SHAWN HATOSY WHIMPERING AND MOANING ON THE QUINN APP!!!”

[notcraft]

Don't forget to swaddle your doctors. They might like it?

[soloorganaas]

nuzzle

[emziess]

Noah Wyle as Dr. Michael "Robby" Robinavitch The Pitt, S02E14

[timothyolyphant]

Noah Wyle as Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch THE PITT | SEASON 02, EPISODE 14

[scienceofsociopaths]

This man is tired of trying to force Robby to get some help. That is the face and expression of the person who has been trying since Covid, since Adamson, since PittFest to get his favorite person in the world to slow down and ask for some fucking help and now it's come down to the thing he's been dreading and he still doesn't know how to help.

[alpacinosgf]

[puppydogwhitaker]

that rooftop scene in the finale was actually so important.

the rooftop is the setting in the pitt where people have these big emotional beats in which they reach out and attempt to find community. this is established in season one between jack and robby. in the beginning of episode one, we see jack facing the void and turning away from it to follow robby back to safety, robby does the same with jack at the end. season two reaffirms this interpretation.

all of these women we saw on the roof were on the brink this whole season. samira was personally and professionally adrift. mel was facing her malpractice suit and sister’s independence. perlah was facing national xenophobic sentiments and the pressure of being a highly capable nurse. dana was reeling from her assault and crumbling under the pressure of her position. mckay was realizing the depths of her emotional detachment. victoria was dealing with her insecurities and lack of freedom. trinity had the situationship and the frank confrontation and the child abuse trigger and the loss of dennis’s company.

all of these women were facing a profound loneliness, a profound void, a profound lack of support. they were all alone in this all day, briefly brushing against each other in moments that chafed and soothed in equal measure.

and just like jack and robby have each other to pull them back from the edge, these women can find that with each other in the exact same spot.

the pitt uses setting very well. the peds room represents the loss and gains of family. the bathroom represents the humanity denied to healthcare works. and the roof represents the community these providers find within each other.

they all have moments where they’re correcting, snapping, or disagreeing with each other this season. samira judges cassie for talking about her lack of intimacy, victoria and trinity have a more sarcastic relationship, mel flat out said trinity has a personality disorder, dana has been short with just about everyone. but in this one moment, they band together. they process the day, feel awe and exhaustion and sadness and wonder all at the same time, all together. they build an imperfect community out of tragedies.

it’s just impeccable story telling.

[boykavalier]

THE PITT 2.15 "9:00 P.M."

[billy-crudup]

Yeah, but I’ve dealt with my demons. It’s a process. SHAWN HATOSY as JACK ABBOT in THE PITT 2.15 | 9:00 P.M.

[da-pitt]

[lissa]

abbot looking at robby | THE PITT 2.14

[lissa]

robby looking at abbot | THE PITT 2.14 (🔄)

[timothyolyphant]

THE PITT S02E15

[lissa]

That's what we're here for.

[artigas]

"everything's gonna be just fine," robby tells that baby, after a day in which he's spent fifteen hours denying that he's not fine and feeling that he's not fine and being told in no uncertain terms that he's not fine, that he needs help, but that things can get better and everything will turn out fine if he can only hold onto hope and seek help.

"you've got so many wonderful things to see," robby tells that baby, after watching a mother and her child come back from the precipice of death, literally blue and bleeding in one moment and then breathing, crying, alive the next, and being so shaken by the beauty and miracle of that experience he's literally breathless and nearly in tears as he walks out of the room afterward.

"you've got so many people to love ahead of you," Robby tells that baby, after Jack pulled him aside and made his love for his friend so abundantly clear that Jack got himself weepy in the telling of it and he hugged Robby, really hugged him, pressed him so close they were ear to ear from holding onto each other so tight. And before then, Duke has him promise to come back, ties his health and his wellbeing into Robby's promise, goes to the pitt at Robby's behest in the first place, because Duke knows it means something to his friend that he does so. And Dana loves him, cares for him enough to fight him when he's not being himself, gets so scared that he's unwell she refuses to stay silent about it. And Victoria asks Robby if he believes in her ability to get into emergency psychiatry because she values his opinion that much, because his faith in her means something. And Cassie checks in on him, too, and doesn't let exhaustion or even frustration stop her from approaching him from a place of empathy and experience as someone who knows darkness when she sees it. Robby, that kid who got abandoned by his mom when he was only eight years old, just about old enough to be in the third grade, had so many people to love ahead of him. And my god, they love him back.