r/ThePittTVShow

If not, I would honestly be annoyed to be honest.

Like main cast, who would you like casted to play like teen versions of characters like Robby, Dana, Jack, Cassie ext. ext.

Maybe it's a hot take, but I genuinely feel like one of the best parts of The Pitt gets overshadowed by shipping.

This is just my personal opinion, and I'm not trying to tell anyone how they should enjoy the show or judge the way anyone engages with it. I really enjoy the memes and the fun side of the fandom too, and I completely understand why people enjoy ships.

But I feel like so many conversations end up revolving around ships like Hucklerobby, while the heart of the show gets pushed into the background.

What makes this series so special to me is the medicine, the incredibly accurate medical procedures, the heartbreaking reality of the U.S. healthcare system, the ethical dilemmas, the burnout and the emotional weight healthcare workers carry (especially after COVID). How they have to put on a mask every single day- pushing aside their own grief, exhaustion, and trauma just to keep functioning and take care of their patients.

The show also does such a powerful job portraying patients who can't afford care or insurance, impossible decisions, and the toll these situations take on everyone involved (I also really appreciated the ICE storyline, which was heartbreaking and so important). Those are the conversations I wish I saw more often.

I have so much respect for Noah Wyle, Scott Gemmill, John Wells, and everyone else involved in creating this show (and the cast ofc!!!). I feel like it's a deliberate choice that The Pitt doesn't focus much on romance. It's one of the few shows where I find myself just as invested in the medicine as I am in the characters, and I think that's a huge part of what makes it so compelling.

Again, this isn't me saying people shouldn't have fun with ships, and I don't think these things are mutually exclusive. You can enjoy the headcannons while also appreciating the show. I just wish the fandom talked more about the patients, the issues within the healthcare system, the mental health of healthcare workers and these beautifully written, incredibly complex characters.

I believe that The Pitt is giving a voice to the people who save lives every single day and stand by us on some of the hardest days of our lives. I think we owe it to them to hear that message, to keep those conversations going, and to make sure their voices don't disappear when the credits roll❤️

I've just finished Season 2 (UK based) through HBO Max as the last episode was released yesterday.

Can we get Season 3 at the same time? All the discussion threads are months old and it feels a bit late to the party to come in and discuss. Plus you can't play around with all the theories or surprises, as it's dangerous to get spoilers.

I feel I missed the community aspect of watching this!

Great show though!

Main cast, mainly the female and Whitaker, is it just me getting old or do most of them look 5-15 years younger than their actual age? What a great attractive casting really. Afterall most of them need to be playing a learners role.

Tomorrow‘s the day when Season 2’s shift happens in the universes timeline, which means within the universe, today’s is Louie’s last full day alive

Now I want to start this by saying I by no means hate santos and she really rose in my ranks of favourite characters in season 2 though Langdon has been one of my favourite characters since season 1.

I’ve seen so many people say if you like Langdon you can’t hate santos and I understand where it comes from as them being similar personalities, confident sometimes overly, brave, witty, sarcastic I understand that side.

For me how they interact with other people in the show especially in season 1 is completely different. It’s Santos first day there she knows no one, she immediately start mocking and demeaning the students that are lower rank than her, as a person that’s always been quiet in school and social settings to not draw the attention of people that would be mean like that for no reason this especially pisses me off, and continues to do so every rewatch. She immediately names Dennis and Victoria, Huckleberry and Crash, Javadi evens asks her multiple times to stop and she never does, even going as far to say things to make Javadi feel better than saying no she didn’t, like Javadi was the idiot for thinking she might of been actually nice to her like when she said she shat herself and when Javadi said really she said no.

Langdon also teases and makes fun of other people near him, Collins, Garcia and Princess to name a few, this feels different to me because they have known each other for a while at least and the other party are comfortable to give it back to him. With the new doctors/students he’s professional, mainly with Mel telling her she performed a good crike and lightly joking with her about the scurvy guy, he does says that he’s always right to Whitaker but that is also after he tells him to take a win after they saved that tonsil guy.

They are both definitely bold in their profession as well but I think people forget that Langdon is a senior and santos is very new, so when Langdon does something bold he’s backed by experience.

When santos does it it’s a direct violation of protocol, she was told multiple times she needs to present first and multiple times she doesn’t. The trigger point injection and putting bipap on the pneumothorax guy. One that does make the patient worse. She does have good ideas namely with the mdma overdose but she runs it by Mohan because she’s in the room, but she still needs to run everything by a senior resident or attending.

She also repeatedly asks to do procedures that aren’t necessary just because she wants to and sometimes in really bad situations, namely when she asked to do something on mr Milton because he’s dead seemingly acting like he’s just a cadaver for her to work on when he’s a patient that has a family that loves him that doesn’t even know he’s dead yet.

Now with the drug situation santos was absolutely right to tell Robby if she thought he might be stealing and my dislike of her and love for Langdon in season 1 has absolutely nothing to do with that. Also the way Langdon went about reprimanding her because he could see her being suspicious of him the whole day was way out of line and wildly inappropriate, he never should have done it.

Now in season 2 I like her a whole lot more because she knows her coworkers more and they can actually have a back and forth with her and she doesn’t make out of pocket requests or does things she’s not supposed to.

I know this has been long and I’m sorry about that but I literally can’t stop thinking about it every time I rewatch it and I want it out of my head and enjoy it without thinking about it when Langdon or Santos do anything.

I just finished both seasons, and overall, I really enjoyed it! It started out feeling very forced, but I quickly kept wanting to see the next episode. I’ve actually worked in an ER before as registration and admitting clerk, so while some storylines felt very familiar and like I almost knew what to predict, others felt a little unrealistic. Most notably the man who came in and was diagnosed with sepsis, intubated, maxed out on the highest vent setting, and finally his kids agreed to take him off and let him pass…despite his medical record stating he did not want that. I believe the doctor also told his kids that he may even be able to talk once he was extubated. For anyone with clinical knowledge…does this seem realistic? Would a hospital ever put someone on a life preserving machine when their medical record states they don’t want that? Would a person be able to speak to their family in their final moments if the vent was no longer able to help them? Can this whole process actually happen in a fraction of a 12 hour shift?

Why are do so some people watching the The Pitt fail to see or are confronted by that fact that medicine is inherently political, humanitarian, and universalist?

Sure it’s packaged in character driven realism and other plot devices but this is work, it has always been the work and that will never change. Healthcare as a universal right is one of the most political acts imaginable.

Any UK watchers excited for the season 2 Finale tomorrow? Feels like it's been ages since the US air date.

In season one the charge nurse Dana has a very slight southern accent that seems to be the actress’s natural voice. In season 2 she has a somewhat pronounced Pennsylvania accent that isn’t bad but feels a little forced. So far her backstory and home life havnt come up so I’m not sure why they made the change. I liked the slight southern bc it felt real that a hospital has people from all over that moved throughout life not just townies who grew up there.

This might be a silly question, but I'm in Pittsburgh this weekend for Anthrocon, and was wondering if there was any place in the city that had any kind of Pitt merch (official or otherwise) so I could pick up a fun/jokey little gift for my partner who wasn't able to join me on this trip?

They were joking about my trip to The Pitt (referring to Pittsburgh as a whole) and I would love to surprise them with something!

I’m only on ep 12 of S2 so far and I gotta say I feel like this season kinda did him dirty. Like I feel like his role this season is significantly less than season 1. He gets less screen time and less relevance . Which is fine on paper but it’s not like the other characters gets particularly more attention. Just feels equally divided.

Also I’m sure I’m not the first to say it but he feels occ and less complex than he did before. Making fun of mohan for her panic attack was so??? Robby has ALWAYS been a hard ass I get that, but he always had a good reason for it. In season 1 you could tell he just wants them to improve and help patients.

Also he’s been in healthcare for how long? Eh should probably understand that you can’t control panic attacks lmao where’s his empathy this season? When a patient died he just moved right along and did no debrief and said “he’ll be dead later too”

Like I get it. This show is aggressively human, people are complex in even small ways, and some ppl have bad days. I wouldn’t say he was butchered just written less well.

Which upsets me cause he was easily my favorite last season.

Pruitt Taylor Vince, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Malachi Beasley, Cheyenne Perez, Jeremy Radin, Charlz Williams, and Rosanny Zayas were added to the recurring cast of season 3. Details of the characters they will play are in the article.