The Pitt

[Kerrie86]

I said to my partner that it was the first TV I’d watched in a long time where I didn’t pick up my phone through a whole episode, I was that engrossed in it.

I said this too! About one episode in particular from season one, the one with Leah, Jake’s girlfriend?

 

[LaBlonde]

Has anyone followed the sheer chaos online about the character of Dr Mohan not being brought back next season? People are going nuts, writing extensive pieces about alleged misogyny and racism. It’s wild.

I like the set up of the show where cast members will come and go regularly. Like everyone, I have my favourites (hi Langdon, hi Whittaker, hi Mel… hi Abbot 🫦), but I want a good show more than anything else so if they have to be rotated out at some point to keep it fresh, so be it

yeah! it’s weird to me because in the first season they pretty much say she’s going to move on because that’s what would happen in a hospital setting anyway: she’s a third year resident right? so she’s really trying to find what she wants to specialise in and it makes sense she would then move to a different hospital or rotation. it makes the whole thing more real. i liked the character a lot but people are being so ott about it and some of the stuff being said about noah wyle in response is

as long as langdon and abbott never leave i’m good

 

[Smca53]

yeah! it’s weird to me because in the first season they pretty much say she’s going to move on because that’s what would happen in a hospital setting anyway: she’s a third year resident right? so she’s really trying to find what she wants to specialise in and it makes sense she would then move to a different hospital or rotation. it makes the whole thing more real. i liked the character a lot but people are being so ott about it and some of the stuff being said about noah wyle in response is

as long as langdon and abbott never leave i’m good

Her whole storyline on the show, from the start, has been about how the emergency department isn’t suited for her I thought they did a great job of showing how, although that isn’t where her skill set lies, she absolutely excels in another area (with the elderly). I naively thought that was a great and important storyline to include and then I read so many people kicking off online and I’m just like, are we all watching the same show here?

Yeah I say I’d be good with it but… Langdon and Abbott… maybe I would kick off online after all

 

[LaBlonde]

Oooooh, they should make a sister show where we get to see the night shift after handover!

i would love that i LOVE the night shift (especially dr shen) - they brighten things up whenever they appear.

 

[devilleil]

As a huge ER fan I loveddddd the first series. I don’t know why the second didn’t grip me as much

 

[Silverback]

What do people who’ve watched it all so far think about the Crichton estate’s legal bid against The Pitt? I’ve only seen a couple of episodes but even just that it seemed too different from ER to succeed to me

If it didn’t have the same producer/ director and lead actor they wouldn’t have a leg to stand on. The format is different as it unfolds in real time. It’s basically pretty different bar the hospital and Noah Wyle. Have you noticed they have to call it the ‘E.D’ as they’re not allowed to say ER? Lol

 

[thenewblack]

Tbf, as with everything these days, the fandom for The Pitt is weird and OTT. I’ve seen people writing smutty fan fiction about Abbott and shipping Whittaker and Dr Robby.

Did anyone see the Quinn collab Dr Abbott did? That was a stroke of genius marketing.

 

[Lotte6058]

I really enjoyed watching this, and then watching greys anatomy afterwards seemed rubbish in comparison!
I do wonder how long it would continue though with the season format of running through an entire shift. It’s a novelty and I did like it, but it feels quite limiting in terms of developing relationships (not necessarily romantic ones) as there’s so little time shown!

I completely agree. Watching the latest greys was like watching a naff American daytime soap

 

[ButtonDownTheHutches]

Has anyone followed the sheer chaos online about the character of Dr Mohan not being brought back next season? People are going nuts, writing extensive pieces about alleged misogyny and racism. It’s wild.

I like the set up of the show where cast members will come and go regularly. Like everyone, I have my favourites (hi Langdon, hi Whittaker, hi Mel… hi Abbot 🫦), but I want a good show more than anything else so if they have to be rotated out at some point to keep it fresh, so be it

That's ridiculous: didn't she recently have an episode where she discusses the various career paths she's considering and how she's working out what her next move will be? Loads of doctors do a few years in emergency before moving onto a specialism, in this country as well as in the US.

 

[thenewblack]

Oooh I was waiting for a Pitt thread! Haven’t watched the second series yet but I loved the first. I said to my partner that it was the first TV I’d watched in a long time where I didn’t pick up my phone through a whole episode, I was that engrossed in it.

Hoping to start the second series in a few days. My faves are Dr Abbot (yum), Dr Mel and Whittaker. I also like a lot of the nurses, particularly the two that speak in different languages so they can talk about everyone else! I hope Dr Santos is less annoying in the second series, she drove me mad in the first one!

 

[thenewblack]

I was thinking he would still take his sabbatical and foster the baby then, gives him three months to sort shit out

 

[cat1312]

It’s a really good documentary and pretty funny in places strangely enough.

I loved this documentary I watched it twice funny but an absolutely crazy story.

 

[Ablemabel]

mel is my favourite 🥲 (i love that bryan cranston has a mel keyring and lots of mel merch - it’s so sweet).

i was also surprised to see that it’s patrick ball’s first ever acting credit. when i first watched it i immediately googled him (because ) and he had literally one law and order thing from years ago. he’s so good as langdon.

(also, as a welsh person, amazed that the guy who plays whittaker is from barry island )

Is he?!!!!!!!

agree with you re Langdon

 

[GingerSnapped]

As a huge ER fan I loveddddd the first series. I don’t know why the second didn’t grip me as much

I think the catastrophe in the first series was more dramatic than anything that happened in the second series and there wasn’t enough Dr Mel second time around who is one of my favourites. Maybe too many characters altogether? Still enjoyed it though!

 

[under the ivy]

There’s something brewing with Santos but I can’t warm to her. Not keen on Dr Al Hashimi either, she’s in therapy for something as hinted when she made that call a few episodes back but I wonder what for.

 

[thenewblack]

I am still really loving it for sure.

Santos is right in everything she said really, but our bias towards the pretty people is strong.

I actually kind of agree with what she is saying and he should have been reported, I think it’s just the way she goes about things. There are very obvious hints dropped at previous trauma ( how she reacts to child abuse/self harm scars on her thighs) so there’s clearly a reason for the way she is but I just don’t like the way she is!

I must be the only person who doesn’t find Landgon at all attractive. His eyes creep me out.

I enjoyed this weeks episode but it needed more Abbott

 

[Silverback]

Spoiler: Baby Jane Doe

Robbie is surely going to foster this baby instead of going away

I wondered the same, but his long hours at the hospital might get in the way.

It was a good season. I must admit I did miss there being a big gnarly event like the shooting in season 1, but I enjoyed the character’s storylines and Robbie is just

 

[ButtonDownTheHutches]

I am never ever going down a water slide again.

 

[Silverback]

I don't think I'm brave enough to watch that!

It’s a really good documentary and pretty funny in places strangely enough.

 

[Fanny Muchmore]

He's also in the new Ready or Not sequel (I just finished it) but he's rather mean in it