From the standpoint of having been a Paramedic for 20 years, The Pitt is 100% spot on accurate. This is how medical people act. My biggest complaints about medical dramas is always "why are they acting like that?". Short of yelling to get someone into a room for help, voices are rarely raised. When the going gets tough, you "go core", meaning you knuckle down and take care of the problem.
Why add extra drama? You don't think someone having all the skin ripped off of their leg by a subway train is dramatic enough? You have to 'act' through it? In The Pitt the situations are the drama and the actors are The Help. That's what it's like in real life, too.
A friend who was watching said "Lol...have you ever had your ambulance stolen?". Me: "Yes..yes I have."
Lmao at “yes…yes I have.” But as someone whose dad is a medical professional, I have always hated the melodramatics of most medical dramas. To your point—the situations ARE the drama!
ER was the show that briefly made me want to be a doctor. I even went so far as to be a junior volunteer at a local hospital. Also, I had a HUGE crush on Noah Wyle.
You had me at slutty little reading glasses but kept me through “the situations are the drama and the actors are The Help.” That’s it. That’s the post. Watching The Pitt feels like getting a warm saline drip of competence in a world that’s hemorrhaging it.
Also love that it sidesteps the “Case of the Week” trap—everything overlapping, no emotional spoonfeeding, just vibes, trauma, and Dr. Robby’s perfectly timed eye crinkles. Please let me intern under SloMo. I will fetch coffees, chart vitals, reorganize the supply closet. Whatever it takes.
I'm still stuck on the fact that you haven't had a chance to experience George Clooney in his pre-fame prime but man oh man am I fan of medical dramas.
I may or may not have binged watch this show over the past three days and I am soooo sad to have made it to the end.
What started as a distraction for the end of women’s college basketball season, is now definitely an obsession & I truly do need a new episode tomorrow, if not next week.
As a former ED nurse I think this is the best medical show. It’s how EDs work. It’s how Nurses and Doctors work. One of the issues I had with ER and with Grey’s Anatomy is the nurses were an after thought.
I really loved the finale for all the reasons you've listed here. I've also been watching for work purposes (there's so much on women's representation/mothering/repro, work/family, care, and masculinity here!) and have been impressed. As someone who has watched every ER and Grey's Anatomy episode (because, GenX), The Pitt definitely joins that canon but in a fresh way. And also love Dr. Heather Collins, Mel, and Dana!
I just started The Pitt this week and have been LOVING it. I never been into medical dramas like that but this might start an obsession lol. Like you said, it’s really the ethos of the show that hooks me but the incredible acting and realistic storylines do it for me too. This is going up as one of my favorites of the year.
From the standpoint of having been a Paramedic for 20 years, The Pitt is 100% spot on accurate. This is how medical people act. My biggest complaints about medical dramas is always "why are they acting like that?". Short of yelling to get someone into a room for help, voices are rarely raised. When the going gets tough, you "go core", meaning you knuckle down and take care of the problem.
Why add extra drama? You don't think someone having all the skin ripped off of their leg by a subway train is dramatic enough? You have to 'act' through it? In The Pitt the situations are the drama and the actors are The Help. That's what it's like in real life, too.
A friend who was watching said "Lol...have you ever had your ambulance stolen?". Me: "Yes..yes I have."
Lmao at “yes…yes I have.” But as someone whose dad is a medical professional, I have always hated the melodramatics of most medical dramas. To your point—the situations ARE the drama!
ER was the show that briefly made me want to be a doctor. I even went so far as to be a junior volunteer at a local hospital. Also, I had a HUGE crush on Noah Wyle.
That is actually so cute ☺️
You had me at slutty little reading glasses but kept me through “the situations are the drama and the actors are The Help.” That’s it. That’s the post. Watching The Pitt feels like getting a warm saline drip of competence in a world that’s hemorrhaging it.
Also love that it sidesteps the “Case of the Week” trap—everything overlapping, no emotional spoonfeeding, just vibes, trauma, and Dr. Robby’s perfectly timed eye crinkles. Please let me intern under SloMo. I will fetch coffees, chart vitals, reorganize the supply closet. Whatever it takes.
“Just vibes, trauma, and Dr. Robby’s perfectly timed eye crinkles” 🤣
“slutty little reading glasses” thank you for this (that I now can’t unsee) and for articulating why I’m so, so in.
lol this is the way
I'm still stuck on the fact that you haven't had a chance to experience George Clooney in his pre-fame prime but man oh man am I fan of medical dramas.
I may or may not have binged watch this show over the past three days and I am soooo sad to have made it to the end.
What started as a distraction for the end of women’s college basketball season, is now definitely an obsession & I truly do need a new episode tomorrow, if not next week.
Why does everything have to end (both women’s college basketball and The Pitt will be back)??
It is such a good show. But how will I make it until January 2026 for next season. How?!?!!!
I need a new season to start literally this week
As a former ED nurse I think this is the best medical show. It’s how EDs work. It’s how Nurses and Doctors work. One of the issues I had with ER and with Grey’s Anatomy is the nurses were an after thought.
If the nurses love it, then I love it even more!
“So it is just really nice to watch approachably hot people who are really good at their jobs take care of people in a crisis.”
This commentary unlocked exactly why I think I was hooked by this show! That and Noah Wiley and his “slutty little reading glasses” 😂
He knows what he’s doing! 🤣
I guess it’ll be back next January too which these days is … so exciting, really!
But I need it back next WEEK 😫😫
I really loved the finale for all the reasons you've listed here. I've also been watching for work purposes (there's so much on women's representation/mothering/repro, work/family, care, and masculinity here!) and have been impressed. As someone who has watched every ER and Grey's Anatomy episode (because, GenX), The Pitt definitely joins that canon but in a fresh way. And also love Dr. Heather Collins, Mel, and Dana!
Yesss, from a family and workplace policy perspective this is a HUGELY rich text! I hope you’ll be writing about that somewhere 👀
I just started The Pitt this week and have been LOVING it. I never been into medical dramas like that but this might start an obsession lol. Like you said, it’s really the ethos of the show that hooks me but the incredible acting and realistic storylines do it for me too. This is going up as one of my favorites of the year.
The obsession is real! I need them to give us a summer season with the night shift!
Ouuu i would definitely tune in to that
Crying in British as it is the only US show that isn't available here and I have loved Noah Whyle since he was Dr Carter!