The Pitt, Season 2

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Anonymous wrote:what's up with the woman in hospice? I don't understand the relationship with her husband. do they like each other? does she feel bad that he has to deal with her?

I think she wants to end it/her life. She seems ready to go. They gave her that super powerful oxy pill because they thought she was being discharged and would need a bridge until her morphine drip machine was delivered to her house. She may be trying to OD on purpose. Heart breaking.

I'm not sure she isn't just going to ask to go into a residential hospice rather than hospice at home. I think she's realizing she's more comfortable having nurses care for her than her family because of the professional boundaries.

Well she also just got injured in her husband's care, despite him doing his best. She sees it's destroying him, too.

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Anonymous wrote:Glad to see things are catching up with Santos, maybe she'll be gone too next season. The AI system failing was predictable, but still good to see a rare accurate take on AI, same thing is happening where I work, the AI generates crap but the proponents won't admit it.

Still not as good as the first season, they need some overarching story lines beyond Robbie wanting to leave for vacation.

Santos is not going to be gone next season. The actress is beloved. She also has an amazing singing voice, as does her father. Not surprising as she’s part Filipina.

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My takeaways from last night (S2, 12pm):

I still like Dr Al Hashimi even though she keeps defending AI. She also is defending the malnourished prisoner and the guy back from rehab, so that’s nice.

That cancer lady is trying to end her life without telling her husband. I’m pretty sure the death doula and Dr McKay are going to help her.

Loved the focus on the nurses.

Did not need to see the hotdog eating champion guy.

New girl nurse is laying it on thick that she’s an ingenue new girl. Guess it can’t be helped.

Love Dana getting the prisoner admitted.

Sad about the law student’s mental illness.

Love the nurse giving better suturing instructions that the doctor.

“May his memory be a blessing”. Yes indeed.

Santos apparently didn’t know that charts are part of being a doctor. Her taking 5 hour energy is not a good sign.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what's up with the woman in hospice? I don't understand the relationship with her husband. do they like each other? does she feel bad that he has to deal with her?

I think she wants to end it/her life. She seems ready to go. They gave her that super powerful oxy pill because they thought she was being discharged and would need a bridge until her morphine drip machine was delivered to her house. She may be trying to OD on purpose. Heart breaking.

I'm not sure she isn't just going to ask to go into a residential hospice rather than hospice at home. I think she's realizing she's more comfortable having nurses care for her than her family because of the professional boundaries.

I agree with this take. When Princess came in to help her with the bedpan and they had the conversation about how Princess handles her job, it was really telegraphing the benefits of having a professional caregiver over a family member. Princess (or a hospice worker) has done this a million times before. She is not grossed out by the bodily fluids or surprised or stressed by the pain. She can do things efficiently and correctly, the first time. And then her caregiving ends, and she gets off shift and goes home and watches Love Island so she can come back on her next shift recharged.

A spouse, with young kids, caring for his dying wife can't do any of that. He's learning all of it for the first time. He makes mistakes. He gets tired and there's no one to relieve him. He's also emotionally attached to the person he's caring for in a way a nurse is appropriately not, he's essentially already grieving, plus trying to help their kids through it. It's a nightmare, and watching that as you suffered in pain and knowing you were dying would be incredibly guilt inducing.

If you've ever been hospitalized with a serious injury or illness, you get this. I remember being discharged after a hospital stay and watching my DH get the medication instructions and looking overwhelmed. Meanwhile I'm still on meds and in pain and have to rely on him. It's hard, and that was just for post-op on a surgery to fix a non-life-threatening problem. To go through that with stage 4 cancer for seven years? My heart breaks for people in that situation. I totally get why she'd be opting for hospice care but also how hard it would be for her husband to accept that choice. It's just a thorny, emotionally-fraught situation. I thought the show handled it really well.

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Anonymous wrote:I can’t believe they did not wear masks for the poop scooping! That’s totally unrealistic!

Or goggles/face shield.

It looked like school cafeteria chocolate pudding.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel like they’re foreshadowing something is going to happen to Robbi when he leaves for sabbatical like they’re going to have an incoming for a motorcycle accident and it’s going to be him, but then he wouldn’t have a main role in the next season so maybe I’m reading too much into it.

I think something bad is going to happen to the young nurse… maybe the prisoner escapes and gets to her.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel like they’re foreshadowing something is going to happen to Robbi when he leaves for sabbatical like they’re going to have an incoming for a motorcycle accident and it’s going to be him, but then he wouldn’t have a main role in the next season so maybe I’m reading too much into it.

I think something bad is going to happen to the young nurse… maybe the prisoner escapes and gets to her.

He doesn’t seem like he is in any condition? And also, broken jaw or whatnot.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel like they’re foreshadowing something is going to happen to Robbi when he leaves for sabbatical like they’re going to have an incoming for a motorcycle accident and it’s going to be him, but then he wouldn’t have a main role in the next season so maybe I’m reading too much into it.

I think something bad is going to happen to the young nurse… maybe the prisoner escapes and gets to her.

It's not that kind of show. It's not Law & Order or some true crime melodrama.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel like they’re foreshadowing something is going to happen to Robbi when he leaves for sabbatical like they’re going to have an incoming for a motorcycle accident and it’s going to be him, but then he wouldn’t have a main role in the next season so maybe I’m reading too much into it.

I think something bad is going to happen to the young nurse… maybe the prisoner escapes and gets to her.

It's not that kind of show. It's not Law & Order or some true crime melodrama.

Agree. More likely she steps up in an unexpected way. That's the trope in shows like this.

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Robby was asking for his friend Duke. Needless unless part of story.

So much foreshadowing about motorcycle accident for Duke or Robby. Or both!

I’d be so disappointed if there was a “one of their own” hurt nonsense if Robby or Duke ends up as ER patient.

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Obsessed with this show (season 1, particularly) though find it works better/I'm happier to watch several episodes in a row instead of one at a time. Notice there are moments when you get in an important update in 1 sentence and if you miss it, out of luck. For example, disappointed that Dr. Collins didn't return (and audience is told in a sentence what happened.) Same with some other things. The power imbalance of Dr. Santos and Dr. [don't know her name] should be interesting, as well if there are official/unofficial rules re: dating or whatever this is (this, from a person who spoke up when someone else broke rules.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what's up with the woman in hospice? I don't understand the relationship with her husband. do they like each other? does she feel bad that he has to deal with her?

I think she wants to end it/her life. She seems ready to go. They gave her that super powerful oxy pill because they thought she was being discharged and would need a bridge until her morphine drip machine was delivered to her house. She may be trying to OD on purpose. Heart breaking.

I'm not sure she isn't just going to ask to go into a residential hospice rather than hospice at home. I think she's realizing she's more comfortable having nurses care for her than her family because of the professional boundaries.

In think there is something else there. She doesn’t seem to like her husband very much.

[Anonymous]

think something else, too - she wants to tell people she's scared of him or he's after life insurance or something and dr. mckay 'knows' - woman wants nurses alone to communicate

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Anonymous wrote:think something else, too - she wants to tell people she's scared of him or he's after life insurance or something and dr. mckay 'knows' - woman wants nurses alone to communicate

Again, this is not Law & Order. She sees how much it's taking out of him to provide substandard care, and this had been going on for years. Residential hospice would be easier on both of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:what's up with the woman in hospice? I don't understand the relationship with her husband. do they like each other? does she feel bad that he has to deal with her?

I think she wants to end it/her life. She seems ready to go. They gave her that super powerful oxy pill because they thought she was being discharged and would need a bridge until her morphine drip machine was delivered to her house. She may be trying to OD on purpose. Heart breaking.

I'm not sure she isn't just going to ask to go into a residential hospice rather than hospice at home. I think she's realizing she's more comfortable having nurses care for her than her family because of the professional boundaries.

I agree with this take. When Princess came in to help her with the bedpan and they had the conversation about how Princess handles her job, it was really telegraphing the benefits of having a professional caregiver over a family member. Princess (or a hospice worker) has done this a million times before. She is not grossed out by the bodily fluids or surprised or stressed by the pain. She can do things efficiently and correctly, the first time. And then her caregiving ends, and she gets off shift and goes home and watches Love Island so she can come back on her next shift recharged.

A spouse, with young kids, caring for his dying wife can't do any of that. He's learning all of it for the first time. He makes mistakes. He gets tired and there's no one to relieve him. He's also emotionally attached to the person he's caring for in a way a nurse is appropriately not, he's essentially already grieving, plus trying to help their kids through it. It's a nightmare, and watching that as you suffered in pain and knowing you were dying would be incredibly guilt inducing.

If you've ever been hospitalized with a serious injury or illness, you get this. I remember being discharged after a hospital stay and watching my DH get the medication instructions and looking overwhelmed. Meanwhile I'm still on meds and in pain and have to rely on him. It's hard, and that was just for post-op on a surgery to fix a non-life-threatening problem. To go through that with stage 4 cancer for seven years? My heart breaks for people in that situation. I totally get why she'd be opting for hospice care but also how hard it would be for her husband to accept that choice. It's just a thorny, emotionally-fraught situation. I thought the show handled it really well.

This. I totally get it. I'm not dying (I hope), but I have a chronic illness that has become severe for past 6 mos. At home, DH manages my needs and kids. I love him for how much he does. But as much as I hate that I now go to the hospital monthly for treatments, one relief is the nurses are so efficient and matter of fact. It's the only time I don't feel like a failure to my kids or a burden to him

I don't mean to compare myself to someone with terminal cancer...but this story line really resonates.