The Pitt, new HBO Max show w Noah Wyle

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just finished. I liked the show a lot but I think it would be better if it were just over the course of a couple days and not hourly. It felt really unrealistic to me that anyone would not have a. Breakdown after that day. Robby being so worried people would learn that seemed silly in the context.

Any thoughts on Dr. Collins?

Have your loved ones ever suggested that you be evaluated for intrusive thoughts or obsessive disorders?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just finished. I liked the show a lot but I think it would be better if it were just over the course of a couple days and not hourly. It felt really unrealistic to me that anyone would not have a. Breakdown after that day. Robby being so worried people would learn that seemed silly in the context.

Any thoughts on Dr. Collins?

Boring. Hope she doesn’t return.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Feel like it started off super strong and then the season lost steam with the shooting and Jake storyline. They should have taken more time to establish the show and hospital before going mass casualty event, especially one tied so deeply to family trauma.

Makes me concerned next season, they’ll just go ridiculous with the storylines.

Jake was a huge mistake. There was absolutely zero believability there. And his attitude afterwards towards Robby seemed over dramatic.

I think there was a bit of a casting error there. Not that the actor was bad, but something about his face seemed both baby-faced and somehow an old man at the same time. He didn't *seem* like a kid. To sell responding in the way he did, he'd have to pull off being very young and naive -- but he looks like he's in his 40s and peeved about his mortgage. He just can't sell it the way he should.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Feel like it started off super strong and then the season lost steam with the shooting and Jake storyline. They should have taken more time to establish the show and hospital before going mass casualty event, especially one tied so deeply to family trauma.

Makes me concerned next season, they’ll just go ridiculous with the storylines.

Jake was a huge mistake. There was absolutely zero believability there. And his attitude afterwards towards Robby seemed over dramatic.

I think there was a bit of a casting error there. Not that the actor was bad, but something about his face seemed both baby-faced and somehow an old man at the same time. He didn't *seem* like a kid. To sell responding in the way he did, he'd have to pull off being very young and naive -- but he looks like he's in his 40s and peeved about his mortgage. He just can't sell it the way he should.

Agreed. The character wasn't the problem, the actor was. He was the only one I thought didn't blend seamlessly into their role. Everyone else I believe had never been anyone but their character. Jake was awkward and wooden and I couldn't have cared less about him, which I hated because I cared a lot about Dr. Robby.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I must be the only one who is meh about this. 7 episodes in and done. To me it was ER in 2025 and I loooooove ER. That is still a comfort show of mine. This was to me exactly like ER. The prob I also had is that who can go through that much intensity in an 8 he shift day in and out without a nervous breakdown?! Holy shit - it's just too much drama and heavy to watch and it's just a show for me - it lost me when it breaks down the time frame like that. I also do not believe any busy ER doc would have taken the compassion to do what Noah's character did like give the brain dead teens parents that much time to absorb his death by ordering brain scan tests and what not. I simply did not believe the stories the way h believed them on ER. It just seemed like it reflects everything wrong in todays world in that it's telling the same story as ER but for me it's a complex bore - the original was so much more compelling because it was easier somehow. This is just so complex it bored me.

I hear you. I also don’t buy that a busy ER doc would ask to attend the funeral of a kid he literally just met that day. Or sit in a room and cry like that. It felt a little like ER but different. And not as interesting. I want to see more relationship stuff.

This isn't that kind of show, so it sounds like it's not directed to you as an audience. Nothing wrong with that, of course, but all the interviews indicate this is aimed at healthcare workers (many of whom are decidedly not interested in the drama and relationship stuff in medical shows), and it has really hit home for them.

It's different from pretty much all other medical shows. Some people who like other medical shows will like it, but some won't. That is sort of by design.

[Anonymous]

I liked Dr Collins. She was more reserved and had good boundaries. All the characters felt like real people. Some we learned more about. Other main cast will probably be revealed in future seasons. Like the Bear.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just watched this and was surprised by how much I enjoyed it (I loved St Elsewhere and ER, and assumed this would be a poor imitator). I really liked the hour by hour format, and foubd the show to feel more “real,” and therefore I found myself surprisingly emotional, than a lot of other medical dramas.

I agree with the posters who said that the show did a good job of integrating the memory of covid and how it does affected and/or still affects the medical staff, without making it all about that. I also liked how many of the character background pieces were implied but not overt- Dr Abbott’s combat experience, Dr Roby’s relationship with Jesse, Dr Langdon’s kid on austism spectrum (I’m inferring that one).

Of course I could come up with critiques but overall I found this well done and enjoyable to watch.

A question for those with medical knowledge - were the med students the only doctors who were there but did not necessarily have an interest in emergency medicine as their specialty, I guess I’m asking if they were there simply as one of many “required” rotations and the rest of the doctors had selected ER medicine as their specialty? I liked the (24 hr, haha) ark of Dr Mohan’s character, but wasn’t sure why she chose an ER residency in the first place.

Senior medical students (4th year of medical school) would have made the deliberate choice to spend that time in the ED as opposed to somewhere else. It's like electives at university. They might or might not be intending to do emergency medicine in the long run, but they would have selected the ED for the extra time.

All the residents of various years (intern year and up) would be there in planning to become emergency medicine physicians.

The third year medical students would be the only ones who were assigned there without choice. That would be Javadi, in this case.

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The ED attendings: Robby/Rabinovitch (also chief of the department), Abbot, Shen
The 4th year senior ED residents: Langdon, Collins, Ellis
The 3rd year ED resident: Mohan
The 2nd year ED residents: McKay, King
The 1st year ED resident: Santos

The 4th year med student rotating through, who chose to do more ED time: Whittaker
The 3rd year med student rotating through, who is assigned as part of core curriculum: Javadi

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I must be the only one who is meh about this. 7 episodes in and done. To me it was ER in 2025 and I loooooove ER. That is still a comfort show of mine. This was to me exactly like ER. The prob I also had is that who can go through that much intensity in an 8 he shift day in and out without a nervous breakdown?! Holy shit - it's just too much drama and heavy to watch and it's just a show for me - it lost me when it breaks down the time frame like that. I also do not believe any busy ER doc would have taken the compassion to do what Noah's character did like give the brain dead teens parents that much time to absorb his death by ordering brain scan tests and what not. I simply did not believe the stories the way h believed them on ER. It just seemed like it reflects everything wrong in todays world in that it's telling the same story as ER but for me it's a complex bore - the original was so much more compelling because it was easier somehow. This is just so complex it bored me.

I hear you. I also don’t buy that a busy ER doc would ask to attend the funeral of a kid he literally just met that day. Or sit in a room and cry like that. It felt a little like ER but different. And not as interesting. I want to see more relationship stuff.

This isn't that kind of show, so it sounds like it's not directed to you as an audience. Nothing wrong with that, of course, but all the interviews indicate this is aimed at healthcare workers (many of whom are decidedly not interested in the drama and relationship stuff in medical shows), and it has really hit home for them.

It's different from pretty much all other medical shows. Some people who like other medical shows will like it, but some won't. That is sort of by design.

I disagree. They actually have started showing some glimpses of relationships - Javadi and Mateo. Santos and Garcia? I think they will be moving towards that in the future.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just watched this and was surprised by how much I enjoyed it (I loved St Elsewhere and ER, and assumed this would be a poor imitator). I really liked the hour by hour format, and foubd the show to feel more “real,” and therefore I found myself surprisingly emotional, than a lot of other medical dramas.

I agree with the posters who said that the show did a good job of integrating the memory of covid and how it does affected and/or still affects the medical staff, without making it all about that. I also liked how many of the character background pieces were implied but not overt- Dr Abbott’s combat experience, Dr Roby’s relationship with Jesse, Dr Langdon’s kid on austism spectrum (I’m inferring that one).

Of course I could come up with critiques but overall I found this well done and enjoyable to watch.

A question for those with medical knowledge - were the med students the only doctors who were there but did not necessarily have an interest in emergency medicine as their specialty, I guess I’m asking if they were there simply as one of many “required” rotations and the rest of the doctors had selected ER medicine as their specialty? I liked the (24 hr, haha) ark of Dr Mohan’s character, but wasn’t sure why she chose an ER residency in the first place.

Senior medical students (4th year of medical school) would have made the deliberate choice to spend that time in the ED as opposed to somewhere else. It's like electives at university. They might or might not be intending to do emergency medicine in the long run, but they would have selected the ED for the extra time.

All the residents of various years (intern year and up) would be there in planning to become emergency medicine physicians.

The third year medical students would be the only ones who were assigned there without choice. That would be Javadi, in this case.

----------

The ED attendings: Robby/Rabinovitch (also chief of the department), Abbot, Shen
The 4th year senior ED residents: Langdon, Collins, Ellis
The 3rd year ED resident: Mohan
The 2nd year ED residents: McKay, King
The 1st year ED resident: Santos

The 4th year med student rotating through, who chose to do more ED time: Whittaker
The 3rd year med student rotating through, who is assigned as part of core curriculum: Javadi

You have way too much time on your hands.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just finished. I liked the show a lot but I think it would be better if it were just over the course of a couple days and not hourly. It felt really unrealistic to me that anyone would not have a. Breakdown after that day. Robby being so worried people would learn that seemed silly in the context.

Any thoughts on Dr. Collins?

Boring. Hope she doesn’t return.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just finished. I liked the show a lot but I think it would be better if it were just over the course of a couple days and not hourly. It felt really unrealistic to me that anyone would not have a. Breakdown after that day. Robby being so worried people would learn that seemed silly in the context.

Any thoughts on Dr. Collins?

Have your loved ones ever suggested that you be evaluated for intrusive thoughts or obsessive disorders?

NP. We are all here to discuss various aspects of the show. Feel free to move on if you don’t like the current topic of discussion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I must be the only one who is meh about this. 7 episodes in and done. To me it was ER in 2025 and I loooooove ER. That is still a comfort show of mine. This was to me exactly like ER. The prob I also had is that who can go through that much intensity in an 8 he shift day in and out without a nervous breakdown?! Holy shit - it's just too much drama and heavy to watch and it's just a show for me - it lost me when it breaks down the time frame like that. I also do not believe any busy ER doc would have taken the compassion to do what Noah's character did like give the brain dead teens parents that much time to absorb his death by ordering brain scan tests and what not. I simply did not believe the stories the way h believed them on ER. It just seemed like it reflects everything wrong in todays world in that it's telling the same story as ER but for me it's a complex bore - the original was so much more compelling because it was easier somehow. This is just so complex it bored me.

I hear you. I also don’t buy that a busy ER doc would ask to attend the funeral of a kid he literally just met that day. Or sit in a room and cry like that. It felt a little like ER but different. And not as interesting. I want to see more relationship stuff.

This isn't that kind of show, so it sounds like it's not directed to you as an audience. Nothing wrong with that, of course, but all the interviews indicate this is aimed at healthcare workers (many of whom are decidedly not interested in the drama and relationship stuff in medical shows), and it has really hit home for them.

It's different from pretty much all other medical shows. Some people who like other medical shows will like it, but some won't. That is sort of by design.

I disagree. They actually have started showing some glimpses of relationships - Javadi and Mateo. Santos and Garcia? I think they will be moving towards that in the future.

I mean, of course they speak to each other and have some level of relationship. This is not a show about robots. But it's never going to be designed around that primarily, a'la Grey's Anatomy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just watched this and was surprised by how much I enjoyed it (I loved St Elsewhere and ER, and assumed this would be a poor imitator). I really liked the hour by hour format, and foubd the show to feel more “real,” and therefore I found myself surprisingly emotional, than a lot of other medical dramas.

I agree with the posters who said that the show did a good job of integrating the memory of covid and how it does affected and/or still affects the medical staff, without making it all about that. I also liked how many of the character background pieces were implied but not overt- Dr Abbott’s combat experience, Dr Roby’s relationship with Jesse, Dr Langdon’s kid on austism spectrum (I’m inferring that one).

Of course I could come up with critiques but overall I found this well done and enjoyable to watch.

A question for those with medical knowledge - were the med students the only doctors who were there but did not necessarily have an interest in emergency medicine as their specialty, I guess I’m asking if they were there simply as one of many “required” rotations and the rest of the doctors had selected ER medicine as their specialty? I liked the (24 hr, haha) ark of Dr Mohan’s character, but wasn’t sure why she chose an ER residency in the first place.

Senior medical students (4th year of medical school) would have made the deliberate choice to spend that time in the ED as opposed to somewhere else. It's like electives at university. They might or might not be intending to do emergency medicine in the long run, but they would have selected the ED for the extra time.

All the residents of various years (intern year and up) would be there in planning to become emergency medicine physicians.

The third year medical students would be the only ones who were assigned there without choice. That would be Javadi, in this case.

----------

The ED attendings: Robby/Rabinovitch (also chief of the department), Abbot, Shen
The 4th year senior ED residents: Langdon, Collins, Ellis
The 3rd year ED resident: Mohan
The 2nd year ED residents: McKay, King
The 1st year ED resident: Santos

The 4th year med student rotating through, who chose to do more ED time: Whittaker
The 3rd year med student rotating through, who is assigned as part of core curriculum: Javadi

You have way too much time on your hands.

You should learn what cut-and-paste means. Catch up to 2025.

[Anonymous]

I am going to double down on my prior wish that the next season focus on Collins and nothing but Collins for every minute of every hour, including food and bathroom breaks, and extend it into hoping that the additional 9 hours of the day after she finishes her shift are also filmed, even though they will probably be in a bed with lights off. Only in this way will we achieve the full cycle of Collins that I feel we are owed due to her being called away prematurely during Season 1. Also then maybe the people who don’t like her will stop watching and leave this thread so they will no longer litter this thread with their churlish comments about a perfectly good character who adds emotional depth to the series.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am going to double down on my prior wish that the next season focus on Collins and nothing but Collins for every minute of every hour, including food and bathroom breaks, and extend it into hoping that the additional 9 hours of the day after she finishes her shift are also filmed, even though they will probably be in a bed with lights off. Only in this way will we achieve the full cycle of Collins that I feel we are owed due to her being called away prematurely during Season 1. Also then maybe the people who don’t like her will stop watching and leave this thread so they will no longer litter this thread with their churlish comments about a perfectly good character who adds emotional depth to the series.

Do you know how idiotic you sound? We are talking about a fictional character. Have your loved ones had you evaluated for obsessive thoughts regarding fictional characters? Go back to the White Lotus thread please.