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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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. [/quote]

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

It[b]'s not that kind of show. It's not Law & Order or some true crime melodram[/b]a.[/quote]

You don't know that.[/quote]

Yes, I do. If you listen or read interviews with the creators of the show, you understand they are really seeking to show a realistic portrayal of what it's like to work in a healthcare environment like this post-Covid. Also, for legal reasons, they need to distinguish the show from ER (which was more realistic than other medical shows of the era but still pretty soapy and featured plot lines like a nurse from the ED winding up there after a suicide attempt and lots of dramatic romantic entanglements). The shows creators, including Noah Wyle, are being sued by Michael Crichton's estate on the theory that the Pitt is an ER reboot which Crichton's widow refused to okay. So they have a very good reason to avoid going in a more soapy, melodramatic direction -- it helps them show that the DNA of the show is distinct from ER and therefore not an IP violation.[/quote]
His estate wanted an outrageous amount for a Carter sequel. I’m sure they’re pissed to be missing out on the success of The Pitt. Hospital based shows , whether more realistic or less, all have a lot in common. His estate is going to lose because you could pick any young doctor and he could evolve into Rabi. There is nothing unique in him that is Carter. You could characterize plenty of the storylines we’ve already seen as melodramatic. ERs are a mix of the mundane (fecal impaction) and the dramatic (remember last year’s organ donation plotline?).

I can see the hospice patient story going either way. Maybe she is wracked with guilt, and tired of trying to put on a happier face for her husband and family. I also felt like there were subtle signs of fear. Women with chronic illness are at great risk of abandonment and abuse. The Pitt might be telling that story. I think one of the things the Pitt does really well is give us the eyes of the staff as evaluators. There’s less lionization and more willingness to let us see them as fallible and uncertain at times. Maybe they want us to be a bit unsure about this patient. [/quote]

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