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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who's the biggest ahole tonight? Robby, Santos, or the surgeons? [/quote]
Langdon
He was aggressively sh!tty to Santos last season because she was catching on to his addiction and eventually reported him. She should have been his first apology. He was an arrogant addict and he’s arrogant in recovery, expecting her to accept his authority with no remorse on his part.[/quote]
He was also on her because she was doing reckless stuff without approval that endangered patients and not following procedure.  There was no saint in that dynamic.

And yes, she has to accept his authority regardless of anyone's personal feelings because that how the hierarchy in an ED works.

Santos was right about Langdon's drug use, but that doesn’t make her right about everything.[/quote]

Yes Santos is pushing unnecessary procedures on patients and Langdon is restraining her.  Al-Hashimi was right there and agreed with Langdon.  It's not being nice to let Santos push more invasive procedures on patients when it's not medically required and it's appropriate for Langdon to teach her restraint.  Otherwise she'll put people through unnecessary pain and recovery. [/quote]

I also read Santos' pushing for more invasive procedures as a form of hyper vigilance that is common in people who grew up in abusive or neglectful situations. She views Langdon as an unsafe person (fairly -- she barely knows him, their relationship started with him lying and gaslighting her, and she almost certainly fears retribution for her reporting him to Robby) and it's making her brain work too hard to try and keep everyone safe. Herself AND the patient.

I think this situation is on Santos AND Langdon. He really should have spoken to Santos, or maybe written her a letter or requested a meeting, prior to working a shift together. What I expect Langdon will say when he gets the chance is that Santos was right to call him out, that in the end she did him a huge favor by forcing him to deal with his addiction, and that he does not hold it against her and will never try to punish her for it. I think that's where Langdon is mentally and that he's genuinely doing the work, but Santos has not heard that yet and doesn't trust it. They need to repair via clear communication. Langdon is clearly ready for that, Santos is being avoidant, it needs to happen.[/quote]

It's also clear from Santos's conversation with Garcia that she blames Langdon for her not integrating well into the hospital, but Garcia thinks she alienated people.  And if Langdon has been gone at rehab, it's really not on him at all.

Santos has also been obsessive about her own charting when literally every other doctor has to deal with it too.  She's not coming across well this season, except when she's comforting the kids. [/quote]
It seems really unlikely that Langdon is the reason Santos hasn't integrated well. S1, she was a royal B to her colleagues, straight-up mocking Whitaker and Javadi.  Her manner with patients might be okay, but her manner to co-workers is crap.  Maybe some doctors blame her for Langdon, but I think she's totally capabale of having managed to alienate everyone on her own.  [/quote]

Agreed. But I also have empathy for her because it's clear she's not just a jerk. She does care about people, including both her colleagues and her patients, but she doesn't always know how to express it and she also *chooses* to be abrasive as a way to keep her distance from people, likely because she has major trust issues from past trauma. We know Santos was abused as a child, and we also know she has a history of cutting, and we also know that she is the sort of person who will offer Whitaker a place to stay (for free) or worry Whitaker is being taken advantage of by a patient's wife, or go to bat for underage patients when she suspects they are being mistreated, or seeing a beautiful lullaby to a baby to calm her down.

Like most people, she is a work in progress. I actually feel bad for her right now because I think she needs a friendly face and a shoulder to lean on, and the reason she doesn't have one is yes, partially her fault, but also a common outcome for abuse survivors (hi, I am one, I get it).

I actually think both Langdon or McKay could be that shoulder, as could maybe Whitaker, if Santos was willing to trust them and stop pushing them away. I am hoping by the end of this season, we will see that happen, probably with Langdon for narrative symmetry, because I think Santos deserves to have a friend a feel like a part of her community in her workplace. But she will need to meet them halfway.[/quote]

I think stopping blaming Langdon for her issues is a crucial part of Santos's growth.  It sounds like even Garcia is tired of her talking about him.[/quote]

Ok, but balance here. She shouldn't blame Langdon for ALL her issues, but it's okay for her to be mad at him for (1) stealing drugs from patients, (2) lying to her and gaslighting her about it when she astutely figured out it was happening, and (3) making her first day on this job even more traumatic than it was going to be anyway based on what else happened. Those are valid reasons for Santos to be angry at and resent Langdon, and he DOES owe her an apology and explanation. He's not the whole reason she's struggling at work, but he's also not an innocent victim here.

They need to talk to each other and both take accountability.[/quote]

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