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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I like to see the debate about Langdon and Santos.

I will probably get some negative reactions for saying this, but I find everything about Langdon's character written and set up to invite sympathy for him, to include that he's a good looking straight white guy with a family. I think by the rules of our culture Langdon gets a massive pass right there.

I think the show is asking us to examine that - you saw how shocked Al Hashimi was when she was told of Langdon's history (and was she even told all of it)? And the rest of the ER doesn't know.

If Langdon had tried to gaslight Dana would he still be there?

It's an interesting [b]pecking order[/b]/sociological issue and experiment.[/quote]
And this is part of what makes Langdon so bad. Medicine is hierarchical and even more so at a teaching hospital. Langdon was a superior but he also had a responsibility to teach and mentor Santos. He betrayed every aspect of his responsibility to patients, colleagues, students, and the entire system. Depriving a patient of necessary medication is incredibly serious. Magnitudes more serious than simply stealing it, as is working while high. I agree with PP above about the writing intention here. Good looking men (Langdon’s not my type but I see the appeal for many) get huge passes, especially when they are charming.

Much of the criticism Santos gets is directed at traits that people don’t tend to criticize in a man. Al-Hashimi’s response was appropriate, she’s horrified that Santos is in the position she’s in. The writers also went out of their way to show Rabi praising Santos as a good doctor, and early in the season, someone questioned her “right” to talk sh!t about something- implying she was too junior- and Rabi said she was good. Meanwhile, more than once, Rabi questions whether he wants Langdon in his ER. These are very deliberate writing choices.

Langdon’s apology to Santos was a joke, and even when she told him exactly what the problem was, he STILL did not own up to what he did and how damaging it was. Langdon’s focus is consistently on Langdon. What he lost or almost lost and what he experiences. [/quote]

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