The Pitt: 9:00PM

April 11, 2025 3:01 PM - Season 1, Episode 15

As the day shift prepares to finally head home, Robby resorts to unorthodox methods to convince the father of a critically ill teen to allow treatment.

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posted by ellieBOA (9 comments total)

Trigger warning, this week has several mentions of suicide.

Wow, what a final! Loved the post shift drinks in the park, so pleased Santos has enough heart to offer Whittaker her spare room, Langdon really made things worse for himself, love Mel even more after she pulled the energy from nowhere to give her sister her regular Friday evening, and I’m thrilled McKay didn’t get arrested.
posted by ellieBOA at 3:10 PM on April 11 [6 favorites]

I really loved the scene between Robby and Abbot on the roof. For satisfying narrative symmetry, yes, but also for the gorgeous and densely packed emotional work by Noah Wyle and Shawn Hatosy. Two characters with years of history, who just lived through one of the hardest days of their lives, who say as much with their bodies and silences as they do with their words. When I read that they filmed that scene out of continuity, before they rest of the season of was shot (or even written!), I was astonished. Just fantastic work.
posted by minervous at 4:00 PM on April 11 [11 favorites]

One thing I've liked about this show has been how little romantic drama there is and how well it's handled when it is present. Plenty of exes coming through the ER with mixed feelings, but not a lot of soap opera stuff. Hairband nurse asking out Javadi at the end of the shift after a few nice moments between them was a good end to their thread, and was sort of the perfect amount of that among all the other stuff.
posted by Rinku at 9:11 AM on April 12 [6 favorites]

^^^
posted by supermedusa at 10:42 AM on April 12

I started watching the series halfway through, just went back to the earlier episodes and during the ambulance chase betting plotline, there’s a scene where Langdon looks at the wall of sticky notes with people’s bets and his gaze lingers a little too long on the one that says ‘Langdon - Meth Head’. In retrospect his expression there is really interesting.
posted by showbiz_liz at 8:14 AM on April 14 [4 favorites]

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posted by ellieBOA at 9:54 AM on April 14

I just learned that Dr. Mel uses her mother's name (her mom was/is also an actor). She's Bryan Cranston's daughter and gor her start on Breaking Bad. Nepo blah blah, she's a gem.
posted by atomicstone at 4:04 PM on April 14 [1 favorite]

Wew well that's over.

What a show. The only thing I'd fault was that it laid on the preaching a bit too thick.
posted by fleacircus at 1:33 AM on April 20

fleacircus: "The only thing I'd fault was that it laid on the preaching a bit too thick."

Idk, I mean, the problem with most eligible U.S. voters is that they're completely, woefully, tragically uninformed. If the "preaching*" gets those people to think about something other than themselves for maybe like five minutes, I'm all for it.

*YMMV w/r/t that word. I didn't find any of it to be preachy.
posted by cooker girl at 7:19 AM on April 20 [1 favorite]