The Pitt Season 2 Episode 2 Review: ‘8:00 A.M.’ Doesn’t Let Us Down

The Pitt Season 2 Episode 2 ‘8:00 A.M.’ is another excellent hour of television. During this second hour of this 4th of July shift, the big stories are (rightly) just beginning to unfold. So far, the abandoned baby and the strange reaction Dr. Al-Hashimi had to her at the end of Episode 1 remain mysteries. What we know for sure, however, is that the addition of some new hospital staff is causing tension with the established team. Dr. Al and Dr. Robby continue to butt heads — we don’t think that’s going to change at any point. Additionally, this second hours now sees Javadi knocking Ogilvie’s ego down a peg or two (or three, or four…). So, with all this infighting, the more touching moments that this series does so well are more welcome than ever. (And just as good, if not better.)

That human element, however, is at risk of being lost. As anyone who’s had the misfortune of winding up in an emergency room or — God forbid — attempting to establish care with a new primary care provider knows, the healthcare system is overwhelmed. There are not enough doctors, not enough nurses, and an endless stream of people who need their help. The system is broken, and instead of doing a plethora of things that would actually help — making education more accessible and affordable regardless of background, dealing with burnout, protecting healthcare workers (and each other!) from communicable diseases, hiring more healthcare workers and paying them well…etc. — we’re in a world where the people with the money to do something can’t be bothered to care.

Enter Dr. Al-Hashimi with a proposal that’s well-meaning, yet dangerous and incredibly foolish. In The Pitt Season 2 Episode 2, she introduces the medical students (and Dr. Whitaker) to an app that will record and summarize a patient’s exam to cut down on charting time. (In a move that, in hindsight, seems manipulative, she also welcomes Dr. Langdon back and offers him to stay with her and the sweet patient she demonstrates on…but he cares more about Mel. And so should everyone.) So, let’s get our assessment of this “solution” out of the way before we dive into the rest of the episode: It sounds great! But no, it’s not.

Dr. Whitaker notices the error in the chart — Linda Stevens doesn’t take an antipsychotic; she takes a medicine that helps her sleep. Mixing up what medications a patient takes can kill them. Drug interactions, side effects, and mismanaging the conditions those drugs treat in the first place all come to mind. So, Dr. Al-Hashimi admits that doctors will have to carefully check the app’s work…which means spending time on those corrections that could’ve just been spent doing the work instead of taking a shortcut. Furthermore, doctors aren’t getting out of their shifts earlier just because they spend less time charting. There have been plenty of actually useful advances over the years, but none of them are going to ever fix the systemic, people-based, issues. Corporate bosses will just try to use their AI as an excuse to cut more people — more employees they have to pay — out of the equation.

And, spoiler alert: It won’t work. Without people, there’s no healthcare. In The Pitt Season 2 Episode 2 alone, Dr. Mohan offers to provide gloves to a nun who volunteers with the unhoused so she can try to avoid getting another gonorrhea infection. Something that’s trained to just summarize data and spit out rational, statistically-likely information will never do that. Because the people training it do not care.

Also in the ‘8:00 A.M.’ hour, Dr. Whitaker has to notify a patient with Alzheimer’s that her husband is dead — I believe I counted three times! AI will never offer the quiet compassion he does, trying to gently explain what happened and (during the first notification) holding her hand in both of his. Then, there’s Mr. Digby. You need people who will see someone like him as a person and not “remove cast, discharge patient.” And you need someone like Mel to…teach someone like Dr. Langdon how to treat someone like Mel, actually. I could continue forever, but Joy actually says it best: “AI. Almost Intelligent.”

MORE: Don’t miss our roundtable, where we discussed the moments that made us fall in love with The Pitt characters in Season 1.

“You know, I’m glad you’re back.”

The Pitt Season 2 Episode 2 brings back one of the most touching, yet most surprising, partnerships from Season 1 — and at just the right time. As we’ve seen in the short time since his return to the hospital, Dr. Langdon doesn’t quite fit anymore. Robby, who he used to be close to, is not at all interested in listening to him. (To say the least.) And the reunion with Dana was stunted, cautious. But when Mel needs him, he immediately leaves Dr. Al-Hashimi’s slop foolery AI demonstration, and it’s suddenly like no time has passed. Indeed, there’s even a moment to reference “an inside thing” of theirs, centered around Mel not quite understanding jokes but laughing once he points out he’s made one — this time, through the tiniest little insistent/encouraging expression from Patrick Ball’s Langdon — in front of Dana.

Some viewers might believe that 10 months apart, after only knowing each other for one nightmarishly-chaotic day, wouldn’t be enough to make these two people remember things like “Captain Scurvy” and “ER can be a little bright and noisy.” But, consider this: First off, these are two people who, because of their jobs, need to have exceptional memories. Second, on a personal note, the things that matter — the people who matter — are more likely to stick with you. (Not a guarantee, just more likely.) Even if you don’t have perfect recall, a little reminder can bring those memories back to the surface as if no time has passed at all. Here we are.

Mel very clearly enjoyed her time working with Dr. Langdon and even looked up to him. He was kind to her after a particularly tough case and even started to get her enough to know that offering her a task like picking pieces of gravel out of a wound would help center her. Not to mention, nothing we’ve seen in these two hours indicates that she made that kind of connection — or any connection, really — with anyone else at the hospital. So, it’s not difficult to imagine her thinking about that day, and that person who somehow managed to truly see her, during the time that’s passed.

For Dr. Langdon, Dr. King was a bright spot in an otherwise dark day. She clearly impressed him with her “different approach” to his autistic patient — a moment that Ball played extremely well last season — and by simply being that sensitive, unique person so many of us adore. Frank’s spent the better (probably worse) part of a year dealing with himself, and part of that would be recognizing that one of his closest relationships (with Dr. Robby) may be ruined forever because of his behavior in active addiction. But then, there’s this person he was just getting to know, a new student who was eager to learn, who managed to surprise him and teach him something new about patient care. Not only would that, possibly, be a good memory to hold onto to get him through it, but he’d also have to consider how his actions may have hurt her.

…and that brings us back to The Pitt Season 2 Episode 2. Much like in the season premiere, a moment alone with one of the people he harmed leads to quiet, vulnerable moment for making amends. This time, though, it’s not about what Langdon did so much as what that addiction caused him to be unable to do. There’s something really beautiful about how Taylor Dearden and Patrick Ball play their shared scenes in this hour. Even when Mel’s with Dana and Langdon first goes to her, that burr hole joke is delivered quietly. No big show of it because that’s not what Mel needs. Ball’s presence is authoritative and confident — “no choice. It’s work related” — but oh, so gentle. That look he gives her after her adorably-confused “what” wills her to remember their bonding over (her not understanding) his jokes. Not an ounce of mockery to be seen.

And when Dearden responds, at first confused, the second Mel’s memory clicks into place is clear. When she takes that slight pause before the “…oh. I forgot how much you like to joke, Captain Scurvy,” the timing is perfect. Just enough to make us wonder before that recognition and her oh, so pleased grin. After so much time with a down and disassociating Mel, it’s like there she finally is. Later, during Langdon’s confession, she looks anywhere but at the person speaking to her. (A reversal from Langdon looking down as he shared with Louie.) But for all the tension in that room, the heavy “…oh” when her former teacher tells her about his addiction, Mel’s inability to make eye contact, her little nod when he says he had to get it out of his system, it’s what happens at the end that is so moving.

Frank’s apology is about as, well…frank and sincere as it could possibly be. It’s short and sweet, yet to the point. He takes ownership in a way that shows progress, even compared with his conversation with Louie in the previous hour. And the look Mel gives him in response is not only one of confusion, but of offense. She’s not mad at him, not exactly. And she certainly isn’t judging him for his illness — we all know Mel would absolutely never, whether Dr. Langdon went into this conversation a bit afraid or not — but it’s like she can’t believe he’d ever. Like a “how dare you say that about my friend” sort of look. She tells him he doesn’t need her to apologize to her, and “you never let me down.” Because in her mind, he always did exactly the opposite.

Blink and you might miss it, but that tiny smile Ball gives in response to Dearden’s lines speaks volumes. But Langdon doesn’t just accept absolution and move on. That’s because, in his mind, he has done something he needs to apologize for. Now, it’s much less of that calm presence with the jokes, that care and concern in the treatment room, or even that directness during his confession. The delivery on “yeah, I did. I should be setting an example, not a cautionary tale” is just as much acceptance and even a bit of self-reproach as it is an apology. And it’s a sign that he’s not yet ready to forgive himself. But maybe getting that little bit of assurance from Mel can help.

Unfortunately, The Pitt Season 2 Episode 2 ends that almost hopeful moment — both for Dr. Langdon and Mel, who now sees she might have her one friend back — with cops asking about the patient who put Dr. King in that room in the first place. They mention court, which is a thing that’s had her in such a low place all morning (and probably longer than that). As in, they trigger her, causing a trauma response. She starts to break down, eyes squeezed shut, nearly crawling out of her own skin. It’s brilliant physical acting from Dearden, and it’s heartbreaking to see happen to Mel.

Unlike these last 10 months, though, Dr. Langdon — someone who cares — is here. He quickly ends the conversation so she can rest. When they’re alone again, and she tries to say she’s fine, he won’t hear it. As he shuts the lights on the way out, Frank makes a show of reminding Mel that he heard her all those months ago. And, at the risk of over-using the word here, it’s just purely…beautiful. Whatever it is about these two characters, and these two actors, that creates this magic, it’s one of many, many things about The Pitt that gives it so very much heart.

(…and maybe I cried a little. A lot.)

MORE: We touched on the Mel/Langdon dynamic a bit when we interviewed Taylor Dearden during Season 1.

“He’s not my competition!”

On the surface, the battle of the brains between Javadi and Ogilvie that happens in The Pitt Season 2 Episode 2 is the comic relief. Shabana Azeez continues to bring a delightfully entertaining attitude to Victoria. Pretty much every time you see her facial expression as she reacts to literally anything Lucas Iverson’s know-it-all of a character says or does, she finds a new way to make it just over-the-top enough. She’s hilarious, but whatever she does remains grounded and never feels out of place in this particular type of dramatic setting. Add the combination of confused, awkwarded out, annoyed (Joy Kwon, in yet another fun performance from Irene Choi), and completely amused looks from everyone else in those rooms with Javadi and Ogilvie, and it really is a blast.

But there’s more to this story than just turning it into a spectator sport. It’s about Victoria reminding everyone that, yes, she is a genius. (As if any of us would ever forget after her creative problem solving during the mass casualty event.) More to the point, she’s trying to prove a bully, who had the audacity to try to shake her confidence, wrong. Now, since she’s battling it out with Ogilvie — whose arrogance actually makes him undermine Dr. Whitaker’s teaching in front of him, a patient, and Dr. Robby — I might be giving the impression that I think he’s bullying her somehow. However, while I think he’s out of line in a lot of ways, it’s more with others. And what he does isn’t really bullying so much as just being that obnoxious guy who always has to be right, the most right, and the quickest to be right.

So, who’s the bully? Take a look back. Before Javadi starts fully unleashing the power of her mind — and, if you notice how Iverson plays parts of those scenes, scaring the everloving sh** out of him — she tells Dr. Santos that she can’t pull off both emergency medicine and surgery. Because that bruises Santos’ ego, there’s this brief moment where Santos looks like she’s trying to find a weakness to exploit. Like a predator sizing up prey, if you will. That’s where the whole idea of Victoria needing to fight for her spot even comes from. But, to put it mildly, that backfires spectacularly. Because, for the remainder of The Pitt Season 2 Episode 2, student doctor Javadi doesn’t lose her confidence and start to falter — she shines.

…except when she gets snarky with Ogilvie about how “we always check for those. They’re part of a standard order set.” It’s as if she runs out of steam there. Azeez’s voice suddenly isn’t so strong. When she ends with “…right, Dr. Mohan,” her character is quieter, much more unsure. Because, well. She knows enough to know that she’s still just a student, so maybe they don’t “always” do anything. It’s a really interesting sort of change in tone, and I always love when Dr. Mohan’s involved in anything, so it’s good that Victoria turns to her — not a Dr. Robby who’s taking the opportunity to nope the F out of this awkward situation he’s stumbled into.

I also find it fascinating that, somehow, this is a complete reversal of the Robby/Al-Hashimi dynamic. In that case, he’s the character we’ve known since Season 1. He’s the guy who turns out to be right — the one who actually has more experience and knowledge, at least in this particular setting. (Al-Hashimi, quite possibly, could out-doctor him on her own home turf.) As the two alleged adults in the room bicker at just about every opportunity, it’s Robby who keeps proving himself. (See also: getting the urine sample from the mystery baby without having to torture her with a catheter.) But with Ogilvie…he really comes into this place thinking he’s the smartest guy in every room, when he just flat out isn’t.

It’s like he’s everything people assumed Javadi would be based on her known “genius” status and relation to two bigwig doctors — but wasn’t. I want to like him, and I really want to at least understand some of Dr. Al-Hashimi’s choices better by the end of The Pitt Season 2. As of now, though, I’m all Team Javadi for that war and Team Robby for…whatever’s going on there. (Except for his nasty question about her name in Episode 1. That’s still so grossly uncalled for. Do better, Doc.)

MORE: When we interviewed Shabana Azeez, we talked about Victoria stepping up during Season 1’s mass casualty event, what she wanted to see happen in The Pitt Season 2, and more.

More The Pitt Season 2 Episode 2 reactions

• Very concerned about how Dr. Santos responds to Robby’s question re: the trauma counselor. Isa Briones‘s whole demeanor shifts here, and it’s like there’s a deep, deep sense of discomfort (not to mention being caught and called out). The line reading on “I’m…going to” doesn’t exactly speak of confidence either.
• But hey! She gets that “scolding dad” look down Robby’s nose that forces her to promise, so at least we stay entertained.
• “What is your gut telling you?” “Her gut?” “Yeah. It’s this thing that AI will never have.” OMG GET HER.
• To be clear, as much as her character’s whole AI thing annoys me, I do love the performance Sepideh Moafi has given so far. That disdain when she says “her gut,” plus her timing when jumping in with that “us” to make sure Santos also consults with Al-Hashimi, is great. Also, for all my many reasons to disagree with the character, I’m going to keep admiring the persistence.
• Fiona Dourif spends quite a bit of The Pitt Season 2 Episode 2 playing a Dr. McKay who…doesn’t quite know what’s going on but is sure something is. There’s the way Al-Hashimi and Robby share those looks when she mentions her gut…and whatever is going on with Noelle later in the episode. I really like how her eyes track back and forth between Robby and whoever else he’s got something with in both scenes and just that overall…I don’t know…vibe — mood? presence? — she brings with her.
• Also, since I brought it up already, I’m stepping out of chronological order a bit to say: Um. WTF. I’m not entirely certain anyone thought through the optics of having that obvious emotional connection with Dr. Collins, and that heartbreaker of a last scene, only to just have Robby casually involved with another woman of color as…what? Some kind of replacement, as if you can just swap one person with another like that? What if we didn’t make them into disposable girlfriends for a white dude? Do I think that was intentional? Not so much, exactly? But…I’m uncomfortable. I’ll leave that conversation and situation to people who are better equipped to assess it, but my gut says it’s not exactly the best or most respectful way to give our protagonist someone to shamelessly flirt with.
• Also: What is he, Doug Ross?
• “What is it?” “It’s a surprise.” I do love when Noah Wyle gets to make Robby a sassy, sarcastic type, though. Also cute that McKay does her own mocking version of “it’s a surprise” for Mel, who is absolutely adorable in jumping straight to attention when the boss asks her to join the trauma. (PROTECT HER.)
• “You’re definitely new, Dr. Wishful Thinking.” Not Rabbit-B**** and Yolo agreeing on something!
• Hi, folks: This is what alcoholism does to good people. It’s not something to make fun of — it’s a disease. And it’s one our dear Louie is so deep in, he knows this procedure to “tap” him well enough to correct overly-eager Ogilvie on when he can prep and drape.
• Ernest Leroy Harden Jr. totally lights up every scene he’s in. It’s perfect to have a character like Louie be the one going through this because maybe, just maybe, viewers can actually care instead of judging him for getting himself into this position. Which, again: It is a disease, and when you trash alcoholics, it’s no different than trashing people with any other illness. As in, it’s gross.
• Kids, don’t use “something you use to glue sh** you break, like coffee mugs and stuff” around your eyes. (Poor Langdon is out of his depth here.)
• “Doing great. They got this.” After Wyle’s line, check out Gerran Howell’s pleased little grin as he fidgets with that stethoscope. Also a very nice touch to have Dr. Whitaker in gloves that are, uh, a little big there. Great job to whoever made that decision. I continue to be pleasantly surprised by how much I love this character.
• “What else you need?” “How about a double espresso? Martini.” “I like the way you think.”
• “What’s up, Crash?” “You mean, besides my mother driving me insane?” A MOOD.
• “Because you’re a genius?” “Yes.” I love how Victoria just owns this.
• ALSO. “What’s the square root of 841?” “I’m not a human calculator.” As someone who’s better at Mathematics than most folks, I feel totally seen by this. You can be a genius — even in math! — without being some kind of arithmetic robot. I do theory and proofs! NOT calculating and proving I can crunch numbers in my head. Thank you, student doctor Javadi. (And of course, she knew the answer…and rubbed it in after Santos almost forgot even asking.)
• “Maybe it’s an immaculate infection.”
• “There’s a nun. With gonorrhea. In her eye…seriously, you guys are gonna take this away from me? I’m disappointed in you two.” And I will never be disappointed in how fun Isa Briones makes this character, despite some of her bad personality traits.
• I just really want someone to hug Emma. Her first couple of hours at this hospital have not exactly been optimal, but for as generally flustered and horrified as she seems to be by a lot of things, she just keeps going. Just keeps caring for Mr. Digby, even if she needs a little nudge from the likes of Dana and Dr. Mohan — truly, the best two people to learn from if you care about others — when she freezes up or otherwise doesn’t quite know how to proceed. As unsure as she is, she at least isn’t doing anything to add to this man’s shame and really, genuinely seems to want to help. I love what Laetitia Hollard is doing with this character so far and can’t wait to see more.
• I also think it was a really smart choice for The Pitt Season 2 Episode 2 to show Emma’s reaction to what’s under that man’s cast before the audience gets to see. It prepares us…for as much as it was ever possible to be prepared.
• And can we talk about Charles Edward Baker’s performance as Digby for a second? Man. The way he sits there, unable to even look at anyone, so sad and ashamed…ouch. Not exaggerating when I say that almost broke me.
• “I am the O.R.” First off, nothing but respect for the only surgeon the world needs! And second: Alexandra Metz just straining every muscle there. Great physicality.
• Robby out here, trying to protect Mel — big fan of the stage whispered, “you don’t seem alright” — and ever-so-slowly, maybe getting her to open up…only for Dr. Al to have less than zero tact and make her feel even worse. We are supposed to be protecting her, not whatever that was! That little look of betrayal before she leaves? Fire that new lady.
• “I wish we could recruit as dedicated and talented young women as you two.” Oh, hi. Same. The world needs more Mohan and Javadi. So does this series! Keep pairing them up! (And maybe, just maybe, let them talk about their moms.)
• Also, PSA: They are two very different people. If you are mixing them up, seek help.
• “I know what gonorrhea is, Dr. Javadi. I’m a nun, not a numbskull.” Ok but I cracked up. More importantly: Really nice, subtle work from Supriya Ganesh throughout this exchange. Javadi’s stumbling through trying to notify the patient, and Dr. Mohan is sitting back and letting her figure it out — letting her learn. But she’s also quietly amused…and doing her best to hide it. I continue to adore her.
• Every single time Dr. Whitaker has to explain to Evelyn Bostick that her husband is dead, Jayne Taini destroys me. Every time. She does an expert job of portraying that devastation, mixed with denial and so, so much confusion. What an awful, awful thing to have to go through. Over and over, no less. How absolutely horrifying.
• “Ohhhh, I may have a trick or two up my sleeve, Dr. Al-Hashimi.” HIS TONE.
• The timing of Mel getting knocked off that stool is particularly awful. Here’s this patient who’s been flirting with her, who turns out to not actually be interested. He’s not kind and doesn’t care what she actually likes at all. But before we get to that awful realization, we see the most gutting proof yet of how much she’s sacrificed pretty much everything but being a doctor to take care of her sister. She just looks so sad and lost when this guy presses her to tell him what she likes to do, not Becca.
  
  And I can’t commend Taylor Dearden enough for the way she takes that seemingly-interminable beat, mouth working to form words but failing. Mel really has to dig to unlock her love for the Renaissance Faire, and the longer she talks about it, the more that tiny bit of happiness starts to bloom into full-blown excitement…only for this guy to, ultimately, hurt her the way he does.
• The way they show her head bouncing off the floor: Cruel to me, personally. We are supposed to be PROTECTING MEL here. What is this???
• I think my only complaint about Mel and Langdon remembering so much from Day 1 is that the Captain Scurvy joke comes up during the same hour as it did last season. That’s…maybe one throwback too many.
• “Someone must have been in a bad way to walk away from you, little one.” Dr. Robby with the baby. The way he talks to her about her care. His genius way of getting a urine sample after reading the “wee-search.” All of it. Even the way he holds her…so adorable and charming.
• “We will let you know what the urine dip shows.” To. The. Baby. And that voice he uses!
• Going to loop back to Noelle enough to say two things: First, McKay’s side-eye is speaking for me in this scene.
• Second, Dana. She should listen to Dana. We should all listen to Dana, especially when she’s looking down her nose, over those glasses, at us. “Ok, big girl.”
• “I mean, I heard rumors, but I learned a long time ago not to listen.” PROTECT HER.
• “What do you think?” “Well, I don’t think it’s cardiac.” “I mean what do you think of the app?” OK BUT THE PATIENT IS MORE IMPORTANT???
• …what if he’d tried to show off his Farsi and made an a** out of himself by speaking to someone in a language they didn’t actually know? What then.
• “I am impressed.” “Me too. That you had friends.” This.
• Y’all even have Dr. Whitaker trading shady looks with Javadi here. That’s how bad Ogilvie is.
• “Yeah, well, little girls can be just as tough as little boys. Even tougher.” EXACTLY.
• “Friends don’t give each other sh***y nicknames.” So nice to see Javadi and Whitaker talking like this. When I said in my overall Season 2 review that it seemed like Victoria might finally have a shot at making a friend, I was referring to this exchange. (And the extensive side-eye they share over Ogilvie, obviously). There’s something really sweet about how they both fall all over themselves to reassure each other about their bad nicknames from Santos, and I’m also impressed by how Javadi gracefully corrects Dr. Langdon that it’s Whitaker who’s “the real deal now.” Not her. (But soon, right? Right?!)
• “I will be in exile on Triage Island with the rest of the drug addicts if anyone needs me.” They are also so adorably awkward and clueless about this??
• Side note: Does Dr. Santos understand that Frank actually needs to own up to his mistakes and make amends in order to stay on a good path with his addiction? If so, the way she keeps avoiding him is cruel. I do, however, love the way everything gets so unbelievably tense whenever these two cross paths. Great work from Briones and Ball.
• “Does Javadi look 21 to you?” “She does now. This place ages you.” “Girl, please.” AND THAT LOOK, and Perlah cracking the F up, all, “not you. Not me. But some people.” What I’m saying here is Princess and Perlah are the absolute best, and every second we spend with them is precious.
• The bacon grease rednecks could do this on any day, not just 4th of July. Just saying.
• “I’m a social worker, not a mind reader.” Now, who on this writing staff is a Trekkie?
• “Do you mind finishing up with the Bickersons?”
• “Is this a big one?” And then, Langdon gets all awkward, making sure Mr. Randall knows he means the anniversary — not the erection.
• Important to note that Victoria’s “he can do it first” just barely beats out the other dude trying to pretend to care about teamwork after Robby says that’s part of how they assess students. She is the winner. I refuse any other outcome.
• “You guys do this, like, every day?” “If we’re lucky.” McKay in the premiere, this joke plus Robby’s slip-up later in The Pitt Season 2 Episode 2…this season is much hornier than the first, huh.
• Very cool camera view of that broccoli, stuck there. Icky, but cool.
• “This is what you get for eating broccoli for breakfast.” Joy continues to bring me…joy.
• “Can you blame them? Never met a Pedes nurse yet that wasn’t a little wacky. You know what 12 hours of crying babies does to a person’s psyche?” “I almost went into Pedes.” (Because of course Dr. Mohan, would.) “Good thing you didn’t, trust me. Too long up there, you’re cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs.”
• “You’re very punchy today.” “Punchy’s my new baseline. Anyone even looks at me funny, I’m taking them out, going right for the eyes. I’ll eye-gouge you. Bet you never knew that about me.” The way she gestures like she’s actually gonna fight him?? And he looks…worried before he gives in to the joke. She’s cracking up on the “bet you” part of it. I am cracking up with her. He’s amused, smiling and shaking that head on “no, I did not.” (But maybe we’re all a little, uh, worried. Dana’s just…a wee bit more on guard after her incident last season.)
• TL;DR love everything about Dana, always. Katherine LaNasa continues to steal every single scene she pops up in, and her back and forth with Wyle remains some of the best content on a series that’s jam-packed with excellence.
• “I…did not intend for that to come off as sexual in any way.” Annnnnd he makes every effort to GTFO. As he should!
• Ok. Maybe Dr. Al can stay since she actually reassures Mel a little bit.
• Dr. Whitaker looks so uncomfortable, yet he’s clearly mastered the art of sitting through someone’s grief. And, yet again: Jayne Taini, y’all.
• Can this woman let Robby have one second to himself without trying to sell him a planet-destroying slop machine?
• “That…doesn’t sound accurate.” Indeed.
• I have no idea what this patient’s going off about, but as it turns out, the irritated way Robby asks, “want to tell me some more about your ideas” in front of that ambulance is, uh, understandable.

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