In The Pitt Season 2 Episode 10, the first few victims of the waterslide collapse arrive about as quickly, and with as much as impact, as we’ve come to expect from this series. They include a woman who lost her leg from a 10-foot fall onto a metal fence. Somehow, that’s even more gruesome than it sounds, and student doctor Ogilvie is a great stand-in for the audience with this one. He’s equally unsure how to handle the limb and squicked out when he starts…letting it ooze its way out of the wrapping to line it up for an X-ray. Another patient, experiencing chest trauma and a head injury, shares the traumatizing details of how he lost track of his son. The patient, Derek, also nearly loses a finger trying to hang on but, ultimately, is forced to let go.
In fact, that seems to be a bit of a theme in this hour: Parents, hanging on for dear life—sometimes causing injury or harm, sometimes selflessly being willing to suffer just that tiny bit longer to have any additional, precious time with the ones they love. Derek clings to his son Zack but loses his grip. Roxie knows her time is here, yet also tries her best to stay present—to stay alive—long enough to say a proper goodbye to her kids. And both Javadi and Mohan have moms who cause them no small amount of pain. How? By not letting them go to just be adults, professionals, doctors. Then, there’s Mel, who continues to realize the sister she’s given up any sense of self to take care of has matured in ways she was not at all prepared to consider.
Love is tough, and that sometimes calls for tough love—something else that comes up, repeatedly during this episode. And, as is always the case with this series, all of that barely begins to explain the many, many excellent stories The Pitt Season 2 Episode 10 tells. Some of the characters live up to that excellence; others…not so much. Dr. Al-Hashimi might put on a fantastic demonstration of how to do a slash trake, only to later reveal she’d never done one at all before. But the other attending in this emergency department is far, far from at his best in this hour.
It’s a good episode, probably even another great one, but “4:00 P.M.” leaves us with one thought outweighing over all others. Specifically, Dr. Robby really needs someone to smack, or holler, or…something—whatever it takes—some sense and consistent empathy back into him. Oh, and he really needs to accept how low he’s fallen so he can SEEK. HELP.
MORE: The Dr. Robby we saw taking care of that Tree of Life survivor in Episode 3 can come back any time now, please and thank you.
Dr. Mohan has a health scare in The Pitt Season 2 Episode 10
The Pitt Season 2 Episode 10 is an incredibly difficult hour for Dr. Mohan, both personally and professionally. In the first place, the constant interruptions from her mom that have plagued her all day have now become even more persistent. Instead of only blowing up Samira’s phone, her mother’s now doing that and calling the hospital directly. Much like all of the calls while Dr. Mohan was trying to save lives at the start of her shift, this behavior isn’t just an inconvenience—it’s also dangerous. These calls are clogging up the lines when Samira’s colleagues need to get information about incoming patients and—hopefully, eventually—some kind of update on when the computer systems will be back up.
Everyone in this emergency department is already stressed enough. The job is a lot, maybe even too much, to handle. And that’s on the best of days. Today, however, is the 4th of July. So, good luck getting extra staff to come in when these healthcare workers need some help. Which, they do need the extra hands—because we have the one-two punch of the uncertainty and logistical mess surrounding the system shutdown…and, now, the waterslide collapse. For Dr. Mohan personally, there’s an extra reason to panic: Her career is basically in limbo—in jeopardy, really—because her plans for the coming year have fallen apart.
…and panic she does. As in, Dr. Mohan has a panic attack just as learning about the calls to the department landline combines with yet another foiled attempt a salvaging her future. Dr. Abbot’s not available to sign a letter of recommendation, Dana’s asking all sorts of questions Samira has no answers to, and there are all of these patients, and even people who aren’t Mohan’s patients are demanding her attention, and she just needs a break, and there are tons of people asking for help out there, and…
Seriously, who wouldn’t finally reach their limit?
As Dr. Mohan starts to finally feel the effects of all of that pressure overwhelm her, Supriya Ganesh delivers yet another remarkable performance. First, that warm, caring character we know and love becomes nearly unrecognizable. She’s short with patients who approach her in the hallway, even blows off an elderly woman who just wants to go use the restroom. This is not the same person who just made time to sit with George a couple of hours ago, and it’s not just an “oh, well things are busier” situation. Ganesh’s tone, her way of moving through the space—even her facial expressions that don’t even attempt to fake caring with some kind of anxious energy underneath—are all just…wildly out of character for Mohan. And that’s the point.
When Dr. Mohan snaps “not now!” and makes an almost chopping motion with her hand at Princess, earning her a “WTF? How did I get here” look in response, Ganesh plays the moment like it just comes out of the character, totally on its own, from a place where she can’t control anything. And then, the gasping for air begins. Much like the tension in her body and the changes in her personality, it builds. And it builds. Builds some more until the way her chest heaves, and her eyes fill with terror while she complains of the heat while looking genuinely unwell, Mohan’s assumption that she’s having a heart attack seems entirely plausible.
The Pitt Season 2 Episode 10 has other plans for this character, though. And in those final moments before Joy forces Mohan into that wheelchair, the audio and visual clues—the mass of bodies just surrounding her, the echoing effect, the blurring at the edges of our/her vision—are there to tell the truth that her clear EKG and her outburst confirm. This isn’t an M.I., nor is it any infection or injury that might require surgery. This is the result of an empathetic, entirely capable, person having way too much on her plate—and not enough of a support system, if any at all. So, she can’t hold it all together anymore. At all.
Which, before we get into the negative here, it’s worth pointing out again: Ganesh is fantastic for all of this. There’s the seemingly-brief, yet brilliantly incremental buildup to the attack. And then, so much more happens from there. I particularly enjoyed that moment when Mohan explodes after Robby asks her about eating and staying hydrated, the continued insistence that she’s fine even in the wake of all of it…and the horror that sets in after her attending mocks her and lashes out in front of her coworkers.
So, let’s talk about Robby. We know what a meltdown looks like for him, and we know how he’s reacted every time someone has tried to discuss how very not OK he still is, today. While some folks get a little bit more grace, his go-to is…well, let’s just say men would rather be openly sh***y to people that care about them than go to therapy. (Blahblah, “not all men.” I know, I know.) We also know he was able to have his attack(s) in private, and the only person who saw him in that broken state, Whitaker, just…quietly sat with him. Never judged him. Kept his secret. Whitaker showed Robby a kindness 10 months ago; now, instead of paying it forward, he does…this.
In The Pitt Season 2 Episode 10, when he initially goes to examine Samira, he acts very much like a caring dad. He practically hovers as he uses that gentle tone, gives her that pressing look when she doesn’t want to answer certain questions. It’s all very normal, even sweet at times—until it’s the worst kind of sour. Because when Robby recognizes the thing that he hates about himself—that embarrasses him, that he refuses to face—in someone else, in this dedicated, empathetic physician, he starts off with that bitter, awful laugh. And then, he belittles her, shouts at her, tells her she should go home. And…leaves her there.
It’s not ok. Full stop. At all. Does Noah Wyle nail the performance, especially that instant when it clicks and the character completely transforms? Yes. Of course. Are there some pretty glaring and damning parallels between the way Mohan tries to shut out the needs of the people around her as she push, push, pushes to the wait area in the middle of her own attack? Completely.
But is anything about the way Robby behaves, either toward Mohan at her lowest moment or toward Dr. Al-Hashimi when she tries to talk to him about it later in the hour? Absolutely not. (Notably, Wyle expertly moves from a sense of “new respect for this other doctor who did a procedure neither of them had done before today” to “let’s be a total b**tard and insult her because she held too much of a mirror up to my obvious issues” in that scene, as well.) Her comment about empathy is spot on. This is, somehow, a Robby that’s in worse shape than in Season 1. Before, he ached a bit too much for certain patients and couldn’t handle it.
So, now, it’s like when something seems like it’s going to affect him in that way, he just shuts all human empathy off. It’s not a good look. At all. And it’s getting uglier with each hour. Eventually, Robby does apologize to Samira. But for all his charm, leaning in that doorway trying to act like nothing’s happened, she doesn’t make it easy on him. Dr. Mohan tells him she’s “fine”—this time more of a “STFU. Don’t ask. You don’t care” sort of response than being in denial like earlier—doesn’t want to look at him, and only turns to him when he starts, uncomfortably, to apologize so she can look him in the eye, directly, as she calls him a d**k. Again, not the usual Dr. Mohan. And again, pitch perfect from Ganesh.
It’s good, actually, that Mohan doesn’t give Robby a pass. He didn’t merely cross a line here. If I may take a moment to slightly tweak a Friends quote here: Robby went so far over the line with Samira that he couldn’t even see the line—the line was a dot to him. The Pitt Season 2 Episode 10 brings the one character on the series who always, always makes time to go above and beyond for others, who seems to have empathy reserves that no one else does—who gives, and gives, and gives—to a point where she has nothing for Robby. Not an inch. That’s a huge message to the audience. About both characters.
Dr. Mohan eventually accepts the apology—only after he acknowledges the di** comment. When she does thank him, it sounds genuine. So, the door’s not completely closed for redemption. But it’s going to take work. A flawed protagonist is much more interesting than someone who’s all good or all bad. But at some point, Michael Robinavitch has to either do some really hard work on himself or become the series villain. Essentially bullying a resident, especially this resident, when she’s in crisis—no matter how obvious it is that the person he really wants to say all those hateful things to, and later about, is himself—is extremely difficult to come back from. The only reason he has any goodwill left is because he’s been through so much and built up so much with some of his other moments.
But if Dr. Mohan were the type to be into revenge, I’d support her wrongs just as strongly as I’ve supported her many rights up until this point.
MORE: As Supriya Ganesh told us when we interviewed her in Season 1, Dr. Mohan more than proved that “she does belong here.”
“All they want is more time with their mother; all I want is less time with mine.”
As we continue to say goodbye to Dr. McKay and student doctor Javadi’s patient Roxie, the profound loss Roxie’s two young sons are about to experience suddenly becomes very real to Javadi. As McKay explains that the increased morphine may cause the patient’s breathing to slow down, for her to feel very drowsy and maybe stop breathing all together, an overwhelming sadness sets in. It’s subtle, but that tiny swallow to hold back tears is there as a warning. And, as soon as McKay finishes speaking and pushes the meds, Javadi immediately gasps and has to rush out of the room. We’re left with the image of her, seen through the little window in the door looking out, sitting at her station across the way with both hands pressed to her mouth as if in horror.
As soon as she’s able, Dr. McKay comes to check in on Javadi, gently asking her if she’s ok. It’s a lovely moment between a teacher and student who have been paired quite often since the very beginning, as well as between Fiona Dourif and Shabana Azeez. There’s a smallness, almost, to Javadi throughout this conversation, as McKay puts on her mom voice and gives her some tough love—a reminder that doctors need to “create emotional boundaries” while still acknowledging the difficulty here—that is, still, very loving. (Compare that to Robby and Mohan. Or, even Javadi and her mom later in the hour…)
The Pitt Season 2 Episode 10 gives us this young woman, totally overcome with the realization that what she sees with Roxie and her kids could be her. It could be her own mother, who she’s having such a difficult time with, who’s dying. And that hits her. Hard, to the point where she can’t even get the words out at first. “I just—…” seems to take an effort. And it’s only after McKay talks about the grace Roxie is showing her sons that Javadi finally confesses, stunned, “I feel like an a**hole.” McKay convinces her to talk to Dr. Shamsi, tells the student her mom will understand that she needs space.
…as we see later in the hour, though, that’s not what happens at all. When Victoria spots her mom, Azeez once again portrays an incredible amount of emotion, certainly not the annoyance this character typically expresses at even the mention of her. But, working herself up to take that shot, all she’s met with is the usual lectures and disappointment. This time, it’s about the sigmoid volvulus patient. Shamsi just keeps talking, and talking, and talking…doesn’t let Javadi get a word in edgewise. The more she hears, the more she deflates, until Shamsi leaves her with that final “you’re better than this” and that expression of disdain. Javadi’s soft, hurt, maybe slightly snarky “I love you, too” never gets heard by its intended recipient—the big, important surgeon is long gone by the time her daughter gets the words out.
…but a sympathetic McKay does witness the whole thing (from a safe distance) and feels obvious sadness on Javadi’s behalf. The thing is, McKay is someone who obviously adores her son but hasn’t had as much time with him as she’d like—we saw that when he visited last season. So, she gives Victoria advice based on who she is as a mom. But not every parent-child relationship is the same.
Indeed, our student doctor’s relationship with her dad is very different than with her mom. The pressure of expectations can sometimes cloud things. And, being proud of the brilliant young woman you’ve raised can clearly, as we see in The Pitt Season 2 Episode 10, make it impossible to actually see her as the incredibly capable young woman she actually is. It’s also just rough to want to grow and spread your wings, to maybe not be exactly who your parents—in Victoria Javadi’s case, maybe just one of them—want you to be. Is Dr. Shamsi a bad or uncaring mother? Almost certainly not, but that doesn’t make how she makes her daughter feel, or how she expresses her concerns for her, any less hurtful. Now, the question becomes whether or not they can repair things before it’s too late.
Arguably, having this conversation at the hospital, where Dr. Shamsi has much more of her “doctor” hat on than her “mom” one, is probably not entirely appropriate. But as Roxie’s case makes very clear, not just to Javadi but to viewers, is that time with our loved ones is precious. We could lose them at any time.
As The Pitt Season 2 Episode 10 comes to a close, we come full circle. Now, it’s time for even more medication as Javadi explains what could happen next. She’s got her emotions a little bit more in check this time, though they’re still ever so close to the surface. And, now, as all Roxie cares about is making sure someone’s with her boys—she even tries to send her husband to them instead of keeping him here to comfort her in her final(?) moments—it’s Dr. McKay’s turn to experience a little bit more difficulty holding onto her own heartbreak. She gets through it, compartmentalizes as best she can like the experienced physician she is. But it’s another great beat from Dourif as McKay just barely holds back those tears….and yet another beautiful portrait of humanity amidst the chaos for this series.
Just as McKay supported Javadi at the beginning of the hour, Javadi gets to return the favor and be the stronger one in the room now. With that nice bookend and everything else that happens in this episode, I really hope these two continue to grow close.
MORE: When McKay and Roxie had a few powerful moments alone in The Pitt Season 2 Episode 9, we thought the patient’s suffering was finally about to end.
Santos/Garcia over?
Because of the current state of PTMC’s ED, and because Dr. Al-Hashimi probably doesn’t know the full story about why Dr. Santos is particularly nasty around Dr. Langdon, The Pitt Season 2 Episode 10 sees Santos stuck assisting her least favorite resident with Derek’s care. Every time we revisit them, the tension is obvious. Santos continuously disrespects Langdon, her tone of voice and constant eye rolling entertaining to watch on a TV show—but not at all appropriate for the situation.
Langdon…approaches things in an interesting sort of way. He shoots down a lot of her ideas and asks her a question about the case that that she gets frustrated and says is “a med student question.” It doesn’t necessarily seem intentionally belittling or mean, yet the outcome is still there. On some level, he’s probably stuck in the past and thinks he’s in a position where he needs to “teach” what was an intern the last time he worked with her. But the openly-combative way that Patrick Ball played some of those interactions in Season 1 isn’t present here. Instead, there are times when Santos will sass him that he looks like he’s…worried, almost? Or there will be just the tiniest instant of a flicker of a negative reaction before he gets himself under control and wipes it away.
Regardless, as Santos gets more outwardly nasty, other more experienced doctors step in. Al-Hashimi reminds her, with a warning in her tone, “we’re a teaching hospital. It’s always good to review.” So she, grudgingly, answers Langdon’s question. Later, when they argue some more, Dr. Garcia—of all people—is in the room. Now, not only does Santos have the attending reminding her she “can learn a lot” from Langdon, but the person she’s in a supposedly casual relationship with, who’s already turned down their plans for tonight and hurt her, is there, too. Agreeing with him.
The last straw comes when Derek finally asks “is there a problem,” and Garcia tries to cover. But, because she’s living her own personal nightmare in The Pitt Season 2 Episode 10, Santos keeps acting out. Langdon coaches her through the ThoraVent process, then says she has options for what to do next. Her attitude gets even worse at this point, and finally, Garcia cuts in with an authoritative “enough. Apparently, decency and decorum need to be reintroduced to our R2 curriculum. Nice work, Dr. Langdon. I’ll go check on an OR room for Mr. Foster.” And leaves. It’s pulling rank in a way that, frankly, Santos sort of deserves after how she’s behaved here—someone needs to put her in her place—but it’s awful, coming from someone Santos has had a thing for all this time.
With that last, lingering shot of Isa Briones, her character’s sense of betrayal is real, palpable. Her expression is purposely blank, almost, to the point of being more painful than if she just burst out crying or went back to muttering “f*** me” under her breath. Or, literally, anything else. It’s impossible not to feel for Dr. Santos in that moment, even if she did have some kind of reprimand coming.
It’s even more difficult not to feel for Santos when, later in The Pitt Season 2 Episode 10, she exchanges awkward greetings of “hey” in that stairwell with Garcia. It takes her until the other doctor is almost gone to work up the nerve to ask if they’re ok, and with her arms protectively wrapped around her, she brings up Garcia ripping her a new one in front of Langdon. “Whose side are you on,” she asks, and that is definitely not a question she seemed to actually want the answer to, once she gets it. Garcia tells her, without softening the blow whatsoever, “this isn’t middle school. Langdon made a mistake and owned up to it. Let it go.”
Alexandra Metz plays Garcia as every bit the professional giving someone of lower rank a dressing down here. We’re clearly seeing the surgeon through Santos’ eyes, though, and she’s been struggling—both with the rejection and the overwhelming amount of work, among other things—all day. So, it’s another interesting case of “is this the other person in the scene not caring, or is this just all the character on the receiving end of something other than the reassurance they came for can see?” Perception is reality, after all.
….but then, it gets personal. As Santos starts with that “he should!” then cuts herself off, tries to get her emotions under control as she presses her hand to her mouth and more quietly says what she needs to, we learn that the consequences of her exposing Langdon have been isolating and painful. “He should have been fired. But instead, he just waltzes back in here, no big deal. Meanwhile, I’ve been a godda** pariah for the last 10 months for doing the right thing.” It’s a super moment for Briones. But it’s an awful experience for Santos. Here she is, trying to open up and tell someone how much she’s been hurting all this time, and she gets. nothing. back. Or, rather, she gets worse than nothing—insults, angry frustration about having to “talk about this Langdon sh** again,” told to go to therapy.
Garcia doesn’t want a relationship, doesn’t want to talk about her feelings. She just wants the fun stuff. Which would be fine, especially since she seems like she’s been clear about that all along. But the way she comes across in The Pitt Season 2 Episode 10, this is just cold in a way that I’m not sure if the “casual” thing is even healthy for Santos, who obviously needs someone she can talk to, here. A therapist is a good thing for her to have! But a friend would be nice, too.
…she doesn’t have any. Some of that is of Trinity’s own making, but some…is about loyalty to Langdon. I get it, in a lot of ways—Santos was new, and she came in here and “ratted” on someone a lot of people were clearly close with. But…she did do the right thing. He needed help. Her actions got it for him.
On the other hand, for what it’s worth, what Santos has to say about Langdon having it easy is wildly out of touch. Has she not seen Robby with him? If she finally goes and talks to him, I expect things will get nasty. At this point, it might even be on both sides. My hope, though I’m not as optimistic as I’d like to be, is that these two characters can actually learn something from one another. We’ll see.
MORE: Garcia has never wanted to hear Santos out about Langdon.
More The Pitt Season 2 Episode 10 reactions
- “I can jump in with, uh—…” Nope. Poor Dr. Langdon. Robby’s so petty, he’d rather have Ogilvie by his side than bring in someone who, even when in active addiction, was a huge help with the Pittfest patients. What a clown. Maybe he should take his own advice—pull his head out of his a** and focus on the work.
- (Which, as I mentioned up above, that’s clearly something he keeps telling himself about his own “personal baggage.” And, you know, he keeps failing. Because that’s not how mental health works. That’s not how any of it works.)
- “What she’s doing for her sons—managing this with so much grace—it’s a real gift of love.”
- “Jesus, I got blood tubes growing moss over here. Ticktock, people.” As always, Katherine LaNasa nails the delivery.
- Phew, check out that “WTF” face on Perlah.
- “You’re shi**ing me. Tell her I’m not available.” Love how Ganesh does the quiet part to start and then, with more volume, “tell her I’m not available.”
- Different than the rooftop conversation with Langdon a few hours ago, still valuable and very much something Robby needs to hear and work out. “I’m not sure it’s healthy for anybody.” For all the many times he’s been out of line today, Ogilvie is right here.
- “This nicotine gum’s sh**. She’ll never survive the shift, and I need her so I don’t lose my [G.D.] mind.” I fully believe Dana will lose it if she doesn’t have help. The way she’s just like…showing the cracks in a way she normally doesn’t. Those hands clasped on top of her head paint a particularly worrying picture….
- “Just kill me now. It’ll be less painful.” Who among us hasn’t thought this at least once per day at work?
- “If it’s not in a text with emojis, you kids can’t read for sh**.” She’s not wrong.
- “Where should I put this?” And Ogilvie’s over here, looking lost and cradling that hacked off leg like a baby or something. Amazing.
- Who among us hasn’t thought, like, “just f*** off already” after getting 298374398743 texts from their mom?
- …and yet, wouldn’t expect this attitude from Dr. Mohan. Ever. Watching The Pitt Season 2 Episode 10, I was just thinking “wow, she’s got to be near her breaking point,” when…yep. There it was.
- “Get in the F—ing chair.” We have decided to stan Joy Kwon.
- “We were going down the waterslide, and the bottom…just fell off. I grabbed Zack’s arm, and I…tried to hold on to the sides, but my hand slipped, and my ring got stuck. My finger was ripping off, and I just…and I lost him.” This is horrifying to hear. And Patrick Ball played that extra level of horror, of also being a dad who just…couldn’t bear to think of that kind of thing happening, really well in the moment.
- “A little late for the show, Yoyo.” “I am the show, Dr. Langdon. You’re the warmup act.” “I knew somebody missed me.” Annnnnnnd Santos rolls her eyes and turns away.
- But also: Can we talk about the confidence and swagger? I don’t think I ever talk about Metz’s total presence just screaming, well, basically, that “I am the show” line every single time she shows up. But I should. We all should.
- “No sign of tension.” Ironic AF, considering their tension.
- “At least no tension pneumo.” Exactly.
- “My chest is so tight, I can barely breathe.” The way she just…gasps her way through that! Ganesh just putting on a performance.
- “Fence sliced through like a guillotine.” Thanks. I hate the image.
- The pacing here, cutting back and forth and back and forth between Mohan’s panic attack and these trauma patients, really adds to the urgency for allllll of it. Perfect.
- Park the Shark is a jerk to “our effin’ Huckleberry” and not-Huckleberry, huh.
- “I knew he meant saline.” And Dad!Robby just grins.
- “I’m doing everything right! It’s everything around me that’s all fu**ed up!” I can’t even begin to explain how much I can relate to Dr. Mohan right here.
- “I had it all planned out, and now everything’s just out the window!” …here, too, unfortunately.
- Joy is so totally unimpressed. Same goes for Dana. And, like, yes. All of that. Same to both of them.
- I just can’t get over how good Langdon is with Becca? The drink options, the good-natured response to her being exact/literal about him saying it would only be a few minutes, the way he mashes her pills up for her after explaining what each of them do and how often to take them… So good. And the way he treats her the way he should—like his patient, an adult, capable of deciding who to tell about her medical care—is such a gift.
- “Don’t say ‘in a few minutes’ unless you actually mean ‘in a few minutes.’” OMG the way she grins and points that finger at him as she lectures. “I would never.”
- I LOVE THEM.
- If it didn’t mean Becca would have to always be in the hospital, I’d say please make sure Tal Anderson and Patrick Ball get to do this every episode.
- “Don’t go.” “I don’t want to go. But it’s—it’s not up to me. We’ll always be connected…no matter what. Invisible string.” “Invisible string.” HER HEART MY HEART ALL THE HEARTS.
- What a sweet moment for McKay and the older son, too. Again, she’s more mom than doctor here. And this poor, heartbroken kid is trying so hard to be strong but…can’t. I also would like to note that Roxie sees. That camera gives us the perspective of being inside that room, looking outward. To use McKay’s words from earlier in The Pitt Season 2 Episode 10, she’s giving this patient “a real gift of love” by looking out for this boy when she can’t.
- “Yeah, I get that…but if you don’t go in there and say goodbye, and tell your mom you love her…I think you might wish you had for a very long time.” Anyone else just, like, really want their mommy after this?
- Both of these child actors are so good, too. God help me. Give this series every casting award, ever.
- “She’s fine. Focus.” Imagine if Robby told Whitaker what just happened. Imagine.
- “Fly, my pretties!” Stop.
- (…don’t stop.)
- Not Dana doing an insurance fraud, right there in the hospital, and cracking TF up about it.
- (I support her rights and her wrongs.)
- “Throw me in jail. I could use a vacation.” It’s the way she throws her hands up for me.
- Not Robby in the background like a f***in’ yenta again…not that he cares, after how he just acted. But still.
- “You should talk to her.” “Which one?” “Honestly? Both of ’em.” GET HIM DANA.
- Two people Robby lets himself be somewhat vulnerable with: Dana, in these asides that are always so well done by LaNasa and Wyle. And Abbot…who’s sleeping. Yet, he still doesn’t go there with either one.
- I don’t like his use of “dying” here, considering the day’s red flags. Do I think that’s actually going to happen? No. Is the series setting us up for something? I’d wager yes.
- “Yeah. I saw your pep talk.”
- “She’s going to be fine. But I’m not sure her head is in the game.” LOOK WHO’S TALKING.
- Great little exchange for Joy and Dana. “Can I get a sec? Dr. Mohan just almost died on me.” “Not even close. She’s tougher than she looks.” Irene Choi plays that physical exhaustion so well, just dragging herself over to that rack.
- Note to Doctor Di**: Dana does tough love very well. You could learn from her.
- “Oh! For f***’s sake! Go! Quickly! Before I change my mind!” Right in the middle of talking to Robby about Baby Jane Doe. An icon.
- Louie has been “just laying in there” since the end of that 12:00 hour.
- That calming breath and determination from Dr. Al: Great touches from Sepideh Moafi before we knew her character had never done this before, even better—especially with all that determination and calm while doing the procedure!—after.
- “You forgot the last step. Change your underwear.”
- “They’ll be thrilled to clean up your mess.” “Or. Maybe they’ll thank us for not letting him die.” And she smirks, shakes her head after she turns and heads out. What a moment for Dr. Al!
- These guys are all so humbled by this…and then, Robby goes right back to being a disrespectful, dismissive di— later. Why are men.
- “I’m glad to see you’re doing good.” “Well. I’m well.” Pause, smile. “Glad to see you’re well.”
- He reads Baldwin!
- Evidently, The Pitt Season 2 Episode 10 is where I actually start to like this kid.
- “I thought that I might not have that much to do today. but…man, I was wrong.” I love that little breath Lucas Iverson takes before “man.”
- Now, why is Rack from Buffy Robby’s VIP mechanic bud?
- Exactly zero people should be surprised they were harder on Mel than Dr. Ellis in that deposition. She’s somewhere on the spectrum, as we discussed with Taylor Dearden last season. Most people don’t notice as much, but these antivax parents hate neurodivergence. Hate it. That’s the whole point of them being willing to literally risk their kids dying of preventable disease to avoid it. It literally took Robby showing the dad the makeshift morgue to get him to agree to the procedure that started this whole legal mess to begin with. So, between that and her just being an “easy” target in general due to her sweetness—and, likely, her walking in there with so many easy tells that she didn’t have the confidence of Ellis—of course they were going to go hard on her.
- And then, Langdon won’t share with her about Becca. It’s the right thing, professionally. But look how sad and shocked! PROTECT HER.
- “Welcome back to the seventh circle of Hell.” …not that.
- “Hey. Kid. You can’t do this for every unhoused guy that dies around here.” “There but for the grace of God.” “No. The success of your sobriety is a testament to your support system. Louie didn’t have that.” “Still. Louie was a good man, he deserves to be put to rest with dignity.” If you need me, I’ll be crying and wishing I could hug both Frank and Dana right now. He’s a good egg, and she’s looking out for him. Bazillionth lovely personal moment in The Pitt Season 2 Episode 10, but it’s a favorite among favorites.
- “You heard all of that?” RIP HIM A NEW ONE.
- “Don’t let his surly exterior fool you. Deep down inside, he’s just as grumpy.”
- “Only an idiot would ride all night after working a 12-hour day.”
- Adorable to me how, for as close as they are, Whitaker is so…nervous about agreeing with Duke about Robby. But I mean, they’re both right. Robby’s an idiot.
- The silence and emptiness in that stairwell after Garcia leaves.
- “YO PRE-DOCS! IT’S NOT HAPPY HOUR YET! THERE’S STILL A SH— TON OF PATIENTS TO BE SEEN!” Yeah, but they’re so cute.
- “We need to talk.” The way Robby looks like he’s buffering because, like, he’s done so many F—ed up things, and so much is going on in that hospital, what could it be. Really good that Dr. Al doesn’t let him play like he doesn’t know this is serious there, too.
- “Samira’s not having a panic attack because of her patient. She’s having one because of personal baggage. What she needs to do is pull her head out of her a** and focus on the work.” Someone should show this man The Pitt Season 1 sometime and see if he likes being told this.
- I went outside, stalked the dad’s IG, found a pic of his son, sent it to Pittsburgh PD. Now, they’re on their way over.” “Maybe Gen. Z should be working for the FBI.” I love everything about this, especially Dana being as impressed as she is and Emma’s quiet, little acknowledgement. Not pride, never too much of that. Just…she’s pleased she did something right and is getting the hang of things.
- “He’s super nice. I see why you like him.” Oh.
- The way Becca still asks for reassurance that Dr. Langdon didn’t tell her sister, then goes ahead and shares after Mel quietly asks if she’d like to…whew. Sometimes, you just need to know you have the option to have some privacy! But Mel’s her person, so of course she shares everything with her.
- …and Mel probably wishes she didn’t. Poor thing. She doesn’t have a clue how to process this one.
- PROTECT MEL.
- You don’t get to be all pretty and charming this time, Doctor.
- “Right now, I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be.” And I am in agony.
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