The Pitt (2×13) 7:00 P.M. Review

For our review of the last episode, click here.

With the season coming to an end, is Robby going to leave? Still holding on to so much, would he be willing to let it go? Very much an emotional wreck, Robby has made it this far, but when will it be enough? A wildcard, Dana has kept him accountable by staying on his case. Rightfully concerned, she could see what is happening, and all she wants to do is to help, not just for his sake, but for the sake of the rest of the department. Adding to the dynamic, the night shift crew is coming in just as the hours on the day shift are starting to show. In what has been a hectic day, there is still more to come. Noah Wyle and Katherine LaNasa have led the way, and this remains to be the case in this episode.

As the day shift came to an end, it started in last week’s episode, but night shift is about to take over, led by Abbot. Of course, the previous shift wasn’t ready to go just yet, Kwon (Irene Choi) excluded. Also, with the computers back online, there will also be some catching up to do, scanning all the paperwork into the system. At least, this left Santos and Whitaker with some quality time to hash out their issues while bonding over the fact that they had to hang around past their shifts (something that is definitely not helping Santos’ mood). Meanwhile, for those who wondering about the status of Jesse, he found himself stuck in ICE limbo.

Despite the changing of the guard, there were still plenty of patients to attend to (and more issues with the health care system to bring to light). Wanting to make things right for Orlando, he became much of their focus. Because of his growing medical debt, it was clear that he was probably not hoping to survive his latest accident (thus him appearing to be looking at a full recovery would only make things worse for he and his family). Be it a kid with trouble breathing as a result of his family being unable to afford the right medication, or a female health nut who found herself looking jaundiced (coincidentally played by Noah Wyle’s wife Sara), the staff of the ‘Pitt’ remained busy. Besides the returning Abbot, Dr. Shen (Ken Kirby), Dr. Harris (Ayesha Harris), and of course Nurse Mateo, even more characters would come out of the woodwork, like cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Clay Barrett (Geoffrey Owens), neurosurgeon Dr. Linda Conley (Mary McCormack), and fourth-year resident Dr. Crus Henderson (Luke Tennie).

With his sabbatical still on his mind, continuing loose ends kept Robby around. But, at this point, they feel more like excuses. The biggest loose end is the concern Robby had for Al-Hashimi, who had been acting unusually at times during the shift. Trying to get some intel, she wasn’t giving him anything. On the other hand, a character that has rubbed audiences, and other characters, the wrong way, it was only inevitable that Ogilvie would get his humbling moment. Already a day that was much different than what he had anticipated, having lost his first patient while scrubbing in for surgery was something he was not ready for. But who better than Whitaker to offer him some perspective. Ultimately, this experience would serve as a lesson for him, as he figures out if being an emergency medicine doctor is something he really wants to do.

Going back to Robby, as the growing stress and anxiety at the prospect of leaving the ‘Pitt’ continued to get to him, the cracks in his normal demeanor became more and more apparent. Having another moment here, worrying about the Duke, who keeps getting the runaround, and whether or not he will get the care he needs, worrying about Mohan, Javadi and McKay, whose issues he’s taking on, worrying about Al-Hashimi and if she could run the department in his absence, and worrying about Dana and her recent behavior, that worry has kept him around longer than he probably should be. Taking him aside and calling him out on his behavior, Noah Wyle and Katherine LaNasa participate in another phenomenal Robby-Dana scene, as Dana is only trying to help by telling him that he need a break. She is the mother of the department, whether Robby wants it or not. Ending on an ominous note, Robby brings up the notion of not coming back from his sabbatical. Maybe the sabbatical is just a ruse, to mask what he is actually trying to do?

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Keith Noakes

The EIC of the coincidentally-named keithlovesmovies.com. A Canadian who prefers to get out of the cold and into the warmth of a movie theatre.