The Pitt (2×15) 9:00 P.M. Review

For our review of the last episode, click here.

The saga of The Pitt is now over for this season (with another on the way). A season chalk full of highs and lows, the characters have gotten more of a chance to shine, but the focus remains on Robby. Having gone though a lot over his long career, that history is bound to take a toll on anyone. Once a cool and calming presence as the head of the ‘Pitt,’ nobody is perfect as his job left him with more than enough to process. Needing a break from that is understandable, but his behavior over the course of the season has been cause for concern among viewers thinking the worst. Noah Wyle continues to be phenomenal as Robby, as watching him try to navigate his fragile psyche has been both a compelling and concerning journey. Who knows where the department goes from here?

Dropping the Al-Hashimi bomb at the end of the last episode, she offered Robby some more insight into her neurological issues. Cleared to drive and work, she hasn’t experienced a seizure in years before experiencing two in the same day. Different circumstances for sure, she had treatment options but she would have to disclose this impairment. However, Al-Hashimi had a plan, and Robby has yet one more thing to be worried about. Meanwhile, the infamous Baby Jane Doe is still hanging around but that couldn’t last forever, so Dana went on the hunt for a foster situation.

It wouldn’t be The Pitt without a birth, as a pregnant woman looking to have a free birth, or one without medical care. Encountering a bevy of issues, it was one thing after another until a c-section was the only move to try and save mother and baby. As with anything, it was not easy, but the staff were successful.

Whatever Al-Hasimi’s plan was, it clearly wasn’t working for Robby who saw her as a potential liability unless she can prove she is capable of handling her responsibilities. Now whether or not she should be driving is debatable, but going back to her car, Robby’s words appeared to get to her. Picking up on that tension, Abbot brought him in for a heart-to-heart about how difficult life can be and to not let it get to them. However, all the death Robby has seen is getting to him to the point that it was leaching away on his soul. He just needed help to get through all these feelings.

The moment fans were waiting for did not disappoint, as Robby made sure to catch up to Langdon before he officially clocked out. Calling him out over his own behavior, he became another voice believing that Robby needed help. At least he kind of knew what he was talking about. Delivering a pep talk to Baby Jane Doe from Robby was a perfect way to end the season, as he tried to convince her (and arguably himself), that there was so much more left to live for and experience, and that everything was going to be okay. Getting emotional several times in the episode, thinking about the pregnant woman and her baby, and now Baby Jane Doe, those wins also helped his fragile psyche.

Addressing some more odds and ends with the other characters, the longer Javadi has spent in the emergency room, the more concerned she was about her path forward, and that path forward could very well be mental health. Scolding her for her TikTok videos, Robby turned around on them and thought they were good work. On the other hand, the mystery of Whitaker’s missing ID badge was solved as the season’s long time patient, a homeless man named John Digby (Charles Baker), post-haircut, shave, and shower, found himself wearing it on his way out of the hospital. Looking forward to the 4th of July fireworks with her sister, Becca’s further push for independence left Mel feeling a little deflated. Her life has been defined by her relationship with her sister so as the two continued to drift apart, she was lost. The hits kept coming as her legal case was far from over, as she had to do another deposition.

Viewers worried about whether or not the staff would get to experience the fireworks should be relieved, giving us a wholesome scene featuring a contingent of staff watching them from the roof of the hospital. Moving the needle even more in the wholesome direction, instead of ending with Robby and Baby Jane Doe, the season offers the series’ first ever mid credits scene where Mel and Santos got to let loose with some Alanis Morisette. Those two certainly make for an interesting pairing come next season. Leaving with plenty of unanswered questions, viewers will have to wait until next year to learn the fate of our fateful doctors.

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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.