I did think that was odd… she apparently overheard the conversation between Langdon and Santos, but acted completely surprised when Robby mentioned it. I wasn’t sure what was going on there and why she would feel the need to feign ignorance.
I don’t think it’s clear how much of Santos’ and Langdon’s confrontation Al-Hashim overheard.
In the recap it looked like she wasn’t close enough to hear the conversation just see the conflict. She was close enough that in TV reality she could have heard everything but not likely in the real world.
I was amused by Joy’s “Oops” while stapling the flap on that guy’s head. You really don’t want to hear that from a clinician.
I liked Langdon and Joy’s conversation about boundaries as she left on time.
She had a valid point. You can find all sorts of excuses to linger but for your own mental health, it’s best to leave on time. Especially with brutal twelve-hour shifts.
With how Dr Robby avoided Dr Al-Hashimi’s question, I’d say she’s no longer in the dark about Langdon’s theft even if she doesn’t have the details. The viewer is left to wonder if she’s going to do anything about it (e.g. pursue firm proof, attempt to take latter-day sanction against Langdon, etc.).
Dr Al-Hashimi is hard for me to get a read on. On the one hand, she can come across as rules-driven and strict. On the other hand, she’s shown to be a practical clinician if the immediate situation warrants practicality.
Dr Robby’s dilemma is interesting as well. One moment it’s “I don’t want [Langdon] in my ER!” The next moment, he’s stonewalling Dr Al-Hashimi and protecting Langdon (and yes, admittedly protecting himself as well).
It’s funny that Javadi calls herself Dr J on social media but doesn’t know who the original Dr J is.
Entirely understandable though. “Dr J” (or Julius Erving) last played in the NBA in 1987 while she was born in 2004-5. Plus she may not follow basketball.
Yes I’m aware that people don’t have to be sports fans. It’s still funny. And in show Mateo thought it was funny too.
Dr J remains an area legend. After all he’s the star of The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh.
Her attitude had certainly changed. Langon was being incredibly shitty to Santos and treating her as if it was her first day again, and Al-Hashimi was backing him up as if Santos was very much in the need for learning.
After she found out, she seemed to question most of Langdon’s decisions and give the benefit of the doubt to other doctors. I sense he’ll be gone end of shift.
I thought this too, but now someone has brought it up in the thread and given the type of issues the Pitt is often address, I’m pretty sure she’s at fault, and left the kid in a hot car for far too long, probably by mistake (long phonecall to ex, other emotional thing diverting her). Thus the suicide attempt. There is certainly something wrong there. More blame to themselves than you’d usually expect.
I think it was clear she was onto him at the time, and he knew who turned him in. I can’t remember whether they addressed it face to face. But the reality (possibly) of the situation would be: first day, that doctor is doing something wrong, see it twice, report it, and that’s the last time Santos ever spoke a word to him. The fact whether he went to jail or not, or was fired was something she couldn’t discuss with anyone else and may even now have known, I’m not even sure the Phantom of the Pitt, sorry, Whitaker knew.
On another note though, I think the Oompa-loompa was the highlight of mirth from the season.
Note that Langdon suspected something even before she turned him in. He went to Robbie after seeing them converse (before Santos had voiced her suspicions to him) and did a pre-emptive “I don’t know what she’s been telling you, but it’s not true.” Santos was only discussing a routine medical matter with Robbie and the reaction definitely raised red flags for Robbie. It also showed Langdon felt Santos might be planning to talk about the missing drugs (something she had brought up to Langdon).
I don’t think he was being shitty to her at all. It’s a teaching hospital and she’s just started her 2nd year of residency, so he’s walking through a procedure. She was immediately getting defensive about it (and probably wouldn’t have if it was Mohan or McKay doing the same thing).
I read from that that he was “teaching” a simple procedure which she had long since learned and she resented this asshole treating her like a first year student as punishment. He did it a few times.
Al-Hashimi had no context for why this was happening, and indeed it was showing that the resident thought the student was bad. Yes, it’s a teaching hospital, like they keep repeating, but do you keep reteaching the simple procedures?
It is also quite possible that Langdon didn’t know Santos’s level of competency too, having only worked with her for her first day. But that isn’t Santo’s fault.
Drs Al-Hashimi and Santos got off on the wrong foot as it was, with the former coming down on the latter for not getting her charting done.
Speaking of: There have been a few off-handed “join the club” type remarks when Santos has complained to others about charting. But other than Al-Hashimi’s AI-aided charting early in the season, I haven’t seen anyone else doing any charting at all. I’m sure that’s not great drama, showing a bunch of different staff charting throughout the episodes. But still.
In the latest episode, someone (blanking now) said they were off to do charting. Maybe Mel?
I also took that as an AI-evangelist trying to sell her wonderful new methods without having assessed their accuracy yet. Which also irked a few others, including Robby.The fact that Santos pushed back on a bit of a shitty product which isn’t actually saving much time and is making mistakes offends the “it will solve ALL our problems” type.
Our niece does this. She works at two different hospitals, taking shifts as they come up. Nights are brutal.
I seem to remember someone saying something about doing their charting at the end of their shift. I don’t know if that’s the general practice, or if others try to squeeze it in when they can, but yeah the focus seems to be on Santos and her inability to get her charting done.
I wonder if al-Hashimi’s reaction to the baby will be addressed. I missed it the first time around but there was a very subtle easy to miss explaination dropped several episodes ago. It follows the overall theme of trauma and PTSD in medical personnel. When she met Abbott she asked him if he spent a lot of time in the Middle East. Then she mentions she was with Doctors Without Borders working at the maternity ward of Dashte Barchi Hospital. That’s a hospital in Kabul where there was a suicide attack in 2020 that killed 16 mothers and 8 children. I don’t know it they will explore it further or just leave that little nugget of information.