# The Pitt -- TV show (season 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [March 28, 2025, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275 "2025-03-28T22:57:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275/21 "2025-04-04T21:37:33Z")
I’ll probably watch tonight. In the things that happen in movies and tv but don’t happen in real life I mentioned that emergency rooms are directly open to the outside and anyone can just walk in off the street and directly confront the staff. It makes for good drama but it’s not very realistic. I’m glad in this show there is security and a locked door between the waiting room and the staff. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275/22 "2025-04-04T21:44:37Z")
Some hospital emergency rooms I’ve seen have a metal detector portal that ambulatory visitors need to pass through in order to be seen. (That obviously doesn’t apply to anyone coming in via ambulance.) ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275/23 "2025-04-04T21:44:39Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I’m glad in this show there is security and a locked door between the waiting room and the staff. Yeah. Bad stuff happens in the ambulance bay. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275/24 "2025-04-05T00:39:29Z")
“I see hair.” ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275/25 "2025-04-05T03:24:36Z")
I’ve been watching it, its a pretty good show. Is Ketamine really used that often in an ER setting? They seem to almost default to that for anesthesia. Is this an actual common thing? Is it due to the opioid crackdown or does ketamine provide benefits over opiates? I noticed they talk about nerve blocks a lot, I would assume that is also partly due to the opioid crackdown. Also looking online, the state of PA allows abortions up until 6 months, not 3 months. Not that it matters, but still. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275/26 "2025-04-05T04:18:58Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > Also looking online, the state of PA allows abortions up until 6 months, not 3 months. Not that it matters, but still. I took it to mean that chemical abortion was allowed up until a certain limit. Over the limit it would have to be a D&C. ---
**Author:** ![Old\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecccb3/32.png) [@Old\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Wench)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275/27 "2025-04-05T04:45:02Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Some hospital emergency rooms I’ve seen have a metal detector portal that ambulatory visitors need to pass through in order to be seen. (That obviously doesn’t apply to anyone coming in via ambulance.) Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh (which you see in exterior shots in the show) has metal detectors and a security guard in the ER waiting area. That’s where the late Kopek passed away. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275/28 "2025-04-05T05:04:44Z")
Did we ever find out what happened to Myrna? (the abrasive woman handcuffed to a wheelchair) ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275/29 "2025-04-05T05:24:06Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Did we ever find out what happened to Myrna? Not yet. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275/30 "2025-04-05T05:25:12Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I took it to mean that chemical abortion was allowed up until a certain limit. Over the limit it would have to be a D&C Yes, this is what I heard, too. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275/31 "2025-04-05T10:12:31Z")
Who is the late Kopek? ---
**Author:** ![Old\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecccb3/32.png) [@Old\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Wench)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275/32 "2025-04-05T10:26:59Z")
My late husband (Kopek on the SDMB a/k/a Ruble in the MMP). ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275/33 "2025-04-05T16:45:26Z")
Kopek used to post about what it was like to work at an Amazon warehouse (among other things). Very informative. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275/34 "2025-04-08T21:26:04Z")
Michael Crichton’s Estate (creator of the television show “ER”) is suing Warner Bros. as his Estate asserts that The Pitt is an unauthorized re-boot of ER, is the Pitt includes some of the writers from the original show along with Noah Wyle. So those people can never do another medical drama? ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275/35 "2025-04-08T21:36:14Z")
Heck, Warner’s can just sue the makers of _Pulse_ to pay off the Crichton Estate. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2025, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275/36 "2025-04-11T06:07:54Z")
Remember those two women that came in where one was the live-in assistant of the other one, and the ER staff thought there was something too controlling about the relationship? I was hoping more would have come of it. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2025, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275/37 "2025-04-11T12:56:02Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I’ll probably watch tonight. > > In the things that happen in movies and tv but don’t happen in real life I mentioned that emergency rooms are directly open to the outside and anyone can just walk in off the street and directly confront the staff. It makes for good drama but it’s not very realistic. I’m glad in this show there is security and a locked door between the waiting room and the staff. There are no metal detectors at our local emergency room. People can just walk in. There is a guard, and it’s just a reception room. But you can’t walk into the actual ER without an ID, and the receptionist have to unlock the door (using a switch) to let you in. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2025, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275/38 "2025-04-11T13:02:23Z")
I kind of wonder what they’ll do for the next season. They certainly can’t top (or repeat) the active shooter storyline. I hear it will be set on July 4, always a busy day for the ER, but that’s not the same impact. I’m about confused about how Whittaker could take a room without anyone at the hospital knowing. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2025, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275/39 "2025-04-11T14:40:22Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > > [@Loach](#): > > > > I’ll probably watch tonight. > > > > In the things that happen in movies and tv but don’t happen in real life I mentioned that emergency rooms are directly open to the outside and anyone can just walk in off the street and directly confront the staff. It makes for good drama but it’s not very realistic. I’m glad in this show there is security and a locked door between the waiting room and the staff. > > There are no metal detectors at our local emergency room. People can just walk in. There is a guard, and it’s just a reception room. But you can’t walk into the actual ER without an ID, and the receptionist have to unlock the door (using a switch) to let you in. You aren’t saying anything different than I am. There is a locked door between the reception area and the treatment area. In a lot of tv shows people run in right off the street and the first person they see is a doctor. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275/40 "2025-04-11T15:42:45Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > I kind of wonder what they’ll do for the next season. They certainly can’t top (or repeat) the active shooter storyline. I hear it will be set on July 4, always a busy day for the ER, but that’s not the same impact. I’ve heard that as well; it’s set on July 4, ten months after this first season. Given the date, I expect we’ll see some gruesome fireworks-related injuries. I don’t know if the second season will also be fifteen episodes or how that will work with a twelve-hour shift. > [@RealityChuck](#): > > I’m about confused about how Whittaker could take a room without anyone at the hospital knowing. As for that, there may be wings of the hospital without patients at the moment but that may still have patient rooms with beds and such. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275.md?page=3)