# 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:** 3
**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 11, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275/41 "2025-04-11T15:46:17Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > I’m about confused about how Whittaker could take a room without anyone at the hospital knowing. Before the mass casualty event Whitaker mentions “there’s a whole empty ward on the 8th floor” but Gloria states there aren’t any nurses to staff it. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275/42 "2025-04-11T16:57:03Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > 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? A bit more nuance than that. The show was originally going to be a sequel to ER with Noah as Dr Carter in a new hospital. At some point talks broke down between WB and the Crichton estate so they decide to make it something original. ---
**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 12, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275/43 "2025-04-12T18:45:51Z")
Now that I’ve had time to mull over it a bit, I like that it ended like a shift would end. Everything wasn’t resolved in 15 hours. People just went home. ---
**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 12, 2025, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275/44 "2025-04-12T18:52:43Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > > [@RealityChuck](#): > > > > I’m about confused about how Whittaker could take a room without anyone at the hospital knowing. > > Before the mass casualty event Whitaker mentions “there’s a whole empty ward on the 8th floor” but Gloria states there aren’t any nurses to staff it. And in an early episode, Whitaker was eating from the cart of sandwiches for patients, further evidence of him being flat broke. ---
**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 12, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275/45 "2025-04-12T18:54:38Z")
I didn’t realize until now that Cassie’s father was played by her real father Brad Dourif. I didn’t recognize him with the white hair and beard. ---
**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 12, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275/46 "2025-04-12T18:58:50Z")
There are two other “nepo babies” in the cast. Santos is played by Isa Briones. Her father is Jon Jon Briones who has an extensive theater background. And Mel is played by Taylor Dearden, daughter of Bryan Cranston. ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275/47 "2025-04-14T21:11:12Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Taylor Dearden This does sound the “narrator” from Fight Club speaking his opposites name, after losing a fight and having difficulty speaking. “Do you know Taylor Dearden?” ---
**Author:** ![ashtayk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@ashtayk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ashtayk)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275/48 "2025-04-15T20:32:31Z")
And she is neuro divergent just like her character. She is definitely one of my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275/49 "2025-04-17T06:26:18Z")
Chemical abortion only works for about the first 8 weeks. D&C is done up to about 12 weeks, and after that, they have to do various things to open the cervix before removing the baby. (I’m trying not to be too graphic, or to upset anyone who may have experienced this.) This usually involves placement of laminaria (dried, sterilized seaweed that swells up with natural cervical fluids, and opens the cervix) and then some method of labor induction. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275/50 "2025-04-17T06:27:52Z")
Ketamine is an excellent drug for children in particular, in part because it’s an amnesic - in other words, in addition to being a sedative, it wipes out their memory. It also reduces the need for opiates. ---
**Author:** ![vislor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vislor/32/5933_2.png) [@vislor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vislor)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275/51 "2025-10-24T18:31:01Z")
I was looking for something to watch and found this. I binged it. I have binged it twice. I never watched ER or other medical things in the past so it surprised me how much I enjoyed the show. > [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > I’m not sure I want to do it, but I’m curious about what the experience would be to binge the whole season because there are so few breaks in the intensity. I don’t think I would like this weekly. I really want to see s2 but will have to wait until they are all out. I didn’t find it that bad to binge. This isn’t the kind of show where something terrible is going to happen to the main characters but to their patients. From that standpoint, although tough drama over many, many cases, I liked being able to binge it. It did get intense at times but it also allowed me to see the storylines and how they worked out. I don’t know if I would have gone back if I had to watch s1 weekly. > [@Loach](#): > > Fiona Dourif plays Cassie. She is Brad Dourif’s daughter. I’ve seen her in a lot of things but she always manages to look completely different in each role. Brad has played some interesting characters. Fionna was in Dirk Gently and from that to The Pitt, I certainly didn’t recognize her! > [@needscoffee](#): > > 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. I also was hoping more came from that. Even if a news report or background discussion. > [@RealityChuck](#): > > There are no metal detectors at our local emergency room. People can just walk in. I have had to be at the ER too often in the past few years. There is a security office, even in the smaller outreach hospital, but no metal detectors at any of the hospitals. The doors are locked to get into an examination room, probably due to someone medicine in there. In other places, it’s card access. > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > [@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. In one of the confrontations between Robbie and Gloria, he talks about how there are entire wings that aren’t staffed and if they were, they wouldn’t be having the wait problems in the ER. He did it to make a point about her wanting faster turn around times. I figured that’s how Whittaker was able to sleep in a room with no problem and not be found. Actually, someone probably knows he’s there, janitor or similar, but haven’t said anything. Or what DCnDC said. > [@Loach](#): > > I didn’t realize until now that Cassie’s father was played by her real father Brad Dourif. I didn’t recognize him with the white hair and beard. Holy Crap! I didn’t notice that either! Wow! > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Santos is played by Isa Briones She was in Picard s1 and I didn’t recognize her but that’s on me. The only difference was her hair style but I still didn’t recognize her. > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Mel is played by Taylor Dearden I thought she did great! I’m looking forward to s2 but as I said, will have to wait until I can binge it. I might not have a problem getting into this show but several shows I start and when I catch up, I don’t go finish them. Thanks for the discussion! ---
**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:** [October 24, 2025, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275/52 "2025-10-24T18:46:25Z")
> [@vislor](#): > > This isn’t the kind of show where something terrible is going to happen to the main characters but to their patients. > [@vislor](#): > > I never watched ER or other medical things in the past Boy, have I got news for you… ---
**Author:** ![vislor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vislor/32/5933_2.png) [@vislor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vislor)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275/53 "2025-10-24T19:08:55Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Boy, have I got news for you… Well, gonna need to have that spelled out for me, not having watched ER. I didn’t see anything bad happen to the main characters in the Pitt, Certainly not compared to their patients. Thanks for the discussion! ---
**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:** [October 24, 2025, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275/54 "2025-10-24T19:21:35Z")
> [@vislor](#): > > I didn’t see anything bad happen to the main characters in the Pitt Assaults, firing, arrest, nervous breakdown… ---
**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:** [October 24, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275/55 "2025-10-24T19:30:51Z")
> [@vislor](#): > > Well, gonna need to have that spelled out for me, not having watched ER. ER was on for a long time, and characters were occasionally written out of the show as needed. I highly recommend you watching it, since you like The Pitt. They’re very similar - so similar, they’re being sued for it! Consider it the prequel. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2025, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275/56 "2025-10-24T19:44:20Z")
Although ER aired 20-30 years ago, so it’s a little dated in terms of the medical technology. One of the fun things about The Pitt is the state-of-the-art technology employed in the show. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275/57 "2025-10-24T19:53:48Z")
> [@vislor](#): > > > [@needscoffee](#): > > > > 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. > > I also was hoping more came from that. Even if a news report or background discussion. That fits in with the realism of the show though. The docs are see dozens of patients every day, and they’re not always going to get a resolution on everything. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2025, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275/58 "2025-10-24T20:02:21Z")
And remember the structure of the show, which is to show what happens during a single shift. Many times, resolutions like that don’t happen until days or weeks later. (FYI, the new season starts in January and I read someplace that it continues the single shift thing except this time, it’s set during an Independence Day weekend. I expect one or two gory fireworks injuries. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2025, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275/59 "2025-10-24T21:51:09Z")
When I started working 30 years ago everyone thought New Years Eve was the worst day of the year. I found that calmed down quite a bit the last few years. To me July 4th became much worse. What used to be family barbecues and a bunch of nuisance fireworks calls has turned into drunken brawls and nuisance fireworks calls. Especially since the pandemic. 2020 turned Independence Day into a drinking holiday. I suspect that has translated into busy ERs too. ---
**Author:** ![vislor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vislor/32/5933_2.png) [@vislor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vislor)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2025, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275/60 "2025-10-25T02:46:56Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > > [@vislor](#): > > > > I also was hoping more came from that. Even if a news report or background discussion. > > That fits in with the realism of the show though. The docs are see dozens of patients every day, and they’re not always going to get a resolution on everything. I’m torn on this sentiment. Yes, in real life, a person in the ER, nurse, doctor, etc, wouldn’t get the rest of the story. This isn’t real life, though, it’s a show. I get even in the bounds of the show, the doctors and nurses won’t see that character again. It doesn’t mean I don’t want resolution of it! Let me put it another way. We did see a lot of resolution from other patients. The young man that they thought was a danger to others. I’m sure there are more but I can’t think of them. What if we had not gotten any resolution on anything other than medical issues? I get that we are following Dr. Robbie but what if another doctor had done the resolution with the father who was dying? I would find that equally bad. They bring it up, they need to resolve it. I get that I won’t get that. I understand. I’m merely saying that for me, I did want a bit more. > [@needscoffee](#): > > ER was on for a long time, and characters were occasionally written out of the show as needed. > > I highly recommend you watching it, since you like The Pitt. They’re very similar - so similar, they’re being sued for it! Consider it the prequel. > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Although ER aired 20-30 years ago, so it’s a little dated in terms of the medical technology. One of the fun things about The Pitt is the state-of-the-art technology employed in the show. I don’t know how much old medical tech I would notice, not being in the medical field. I’m worried about other aspects of being dated, in terms of topics dealt with. Having said that, yes, I probably should watch a few episodes for myself. Thanks for the discussion! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pitt-tv-show-season-1/1016275.md?page=4)