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.
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.
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.
And in an early episode, Whitaker was eating from the cart of sandwiches for patients, further evidence of him being flat broke.
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.
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.
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?”
And she is neuro divergent just like her character. She is definitely one of my favorites.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Brad has played some interesting characters.
Fionna was in Dirk Gently and from that to The Pitt, I certainly didn’t recognize her!
I also was hoping more came from that. Even if a news report or background discussion.
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.
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.
Holy Crap! I didn’t notice that either! Wow!
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.
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!
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!
Assaults, firing, arrest, nervous breakdown…
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!