Incredible episode of TV. I know The Pitt is all the rage these days, which I agree is fantastic. Id encourage anyone who hasn't seen ER to give it a look. You dont even have to know all the characters just give any random one from S1 a shot and see if you like it
Being an ER stan makes me know certain things won’t happen on The Pitt.
Like none of those helicopters are chopping off any arms or falling on anyone.
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sexandliquorMar 25, 2026
+1
Yeah ER got f****** crazy sometimes. I’ve been rewatching it and I totally had forgotten about Lucy and Carter getting f****** stabbed by the schizophrenic guy.
There are people in the Pitt subreddit who theorize that Robby on is gonna end up getting in a motorcycle accident or something and I’m like …I really don’t think this is that type of show…
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ImLaunchpadMcQuackMar 25, 2026
+1
Also, didn’t Carter attempt suicide or have a drug addiction? That’s not gonna happen with Dr. Robbie for those exact reasons.
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sexandliquorMar 25, 2026
+1
Yeah Carter was on the pills. The Langdon storyline in The Pitt feels like echoes from the past of that.
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ComputerDecent463Mar 25, 2026
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I predict we are going to get an ER reboot at some point from NBC given the success of The Pitt.
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brainkandy87Mar 25, 2026
+8
The Pitt was supposed to be that. That not happening was probably a blessing in disguise for The Pitt.
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The_BrianMar 25, 2026
+2
I'm like 99% sure The Pitt *was* the ER Reboot. The problem were the people in charge of Crichton's estate so they took their ball home and made The Pitt instead.
And at this point, Noah Wylie isn't gonna be involved and I have no idea how you have any real ER reboot without him. All the other names that you could probably center it around would either never do it >!(Ross (Clooney)!< or their characters are dead and gone >!(Greene (Anthony Edwards) and Pratt (Mekhi Phifer)!<. I guess *maybe* you could try to throw a wad of cash at >!Kovac (Goran Višnjić) and Abby (Maura Tierney)!< but I doubt that's enough of a nugget to get an old ER reboot back off the ground. Their stories were just done.
Carter is the one with the histroy, the unfinished story, and name value required to do it. Something with him running an ER with >!Greene's Daughter!< as a student or something is basically the only nugget I can imagine working as a true ER sequel.
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ComputerDecent463Mar 25, 2026
+2
Yes, I know the backstory and odd legal situation, but HBO is not NBC.
Networks always want their part of the success other networks are having.
Fox literally has a review in their commercials for Doc that says, “Filling The Pitt-shaped hole in your heart,” as a selling point.
Rather than trying a new medical show they may go to this well.
Obviously there are a ton of hurdles in doing so from the cost to the cast not really being around. Maybe if they do 10 episode seasons they get George Clooney as the lead. I feel like he’s overdue for the jump to TV.
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monsieurxanderMar 25, 2026
+2
They wrote out Clooney's character in a way where he could never come back to County General.
I would hope an ER revival would respect the continuity of what came before.
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ComputerDecent463Mar 25, 2026
+1
I mean, The Pitt had a guy on drugs helping out after a mass shooting.
Like Kevin Garnett says….
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monsieurxanderMar 25, 2026
+1
>!He got caught euthanizing a child.!<
>!This was after several incidents of going rogue where he *should* have gotten fired, like performing a secret procedure on a baby without parental consent.!<
edit: spoiler tags
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Driveshaft48Mar 25, 2026
+4
How is this different from most posts on here? Not trying to cause any problems but this episode is over 30 years old. I definitely think you can watch the clip and get a sense for ER without it ruining anything. There isn't some big spoiler
https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/1s0u04y/scrubs_where_do_you_think_we_are/
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