‘The Pitt’ Season 2 Finale Scores Series High Ratings With 9.7 Million Viewers in 4 Days

Not reference something that went so viral people had to run from it, but Ariana Grande nailed this so hard on SNL.

Having her sing a lullaby to the baby was not unnoticed by me

Was always glad Ted Lasso didn’t make Hannah Waddingham hold back. 

She did a pretty good job at it. A lot of the time you can hear their talent thru the acting because it is very hard to hide.

Great singers also dont really have to pretend to sing poorly. Singing is a skill, and it's one that can be easy to turn off when you're just having fun.

I saw her singing on ig and she was so good

𝆺𝅥𝅯 *Believe it or not, George isn't at home...* 𝆺𝅥𝅯

Which is funny because based on the baby interaction scene, they totally could have let her sing like her true self.

I like her character a lot. My wife hates me for that. I can totally understand a person like Santos.

I binge watched season 1 over Christmas, and then had to watch season 2 week by week, and it was *brutal*. I wish I'd had the strength to keep it in reserve and watch it one binge as it deserves.

Unbreakable!

There's dozens of us!!

I held out until about a month ago and no show has captivated me the way it has in years. It deals with such a wide range of topics and does so in a thoughtful way at a million miles an hour.

I'm in the medical field and it's the best medical show I've ever seen. It's too real sometimes and I need to get up and take a break; hits a little too close to home. I encourage everyone to watch it to see what medicine and hospitals are really like for healthcare workers.

It's ER with 1/10th the soap opera c***.

You need to watch it if you haven't, but you don't need to subscribe to watch it.

Shen and Crus are completely unflappable.

I love how they warmed up for the night shift- We are the night crawlers. We deal with the weirdest and the wildest because... [All] We are the weirdest and the wildest of them all. That is right, and tonight, they are really gonna be crawling. Now go get some!

Well we generally see them at the start of their shift, not the end.

as someone who works night shift in the hospital, it usually is a lot more chill until somethin goes wrong then you realize you’re missing a few bodies.

Nightcrawlers : A Pitt Story

I used to work the front desk at a very large conference hotel. I only ever worked 1st and second shifts, but the 3rd shift (overnight) folks gave the same vibe. I feel like it takes a certain kind of person to work overnight and deal with all the weirdness that comes with it. Cool people though, I am still good friends with one of them. Their crew just had a different vibe than the day shifters though, for sure.

You play Night Crawlers too?

I want a cameo appearance by Frank and Charlie.

Welcome to every night shift at a hospital ever

This has to happen at some point. God the stories they could do! Like you ride out a nightshift with Abbott and then when he inevitably gets called in to help with day shift you already know the shit he’s handled and is now on 2 hrs of sleep?

Heck, put Kiefer Sutherland in it also.

Upvoted because I would be out of character ok with a 2 year wait in between seasons if this happens. Would be worth it unlike the vast majority of shows who think that's acceptable.

They also don't come in with any baggage or sidestories. They do their thing, they do it well and seamlessly took over. They get their little moments and it works. I'd rather 3 or 4 more episodes at the end of the day shift to watch them perform competence p***.

It's kinda like the start of a relationship where everyone's on their best behavior. I for one enjoy the next stage more, finding out the flaws and quirks stage. It feels more authentic. Bring on edgy shen and ellis. Let's see if they have baggage. I also think Abbott was at the stage Robby is then he started getting help so maybe what we see is what we get from him. But maybe he'll have lapses like in season 1

> I like the idea of like maybe starting a season with them for a few episodes Ooh, that's cool, maybe S3 could start at, like, 4am

Its just listnook talking. There have been zero actual news of a nightshift season occuring. Heck, one of the nightshift actors is a regular next season on the day shift.

It's not even a rumor, it's just a meme.

The creators have explicitly said there's not going to be a night shift spinoff.

Agreed. Season 1 plays a full arc. Season 2 ends at the emotional Climax for Dr. Robby. I'm hoping season 3 plays out the proper falling action and resolution for us. in fact, now that I think about it, there's a strong theme in season 2 of what happens when people leave "early." Joy leaves abruptly. Oglevee vanishes. Robby is suicidal. The woman whose son got heat stroke is suicidal. The woman with cancer dies. The man with diabetes leaves early only to end up in a vegetative state later (possibly by attempting suicide). Even the other doctors who 'stay' are shunted away suddenly for depositions or drug testing. Season 2 is very much about everyone having to pick up the pieces when people disappear, but you're right - it doesn't get around to how that resolves. It just says that it happens and then ends. The closest we get to resolution is Karaoke.

For me season one was chaotic but Robby, for the most part, was the stable anchor in turbulent seas. Season two turns into a completely rudderless ship and feels more hopeless. Season 2 goes to great lengths to show how no medical professional comes out mentally unscathed from the job. And it’s powerful I’m sure in its accuracy. It’s just more…bleak. I love the show for bringing this to light, but it’s so heavy at a time when everything is so heavy.

I agree as well, but this season seems to be doing more set up work for season 3 , while season 1 was more self contained. Makes sense from a showrunners perspective to think longer term once you know for sure your gonna get more than one season. So maybe we can look forward to season 3 being the best one yet.

Game of Thrones seems to have been the last one

I've never seen so many people openly imply they don't pay attention to their favorite show. "The Pitt is my favorite show and I would know if Robby was suicidal!" I bet these folks don't know Dr. J and Dr. Javadi are the same person either.

That's why you skip The Pitt sub and go straight to /r/okbuddywhitaker

It's been genuinely weird seeing that sub spin out because there's a lead character and supporting characters, that there are apparently deleted scenes, that actors get written off shows sometimes... Just normal tv stuff gets framed as scandalous and they wind each other up

LOL > Many The Pitt Fans Are Proving That Yes, It's Possible To Be Bad At Watching A TV Show https://www.slashfilm.com/2142399/the-pitt-fans-proving-bad-watching-tv-shows/

that sub and tiktok both disgust me. the amount of people who think a character being written off a show is being done maliciously due to their skin color is f****** bizzare

I was listening to a podcast about the finale episode and they mentioned something about the fandom for this show being a bit mental and I guess I’m about to go see for myself. I just think it’s fun to talk about with my wife.

Just talk about it with friends in real life. That's the great thing about mono culture shows

Every post with effectively no information about anything on this sub blows up because everyone wants an excuse to discuss it but doesn't want to talk to the crazies on the show sub.

I think that’s the only sublistnook I’ve ever been banned from, and I don’t feel bad about it at all. It’s such a strange, unhealthy place full of people with no media literacy. 

Fandoms in general have become exhausting. I’m a Gilmore Girls fan, and even that sub has turned in recent years since the show has gained more of a pop culture following.

I imagine The Pitt is financially easier to make than HOTD. All filmed in one location, and probably on a soundstage. Seasons come out quicker, and there’s more episodes, etc.

Squid Game was a binge drop, so people generally watched it at different paces. It was a big deal for a couple weeks. But since The Pitt is released one episode per week, the season has generated discussion for ~4 months.

I thought they handled the ICE thing perfectly. Very often they handle their social issues with "Dana does a monologue listing the stats." The "show the bear" thing was perfect. You saw the disruptiveness, the pointlessness, the menace, the dipshittery etc. I know that the ghouls in places like /r/fauxmoi are all pissy that allegedly they cut ICE scenes but I think what they showed was a pretty stellar condemnation without needing exposition.

> F*** ICE but their depiction on the show wasn’t anything out of the ordinary to be honest. One dude was unmasked and they didn't even pepper spray or killed anyone By reality's standard I'd call that even a flattering depiction and it still looked ugly, because it is

It's a meme to say the unrealistic part is that they don't take people to the ER, but actually ICE taking people to the ER is realistic. They have been doing it. You can find plenty of news articles about it. Annnddd they have arrested healthcare workers, shackled their detainees onto hospital beds so hard their wrists are bleeding, refused to respect cleanliness and distance protocols, refused to give doctor/patient privacy, threatened workers, and caused all sorts of other sheer chaos in hospitals when they show up. Saying they don't do that erases that they are, and managing to f*** that up in the process too on top of everything else they're doing lol

I got told in a fan sublistnook (not the Pitt) that I don't watch TV correctly.

The show is well written and well acted and is very good obviously. However, I was expecting more from the finale is all. Some kind of revelation or occurrence that we would have to see the ramifications of next season. Robby’s “vacation” isn’t really a thing that happened because we never actually see him leave. I mean people were literally afraid he was going to kill himself and it sure seemed that way but nobody ever just asks him “are you planning suicide?” which is like prevention 101. In a room full of doctors you’d think they’d know that. Even the friggin emergency psychiatrist beats around the bush. I’m just saying if the season ended after episode 14 there would be absolutely no difference for season 3. Which is not how a finale should be.

Agree, I would’ve loved to see more of the supporting characters instead of the Dr. Robby Show over and over. Season 1 was a lot more balanced.