So go home, let yourselves cry.
Youll feel better its just grief leaving the body.
In the quiet of his private room, Trinita shares a painful memory of her past.
Noah Wyle and Shawn Hatosy in ‘The Pitt’.Credit:Warrick Page/Max
We were young, and someone older was taking advantage of our age.
And things got so bad that my friend took her own life.
and highlights the maddeningly clever wayThe Pitts writers subverted our expectations with this character.
Aidan Laprete and Isa Briones in the season 1 finale of ‘The Pitt’.Warrick Page/Max
I was never high, Dr. Langdon insists to his boss.
I was just treating my own withdrawal symptoms.
He pleads with Robby not to report him, and when hes rebuffed, Langdon lashes out.
Noah Wyle as Dr. Robby and Gerran Howell as Dr. Whitaker on ‘The Pitt’.Warrick Page/Max
Im not the only one whos a little f—ed up here, Robby, he sneers.
I wasnt the one talking to cartoon animals in pedes.
It’s a cruel reference to Robbys long-time-coming moment of emotional disintegration at the end of episode 13.
(Id say its his Emmy moment, but its only one of many.)
Theres a little gossip, of course; Langdon heard about the incident from a night-shift nurse.
I choked, Robby confesses.
What, for 40 seconds?
Abbott scoffs in return.
So f—ing what?
Patrick Ball as Dr. Langdon and Katherine LaNasa as nurse Dana on ‘The Pitt’.Warrick Page/Max
It’s an open question is Robbys breakdown a harbinger of something more serious down the road?
Or is it all in a days work?
Could she really be done, as she insisted more than once this season?
Will Odd Couple hijinks ensue?
Perhaps its best to follow Dr. Robbys advice and just cry it out.
Grief leaving the body has never felt so good.
Finale grade:B+Season grade:A
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