For those who haven’t seen it, *The Pitt* is a popular hospital drama where each episode depicts roughly in real time an hour of a day in the emergency room. The show tries to put us in the shoes of people we are not like or whom we have not often considered. It asks us to have empathy and compassion for these patients as well as the people trying to help them within a hospital system, where frustration and emotion can often run high.
Last week’s episode, “5:00 P.M.,” stayed true to those elements, only this time the source of the frustration, drama, and emotion was ICE agents who came storming into the ER.
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That scene was uncomfortable in the best way. It didn’t feel like it was telling you what you think, it just dropped you into a situation where every choice felt wrong. Do you think the staff actually had any real option here?
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For those who haven’t seen it, *The Pitt* is a popular hospital drama where each episode depicts roughly in real time an hour of a day in the emergency room. The show tries to put us in the shoes of people we are not like or whom we have not often considered. It asks us to have empathy and compassion for these patients as well as the people trying to help them within a hospital system, where frustration and emotion can often run high.
Last week’s episode, “5:00 P.M.,” stayed true to those elements, only this time the source of the frustration, drama, and emotion was ICE agents who came storming into the ER.
That scene was uncomfortable in the best way. It didn’t feel like it was telling you what you think, it just dropped you into a situation where every choice felt wrong. Do you think the staff actually had any real option here?