There is genuine significance to the manner in which The Pitt, the television medical drama, has gripped and captivated tens of millions of people, in the US and around the world. The series has become something of a social-cultural phenomenon.
The deep impression the television series has made speaks to the specific conditions of healthcare and the crisis in healthcare, but more generally it reveals a sympathetic response to an unusually humane treatment of social life as a whole in the US.
by DryDeer775
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I enjoy the show but something about the dialog is off to me. I don’t mean the medical jargon but the way the staff interacts with each other and especially the way the patients talk to the doctors. It gives me Law and Order SVU vibes where it’s like the characters know they are on a TV show
I think it also shows that a lot of what we call tired, formulaic tropes in network TV are popular because that’s what people actually like. Weekly serials with largely self contained cases in a legal or medical framework with some interpersonal drama thrown in. The Pitt is basically a well made, broadcast network show. Not every show has to be some daring and experimental format or topic.
I understand that an episode dealing with ice was not allowed to air…..
I like how there is zero love interest crap.
Having 15 episodes makes a huge difference compared to the 8 we usually get these days.
You need time to get to know the characters. 8 just isn’t enough.
It’s good, but it’s *very* preachy and while much of the *medicine* is praised for being accurate, there’s a lot of unrealistic stuff framing it.
Like I’m sorry, but even a teaching hospital is not throwing CTs at every patient that walks through the door just for funsies, including the *homeless* guy. Everyone with a tummy ache that walks into that ER is getting like $200k in tests at the drop of a hat.
15 episodes is perfect in this setting. Getting to know them as others have said is key. Not to mention almost 4 months of it being on per year is amazing
I was a little unsure going into S2 of how it would top the intensity of the >!mass shooting in S1!<, but I thought it still managed to do well in building up the stress/anxiety levels while going into a different direction