The Watchers are back at PTMC for Season 2, Episode 5 of The Pitt, making our “11:00 AM” rounds. Jodie and Andrea check in on Ogilvie’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Whitaker’s continued quiet glow-up, and Santos as she gets closer to investing in Dr. Al-Hashimi’s AI startup. Plus: a gridlocked granny, some extremely Pittsburgh sports fan behavior, and why Donnie’s sink hole bet might not be as foolish as Ahmad thinks. We also dig into how this season is less about one big dramatic event and more about the less sensational long-term effects of trauma. And Jodie asks the most important question of all: if you ended up in this emergency department, which doctor would you actually want treating you, and why is it Dr. McKay?

Recommended in this episode:

This season, The Pitt is About What Doesn't Happen in One Day - Linda Holmes

The Pitt | Cinematographer: Johanna Coelho - Darektor's Cut

The Death Thing Is a Bonus - Beautiful Stories from Anonymous People

Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End - Alua Arthur

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