Previously on HBO Max’s The Pitt, the staff is still trying to find their stride without the use of technology. Dr. King’s sister, Becca, comes in with a complaint of stomachache, so Frank Langdon is assigned as her doctor. Meanwhile, Javadi has a slip-up on a patient, resulting in late test lab results and immediate surgery, freezing her confidence. Now, they have to prepare for casualties from a water park collapse.
The episode begins with Robby having Ogilvie assist with incoming patients from the helipad. Meanwhile, McKay and Javadi prepare their cancer patient, Roxie, for an increase in the morphine drip. As McKay tells Roxie and her family about the process, Javadi storms out. She gets emotional when McKay checks on her. Later on, McKay talks to Roxie’s eldest, telling him it’s important for him to say his goodbyes to her while she’s still with them.
Samira’s mother has now started to call the hospital to talk to her, but she avoids any conversation. Later, Samira and Joy receive a patient, Ms. Torres, who comes in with a swollen leg. During the questionnaire, Samira begins to breathe heavily, and Joy tells her, “You don’t look too good.” She walks off outside to get some air, but she almost passes out before Joy makes her sit in a wheelchair. They immediately admit her as a patient. Robby rushes to go check on her, with Joy, Frank, and Perlah already in the room. She complains about her mom, revealing to Robby that she’s only had a panic attack. He grows angry, telling her to leave for the day because he doesn’t want her to be a “liability.”
Baran, Frank, Garcia, and Santos work together during a procedure with a patient from the water park who continues to ask them where his son is. They have Dana look for him. Santos grows irritated by both Garcia and Frank. Later, Santos confronts Garcia about the way she talked to her in the surgical room. Garcia tells her to start getting used to working with Langdon again and to work out whatever is going on between them instead of complaining.
Robby, Whitaker, Donnie, and Ogilvie assist a patient who lost her leg during the collapse. When she wakes up, she freaks out when she sees Ogilvie and Whitaker holding her leg. Robby tries to calm her down, but they have to sedate her.
To save a young boy’s life, Baran uses a method that Frank, Robby, and Whitaker don’t know. She stabilizes him, admitting it was her first time doing it.
King comes back from her deposition and immediately goes to Frank, asking about Becca. The two of them go to her room to check on her. King learns that she has a UTI and that she’s been intimate with her boyfriend, which King didn’t know anything about.
Robby’s friend, Duke, comes in, and Donnie and Whitaker help to check him out. Robby has Whitaker take the lead on the questionnaire. After assisting, Robby gets pulled from Baran, who confronts him about how he spoke to Samira earlier. He ends up apologizing to Samira for how he acted.
Overall, this episode was stressful, especially beginning with Samira and her having a panic attack. Supriya Ganesh has done amazingly well in this episode as Samira, between her panic attack and being lashed out at by Robby. It’s heartbreaking to continue to watch these moments with Roxie and her family.
Rating: 8/10