The Pitt Season 2, Episode 5: The Robby and Langdon Show
- Marielle Bokor
- 15 hours ago
- 9 min read
Westbridge is code black. Ok.
Back to a feature on “Do we like Dr. Al” and my answer, five episodes in, is now yes. Is she a little tightly wound and a little too forward? Sure, but I think she’s a good foil to Robby, and a good resource for new doctors. I think we’ll keep her.
We’re reminded, though, Santos hates her.
Westbridge is code black. Ok.
Back to a feature on “Do we like Dr. Al” and my answer, five episodes in, is now yes. Is she a little tightly wound and a little too forward? Sure, but I think she’s a good foil to Robby, and a good resource for new doctors. I think we’ll keep her.
We’re reminded, though, Santos hates her.
Combative college kid is also a main focus of our recap…and oh no, Louie gets a feature.
We bring back up the transfer, and our diabetic dad with the GoFundMe, and then one more look at the infected lady from the end of last episode. Ok, these are the things to watch for, I suppose.
Robby’s in our leg case, and he’s giving shady looks to Langdon even though he didn’t (seemingly) do anything wrong sending this lady away the first time and telling her to keep an eye on it. Dana puts them in Trauma 2 and Langdon actually asserts himself with Robby, saying he’s coming with, and gets slapped with a cold “Suit yourself.” Ugh. Robby, you let nothing go.
Dana asks if Santos wants to go too, but she’s busy charting…until she gets interrupted by Whitaker, who’s of course, worried he did something wrong. Santos is not having this conversation, and so he goes away. But hey, she’s also taking King’s advice and dictating. We find out she’s 20 charts behind. Dana presses her to go in Trauma 2 and she begs her not to so she can finish charting, but with all the moxie of a head nurse who’s great at what she does, she gets sent packing to help, since they’re not just dealing with their patients, but also Westbridge’s.
Ogilvie strolls by and gets his assignment, and uh oh, still looks like he’s got too much hubris. We’ll see.
Diabetic dad’s angry and trying to go home, despite his family and the doctors and nurses begging him not to. Joy’s looking on, and hmmm…maybe she’ll do something brilliant here.
Back at leg lady, we’ve got Langdon, Robby and Hashimi in one room with an agitated Santos. What could go wrong? She gets a call while they’re talking to her about her diagnosis, and the boss is giving her a hard time. Robby ungloves, takes the phone, and in a very badass moment, says that if the boss fires her, he’ll sue. Can he do that? Doesn’t matter, seems convincing to everyone else in the room.
Outside that room, we meet up with Jada, yelling guy’s sister. They ask if she’s eaten, and she hasn’t. She doesn’t want to leave but they convince her to to get some rest, after assuring her that if she feels her brother was mistreated that she should pursue that.
Now we’re with Ogilvie and he’s got an old lady with stomach pain. Santos is on it, too, and she picks up that she takes percocet sometimes, where he just picked up that she did occasionally, and she admits she took it a few times last week. She can’t poop, no matter what. Ogilvie gets tasked with the differential and he orders an x-ray. He thinks of a few things it could be but ultimately Santos fills in the blanks. They don’t seem in competition here, which is a nice change.
On the other hand, Robby and Langdon are a mess in the same room, even for the brief moment we meet them outside the door.
Robby’s on another case though, with a woman who hit her head - or didn’t. She’s definitely seizing though, and there’s gonna be more to the story.
An assault victim comes in from a Westbridge re-route and we’re starting to see the impact of that code black hard core. He’s also a prisoner and needs to remain cuffed while treated. Hashimi’s presiding here, and King’s got a problem with the cuff. Dude’s gotten stomped, and has a mandible fracture. And some rib fractures.
Langdon and Robby are having it out a little because leg lady’s infection’s still spreading. The nurse in the room says the meds could still be working but Robby’s not having it. Taking a sidebar we find that she’s severely septic, but Langdon’s defensive because at 7 am, that’s not what it looked like,and of course, he’d be in this situation right now. I can’t blame the defensiveness.
Dr. Al and Robby meet up in a side room and have a rather normal consult. Ok. Well, there’s hope for everyone. Robby then heads to Dana’s desk to check in on the baby and she’s of course checking to see if he’s made up with Langdon.
Back at the betting, we’ve added “sinkhole.” That’s a long shot. Langdon gets asked but can’t play,and they’re really cool about it after he tells them it’s due to rehab bills. Sinkhole was a double down, so what does our favorite dad nurse know?
Santos sits down to chart and Dana’s got her headed to a new room. She again protests, and again, gets shut down by “D” as she called her, but at least she respected it.
Her and Ogilvie head off and now we’re with Louie.
Langdon’s ordering Librium for pain for him, but Whitaker steps in and says he’ll put in the order. Ouch. To be fair, as he said, he’s the attending for Louie, but that has to hurt. Langdon tries to catch up with Robby for a moment who snubs him, again.
And now we find that Santos is still charting and just supervising Ogilvie. The same Ogilvie who screwed up today and doesn’t catch everything. He’s not giving good bedside manner, and the relationship’s officially combative now.
Our seizing woman is a hospice at home cancer patient, and her husband seems really, really on top of things. They find a lot of bruising on her legs and there’s definitely a lot of concerned looks being shot between Mohan and McKay.
Our social worker is now with our diabetic dad, and the bad news kills me. The best they can do is 60/40 split, and we know that’s not really a thing that’s gonna work for them. He apologizes to his daughter finally, and they go over the reality of the hospital’s “help” - the bill will likely be over 100k and they’ll be on the hook for 60 of it. If that’s feasible for you, good, but for most of us, that’s catastrophic Dad’s definitely a flight risk again. Everyone wants him to stay but…Joy.
She says it’d be cheaper to admit him to med-surg instead of the ICU, and …they’re working on it. This might be clutch, and I might like Joy now. Interesting.
Food poisoning’s out, Louie’s out to the liquor store, Robby presumes, and things are moving. I kinda forgot Robbie and our social worker are dating. She asks Dana what his deal is, and she…does not approve of the hot goss she spills trying to figure out why he always needs a distraction. But she does agree he needs some peace.
Ogilvie’s back with a lung x-ray and his latest patient has active TB. Which he thought was pneumonia, and which she wasn’t there until later to diagnose, so now he’s gotta sign in as a patient because he’s potentially infected, and we’re calling public health. I really feel like she’s not getting out of this with a smile and a slap on the wrist. Santos, we were rooting for you. We were all rooting for you! Ogilvie is freaked out, but Santos, learning nothing, is right back to charting.
We’ve got a new kid. He’s got a dry ice burn? This oughta be a good story. They were trying to brand each other? Ugh. So that’s new,and dumb.
Hashimi and Langdon hash it out (I’m so sorry) in the hall and she welcomes him back after he says that it doesn’t seem like Robby wants him here. I think she’s doing a good job, in this case, because that chip on Robby’s shoulder is enormous, and you’d think there’d be some empathy for a friend. We like our characters with flaws, but I wish this would wear away.
Back to our prisoner, other than the mandible he’s seeming ok. I mean, other than the rib fractures. He’s in a lot of pain, but there’s a question as to whether he should be admitted or not. The cuffs are an issue for Whitaker, too, who’s now calling for them to come off so they can administer painkillers. The poor security guy is just following protocol though, and no one seems too happy with him. He talks to Mohan about his decision with Langdon but gets interrupted.
Our waitress is not improving, and she’s about to go to surgery. She’s actively getting worse while Robby’s trying to break it to her that it’s no small issue. Her BP is dropping and her O2 sats are getting worse. This is not looking good, and they might need to intubate. He tells the nurse to prep for it but not ask Langdon. But Dana…and OH MY GOD I love Dana, chews him out for it outside, and tells him Langdon did absolutely everything Robby himself would’ve done.
Meanwhile, our open dislocation comes back in, hungry, but otherwise not looking crazy.
Robby checks in with Dana to see if she knows what’s up at Westbridge, but so far no one does. The charge nurse there isn’t responding and after quizzing Hashimi, it seems no one at all knows what happened. They discuss active cases, and then Hashimi calls him out for treating her like a resident. So, she turns the tables and asks for his report on his current patients.
Back to our hospice seizer, the hospice nurse arrives, and actually, she’s a death doula. You can see the skepticism of the doctors, but they don’t air it. Lena’s in a lot of pain, and it seems like there’s more to come.
And now we’re peeling skin off a kid. Oh, man. His older brother is here, and he’s the one who did it to him. Jeeeez. They all watch the video and giggle like idiots, though.
I think we’re back in with our waitress, whos’ fully down for the count. Oh yep, this is it. Surgery is fresh out of med school, two weeks again. Robby sends him away- which is very un Robby like. He asks for a grown-up. Do I have to start actively not liking him?
Whitaker and King are working with the assaulted prisoner, and it’s not going well. His skin is super fragile and even with Hashimi’s guidance it’s still difficult. Robby’s lurking, but not useful.
Ogilvie’s back with a report on the TB case. Santos is really leaving him hanging here, and I still can’t shake the feeling the consequences for her will be dire. Hopefully not for Ogilvie too, because I feel for him. She’s got stats that this is normal, but she’s got no sympathy for him, and it should’ve been her too.
Back to constipated grandma, he’s got this one too. Man, Santos. You’re on the shit list. And you should be, literally.
Back with diabetic dad, he’s able to be transferred. We’re at 35K and then with the cost share, 20K. It’s better than nothing. But it’s still not how it should be. Joy gets the thanks she deserves from the social worker and Mohan unwraps a little of the tightly wound Joy, who reveals that she had the idea because she had to help her uninsured grandparent get care.
Back with our hospice seizer, who’s got morphine on tap, and they’re discussing DME - shower chairs, wheelchairs, etcetera. The husband’s skeptical they can get all that but the death doula’s on it so she can be comfortable.
Now we’re back with Santos, who’s sadistically putting Whitaker in the position to unblock her manually. He tries to object, but ultimately goes for it, and now Ogilvie’s got to do the same. Santos recommends Miralax, and you can tell they’re gonna be here for a while. Unless I’m immediately proven wrong, which I am, and gross.
Robby’s hounding even regular surgery, and when she asks for a CT, he not only says there’s no time, but throws iodine at it and slices it open to prove his point. He’s kinda unhinged, and I’m not loving it.
Now Robby’s interrupting Santos and Hashimi discussing charting to rant about how AI is going to mean they work more hours for less pay. Someone super peed in his Cheerios today. Hashimi stands up for herself gracefully. She asks about the septic patient while Robby gets THE glare from surgery, and catches up with Santos.
In the hall, someone’s trying to give a patient a few brews, but Dana lurks and confiscates it.
Robby takes a beer saying he knows someone who could use a drink, and it’ll be a parting gift.
Bro.
Hashimi’s in with our prisoner, who’s stitched up, and has some weird labs from apparent malnutrition. They’re going to run some more tests to see what’s up.
Our hospice seizer’s gotta pee and wants to walk to the bathroom, but when they try to spin her, the pain is too much.
We’re back in with Louie, and…he pulled off his pulse ox and doesn’t have a pulse. I knew it. Langdon and Robby are side by side doing compressions, and that’s where we fade out. Damn.
Not looking forward to this next hour.