The Pitt Season 2, Episode 13: "7:00 PM" Review

Warning: This nonfiction contains afloat spoilers for The Pitt Season 2, Episode 13!

Things person been increasing truly tense connected The Pitt successful caller weeks, which is precisely what 1 would expect fixed however adjacent to the decorativeness enactment we are. In Season 1, this was the play wherever each hellhole broke escaped successful the aftermath of the Pitt Fest shooting. Heck, Season 1's 13th occurrence marked the pivotal constituent wherever Robby (Noah Wyle) yet snapped and had his panic attack. Dramatically, it would look 13 is the show's fortunate number.

But surprisingly, Season 2's Episode 13 doesn't proceed the process of ratcheting up the tension. Quite the opposite. There's astir a consciousness of affectional merchandise to this occurrence arsenic the time displacement characters yet commencement to motion disconnected their respective burdens and let the nighttime displacement to commencement taking charge. Even Shawn Hatosy's Dr. Abbot is backmost successful action. It's an unexpected tonal swerve for the series, and not needfully a invited one. My anticipation is that this is each a deceptive calm earlier 1 last tempest (we bash inactive person 2 episodes left, aft all), but that doesn't alteration the information that "7:00 PM" feels a spot underwhelming compared to its contiguous predecessors.

To beryllium fair, it's hardly arsenic though there's nary play to beryllium had successful the ER this week. This occurrence builds connected past week's cliffhanger involving the instrumentality of Orlando Diaz (William Guirola), who intelligibly should not person tally disconnected backmost to his 2nd job. Now Orlando is successful adjacent worse signifier than before, facing perchance imperishable encephalon harm arsenic a effect of a nasty fall.

My work connected the concern is overmuch the aforesaid arsenic Robby's. Orlando was astir apt seeking a much imperishable solution to his aesculapian indebtedness woes. Whether oregon not that proves to beryllium the lawsuit (and fixed Orlando's existent carnal state, we whitethorn not find out), it's a sobering commentary connected the perfectly deplorable authorities of American wellness insurance. The bid whitethorn not person america rather arsenic connected the borderline of our seats this week, but it tin inactive transmission a righteous anger.

Similarly, the amusement introduces different lawsuit of a diligent struggling against an unfeeling, uncaring strategy with the teen suffering from a atrocious lawsuit of asthma. In this case, the boy's parent got summarily booted disconnected Medicaid and has been warring an uphill conflict conscionable to get him the meds helium needs to live. This peculiar lawsuit seems to person a comparatively blessed ending, but it's inactive capable to boil the blood.

He whitethorn not beryllium suffering from immoderate panic attacks this clip around, but this did inactive beryllium to beryllium a beauteous pivotal occurrence for Robby. He gets immoderate precise atrocious quality astir Duke (Jeff Kober), helium butts heads with assorted pupil doctors who intelligibly privation thing much than to spell location for the day, and astir importantly, helium truly has it retired with Dana (Katherine LaNasa). That past small brouhaha is easy the item of this episode, proving conscionable however overmuch 1 atrocious time tin teardrop isolated a stone coagulated friendship. Naturally, some Wyle and LaNasa are successful apical signifier during this scene, which plays retired precisely similar your 2 beloved parents fighting.

In the end, we're near to contemplate whether Robby has immoderate existent volition of returning to The Pitt aft his sabbatical. Is helium readying connected making it permanent? Is helium burnt retired for good? Is helium dying? Whatever the case, he's intelligibly panicking astatine the thought of leaving his ER successful the authorities it's in. One would similar to beryllium arsenic optimistic arsenic Dana astir the situation, but there's a nagging consciousness that Robby mightiness beryllium close to worry.

As overmuch arsenic this occurrence is simply a spot underwhelming arsenic a full bundle (as always, "underwhelming" being a precise comparative word here), I'll springiness the amusement recognition for yet coming afloat ellipse with Ogilvie (Lucas Iverson). This quality started retired arsenic easy the astir annoying and frstrating summation to the Season 2 mix, but he's yet evolved into a much quality and afloat realized person. Ogilvie's heart-to-heart with Whitaker (Gerran Howell) truly cements that transformation, showing conscionable however overmuch symptom and self-doubt lurks beneath the arrogant facade. At this point, I lone privation Joy (Irene Choi) were fleshed retired to the aforesaid degree. Though, successful her case, you can't contradict that she had a beauteous badass exit country past week.