The year starts with the premiere of a new medical series that promises to be one of the best series of the season, and I’ll give you more details so you can tell me if you think the same thing.
“The Pitt” was created by R. Scott Gemmill, who was a showrunner and co-writer on some seasons of “ER” (he also wrote the first two episodes, written by John Wells and Amanda Marley). Sallis), “Pitt” presents the story in a “real-time” format, a format rarely utilized in the world of medical procedures, which is how we see full 15-hour shifts over the course of a season.
The creators didn’t waste any time, because in the first 10 minutes, they introduced us to the main characters one by one, and with just a few details, we got to know a little bit about them. First up, we have Dr. Michael Robinavich, aka Dr. Robbie (played by another ER grad, Noah Wyle), who comes on duty on a day that clearly doesn’t work out for him, because we Discovered it was the death anniversary of his mentor and former director of the emergency department at Trauma Healthcare of Pittsburgh who died during the pandemic.
Noah Wyle as Dr. Michael Robinovich / Photography: Warrick Page/Max
From his first scene and interactions with others, we can realize that Dr. Robbie is a risk-taker who trusts his intuition and experience when making decisions and does not like to give up. He is a bit cynical, which makes He was conflicted with his colleagues (although they still trusted him and expressed support for him), the hospital administration and even with the patients, as we learned that admissions in the ER were low, but that this was due to hospital staffing shortages, that That’s why upstairs doesn’t want to take new patients, so they’re stuck in the ER, making things even more chaotic there, which is one of the reasons he “affectionately” calls his workspace “Pete” (pun intended) .
We also met with a group of medical students who will be helping in the emergency room, and we will work with them to understand how the area operates and get to know who the doctors, nurses and some of the patients are.
Gerran Howell as Dr. Dennis Whitaker and Taylor Dearden as Dr. Melissa King / Photography: Warrick Page/Max
In the medical case we featured in the first episode, a woman fell on the subway tracks, but it was hard to tell if someone pushed her because the hospital staff couldn’t figure out what language she was speaking. Others include a young athlete who suffered a heart attack, an elderly man from a nursing home faced with a dilemma for his children, an unconscious child found eating some not-so-innocent candy, and a worried A mother who made herself ill trying to get help for her son and an unresponsive young man whose parents will have to face difficulties.
What’s different about this series is that, because of the format, not only do we get to delve into the stories and relationships of the doctors and some of the hospital staff, but some of the patients also become regular characters, unlike other series that end with the case in this episode To wrap up, we have a brand new show next week.
Photography: Warrick Page/Max
I found the on-the-fly format very interesting as it gave a more realistic look at daily life in the ER, plus the story became more dynamic and fast-paced and made the episodes move along smoothly and quickly, you didn’t feel like it was almost 50 minutes time. At all times, there is a sense of urgency, because there are always new cases emerging, and while the previous cases are not over yet, others keep coming: sad, serious, shocking, bloody cases and others more normal and simple cases. Maybe that’s why I read some comments from people working in the health service who mentioned that “Pete” was very realistic because they felt it realistically portrayed the cases and issues they had to deal with in real life.
The story and pacing are so engaging that you don’t want to miss a minute, and opening the box will make you want to keep watching the next episode, so I think it’s a good binge-watch product, although it feels a bit like a show that can be watched in one sitting Heavy, so I thought it would be good to make it a weekly episode so we could take a break before continuing the story. So if you haven’t started this series yet and it catches your attention, you can follow up and follow it every week via Max.
Now it’s your turn to leave your comments and impressions of this new series in the section below.
