Critic’s Rating: 4.2 / 5.0
4.2
It’s happening; The Pitt is bracing us for maximum heartbreak this season, and I am not prepared.
Robby and Langdon finally face each other, and clash, and Joy is an unexpected MVP when resolving a major plot point. Hell, Ogilvie even gets his comeuppance in a most grotesque fashion.
But The Pitt Season 2 Episode 5’s cliffhanger is where they get us… Let’s dive into our full recap.
It’s finally happening. Robby really thought he was going to have to get to somehow avoid Langdon this entire shift, but thanks to a bounce-back patient, that is NOT happening.
Langdon braces himself in that way you do before you have to tell your dad that you just crashed the car. He’s nervous. I’m sweating. Donnie is none the wiser.
Robby snaps his glove after examining her, and it shouldn’t be hot, but it kind of is. The tension is thick as Robby lets it be known that he clearly feels Langdon has screwed up.
Their patient is aloof to all of this tension and is just trying to get back to work. My friend, that is NOT happening. Have you seen your leg?
Santos is trying to catch up with her charting. But Whitaker interrupts because he’s trying to figure out what he did wrong. Nothing, Whitaker, Santos is just being a hater right now.
They are so deliciously sibling-coded. He even apologizes. For what? He doesn’t know; he’s just a pacifist.
And he tries to offer her sympathy because second year residency is stressful, and he gives her advice. The last thing she wants is advice from him. His shine is too bright, his mullet too perfect.
Mama Dana interrupts her next. She has a trauma for Santos, and she doesn’t give a solitary damn about those charts. MOOD. But Santos only has to supervise Ogilvie on this. A freshly humbled Ogilvie, this shouldn’t be a problem, right?
The angel that is Samira Mohan is back to check on Orlando, with the Gen Z version of Daria in tow. Complimentary.
Orlando is still arguing with his wife about the GoFundMe situation. He wants to leave because they can’t afford this, and my heart freaking breaks. Samira strikes a deal with Orlando; they’ll look into resources.
Robby and Langdon are totally having the diagnostics version of a stethoscope measuring contest. Baran is hovering and interjecting, but honestly, she is here for the drama. Same.
Debbie’s boss calls, and she’s worried that if she doesn’t answer, he’ll fire her. You know that meme of your boss showing up at your funeral to whisper into your casket if you’re available for a shift? That’s Debbie’s boss.
He has the nerve to imply that she’s exaggerating and suggests that he’ll fire her for daring to be injured. We’re all just cogs in the machine of fuckery.
Robby is getting grumpy, but in that hot way where you know he’s going to do something you can 100% agree with, and he does. He grabs her phone and yells at her boss, threatening a lawsuit if he wrongfully terminates Debbie.
These are the exact moments when you get why Robby has the most ELITE Roster. “Don’t worry about it, we got you,” he says calmly. Swoon.
Javadi and Baran encourage Jade, Jackson’s sister, to take a break and rest a little. Her parents are apparently on the way. She’s still talking about how she can’t believe campus police did that to her brother. I can, sis.
Ogilvie and Santos get an older patient, Mrs. Randolph, from assistant living. Randolph is in pain, impacted, and her painkillers may be the reason that she’s constipated.
Santos gets a great opportunity to flex her knowledge and turn Randolph’s case into a teachable moment about Geriatric medicine.
It’s a field that’s often unexplored, but essentially, the older you are, the more serious problems can be. Older people are so used to being in pain that they may not realize when a pain is more dangerous.
Robby and Langdon troubleshoot what’s going on with the patient since her infection is still spreading. Robby insists that it must be SIRS even though she’s not fitting all the criteria. He’s still trying to flex, which is only more awkward because Langdon … isn’t.
It’s one-sided beef.
McKay and Baran respond to another diverted patient who comes through the ED after a seizure. And the next one is an inmate. He’s severely beaten and bleeding a lot. Trying to render treatment around restraints is frustrating everyone. “He’s cuffed for a reason,” My guy, he can’t even MOVE.
Gus, the prisoner, has a mandible fracture, multiple rib fractures, and more. They all seem a bit put off by how impersonal the prison guard transporting him is. It’s pretty bad given that Mel is irritated; she’s never irritated.
Langdon’s patient has severe sepsis, and the tension between him and Robby is intense. Robby seems to think Langdon didn’t handle the first visit well. And while rolling my eyes at this, Baran and Robby are still flirting.
Ahmad is a good soul. Not only does he tell Langdon people are happy he’s back (except Robby), but he respects Langdon for declining to take a bet because he has to catch up on rehab bills.
Langdon probably won’t be invited to the cookout, but he’s one fist bump away from maybe getting a leftover plate the next day.
Langdon checks in on Louie, who is dealing with alcohol withdrawal, and Langdon wants to get him something for it. But Whitaker quickly takes over the order for benzos.
The Pitt won’t let us forget for a second that Langdon is a recovering substance abuser, and neither will anyone on staff.
To Whitaker’s credit, he realizes how it comes across, but he doubles down on the fact that he’s technically listed as Louie’s doctor, so it’s his order to make.
To make it worse, Langdon bumps into Robby, asks about Debbie, and if he can speak with Robby, but Robby brushes him off. He’s such a child.
Instead, he redirects his focus to one of his new favorite replacement children, Santos. They definitely ki-ki when they have time, and I’m not mad about this.
Ogilvie treats a smoker with a bad cough. His blunt “Have you ever considered quitting?” is funny, but her quippy “Have you ever considered minding your business?” is hilarious. YES. Match his energy, Ma’am.
We’re back to McKay and Javadi. Roxie, the seizure patient, also has terminal cancer, and she’s been in hospice. Her husband is the perfect caretaker.
The love is there, but also the guilt that he’s raising their kids and taking care of her full-time while she’s dying.
Noelle tells Orlando that he makes too much for Medicare. And she tells them about a new insurance plan where he pays 60 percent and they pay 40 percent. But his bill could be up to $100K. This is with a DISCOUNT.
Siri, play “Rage Against the Machine.”
Orlando’s family wonders if they even have to stay there, and Joy says that they don’t. Joy suggests Med-Surg being better than the ICU and much cheaper.
Mohan is flabbergasted by her audacity, and me? I hate to see two bad babes bickering. Noelle, however, is seeing the vision.
Meanwhile, Robby is giving me whiplash because he totally starts flirting with Noelle, and for some reason doesn’t think anyone can tell they’re having sexytimes.
Noelle, on the other hand, spills all the details. She mocks his three-month trip alone to Dana and says he can’t even sleep without the TV on. Sister, we didn’t need to hear all that! Tell me more.
Santos keeps getting interrupted while she’s trying to chart.
Ogilvie tells her that the patient has active TB and he has to mask up, get tested, call public health and infection control, and since he’s been exposed, he has to sign in as a patient. Ogilvie looks affronted by all of this.
Perlah treats a patient who says his brother burned him with dry ice because he branded his brother before, and Langdon just shakes his head. What kind of frat boy nonsense?
Meanwhile, Baran checks in with him again. Her investment in Langdon is fascinating. Does she expect him to be her number two when Robby is away, or does she just have a soft spot for a guy who may feel like a pariah?
Whitaker has all the smoke for this C.O., and I’m here for it. Talk your talk, kid. He also talks to Mohan about overstepping with Langdon when he prescribed Louie the Benzos.
Mohan is here for this talk since she’s still avoiding her mother’s phone calls.
Why is Mama Mohan blowing her daughter’s phone up like this when she knows she’s at work? And WHAT did they freaking do to Gus? His injuries are GNARLY.
Robby checks on Debbie, who is having issues, and he tells Hot Nurse Jesse to stay on top of things with her, get Surgery down there, and come to him, not Langdon.
This pissing contest is out of hand. This 600-month-old is acting more like a baby than the abandoned one we still haven’t checked up on yet.
Dana lays into Robby for his Langdon banishment and jumping him over a call with Debbie that anyone would have made.
And the guy with the shoulder dislocation is back, and frankly, the LAST thing you want if you were fortunate enough to leave the pitt is to roll back in there. I’m stressed.
Robby is just as puzzled by this diversion. He wants Baran to ask Gloria about it since they’re “buds.” Something tells me they’re not, but sure, Robert.
He then has her update him on all the patients, and just as I’m wondering why he’s treating her like a resident, she flat out asks him that.
Langdon is in the background watching this exchange like he’s still mad about his getting replaced as Daddy’s Favorite by half a dozen people.
Baran gets cheeky and makes HIM report back to her, updating her on patients. This cutesy flirting is still not my thing, but the Barobby Shippers are being fed every 15 minutes now.
Roxie’s death doula shows up and gets an update on everything. I know this is important and also about to be incredibly sad, and I just don’t know if I have it in me for this particular storyline.
Lena, the death doula, advocates for Roxie. They all have that dark, gallows humor, and Javadi is processing.
The brother of the dry ice kid comes in and shows Langdon and Donnie the footage.
They say that he was trying to brand his brother with the Family Crest. Langdon and Donnie look at this kid’s shoulder, and the Family Crest is the Penguins logo. It honestly looks like icing scribbles on a toaster strudel or … a body secretion.
Nevertheless, the bros are all lovey-dovey and talking about being bonded for life. “You already are by DNA,” Langdon says. The Langnnie/Dondon Bromance fuels me.
Debbie’s leg infection is SO MUCH WORSE. Necrophilia fasciitis, it’s up to her knee. Surgery sends down a freaking medical student who seems sweet, but WE NEED AN ADULT. Robby agrees!
Whitaker and Mel are trying to do stitches on the prisoner, but his skin is that of an 80-year-old.
Baran gives them some great advice on how to do that. She already knows Robby is behind her, and he makes a joke about MacGyver.
“Does a Dr. MacGyver work here?” “I don’t know.”
The Pittlings still have a little Enfamil on their breath, huh? The Gen Z just jumped out.
Ogilvie doesn’t have TB. They wrap up the smoker patient. But Mrs. Randolph has a serious impaction, and Ogilvie has to dig in.
Whitaker and Whitaker the Sequel are on Poop Duty.
Noelle is successful in transporting Orlando to Med Surg.
It will cut the bill down by 2/3s. We’re at $20K now, instead of $100K. NICE.
She credits Joy for thinking outside the box. Samira apologizes to her and wonders how she came up with that.
Joy shares that her grandmother was sick at one point with leukemia and they had to navigate all of that before. “If the system doesn’t work for you, you gotta work the system.” I am officially a Joy stan.
Interestingly, Joy states that her grandmother’s death taught her she doesn’t want to be around people dying. Oh, baby, this is going to be a hell of a shift for her, isn’t it?
Whitaker has to show Ogilvie how to manually handle the impaction.
Then it’s Ogilvie’s turn. The patient starts passing gas, and her stomach starts churning. She craps all over Ogilvie. F*ck all of that. He really is “baby Whitaker.”
Robby heads in and deals with Debbie and her fasciitis.
He cuts into her leg when Garcia doesn’t want him to.
Meanwhile, Baran pushes Santos to use the AI tool for her notes, which Robby gets salty about. And Baran defends it, discussing how she’d rather get to spend more time with her son.
She heads in to check on Mel and Whitaker, who are treating Gus, the inmate, and he’s malnourished because of jail cuisine. He’s finally being treated like a person.
Dana has to confiscate drinks from a guest who comes in to give them to a patient on his way to surgery, and Robby grabs them for someone else who may need it. Aw, he’s thinking about Louie.
However, the irony of him choosing to enable Louie given his treatment of Langdon isn’t lost on me. Oh, Robby.
Roxie just wants to go to the bathroom on her own, but is in pain. Then her husband and the doula hover over her, and McKay can see that she just wants space to feel independent.
Louie’s monitor goes off. Langdon comes in to check on him, but he’s crashing. Robby comes in too with a beer he snagged, and now they both have to go to work trying revive Louie.
It’s happening. We’re losing Louie, and I am NOT okay!
It takes a lot to keep indie sites like ours running — and you can help.
Comment if you care, share if you dare, and maybe even whitelist us in your ad blocker — no pressure, just appreciation.
Chicago PD Season 13 Episode 12 dives into Imani’s past as she works a missing persons case that brings up old wounds.
From Doc and High Potential to Brilliant Minds, supporting characters getting sidelined remains a frustration.
It’s time for The Rookie to put and end to Bailey and Nolan for their own peace of mind, and ours. Should Bailan divorce already?
Julie’s health scare sparks romance for her and her colleagues on Doc Season 2 Episode 14, while Michael’s descent reaches new lows.
Morgan’s vulnerabilities deepen her connection to Karadec on High Potential Season 2 Episode 12, while Oz faces a crisis during an emotional hour.
TV Fanatic is searching for passionate contributors to share their voices across various article types. Think you have what it takes to be a TV Fanatic? Click here for more information and next steps.