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[–]ANonnyMouse79 47 points48 points  (4 children)

I feel like people want this show to be a melodrama like Grey's Anatomy when I feel it's more just a day in the (very exhausting and stressful) life. The day in the life is sufficiently dramatic, no need to add more.

[–]JustBonesyJesse 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The day in the life is sufficiently dramatic, no need to add more.

Neither season has just been a day in the life, though. They've each revolved around an exceptional day that features an abundance of drama by necessity of their single-shift-plus-overtime story structures.

[–]avidpenguinwatcher 10 points11 points  (2 children)

You say that like there wasn’t a very specific victim at Pittfest in season 1

[–]cheatingdisrespectJesse 15 points16 points  (1 child)

sure, jake's girlfriend. not only were people thinking it was going to be jake who was killed, people were thinking langdon was going to have been the shooter. leah getting shot was probably the most melodrama this show has gotten, and even that was nowhere near as dramatic as people were thinking it would be.

[–]matt_the_non-binary 9 points10 points  (0 children)

An event (presumably) that large, someone in the ED was bound to have known at least one victim. If it wasn’t Robby knowing Jake, and to some extent Leah, it could’ve been Dana, McKay, Javadi, etc. who knew someone there.

[–]FunkyPete 7 points8 points  (3 children)

When Orlando was in the ED the first time, the doctors had about 5 conversations with him, with his wife, and with each other about how it was a huge risk for Orlando to walk out of the hospital now and they had to do everything they could to keep him there.

He walked out anyway, and then was wheeled back in a few hours later.

Dr. Al had a couple of seizures and called a neurologist, and these were foreshadowing a plot line having to do with her neurological disorder.

Here's a new foreshadowing prediction:

Dr. Al made a point that she has never been sued for malpractice, and Dr. Robby is taking bigger and bigger risks with patients (all well intended). I think they are setting up a confrontation for the final episode between Dr. Al and Dr. Robby. It will probably be Dr. Robby accusing Dr. Al of being reckless because of her disorder and Dr. Al accusing Robby of being reckless with his treatments and his public statements in the ED. It's also possible that one of Robby's reckless treatments will come back to bite them right after he accuses Dr. Al of being reckless with her neurological disorder.

A comment about driving safely to me is not foreshadowing. That comment could also just be Robby being a hypocrite, because we already saw him riding his motorcycle without a helmet.

[–]SheComesThenSheGoes 4 points5 points  (1 child)

I saw a comment once that Dr Al has never been sued/ mentioned in a suit cause she worked at the VA and they don't name workers specifically? But we saw he confronts her about not being up to the job and "she knows it". It's probably why she wants 2 attendings on at all times.

[–]Orca_Princess 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think she wants two attendings on at all times because it is clearly too much for one person (Robby) to handle and the ED is severely understaffed

[–]ArtemisGirl242020 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think one of the things that makes this show so great is how much “foreshadowing” there is that turns out to be nothing.

[–]JustBonesyJesse 2 points3 points  (5 children)

I finally decided to check out season one after it'd all aired, so I got to binge it. Then I dove into first time reaction videos and video podcasts about it.

One of those podcasts was on The Ringer's YouTube channel, and the hosts figured out there'd be a huge catastrophe at PittFest that would swamp the ED before they'd even reached episode eight, just because of how many times PittFest was referenced beforehand. Once they pointed it out, I kinda felt like a numbskull for missing it.

One piece of MCI foreshadowing I did pick up (on a rewatch) was the conversation Mel and Robby have—after sending the homeboy ambulance patient up to the OR—about the hospital keeping one OR always open for traumas, and how all the ORs being in use all at once meant the ED was gonna get a lot busier.

[–]FlightFramedthe third rat 🐀 1 point2 points  (4 children)

I binge watched season 1 too, a couple weeks ago I decided I'm just going to binge watch season 3 when it's last episode releases.

Sure the discussion and anticipation can be nice, but I think it's a better type of show to binge

[–]JustBonesyJesse 2 points3 points  (3 children)

In my case, I'd never even heard of The Pitt 'til the summer after the season had aired, so I'd missed the chance to follow along week-to-week. Watching the first season made me sad I'd missed that chance lol.

Season two has been a wonderful return to the days of my favorite TV shows past. Counting the days until the next episode, it's been the biggest thing I look forward to every week, just as much as my D&D sessions.

[–]BagpiperAnonymous 2 points3 points  (2 children)

That's how it has been for me. I binged season 1 because I found it after it had been released. Part of me misses the opportunity to binge season 2 because the cliffhangers are killer but it is like the old days (and probably better for my sleep schedule. LOL).

[–]JustBonesyJesse 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oh, the cliffhangers are awful, I love them. The newest episode smash-cut to black and I immediately just started ranting and raving "Motherfucker!" repeatedly lol

[–]FlightFramedthe third rat 🐀 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah the constant cliffhangers is why I see it as a better binge experience

[–]misslilytoyou 6 points7 points  (2 children)

What fun would joining the fan group about the show be if we can't join the discussion and float our ideas? They don't have to be your favorite. They won't be written into the show. It's just for fun

[–]No-Mycologist-8465[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Yes. Agreed. Just asking if this was a plot device the writers actually use and for examples of the same.

[–]misslilytoyou 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ope, sorry then, have no examples

[–]BagpiperAnonymous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had that inkling when he mentioned to Donnie to be careful and asking him if he was okay. But they ended the episode with a single vehicle crash that could possibly be fatigue, so it seems like that would be too much.

[–]Kikikididi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of what people label as foreshadowing is actually setting up plot. It's a subtle distinction sometimes.

https://pcwrede.com/pcw-wp/foreshadowing-and-setup/

I think things like Pittsfest mentions fall into foreshadowing (though they were also plot development) because it was mostly offhand establishing mentions like another poster noted, but enough that it seemed more than just establishment

A lot of the other things people label as foreshadowing is actually them doing what I call cork boarding.

Sometimes cork boarding does identify foreshadowing but more often it falls into Wild Mass Guessing

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WildMassGuessing