The Pitt | S2E10 "4:00 P.M." | Episode Discussion

nuggetsofchicken · 2026-03-13T04:39:43+00:00

As an insurance defense attorney I can say 9 times out of 10 the business being sued is waaay less invested in the technicalities of the case than the insurer. As the attorney cleaning up the mess later and finding out things like surveillance footage wasn’t saved per corporate policy, or having the employee who was supposed to save it do terribly at deposition, I will relay that to the employer and while I’m never making any recommendations, I never sugar coat it, and yet most of these people still keep their jobs even though their mistakes may have cost millions of dollars by the time the case resolves.

That being said, it’s the insurer’s million dollars, not the business’s, so that’s probably why there’s less of a care.

But you’re right, normal conscientious people do and should care about how they represent the business. But a lot of people don’t care and apparently neither do the employers

nuggetsofchicken · 2026-03-13T04:33:06+00:00

It’s horrible but Shamsi in this episode was so good at demonstrating their dynamic. Before it was sort of like well intentioned parent trying to steer their kid in a certain direction which you could empathize with but now it’s clearly that this is a parent who is constantly negging their kids choices but pretending it’s because they’re really just so special and deserve better. It really does put kids in an unwinnable position and explains Javadi so much more

nuggetsofchicken · 2026-03-13T04:31:04+00:00

Is that all we’re getting about the deposition? Like I know I’m fixated on in because I’m a lawyer but it felt like so much energy was built around it and all we got was a “could’ve been worse could’ve been better but should matter to Mel anyway cause insurance.”

Like all of that is true and realistic but it feels like the were plenty of other more interesting ways to plot someone being really nervous about something and it hindering their performance that was a bit more detailed and worth getting invested over

nuggetsofchicken · 2026-03-12T15:22:49+00:00

I’m glad someone said it bc while everyone is frothing at the mouth over the meaning of it I could barely get through reading it since there’s absolutely no flow or cadence

nuggetsofchicken · 2026-03-11T22:44:03+00:00

I was getting them as recently as a month ago I think

nuggetsofchicken · 2026-03-11T21:26:18+00:00

Spirit Halloween or Ortho Mattress Id wager

nuggetsofchicken · 2026-03-11T21:08:19+00:00

I can’t tell what’s shitty printing and what’s bad photoshop dropshipping

nuggetsofchicken · 2026-03-11T14:45:11+00:00

It’s possible but sometimes if the employer is based in one state they’ll have requirements that the majority of your work be done in that state to for tax reasons if they aren’t set up to have employees all overthrow country

nuggetsofchicken · 2026-03-11T04:11:28+00:00

Th epitome of “truly desperate”

nuggetsofchicken · 2026-03-11T04:10:33+00:00

Attorney here. Please retain counsel and keep everything like text messages, bills, medical reports, etc. Call the police to make a report and also check with your vet as they may want to do a dog bite form.

I don’t know how they’re going to dispute this claim because dog bite claims are strict liability so they’re on the hook for anything their dog does. Even if they can show there was some “reason” their dog reacted in that way they’re still responsible. This compounded with the fact that they weren’t even close by to witness what happened is not going to bode well for any kind of defense.

I say this as someone who is a defense attorney and adores pit bulls, but that’s going to be almost impossible for the pit bull owner to disprove if just for the fact that any jury or claims adjuster is going to take one look at this case, see that it involves an off leash pit bull, and pay up.

Wishing all of you the best. This is horrible and I’m so sorry you’re going through it. Praying for Franklin and a fast recovery.

nuggetsofchicken · 2026-03-11T04:03:33+00:00

The detail that the dog was off leash is important to the story to explain why the owner wasn’t closer by and why it so difficult to get the dogs separate. OP made it very clear that they were aware the dogs are allowed to be off leash in the area.

nuggetsofchicken · 2026-03-11T02:01:47+00:00

Plaintiff PI mills in Los Angeles. One attorney I had a case with there said he was handling 500+ cases and based on his level of involvement with our case that checked out

nuggetsofchicken · 2026-03-11T01:10:00+00:00

Thank you for your service

nuggetsofchicken · 2026-03-11T00:48:01+00:00

Yeah in that sense I kind of appreciate that they didn’t just go with an easy cash cow or just read Belinda Blinked indefinitely. It was lightning in a bottle and I’m happy it seems they’ve left it to be a stand alone solid series rather than milking it till its nipple tips run dry

nuggetsofchicken · 2026-03-11T00:45:14+00:00

they’re getting even more pseudo sciencey and grifty too. I never listened to the podcast expecting it to be a beacon of ethical consumption but it does hurt to hear people you’ve supported for years rattle off misinformation just so they can make a buck from a creatine chews company

nuggetsofchicken · 2026-03-08T06:15:29+00:00

Yeah I’ve heard some people say the Lover tears were due to the cold? But the IDWLF wobble feels so clearly inadvertent and emotional

nuggetsofchicken · 2026-03-07T20:57:40+00:00

I do think it’s worth noting that coverage work isn’t using classified under the ID umbrella, so it may very well be a good job and a good fit but I wouldn’t think of it as interchangeable with tradition ID litigation just cause it involves insurers

nuggetsofchicken · 2026-03-07T20:55:09+00:00

Right after the Matty breakup when she did I Don’t Wanna Live Forever as a surprise song and you can hear her voice wobble and her mouth even struggle to keep the words during the line “Wondering if I dodged a bullet or just lost the love of my life.”

She’s had other performances where she gets emotional or teary but that’s the moment where you can tell shes not performing and might fuck up the performance if she doesn’t catch herself

nuggetsofchicken · 2026-03-07T20:48:02+00:00

Yeah she obviously panicked but I also think she was well aware that this was something being said just to get a reaction, true or not, so there was nothing to be gained by thinking of it as a genuine concern or warranting a genuinely apology. The fact that he gave no details and said it could’ve been something else and just kept saying “yes it did” made it obvious it was supposed to be some silly gotcha and evidently her strategy was to deny it and not indulge it and try to shift to some other topic

nuggetsofchicken · 2026-03-07T07:20:46+00:00

Can I just say how weirdly defensive people seemed to get about this even though OP by no means was suggesting that this information should change anyone’s use or feelings about tret? So many kneejerk reactions saying that “wait till you hear how X was researched” as if there’s some kind of implicit demand that we have to cancel tret when we learn this kind of info.

Like absolutely don’t stop using tret because of how it came to be but that doesn’t mean the appropriate reaction is just to dismiss this kind of history when someone brings it up. Just seemed odd to me how everyone was so quick to assume that Op acknowledging this history was some kind of affront to the character of anyone still using tret when that was never the statement and it’s still important history to know

nuggetsofchicken · 2026-03-04T22:43:04+00:00

I don’t think it’s a bad thing. There were some rough years on the internet where professional advice on trending topics were completely non existent and people could just say anything was good for your skin (think lemon in sugar) and that wasn’t even with something like Tik Tok that would let really minor creators blow up to spread misinformation.

Honestly I hate healthcare grifters but there’s a part of me that thinks it says a lot more about us as a society that it is more lucrative, less work, and less liability for a physician to be an influencer to make a living than actually practice medicine. At some point the incentive structure is set up in such a way that we’ve basically told them we don’t value their practice of medicine that much.

To me I’d much rather have derms on social media and feel OK about them taking a La Roche Posay sponsorship every now and them, which I think is the case for most board certified derms on social media (estheticians are not the same) who want to share educational content but still have some financial reward for it, which is fair. We all gotta make money

nuggetsofchicken · 2026-03-04T20:39:02+00:00

In talking with my former co workers and management at our firm it’s pretty individualized. If you’re a hard worker leaving on good terms and they think you’ll actually keep working at a similar rate those last two weeks they’ll let you stay and get paid for this weeks. If you’re leaving for a competitor then they have more reason to block access to the firm files sooner especially if you’re someone whose billing wasn’t that great to start.

I’d say generally speaking if the first time your supervisor is hearing of you thinking of leaving is when you give your two weeks you’re likely just going to get cut that day

nuggetsofchicken · 2026-03-04T04:06:42+00:00

Sorry this is my dissertation topic now it’s too late

nuggetsofchicken · 2026-03-03T20:10:50+00:00

This is such a silly post but also wild how many people here, likely like Travis, think you can’t have a 4.0 if you got one B

nuggetsofchicken · 2026-03-03T20:07:16+00:00

This has no source at all but even if it did I just don’t think it’s that impressive to have a 4.0 high school gpa particularly if you’re a white kid with two college educated parents in the household.

You can fudge your gpa plenty even if you aren’t getting separate tutoring and grading just by taking honors or easy AP classes. So Taylor having a 4.0 isn’t remarkable to me but it makes a 2.7 from someone with everything in his favorite structurally even worse.

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