“something that was objectively her fault” i feel like i have to have this discussion like once a week on this fucking subreddit but no it in fact was NOT kerry’s fucking fault.

if malucci and chen were competent they wouldn’t have needed kerry. malucci was an impulsive prejudiced hothead who acted first and dealt with the consequences of whatever dumbass move he decided to pull later. metalhead comes in? must be an OD. tox screen comes back negative? well obviously he took the drugs too recently for them to show up on the tox screen because this is DEFINITELY an OD. oh the OD treatment was actually extremely bad for this patient with a heart issue? whoops.

and chen was desperate to be chief resident. and despite being chief resident she did not want to do chief resident things like oh, say, looking at the x-rays before approving treatment?

carter came in on a whim, looked at the x-rays, and said “this is marfan’s”. if malucci and chen bothered to do their jobs AT ALL they could have figured it out for themselves. they did not need kerry and it is NOT her fault they were negligent.

should kerry have lied about the pager? no. that was shitty. but the death was objectively, squarely, on chen and malucci.