The Pitt, much like the atmosphere in an actual ER, has its peaks and troughs. Think of the space like a river: There are some serene moments, but then you turn a corner and are hit with a quickly-rushing rapid. Episode four, “10:00 AM,” is like a slow ramp up into those churning waters.

The day is progressing, and PTMC is seeing an increase in patients. That is also in part the code black a few episodes back. We still don’t know what’s going on with Westbridge, and the betting pool continues to expand. Is it a leak? A power outage? It could be anything. It appears it is going to be a while before we get any answers, to be sure to place your bets now.

Lessons learned and identities uncovered

This week’s episode featured key learning points for some of our newbies. Ogilvie (Lucas Iverson) has been desperate to prove himself at every turn since his shift began. He’s had a series of praise-worthy moments so far this season, and it leads him to being perhaps cockier than he should be for his inexperience. After he endangers a patient’s life by assuming a glass fragment was something easily removed outside of surgery, we can see that he is visibly shaken.

Kwon (Irene Choi), meanwhile, sustains an injury of her own while removing shards of glass from the same patient. She quickly learns that it is not a “bandage it and move on” sort of situation–because the patient has no medical records, she has to go through the whole gamut one goes through when exposed to unknown blood.

The superglued eyelashes patient is back this episode as well. When Langdon (Patrick Ball) is still unable to fix the problem, she demands to see a “Dr. J.” When Langdon says he doesn’t know anybody by that name at the hospital, the patient pulls up TikTok on her phone, and what do you know: “Dr. J” is none other than Javadi (Shabana Azeez).

It’s honestly adorable getting to see Javadi have her own moment. She’s good at what she does, but with her mom belittling her choice to work in the ER every chance she gets, it’s not been easy to see her at full bloom. In this scene, we get that. It’s sometimes so easy to forget she’s not 21 just yet.

Snap decisions and friendship drama

Another interesting dynamic the show continues to explore is the friendship between Whitaker (Gerran Howell) and Santos (Isa Briones). Last season, their dynamic was reversed, with Santos being the golden child. However, Whitaker is now a certified doctor, and it is clear he has learned a lot in the past 10 months. Santos, meanwhile, is on the radar this season for Al-Hashimi (Sepideh Moafi) because of her charting.

It has certainly caused somewhat if a strain on their relationship, though the scope of that still remains to be seen. Whitaker is naturally the kind of person to extend a friendly hand, while Santos is more likely to try to bite it off if it is not under her terms. They really are fascinating together, and it makes you wonder if something will happen later this season that will force Santos to put aside her own grievances.

An added benefit to the somewhat-slower pace of this week’s episode is us getting to live longer in medical scenes. We get to watch these doctors do what they’re damn good at, and it’s incredibly compelling. You have to be good at making snap decisions to be a doctor in a high-pressure environment like the ER, and this episode delivers on that delicious, frantic drama.

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