‘The Pitt’ Season 2 Episode 6 Review: Tragedy Strikes

The Pitt Season 2 Episode 5 picks back up at 12:00 PM as we go through another hour of the show; here is our review for it.

Spoilers for Pitt Season 2 Episode 6 below.

Episode 6 picks right back up on the heels of episode 5, where Langdon finds Louie unconscious and Robby starts to do CPR on him. Louie has been the most present patient this season thus far, and this twist of fate for a patient who had been there for the same exact routine over the years ends up being more tragic than anticipated.

Robby is unable to resuscitate Louie, and he passes away very early into the episode. This is by far the most tragic death we’ve seen on the show so far. There’s been quite a few deaths over the 2 seasons, but we haven’t gotten to spend as much time with them as Louie. Add the fact that the hospital staff have years of memories and interactions with Louie, who by all accounts was incredibly nice every time he came by, which makes it just hit so much harder.

By the end of the episode we find out more about Louie’s past, which makes it all the more tragic in the end. This is a very hard-hitting show by all accounts, but this is arguably the hardest-hitting moment of the show thus far.

Dana has sort of been on the backburner of Season 2 in a lot of ways, but in this episode she has a bigger role, and the episode is all the better for it. There are quite a few key scenes that involve her this episode, and I really hope there’s more for the season. She’s such a pivotal character that deserves more.

The prisoner patient Gus is technically ready to be discharged, but Al-Hashimi wants to move him upstairs instead. His diet is very bad in prison, and even a few days of nutritional food would help him out. Robby disagrees and claims they’re not meant to be the ones to deal with social justice. Al Hashimi says all she wants is to improve the system in any way she can.

I did really like this interaction, particularly because Al Hashimi has felt like the opposition in a lot of ways on a lot of topics, but it’s not unfair to say most people would agree with her on this stance. It makes her feel more complex than just someone who wants to change the hospital’s ways for the worse through AI.

Luckily for Gus, Dana pulls off a way for him to be moved and kept at the hospital instead of returning to prison right away.

There’s also another motorcyclist accident in the mix. The guy didn’t have any major injuries, but it does continue the trend of all the motorcycle-related stuff going on. All the hospital staff are quick to remind Robby of his own riding every chance they get. I’m not sure what exactly they’re going to do with Robby and a motorcycle but I imagine it’s going to come at some point in the near future.

All in all it’s a very good episode of The Pitt. My favorite of Season 2 thus far. The Louie tragedy is really well handled by the writers and hits harder than it probably should.

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