I told myself I would read a lot this month. That I would finish the 1,000-page behemoth that is “Jonathan Strange 7 Mr. Norrell” by Susanna Clarke. I did not finish that book.
Instead, I binged watched “The Pitt” on HBO Max (no spoilers below). I think I watched five episodes on Sunday and then four episodes on Monday and the rest on Tuesday. All I did was work and then come home, play fetch with my dog Salem and then watch “The Pitt.”
I am a sucker for a “each episode is an hour in the day” format. It reminds me of “24” with Kiefer Sutherland, which I loved. “The Pitt” follows doctors working in the emergency room in the fictional Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center. 15 episodes for 15 hours of a shift.
Is that young kid going to abandon his mom in the hospital? Why does Dr. McKay have an ankle monitor? When will Dr. Javadi realize she doesn’t have to stay in medicine if she doesn’t want to? Will they catch the rats? Will Dr. Robby talk to someone about how the anniversary of his former mentor’s death is clearly affecting him?
I really loved Dr. Santos even though she was rude in the beginning. Dr. Whitaker has the disposition of a scared hamster but he really pulls through. I want to be best friends with Dr. Mel King. She was fantastic. I keep trying to pick my favorite character, and Mel takes that crown but I also really love Dr. McKay and Dr. Mohan. Dr. Robby is simply the best.
Some of these episodes were truly heartbreaking so prepare yourself. It’s not a fun, lighthearted show. People get hurt and die and doctors struggle to save the people they can.
“The Pitt” is some of the best TV I’ve seen in a while. I truly believe the world is a better place because this show exists. I was so invested in these characters, I didn’t even check my phone while watching.
Black Mirror
The seventh season of “Black Mirror” recently dropped and I’ve watched two episodes so far. The first episode, “Common People,” was great but predictable (some spoilers to follow). Consenting to a company to input its technology into your wife’s brain in order to save her life is romantic but ripe for heartbreak.
The ads were horrible and funny. Tracee Ellis Ross did a perfect job portraying the sleazy salesman getting the couple to pay more and more for a technology that the wife needs to live a decent life. The ending could have gone so many ways. I respect the sad and devastating ending. I was hoping for a weirder twist but that’s all right. I give this episode a 7/10.
The second episode, “Bete Noire” might be one of my favorite “Black Mirror” episodes ever. A woman working in a food production company becomes paranoid when the woman she bullied in high school becomes her colleague.
I was enthralled by this episode. It’s hard to feel bad for the main character when you learn what she did to that girl in high school. The technology was eerie and scary and great and impossible, giving the episode the perfect combination of twisty technology and messy people. 10/10 episode to me.
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