We are enjoying it. But there are a lot of “that would never happen in an ER” moments. Too many family members standing around watching tubes get put in someone’s chest.
Anyone else watching it?
We just finished it. We liked it. Like ER on speed. No time for out-of-ER bullshit. Just 15 hours of tubes and blood and saving lives and getting it right, and losing lives and doing all you could.
Maybe next season they can do 15 hours of not being in the ER. There is a lot of junk to unpack after this day. No spoilers.
I just find it nuts that when people are getting cut open they just let anyone come in and watch and say stuff.
We have two more episodes I think…maybe three.
Oh, and the lack of masks.
I recently binged this. Infection control practices aside, I enjoyed it. I agree with the comment about seeing the characters outside the hospital, too.
I liked ER, too. I rewatched some old episodes over the last year, and it was a flashback of the pre-HIPAA days.
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Finished it yesterday. It was ok. If they make a second season I’ll watch it. If not, oh well.
Here’s why season 2 won’t happen: {unless the Michael Chrichton family gets paid}
emphasis is mine
So the Chrichton family has dibs on any emergency room TV shows/movies going forward?
Disclosure: I never really watched “ER” so i am not aware of any continuity between the shows.
Disclosure: I was not privy to any discussions between the Chrichton family and the Warner Bros.
It seems that the Chrichton estate had dibs on any attempt to remake/reboot the original ER series, as part of his original deal 30ish years ago.
So when the original production company, the original showrunner, and the original star of the series all get together to make pretty much a remake of the exact same show and not pay off Chrichton’s estate, yeah that’s gonna end up with the lawyers.
I perceive The Pitt to be more like ER than the original Battlestar Galactica was like Star Wars. But Fox/Lucasfilm basically sued BG out of existence 45 years ago.
Eh, I don’t see it as an ER copycat. I think the issue is they originally presented it as a spinoff, then pushed ahead with only changed names when they were turned down.
Overall, I liked it. Some of the lines and stats they slip in to conversation were preachy and cringe. Dr King (Bryan Cranston’s daughter) is by far my favorite. Dr McKay is my least favorite.