Which 'The Pitt' Doctor Washes Out Before the End of the Shift?

There’s a ton of really great television airing right now, including the second season of Severance, the third season of Yellowjackets, Mythic Quest, The Traitors, Paradise, and this Sunday night’s return of The White Lotus. But the first show I watch the moment it is available every week is Max’s The Pitt, the adrenaline-fueled medical drama starring Noah Wyle and an exceptional cast of supporting players.
Spoilers for this season of Max’s The Pitt

It’s a 15-episode season, which reflects a 15-hour shift for the series’ lead, Wyle’s Dr. Michael Robinavitch (or Dr. Robby). We don’t know what’s going to happen in the back half of the season, but we do know enough from the tea leaves that Dr. Robby is going to have a PTSD meltdown of some sort by the end of the shift. He’s already getting snippier with the other doctors. But assuming there is a second season — and there better be — it’s safe to assume that Wyle will return.

I would not be similarly confident about the other docs, many of whom are interns. It’s been a difficult day for them all, but knowing television as well as we do, there’s a very high probability that one of the doctors won’t make it to the end of the shift: He or she will either quit, get fired, or suffer their own mental breakdown.

Victoria Javadi (Shabana Azeez), the 20-year-old third-year medical student, has youth working against her, but I wouldn’t worry too much about her. She’s both very good at her job, and her mother is a big enough deal in the hospital to protect her from blowback from any mistakes. There are 50-1 odds that she doesn’t make it to the end of the day.

Gerran Howell’s Dr. Dennis Whitaker, the fourth-year student who lacks confidence, is also likely to make it to the end of the day. His biggest mistake is behind him — a decision he made cost a patient their life — and while he’s still floundering some, his arc is on the upswing. He also made it through an entire episode this week without needing to change his scrubs again. Odds: 40-1.

Dr. Trinity Santos (Isa Briones) has the opposite problem of Dr. Whitaker: She’s too confident. And some decisions over the last couple of hours may have shaken that confidence. She dropped a scalpel on a fellow doc’s foot, for instance. She also had issues with a lorazepam vial. And in this week’s episode, she unwisely took it upon herself to speak to the potential victim of child molestation without consulting with the girl’s mother or the other doctors, and then basically threatened to withhold lifesaving care from the father if he didn’t promise to stop. I appreciate the sentiment, but that cowboy shit is not going to fly. Odds: 5-1

Dr. Mel King (Taylor Dearden, Bryan Cranston’s daughter) doesn’t pose much of a threat to wash out. She’s awkward, but she’s also very good at her job, although maybe the emergency room is not ultimately the ideal place for her. She handled a neurodivergent patient brilliantly this week, and the only thing I worry about with Dr. King is that the show is teasing some tragic possibility involving her sister, who is also on the spectrum. Odds: 60-1

Dr. Cassie McKay (Fiona Dourif) is the 42-year-old second-year resident and former addict with an ankle monitor who is fighting to gain joint custody of her son. I am very worried about her. She’s been dealing with the incel kid who may or may not have gone back to school to shoot it up. This is a medical drama. I fear the worst, and I also fear that the worst may test Dr. McKay’s sobriety. Odds: 7-1

Dr. Samira Mohan (Supriya Ganesh) is a third-year resident who has been nicknamed “Slo Mo” because of how thorough (and slow) she is with her patients. Another great doctor who does not necessarily belong in the E.R. So far, her thoroughness has been great for her patients but not so great for Dr. Robby’s patience. I suspect she’ll be fine, though there is a remote possibility that Dr. Robby — in a fit of anger — drums her out for repeatedly defying his orders to speed it up. Odds: 45-1

Now Dr. Frank Langdon (Patrick Ball), on the other hand: This guy is sketch. There’s something going on with the senior resident, and I think it might have to do with the messed-up lorazepam vial that Dr. Santos was dealing with, Dr. Santos’ questioning whether it was OK to defy the orders of a senior resident, and Langdon’s weird interaction with Dr. Mel this week. He was very complimentary about the way she handled the neurodivergent patient, but why was a senior resident so oblivious about how to communicate with someone on the spectrum, not to mention so dismissive? He’s a doctor. That was fishy. The fact that Dr. Robby loves him so much makes me even more suspicious. Odds: 3-1

The ending of this week’s episode, with Dr. Heather Collins (Tracy Ifeachor) having a miscarriage, was a real gut punch, and Tracy Ifeachor acted the hell out of it. I don’t know how she makes it to the end of the day, except that Dr. Collins’ experience is rooted in that of other women who have had miscarriages and simply had to continue on with their workdays. Despite dealing with the most extreme of circumstances, I actually think that Dr. Collins is now even more likely to make it to the end of the day, although I don’t know what will happen if we (and Dr. Robby) find out that Robby is the one who got her pregnant. Oof. Odds: 300-1