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The Pitt Recap: Just One of Those Days
This episode is so traumatic, and I should get hazard pay for this job.
The Pitt finds a way to make this episode — written by Joe Sachs and directed by Amanda Marsalis — to be both moving and harrowing without ever veering into schmaltzy territory, which it easily could’ve. This case with our six-year-old drowning victim Amber is a good, impactful reminder that just because this is their job doesn’t mean some patients aren’t going to rattle these medical professionals. Javadi winds up working on one of her mother’s Crohn’s patients and realizes this woman isn’t suffering from a perforated bowel but rather from a black widow spider bite.
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