everyone talking about langdon in the tags are missing that the more direct comparison is robbie himself. he blows up on her over the fact she wont report to the board over a five second delay in care. when in season one, robbie has a much bigger delay in care because of his dissociating and meltdown. he thinks he let them down and he doesnt want her to do the same, wont let her get the chance. while he got comforted by those who knew about his condition, al-hashimi is alone, crying in her car as she drowns in the loneliness of her chronic illness.
while her reporting to the board is important, that same logic should be applied to him and his crippling mental struggles. yes, she should report to the board, but so should he. but he sees it as it being *his* ER, the ER he fights gloria about everyday, the ER passed down to him from his predecessor, the ER he watches al-hashimi try to change before his eyes and we can see how good intention leaves him. he knows her going to the board will stagnant her career, will stagnant the possibility of her taking over the ER in a permanent capacity. this is also why it would take an unthinkable reason to drive him to report to the board in turn about *his* issues.
i dont think robbie is this horrible, misogynist piece of shit people make him out to be but he is in every way deeply troubled, hurts people as much as he hurts himself or they hurt him, worse even, and an absolute hypocrite. he sees her as competition, direct competition, and someone who absolutely would take the position from him compared to abbot or shen who never would for the former and the latter isnt experienced enough. thats why he undermines her (or at least i would find that much more compelling and layered than it being written off as misogyny, especially when we see robbie constantly reaffirm the women. i.e “doctor mohan” in season one i ate that up the way she looks so shocked but appreciative to see that despite her undermining his authority as chief attending repeatedly that he still respects her as a doctor).
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