oh, just wait and see.

"She's a senior resident, of course she's leaving next season."

It's been confirmed for just about as long as we've known the show was getting renewed that the time jump between season 2 and season 3 would be a smaller time jump than between seasons 1 and 2. That means, the time jump will be less than ten months. Which means that Samira Mohan will still be an R4.

There are residency programs that allow you to finish early if you complete all of your program's requirements ahead of time, but all of them are promote-in-place programs. Which means that even if Samira finished her residency early, she would need to be an attending at PTMC.

"But she's applying to a fellowship. It makes sense that she won't be there."

You cannot do a fellowship in a subspeciality without being at least board-eligible for your specialty. Samira will not be board-eligible until she finishes her residency on June 30, 2027.

"Her entire story has been about how she's not fit for emergency medicine."

Categorically, no. Samira Mohan's story has been about how she is the person that Robby transfers all of his fragmented parts of self onto. He does not see Samira Mohan. He sees the younger, more idealistic, more empathetic version of himself. When he is triggered and one of those younger parts surfaces, he lashes out at her.

By destroying her confidence and sense of self, that is what her story has become.

In season one, Samira Mohan's storyline was about how she had a grounded sense of self through the creation of stable priorities, values, and ethics as an emergency medicine physician. It was about how she may see things differently than her colleagues, but that does not make her any less valuable to the emergency department at PTMC. It was about how she can in fact, both take her time and be thorough with her patients to ensure they receive proper care and treatment, and flourish in an MCI situation with limited time and resources.

"Samira's storyline is just over, that's all. We'll see it wrapped up in the final episodes."

From Supriya's interview with Collider after episode 10:

You mentioned Mohan wanting a letter of recommendation from Robby, and there is a moment in this episode where she mentions she was hoping to circle up with Abbot to ask him for one. Her decision about what kind of specialty she wants to pursue has been hovering over her storyline this season. Do you feel like she's any closer to deciding what she wants to do than before, or is this question going to continue even heading into Season 3? GANESH: If she starts the day with that question, it's very likely she's going to end the day with that question. If we wanted to push things along like that, things wouldn't be interesting. So I definitely think that she's asking for the recommendation because she would like to stay, but I don't know if that's something that initially gets resolved.

"Samira is being written off because Supriya Ganesh is going to medical school."

We literally don't know that. And taking their responses to questions out of context from a Teen Vogue interview that was conducted back in February isn't helpful.

"But Samira wants to leave PTMC."

Not according to Supriya Ganesh's interview with Collider:

"Robby's consistently hot and cold with her. It's a very paternal type of dynamic where you're not sure whether it's going to be a good day or bad day, especially with that type of fraught relationship. For her, she just wants to continue to impress him and feel... especially because she's looking for a place at PTMC next year, and she's a little like, "Okay, should I ask him for a recommendation?" She just wants to be on good terms with him, so she isn't really picking at him in the same way as he does in the following hours. I definitely think she's hoping she can get back on his good side."

"It's just realism."

From a television show that has fumbled the seriousness of a shoulder dystocia, how mandated reporting works in cases of suspected child abuse, and the proper HR protocol of re-integrating Langdon into the workplace.

Is it realistic for season 3 to be Samira's day off, or that she's at an away elective in New Jersey moving her shit out of her mom's house, or that she (or someone else!) finally reported Robby to HR for his treatment of her, and now they can't be on the same shift? Sure. Fine.

"It's just a storytelling decision."

And who is telling that story? Who are the executive producers? Who is the showrunner? Who are the lead writers?

And now, Abbot’s just there to stand around and flirt.

robby seems to operate under a kind of fatalistic existentialism: the belief that once you are something—an addict, a failure, a lost cause—that is all you will ever be. but the deeper truth is that he’s terrified of the alternative. because if frank can get clean and stay clean, or if dana can function without a crutch, then robby loses his greatest armor: his excuses.

he treats his own flaws as set in stone, unmovable and unavoidable. he’s decided he’s finished—fixed in place—and because of that, watching anyone attempt the grueling, unglamorous work of change feels like a personal indictment. he validates the worst impulses of those around him because their failure makes him feel safe in his brokenness. if everyone stays stuck in the mud, he doesn’t have to ask himself why he stopped trying to climb out; he doesn’t have to face the fact he’s still down there by his own design. hurting is familiar, a known quality, something robby feels he’s earned. he has fundamentally decided he is incapable of betterment and the concept of anyone else changing, growing, healing??? feels improbable! impossible, even.

it’s the same reason therapy never quite works for him, why he can’t find a therapist he likes. he doesn’t want a nice person to challenge his delusions of worthlessness; he wants a witness to his self-hatred—someone who will confirm every ugly thing he believes about himself so he can finally stop fighting the urge to give up. he hoards his mistakes like relics, blaming himself for things that aren’t even his to carry, simply because it’s easier to be a guilty man than to face the raw uncertainty of trying to heal.

knowing he sleeps with the tv on feels like another piece of the puzzle slotting into place. here is a man who the entire ED looks to for guidance, yet he is incapable of being alone with the person he is when the work stops. he gets through the day full of sounds and nonstop motion; the pitt keeps his head full so it never has to be empty.

he needs the noise the tv provides because he is paralyzed by the honesty silence forces on him. he can’t let a thought even begin to form, because if he does, the feelings start. the grief, the PTSD, the sheer weight of everything—it’s all too loud, too much. he has to keep the volume up at all times so he doesn’t have to hear himself think.

which makes his upcoming three-month sabbatical feel less like a getaway and more like a slow-motion collision. he’s a man who can’t survive a quiet evening in his own apartment, yet he’s planning to drive straight into the wilderness alone. it’s the ultimate contradiction: fleeing from himself by heading toward the only place where there’s nowhere left to hide.

fuck AI, all my homies hate AI