#s2e13

These women have taken beating after beating (from their shift but also from Robby specifically), and when they try and find some balance by choosing their battles, Robby equates that to total catastrophic failure. It's one thing to express some disappointment over not "rising to the challenge," but it's another to suggest that BOTH of these smart, talented doctors would give up completely and MOVE TO A DIFFERENT SPECIALTY just because they choose to have a moment of rest instead of pushing into martyrdom

Robby's desperately afraid of leaving the ED but also just as afraid of his peers being their own people. He's so anxiously codependent with "running" the ED that he's basically suffocating all of them, because them being their own people and coming into their own confidence means there's no one left for him to save - no one left to depend on him.

[again, all of this said alongside the backdrop of Robby himself struggling with his own burnout, martyrdom, and isolation. Clearly he's struggling right now - has been for a while - so this isn't a condemnation of his entire character, more of the pot finally boiling over... :/ ]