In the 8th grade, my science teacher taught me an invaluable skill: how to write an email. He walked us through the subject line, how to write the body paragraphs, the way to use pleasantries (how are you? I hope your summer is going well!), how to ask our questions (would you be willing to give me full points on this email writing assignment?), and how to sign off (Sincerely, First Name, Last Name).
In the intervening years, I have turned this skill into a bit of an art form, as many skills become with much practice. An introduction can pack so much, the difference between a hey, a hello, a dear, a hi, or simply a name and title convey emotion and meaning more than the body of the text. The small note in the beginning of an email, asking how their day has been, if they enjoyed that tea they were going to try, if they were feeling better (as last time I asked they said that the weather had them down) shows that I care, even if this email is being sent because I may or may not have missed a deadline that I now must desperately ask for an extension on and forgiveness for missing it. Concluding with a Thank You, an I Hope you have an amazing evening, night, day, morning, week (if I particularly like them), an I'm sorry, a 'I hope your day is better than the last one', a 'I hope your vacation goes well!' with an improper exclamation point before my name because I want them to know that I am excited for them.
In some of my worst moments a kindly written email is what kept me from spiraling to places I don't know if I could recover from.
If you couldn't tell, this has been a post about AI. Even an Email has the fingerprints of humanity and love and care and artistry that a collection of words stolen from my mouth and my work and my life could never reproduce. I think that in a world where use of this useless tool is excused with 'but it writes my emails for me' , its important to remember that even that excuse is bullshit.
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I think my favorite thing about Aabria as a player is how willing she is to play a woman who makes choices people won't like. Laerryn blighting the tree, Suvi standing firmly in her indoctrination and ego for so much of worlds beyond number, thaisha being incredibly proud/confident and living a life void of connections to specific people because the world is her love.
And the many, many choices they make over their stories that can be so frustrating and stressful. Genuinely it makes for such amazing story telling and character growth. I think it's a thing that often comes with being a DM previously because I feel that Matt is similar with Julien and how much he acknowledges Julien is unlikable and a dick intentionally.
But aabria plays such deeply flawed women who grow and change, who are strong and refuse to break or bend because someone believes they should. It's truly a treat every time she graces a table to see what she's cooked up.
With Teor dead, Travis is going to have to bring out a new character. Here's some thoughts on what background/connections this new character could have that would ease their entry into the secret club thing going on with the rest of the PCs:
Druid of the Old Path: Druids are here to help the people and fix the world. We haven't met a druid that wouldn't be onboard for finding and reconnecting the lost afterlives. Fighting the Sundered Houses is a little more iffy. And between Thaisha and the general respect for druids, easy enough to slot a new one in. Travis could go with a Circle that's already been introduced, or come up with a new one.
Member of the Cloak: The ritual Thjazi was working on has just been pulled off even though he's dead, so the Cloak should be interested in seeing who did it, and recruiting/allying with them for more. Or Mara could straight up hook them up with a junior member (to make sure Travis doesn't have all the info) to keep everyone in touch.
Fey/Vassal of Royce: A new anchor to Faerie has been made, drawing attention to those who made it. Thimble and/or Julien make a good point of connection/introduction. And such a character is at least locked into opposing the Halovar/Candescent Creed, since they're preaching essentially fey genocide, and the Tachonis for destroying the Golden Orchard. Could even be that Maya Davinos or Lady Aranessa sent them as backup.
Vassal of Timmony: The Schemers got King Gus as an ally for their Magpies. It's possible for him to send a knight or spy or even a Hound (big fan of the idea of a PC Hound of the King) to help the group and stay in contact. And between the Schemers and Soldiers, Timmony is fairly trusted (and a Hound of King especially so).
Falconer Veteran: I can still hear the Falcon's cry. The fight goes on and there's 350 soldiers in Dol-Makjar/the Magpies to pull from. Could be a Torn Banner member for that connection to Kattigan, Thimble, and Azune. Could be a different company and those three (and maybe Bolaire and/or Julien) have encountered this character before.
Member of the Barrowguard: One (part of a) big problem created by the Shapers' deaths has been fixed. Given the Barrowguard exists to keep a handle on the Barrowdells and is about to come under fire for control by the Sundered Houses, a member could have interest in joining up to help. Julien and possibly a recommendation from Alogar could help ease them in.
Those are the big backgrounds to go with and the easiest entry, I think.
Some trickier ones are:
Penteveral Student/Staff: Murray's not going to be eager about a student joining the danger. Not sure how she gets on with any other staff besides Dean Kora. But more wizards.
Member of the Totality: Cleric in a godless world. Plus a library pass to ancient texts. But the Hargood base is far away and the groups only have the Seekers' experience with Doctor Talter and Bolaire has a few contacts there to engender trust to such a stranger.
Member of the Revolutionary Guard: One of Azune's co-workers. Could be helpful to have another hidden cop. Inversely, they are someone who could sell Azune out big time, so trust is careful.
Ex-Crow Keeper: Thimble might vouch for them if she knows them. But they might be pissed at the larger group since so many were part of the events that disbanded the Crow Keepers.
Member or Vassal/Worker of the Sundered Houses: Difficult to trust without someone in the party really knowing and liking them, or them clearly being in the shit with their House and looking for other options.
Member of Hal's Troupe: Easier to trust with secrets/the mission for just pulling off the ritual play. But harder to trust for any kind of battle readiness for the battles ahead.
Warlock of Tsul'rekshi: I think she'd be interested in supporting the destruction the party has going on. And at least Tyranny and Bolaire would probably be on board to have that contact. The rest may hesitate more about getting more demon shit involved.
And if Travis wants to be wild:
A Panto Mask: Bolaire will insist on keeping them, fuck what anyone else says. He needs backup against Termina. And it's his sibling. Could be interesting to see that strange sibling dynamic in play, but does require Travis to heed Taliesin's made lore to a certain degree to do it.
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God as much as I am going to miss Teor, Julian just got 10 times more interesting to me. Because now someone who has been defined for a good part of the last arc by his opposition to others (first Thjazi, then the entire Tachonis family) now also has to contend with the fact he if fighting for something. His choosing his sister and his mothers words haunting that choice show that Julian Davinos now has something to fight FOR. He's no longer entirely motivated by his spite and opposition to Thiazis cause, to his Fathers expectations, or to the house that massacred his, and that is so so important. What does it mean for the reckless daredevil to throw himself into danger knowing that his sister and mother (and his house) now rely on HIM to continue living, and that he seemingly actually cares about that fact.
See, Matt's choice I get. It was horrible, but I get it. Over and over again, Julien has chosen his father - chosen to take those violent risks in pursuit of revenge, chosen to court death, chosen to fight the way Raimond Davinos would fight. It was absolutely key that Brennan framed the choice to help Teor in terms of protecting Raimond's honor. Because Raimond is dead!
But then there was the other side of that choice - Maya Davinos's voice in Julien's mind, his sister's life on the line, he chose not to die in a hole where no one would find him. He chose life. It's just really, really crappy that he had to leave Teor to his fate to do it.
It haunts me slightly that right after Julian remembers his mother telling him to not die in some dark hole where she couldn't find him, Teor (who didn't have anyone to tell him to come home) dies in a dark hole where nobody will look for him. With the only people who would look for him dying beside him and chained up by the same man whose monster killed Teor.
And then Thimble turns around, a small fairy going back into the house of the family who had already killed so many of her friends, her people, and her homes, searching in the dark for a friend who she still might not find.
I'm going to be completely honest when I say that I don't know that much about Teor critical role, because I hopped in for the introduction and then started following again with the seekers (Acadamia claws at both my free time and my soul). That being said it's also important that even with that lack of knowledge, his death was still impactful and important, through who he left behind in Thimble and Wick and Kat, and generally the fact that he was our first PC death (I am so, so worried for another one before we split again). Overall, I think it was good for the story, and every characters decisions made sense, and that the party they had might have been the best equipped to handle those threats all things considered (maybe with and added Valeus or Kat, but also I don't know if they could have fixed this), and it just wasn't enough. I think this is going to be a really interesting touchstone a year down the line, and will for sure affect play at the table, bu5 I just really hope that party doesn't stop taking risks becasue of this.
That being said, if Thimble also dies in that dark hole in the Tachonis Mansion....
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Sometimes you get a little too comfortable during pride month, and then a guest at your job asks you why people introduce themselves with pronouns. As in "why would they do that that makes us uncomfortable". Anyways happy pride month, and just a small reminder why we need it.
been seeing some commentary from Pitt fans reacting to other fans upset about Robby's behavior esp in S2E12 and S2E13 as his mental health crisis gets worse, largely in the camp of advocating for more empathy towards him and coming from the perspective that mental health crises irl do look this bad RE: hurting people around them so should be met with care rather than judgement to help a person in crisis, but I do think there's an added element of institutional power not being addressed there.
Robby isn't just an attending in the ED, he's the head of the department in a teaching hospital where hierarchy and deference to authority is built into the formal rules and informal culture of the institution. we as an audience were given clues to suggest that Robby's teaching style - well before the events of S1 and S2 - reinforced this culture and, notably, held training and learning opportunities like a carrot over residents' heads. we've already seen how much the residents rely on and fear attendings' favor and disapproval; mid S1 Robby wrote a strong recommendation letter for Langdon to a competitive fellowship position, early S2 Santos worries that Al-Hashimi will follow through on holding her back a year in the program, and mid-S2 Mohan seeks out Abbot for a recommendation letter instead of Robby after we saw 1 day of Robby unable to give her 1 word of praise that isn't made to sound like an insult (and we know was likely preceded by years of him making her question whether he respects her or not given the nickname and context cues from S1). for someone with that much power to make or break your academic and professional career, residents are structurally coerced by the hierarchical context of the residency program to handle issues with their attendings delicately because the consequences for threatening a sensitive ego are too great to do otherwise. they don't have a choice but to keep any judgement out of their interactions with Robby, really.
and to tack back to my note about reinforcing power structures and treating learning like a carrot (see; treating triage like a punishment taking people away from the important learning cases, McKay being surprised Robby let her do the eye surgery in S1 after going against him to report David, Samira saying she was surprised he didn't bench her for not calling psych for Nandi in S1, even him sending Ellis away from the crush victim at the end of S1 when she apologized for giving him more blood that blew his clots). resident doctors are dependent on training that the program provides to be able to pass their boards and take jobs elsewhere, so learning opportunities are a very powerful bargaining chip to hold over residents; the way a person wields power on their best and worst day speaks volumes about their quality as an authority figure but also about the broader structure their power comes from - especially if they can influence the structure itself.
Robby being the head of the ED means he has shaped what the training program looks like for residents, students, and nurses, and that includes what checks and balances exist to protect them from abuse of power from more senior figures. Santos' entire issue with Langdon is about how Langdon's abuse towards her was facilitated by that structure, because the rehab program is limited to monitoring his abuse of substances, not subordinates. Robby didn't initiate an institutional response to the abuse needed to make sure others are also alerted and prepared to intervene in that particular issue (see; Al-Hashimi coming informed that Langdon was in the health program for rehab, but unaware of his previous issues with supervising junior residents in general or Santos in particular). paired with warning Santos to keep quiet about it, Robby effectively positioned himself as the sole arbiter on whether future abuse of power by Langdon is met with consequences. there are no clear checks and balances for Robby's authority here (beyond going even further above his head to HR, which I'm not surprised Santos avoided given how the formal rules in the ED allowed the father suspected by his wife of grooming their daughter to just go home while the wife was at risk of arrest for attempting to protect her kid) and Robby also showed a reluctance to engage the few that exist RE: Langdon. Robby navigates his role in a way that allows him to avoid being substantively held accountable to others
Robby is visibly disgruntled by Al-Hashimi expecting to be treated like an equal by him in early S2. while early on he treated Al-Hashimi seeking his input on her proposed changes as an inconsequential nuisance at first, in the latter season we can tell he sees her as a real threat to what he sees as his ED and, implicitly, his authority. we've now seen him begin attacking her suitability to take over in his stead in S2E13 by fishing for info from Mohan on Al-Hashimi's lapses in attention (something we see she already manages under a specialist's care). whatever his reasons for it, he is following a pattern we've seen before where he retaliates against those in the ED that challenge his authority (see; McKay in S1 with David, and Collins in S1 when she backed Mohan and called Robby on his treatment of Mohan, which I'll come back to). I want to contrast this with Al-Hashimi approaching Robby earlier to ask what he needs to get some basic human empathy back, where she isn't directing, belittling, or punishing him, but asking what he needs from her as a peer to take care of himself for the well-being of those around him. Al-Hashimi is advocating for minimum 2 attendings on at all times, and I suspect part of that may be because she herself wants to ensure that if she has those lapses in attention (I'm not going to say definitively what I think is going on bc its still not 100% clear) while on-shift, there is a back-up attending available - she is preparing the ED to handle her worst day. she could also probably inform a peer like Robby of whatever condition is affecting her, but with how dismissive Robby was of her from the outset (before she had her first lapse in attention), I'm not surprised she hasn't shared it with him yet. what's important to me is that Al-Hashimi does not consider having a peer around - or even someone challenging her authority - as threatening in the way Robby does, such that she welcomes the idea of not being the sole figure responsible for the ED at any one moment while Robby balks at it.
i'm not going to speak for what other fans pick up on or not, but having experienced different superiors capable of making or breaking my academic and professional career having their own "worst days", its a lot harder to call on empathy and ignore my frustration with someone who did nothing to build in protections for their subordinates when they were mentally well. the only figures in S2 that seem to believe they could act as a peer to Robby and not risk retaliation for pointing out his distress are Al-Hashimi, Abbot, and Dana. as I mentioned, Robby seems intent on undermining Al-Hashimi's authority, and Abbot thus far hasn't done much to intervene because he's just not around to witness Robby's conduct. when Dana, however, spoke to that assumption of equal standing in S2E12 and S2E13, Robby fell back on formal hierarchy to order her around. there are no structural systems apparent for residents to turn to if Robby takes his worst day out on them, because Robby doesn't ensure there are others with as much power as him to check him. when Collins tried back in S1 - one of the few characters we were led to believe Robby respects enough to accept some push-back from (conceding she was right with "the risks are not the same for you as they are for me" RE: the abortion teen) - she told him to go home or leave his baggage out of the department and he shut her down by meting out unrelated criticism towards her and reminding her "you have no fucking respect for your superiors... I give you a lot of leeway, but I'm your attending, and you are the resident, and you need to remember that" - quite literally trying to get her to shut up by reminding her of the power imbalance between them. like its telling he is surrounding himself through the shift only with people that he can pull rank on.
in my view, frustration with and criticism of Robby during his mental health crisis isn't just a reaction to how ugly and messy a mental health crisis can be, its a reaction to how Robby's previous actions and decisions about how to run the ED have never had safety features built in to protect them from Robby on his worst day. holding a position of power like his is a huge responsibility that requires a person to plan for the possibility that they need to be held accountable.
I'll put it this way; when Robby witnessed Langdon belittling Santos and uncovered his substance abuse, Robby was formally and informally empowered to intervene and reprimand Langdon for his conduct and send him home for his substance abuse. but when Robby let loose on Mohan during a panic attack inappropriately, what consequences did he have to face? what checks were in place to prevent that from happening again? when Robby calls out something he doesn't like in a resident, he's backed by the influence he can have over their career so they have to listen, whether its called for or not. but when Robby gets called out for how his conduct can harm people, at best he considers whether to dismiss it, and at worst he retaliates because he can.
a mental health crisis doesn't happen in isolation from structures of power, and Robby is still responsible for the harm he's been allowed to get away with all season because the Robby before things got this bad is responsible for now building in more safeguards. anyone can go through a mental health crisis and should be afforded empathy to get through it, but if it can happen to anyone then people in positions of power over others need to prepare for that possibility. not every car will end up in a crash, but we still install airbags and seatbelts to protect passengers in case it happens, because it could happen regardless of someone's intentions or careful driving. the ED having no apparent seatbelt and airbag system to protect residents, nurses, and even patients from Robby's mental health crisis reflects a failure on the part of those that structure the ED, and Robby has been the most influential figure on that matter up until now. I can sympathize with Robby as a person going through this crisis AND be angry and frustrated that his earlier decisions and actions as a leader are allowing him to continue harming others in the ED throughout his crisis unchecked
The biggest issue in the pitt season two is the writers killed their own momentum at every turn and then acted confused when it didnāt work for people (how could it)
Trinityās a new R2, drowning in work and seeing a new attending come in who she doesnāt like on the same day as Frankās return to the ER. Sheās stressed and overloaded and her position is being threatened and her tone all season isā¦sheās sleepy. Trinity is tired. Instead of her fighting for her place in the ER like we saw in season one, metaphorically elbowing people as a way of reasserting herself, she sits at a desk and charts. For 75% of the season. It doesnāt go anywhere, nothing happens with it (she makes a mistake and itās caught and the lecture about it is so mild she doesnāt even stand up). Trinity spends a season designed to push her buttons doing nothing but talk about the characters around her
Robbyās planned a suicide trip that from the opening of the season is already clearly a bad idea. But because of the format of the show, instead of it being a sudden announcement or a reason to talk to him, everyone spends the season wishing him wellā¦.because theyāve known about it for weeks. Thereās nothing left to discuss. And the audience knows Robbyās not killing himself - itās an empty threat - so every Robby scene goes the same way: youāre heading out? Ah man thatās so out of character, well have fun and see you later (Robby face of āthere wonāt be a laterā). By the time Robby actually said heās suicidal I rolled my eyes because it had been textually overplayed for thirteen episodes. Robby started at the end of his character arc for the season and was given massive amounts of screentime like he was going to progress somewhere (nope)
Frank is back in the ER he used to thrive in, returning with who knows how many rumors stacked against him and a checklist of people he knows heās wronged. Itās emotional and tense and such a good premise for real character exploration, and then the season conspires not give him any space for emotional catharsis. Louieās death was the biggest fumble Iāve seen in modern TV in a long time for both the character and his impact on the show. It was rushed and verbally sad but tonally nothing. Frank works the hotdog case afterwards, Dennis doesnāt even know about it, everyoneās repressing so hard that no one does anything. Instead of a private moment between Frank and Louie with could-have-beens and grey areas about whoās still in Louie (and Frankās) life after addiction - we got a bunch of characters standing in a room (I though the ER was packed) 90% of them not speaking (then why are they here) as Robby reveals omnipotent Louie knowledge in a monologue (thatās not impactful). And then the season moves on and we get more time from Trinity and Robby doubting Franks recovery than Frank himself discussing it. Frankās recovery isnāt about him, so he spends the season waiting to impact other people
Samiraās arc was a mess from top to bottom and that fact that the writing did that to her and then the editing doubled down on it is disappointing and exhausting to the nth degree. She should have been a shining star of the season, pushing and pulling with Frank on various cases to keep the energy up when other plot drivers had to do something else. Instead she was shoved into ālectureā patients to learn medical lessons that sheād already know, had her position in the ER stolen by Dennis because her boss is straight up racist, and didnāt get to interact with anyone with the authority an R4 should have (and then they kicked her off. Because WOC arenāt allowed to argue with Robby and stay on the show š)
Add onto all of these character choices where theyāre positioned to stand still until acted on (paralyzing the show for episodes at a time), the environment was also changed in a way thatās a negative for any building any impact or momentum.
The removal of Gloria means that Robby becomes the ER rule guy to everyone (including Baran) - heās the enforcer and the victim. Thereās nothing for Robby to narratively push against because heās the one defending the system.
The choice to stop shooting from Robbyās POV gave the camera too much freedom and instead of getting to explore characters in more personally engaging situations, we completely lost any sense of tension and movement in favor of lingering conversations (the Annie conversation between Robby and Trinity should have been a third of the length at least).
The complete avoidance of a central conflict is the worst of the bunch though. First it was going to be the computers going down and that was going to lead to drama (patients getting lost in the gaps, missing medication being blamed on Frank, doctors on top of each other because they have to interact to share information). Then it was going to be the waterpark patients coming in to swamp the ER. Then it was going to be how do they do hand off when the ER is so overcapacity and still drowning with patients
And then they didnāt do any of it. Victoria missed something with a patient but sheās a med student. Nothing went wrong with medication or missing patients, they just kept track of it. They got some waterpark patients but there was nothing distinguishing them from the other people already in the ER or showing the system being filled past capacity so that trickled out into nothing. Hand off was justā¦completed.
Iām shocked by how many examples of killed momentum I have and it devastated character impact for the whole season (which reduces the scale of the characters).
The middle of the season felt like it was spinning its wheels, keeping people separate so they could have one formative conversation 2/3rds of the way through the season and have an arc by the finale. Characters were paralyzed, didnāt emote, emoted internally, or just never found out about things to keep them from reacting in ways that would genuinely shake up dynamics. Itās disappointing and exhausting to see so many choices sabotaging characters then recognize that they took screentime from WOC for white male characters THAT WERENāT EVEN BEING UTILIZED
I could have been a right-wing grifter, but instead I am actually writing my religion essays thoughtfully and trying to learn my Psychology content. I could have been a right-wing grifter.
Having thoughts about the Pitt again. Season 2's main issue, in my eyes, is the concept of going for another Emmy. What characters won the show Emmys last time? Robby, Dana, and Abbot. So who got actually fleshed out plots? Robbie, and Dana and Abbot to a much lesser extent (they still were mainly to support Robbie).
And its just so disappointing, because in this chase to give these actors really big scenes that are solid and do communicate big feelings (mostly...), we lost all of the support that made those original scenes good. We lost fully fleshed out plots for the supporting cast of medical workers in the show, and most of that supporting cast's time is dedicated fully to Robbie and his struggles, when in Season 1 that wasn't the case. Were the plots of every character's cases and lives lending themselves to an overall theme that Robbie capitalized on (the mental strain of working in healthcare) YES! But Season Two seems more focused on having every single character interact with Robbie in his calamity tour, and have all of their plots be dominated by Robbie (with few notable exceptions, namely Santos and Mel).
It just feels like we lost what made this show good, and threw away what could have been an incredible opportunity for more actors to have impactful scenes, to tell a variety of stories about and around the themes Robbie is dealing with (mental health crisis, breaking down, martyrism, Empathy decay) without Robbie having to be present, and for more actors to win Emmys for a show that obviously has so much love and passion behind it.
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Hey. Pitt writers. You can't explore how a character's suicidal ideation causes him to disregard others by having the show itself disregard them.
This season felt like a lot of navel gazing from Robby, not because of what he himself did (centering his own perspective, being abrasive to his colleagues, etc.--which WOULD be interesting to explore!) but because of how the show on a meta level did the exact same thing. Samira's last spoken scene was her apologizing to Robby; we didn't get to see her decide on her future plans, or even privately process her emotions about her future/how Robby treated her, which makes her apology feel less like evidence that she's been beaten down and more like the narrative forgiving Robby's treatment of her. Baran's last spoken scene was Robby threatening her career, and then her call to her husband, which would have explored HER, and the effects Robby/the job had on her, was cut. Langdon's last scene was telling Robby that he needed to get help, rather than expressing his own feelings or getting closure--or even choosing to let go because Robby (in his current state) isn't healthy for him to interact with. Abbot and Duke and Dana and Cassie and Caleb all pretty much only existed to express how much they cared about Robby; Cassie and Dana get almost no resolution for the arcs they do have. (Not to mention those who aren't connected with him, like Digby or the man who died in chairs, being used as tone-deaf attempts at comedic relief.)
The final scene literally has Robby holding an abandoned baby and saying he wishes someone would swaddle him--the show being seemingly unaware that he has in fact been swaddled all season. It could be interesting if they had critiqued his perceived abandonment--and even drawn a parallel with Trinity!--but instead this moment of further self-pity and self-centeredness is framed as a genuinely touching resolution that parallels Robby with the baby (like, I'm sorry, but this 50-year-old man who's been horrible to people all season is not the equivalent of an innocent abandoned infant). But the show doesn't remotely feel that this connection is too much, because it overly identifies itself with Robby, leaving an unbalanced and poorly paced story that feels saturated with pity for an extremely flawed main character. And that's just not something you can write a season around.
had to put this on here because OP managed to express a lot of the show's criticisms so succinctly and left no crumbs š
[text: the pitt's writing continually supports this idea that although robby may be a dick, he's ultimately right about his female colleagues (namely al-hashimi and mohan) being unfit in some way or another, and correct to call them out for it. and though it's possible for this framing to be coherent from a watsonian perspective, it reflects poorly well on the writers that robby remains unchallenged or is always ultimately vindicated, and that the extent to which his behavior is framed as bad in-universe only extends to the unpleasant nature of "how" he operates, which is then attributed to his poor mental health rather than any kind of real moral failing on his end.
noah wyle saying that robby is not abusive (sure man) and not a chauvinist (even bigger Sure Man) indicates at the very least a critical blind spot in how he views his own character, and the fact that there is so much pushback against people pointing this out is frankly baffling. even more so when all the pushback sounds something like "unlike me, unruffled and uninquisitive, you must be a Child or worse a Woman for daring to criticize the tv show we are spending our spare time watching". you are not more rational for blindly running defense on behalf of the pitt showrunners than the people you purport to be better than. we're all insufferable here you just seem to have zero self-awareness about it.]
