The Pitt Season 2 Episode 4 Recap: Eyelash-Gate Drags On, but Robby’s Mini-Mes Remain the Real MVPs

Critic’s Rating: 4 / 5.0

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We’re back for another hour of The Pitt.

The chaos hasn’t ramped up yet on The Pitt Season 2 Episode 4, but we did get an update on Heather Collins, more background on Mel, and someone finally scored a date.

Let’s dive into the hour!

Gentlefolk, get your bets in! It’s about to get chaotic, and Ahmad kicks off the hour by taking everyone’s bets on what kind of event is bringing them together and what kinds of patients they’ll be seeing.

You know, just The Pitt things. Shockingly, Baran gets in on the action, and maybe there’s hope for her yet. She even puts in more money to top Robby, and the energy between them is definitely in flirty territory.

I’m STILL not feeling this, though.

When it’s chaos on the horizon, you want all hands on deck. Wrong. Dana asks about bringing Langdon up from triage for a helping hand, but he declines. Hard. And Robby really needs to let go of his one-sided beef with Langdon for the sake of the people.

We catch our first glimpse of Jackson’s sister. She comes in after eyelash teenager makes a stink about how long it’s taking for her to use mineral oil on her eye. Ma’am, move! There are more important cases — like Jackson’s.

Next, Harlow, our Deaf woman, has a rough start because she now has to deal with a well-intentioned Donnie.

We’re mere seconds into this interaction, and Donnie has already committed the cardinal sin: he isn’t looking directly at Harlow when he speaks to her, but at her translator.

It’s frustratingly realistic. Sadly, it’s instinctive for people, especially hearing people, to look at the speaker, but they ultimately exclude the non-hearing person in the process.

Fortunately, we don’t have to go much further before Harlow calls Donnie out on this and gets him to refocus. “It’s okay to look at me.”

He apologizes like the good soul he is, saying he’ll run some blood tests to find the source of Harlow’s stomach pain.

Langdon’s next patient is a woman who is desperately trying to get back to work but has low oxygen and a high temperature. But he’s ready to bench her. Her day off starts today because her breathing issues are concerning.

At the nurse’s station, Princess asks Javadi what she’s doing for her 21st birthday.

We already know she and Perlah are plotting, and I can’t wait to see what they’re doing. Whitaker overhears and mentions that she’s a Cancer, and Javadi and I both find it amusing that Whitaker is now an “astrology girlie” because he lives with Santos.

Speak of Santos, and .she shall appear, to rib Whitaker and also drop the bombshell that Whitaker has been hanging out with that widow from The Pitt Season 1.

Santos says he’s been in it deep with that woman helping out at the farm, and Whitaker tries to shut it down.

Whitaker, baby, what kind of work is happening at the farm?

Baran takes this moment to gently ride Santos like Seabiscuit because she hasn’t done all of her charting, and I can’t decide if I’m annoyed by this or amused. Santos? She’s annoyed.

She lowkey snitches to Robby about it, which is kind of hilarious. Even Javadi calls Santos out on gossiping to an attending about an attending. Santos and Robby’s dynamic this season is very daddy-daughter coded, and I love it.

Patients start pouring through the ambulance bay. Robby gets Vince, who fell through a skylight. He and his friend practiced Parkour when he fell. “It’s almost an Olympic Sport.” “Now we know why it isn’t.” Exactly.

Vince’s partner wants to record everything that’s happening because they need the video later, but they kick her out of the room. Seriously, Ma’am. No one cares about your TikTok followers—especially not McKay and me.

Whitaker runs a question about treatment past Hot Nurse Jesse. Hot Nurse Jesse seems mildly annoyed and clearly has other things he’d rather do. But he gives him a brush-off answer. And yet, this does not make Hot Nurse Jesse less hot. If anything, he’s hotter.

Whitaker is worried about his patient and seeks Robby’s advice on next steps. Robby confirms that Whitaker had the right call, and it’s very much giving Proud Papa again. The Robby/Whitaker content remains delicious.

The construction worker, Orlando, and his wife come in, and Mohan talks to her about her husband’s condition. Shse’s so sweet and informative, Mohan is the best. Put some respect on her name.

We find out that Orlando doesn’t have health insurance, and Orlando’s wife doesn’t know about the following stages. All Mohan can do is extend resources and seek help from someone, Noelle.

Poor Whitaker is trying to apply Leds to his sweaty patient who needs them, and he’s not getting very far, not even when Perlah helps out. But he does more testing, and he concludes that his patient, Samba, is actually having the worst type of heart attack.

Samba passes out, so they have to call the code. Ogilvie starts doing compressions. And Robby congratulates Whitaker for figuring out what was really going on. So. Many. Daddy/Son moments, eh?

And Langdon sure as heck isn’t getting anywhere with his patient, with her eyelids glued shut. I’m waiting for the gag with this, but do any of us care about it?

Patrick Ball, opposite of his girlfriend, is fun to a degree, but there are more interesting things to focus on during this episode.

The gag is that Dr. J is Javadi, and she’s the only one who can get Willow to listen. Also, Javadi has tons of followers. Boom. Ha. Let’s move on now, thanks.

Mel, bless her, asks Santos about patients flirting with her, and Santos is, you know, Santos about it. Mel also talks about the countdown to her deposition — five hours left. Our girl is on edge about this!

Mel clearly notices that Santos is way too distracted trying to help Alicia, the coughing lady. Chances are, she’s worried about those charts, since Baran has made it clear that she needs them done by the end of the shift.

Back in the sassiest room ever, Joy is not having Ogilvie walking all over her to impress people, and Joy’s quips and blunt humor entertain Robby and McKay. Seriously, Joy is starting to feel like Darlene Connor became a doctor.

Joy lines of the night:

“This is thrilling. Definitely worth $200, 000 worth of student debt.”

“I didn’t know your name was Joy, I’m going to have to tell my parents how trendy they were.”

But you can’t be sassy without consequences, and she gets a needlestick. She has to go through the full testing protocol and more to ensure she doesn’t get infected.

They’re getting more patients from the diversion, and Baran asks Robby if it’s time to call in Langdon. He refuses, claiming that he doesn’t want to overwhelm Langdon on his first day. Liar!

Baran is getting increasingly more flirty with Robby as the little interactions happen, and he seems to notice and not mind it, but it’s weird. It’s bizarre. WHY are they doing this?

Javadi gives Jada an update on her brother and briefly talks with her. Jada says that none of it makes sense, and his behavior is so unlike him. She shares that Jackson is in law school and wants to help people—suddenly, his reciting statutes makes sense.

McKay tells her flirtatious elderly patient that he might do a procedure to get his fragments back in place. Spoiler Alert: Things get rectal, and I get squirmy just watching.

But McKay does check up on Flirty Patient, and they may have just scored a date together at the art gallery after her shift. Momma is getting laid. Good for her!

Whitaker and Tall Whitaker prep Louie for a procedure to treat his tooth, and Louie asks about Heather Collins. And through some totally clunky exposition, we learn from Whitaker that Heather has finished her residency there, moved to Portland to be closer to her family, and adopted a baby.

Robby is conveniently lingering in the background during all of this, and he looks heartbroken about it. I guess we got our Heather update. Pour one out for the Robby/Heather shippers. I am still salty about this.

Noelle talks to Mohan about Orlando not having insurance, even though he and his wife both work multiple jobs. THIS IS AMERICA. Oh, and Medicaid? Of course, they can’t qualify for it because their combined family income is over the threshold.

They are covering the painful reality of the vast demographic of people who somehow manage to make too little and too much to be covered. Good times, right? The System is broken.

Noelle suggests they buy private insurance, and Orlando’s daughter overhears it and wants to find a way to help her parents.

Emma takes Joy’s blood as they run the test to cover their bases. Emma does well, but then drops the sample; it rolls across the floor, gets run over by a gurney, and is smashed. This is cartoonish levels of comical!

McKay and Ogilvie check on the Parkour guy, and he’s bleeding beneath him. He has a shard of glass in his back, and Ogilvie is so eager to help and pulls it out, but it starts spurting out blood because it’s arterial. He’s not smirking now.

Javadi called the psychologist down to talk to Jackson, but he’s not awake. So the shrink reprimands Javadi for calling him in to see a patient who isn’t conscious. Be nice to Javadi. It’s her birthday!

Mel speaks to Santos about their patient, and she pieces together that the woman may have bulimia, something Santos seems hesitant to approach. But she talks to Alicia, and she apparently has aspiration pneumonia.

The enamel on the back of her teeth is worn, confirming Mel is right about the eating disorder. But Alicia resists talking about any of that.

They offer resources, including a therapist, and after Alicia shares how she fell into an eating disorder, she agrees to see a therapist as long as she’s a Black woman. She feels like she’ll understand her better.

Santos credits Mel with a great save, prompting Mel to say she used to think she had an eating disorder because she and her sister were such picky eaters. She doesn’t, but it’s a great moment to allude to Mel’s autism again; texture, sensory issues, and so forth are common for autistic people.

Back in the ER, Garcia is there, and they have to get Vince stable. Robby then advises Ogilvie not to remove a fragment like that again. The kid looks properly humbled, and he’s admittedly starting to grow on me a bit … like a fungus, but still.

The psychologist talks to Robby about his therapy and finding a new therapist who will be the right fit for him. Robby doesn’t want to do therapy again, it seems, despite the encouragement. He’s been to two already, and they haven’t worked out.

Whitaker puts his money on the books for the cause of the latest issue. His first direct deposit hit. Forty bucks on a power outage. Whitaker’s initiation is precious! Give me more of this.

Mohan and Joy talk to Orlando about his diabetes progression, and he’s been taking half of his medication to make it stretch. This is just devastating, but such a reality for many people because the meds are so damn expensive!

His daughter started a GoFundMe for Orlando, and he’s livid. He doesn’t want charity, and he’s being too prideful when demanding she take it down. Knew that wasn’t going to go over well!

Langdon checks in on Louie, and Louie asks how Langdon’s kids are doing. Tanner and Penny. Five and three. They start talking about lawns, and Langdon is impressed by his knowledge.

This scene is so cute and precious, but also worrying: the more time we spend with Louie, and the more he seems to touch others, the more afraid I am that he will not actually make it out of this hospital in the next three hours, as they’re saying.

Robby sees Langdon in there talking to Louie. When Langdon steps out, Baran tells him to finish up in triage and join them in the back because they need the help. She even expresses appreciation for him being part of the physician’s program for his addiction.

Dana also talks to Robby about clearing the air with Langdon. Listen to Dana, Robby. It’s getting ridiculous. But he doesn’t feel he’s ready to clear the air yet. Why is he so stubborn?

Santos asks for an update on Samba and is annoyed that Whitaker caught what was really wrong. Whitaker has been a rockstar, but I’m definitely worried something may happen that knocks him down a peg.

Donnie approaches Langdon about a bounce-back patient whose pain has worsened. Her leg infection has spread beyond the Sharpie line.

Her infection isn’t responding to the pills. It’s instantly alarming. Donnie wonders if it’s MRSA, and Langdon feels like maybe it could be worse.

Well, that’s a tense way to end things! But The Pitt needs to ease up on the cliffhanger endings. They’re starting to feel contrived. We don’t need them every single time.

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