Why is The Pitt So Good?

Happy Holidays! It’s the “lost week” (and the last week) of the year and besties Stacy and Daynah finally share their thoughts on The Pitt. Spoiler alert: They agree with most of the internet – it’s good and feels so different from every other medical drama on TV.

From grief, burnout, and moral injury to power, bias, and what good care actually looks like, they explore how the show captures the emotional and systemic realities of healthcare without turning them into spectacle. Along the way, they talk Noah Wyle’s perfectly calibrated performance, the weight of COVID-era trauma, why certain storylines hit uncomfortably close to home, and how The Pitt manages to be both devastating and deeply human.

• 00:00 | Opening + why The Pitt works
• 08:00 | Casting, Noah Wyle, and credibility
• 16:30 | COVID trauma and moral injury
• 25:00 | Burnout, systems, and impossible choices
• 33:45 | Bias, belief, and who gets care
• 42:15 | Violence, vulnerability, and the ER
• 50:30 | What good care actually means
• 56:30 | Final thoughts + why it lingers

Find Stacy:

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• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/realstacytoth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠missionmakersart.com⁠⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠⁠missionalchemists.com⁠⁠

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