The season 2 finale of “The Pitt” is still a few weeks away, but the show’s writers are already at work on the next season.
The show, executive produced by real-life emergency physician Joe Sachs, MD, has been heralded for getting emergency medicine right, with each season featuring a real-time 15-hour shift. MedPage Today‘s Editor-in-Chief Jeremy Faust, MD, asked his followers on Threads what they wanted to happen at Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center in season 3. Here are some of the most popular suggestions.
More of the Night Shift
People love Dr. Robby and his day shift colleagues — and still want plenty of daytime content — but tons of commenters wrote that they want the night shift to get more time in the limelight. Dr. Abbott and Dr. Ellis especially got a lot of love.
“I want The Pitt and The Pitt: Night Shift. Not one or the other. Both,” wrote bakedgoods_and_bads.
Dr. Robby in Therapy
We’ve seen flashbacks to Dr. Robby’s trauma, but people also want the stressed-out attending to heal. In season 1, Robby’s panic attacks and post-traumatic stress disorder from the COVID pandemic were an undercurrent shaping his leadership.
“The world needs to see that men are happier when they deal with their emotions,” wrote susiebelttari.
Middle-Age and Elderly Women Patients
People want more narratives highlighting the unique health struggles of aging women. User shnoodybugg suggested a storyline involving middle-age women “being told to lose weight or it’s just age and have them dismissed for months to end up in ED with serious diagnosis requiring surgeries ignored by normal doctors. Hint: true story for many middle aged women.”
Another user, wordyplantnerd, suggested a “storyline about a septic [urinary tract infection] and the prevention that she never received because of outdated thinking about [hormone replacement therapy].”
Frecklycheeks23 suggested showing a female patient having a heart attack to highlight the different symptoms.
Addressing Vitamin K
More parents are refusing vitamin K shots for newborns. Given this decline, kimthecanuck suggested that, in season 3, a baby could come in with a spontaneous brain bleed.
“As an L&D [labor and delivery] nurse I am so terrified for this newest generation’s safety,” she wrote.
More Holiday Shift Chaos
Season 2 takes place over July Fourth weekend, and many users want to see more holiday havoc.
“A few years ago I was in the ER on Halloween weekend and there were all [k]inda people in costumes c[o]ming in for insane reasons,” wrote user susiebelttari.
Dr. Robby is going on sabbatical and Halloween would be about 3 months after the end of this season, which would potentially line up with the time when he’s supposed to return to work. Other users suggested New Year’s Eve as an alternative hectic holiday shift.
Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (EDS)
User jennmlloyd proposed featuring a patient with the connective tissue disorder EDS.
“As a patient myself, I’ve been treated terribly in ERs,” they wrote. “Many parents of children with undiagnosed EDS are wrongfully accuse[d] of child abuse because of the bruises and dislocations. I’d love to see some representation on The Pitt.”
Celebrity Dad Cameo
Taylor Dearden, who plays Dr. Mel King, is the real-life daughter of Bryan Cranston of “Breaking Bad” fame. Many wrote they want the father-daughter acting duo featured together in an episode.
Regional Struggles
Several people suggested ways the show could tap into Southwestern Pennsylvania-specific issues. For instance, emergency life flights often get routed to Pittsburgh from nearby rural and under-resourced areas. Pittsburgh also has abysmally high Black maternal mortality rates.
Last year, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, the largest health system in Pittsburgh, halted its gender-affirming care for youth program. “I want to see stories about what’s happening to Transgender Youth who have had their medical care taken away,” suggested pghnaomi.
Stay Political
While the audience has plenty of suggestions for season 3, commenters said they want the core of the show to stay strong. As user wildwend put it: “Stay political. Stay honest about what healthcare workers are facing. Keep introducing people to lesser-known concepts like death doulas.”
So “The Pitt” writers, if you’re reading this — our audience has ideas ripe for the taking.
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