'The Pitt' Finally Does a Medical Show Romance Right — and Yes, You Will Be Upset About It

Editor's note: The below contains spoilers for The Pitt Episode 11.With each episode, The Pitt has earned increasingly higher praise for accurately depicting — give or take some necessary dramatic license — the routine chaos unfolding inside America's emergency rooms. The frantic pace, the intricate medical procedures, and the disturbingly high levels of violence against healthcare workers all coalesce to set this particular medical drama apart from its many predecessors. Those prototype series, like Grey’s Anatomy, House, Chicago Med, and even ER — the latter famous for introducing primetime network audiences to a then-unprecedented level of medical authenticity — all tend to prioritize soap opera-esque character dynamics. Interpersonal drama is the beating heart of any series, and pulpy melodrama holds a unique appeal. Still, all those star-crossed love triangles and suspension-of-disbelief-shattering geological disasters bear only a passing resemblance to the day-to-day interactions of real human beings striving to keep their heads above water.