Television

if you search Twitter/X, or Instagram, or social media platforms in general, you will come across "Pitt" fans undergoing what seems to be some sort of mass delusion.

If my source is "someone on Twitter" I can prove anything. The Pitt is actually about unicorns, source: Twitter.

I wish I could understand if this is an actual trend or just one person. Hell I've had conversations with people in real life about certain shows only to realize they completely missed the point or got stuck on something minor that "ruined" the show for them, even though that thing was just a minor part of it.

Yes, people die on "The Pitt" (it's set in a hospital emergency room), but it's not really the type of show to bump main characters off like "The Sopranos," or, again, "Lost," which killed main characters left and right

At the height of its popularity ER killed off a main character. One suddenly (with John Carter surviving) and one slowly over the course of several seasons. More similarly to ER we have characters who just leave. Dr Collins was a big character in season 1, in season 2 she's just gone with a quick mention.

I don't expect someone to die ever week because this show takes place over one shift. But between seasons? Dr. Al-Hashimi is great this season, but is clearly hiding something. She could easily be gone next season. (Or she could be around for the next 10 seasons.)

“It’s possible to be bad at watching a tv show”

What's troubling me, though, is that some viewers seem to be treating "The Pitt" like a puzzle to be solved. They approach the show the way fans used to obsessively approach "Lost," a mystery box series that became appointment viewing and seemingly broke everyone's TV-watching brains in the process.

All of which is to say, “you’re enjoying a thing the wrong way…” Who gives a fuck? Let people read into things and try to guess what’s going to happen next. If it doesn’t turn out like they thought, and they get mad about it, that’s on them. But don’t shit on people for enjoying something.

TLDR: People are trying to find a mystery to solve instead of just taking the whole story at face value as its literally just a "normal" day in a hospital.

Meanwhile the only storyline I am trying to figure out is when will the fucking AI kill someone to prove we shouldn't use the clanker that randomly makes shit up to take notes.

Isn't a season supposed to take place over 1 shift? How would they even go about shipping people that aren't already together? There isn't enough in-show time.