545: Should You Wade Into The Pitt?

Various legal proceedings aside, The Pitt is ABSOLUTELY not ER...but if you liked ER, Fug Girl Heather Cocks agrees with the panel that you'll like Max's new and extremely gnarly medical drama. It has all the ingredients that make a doctor show (versus a soap with doctors in it) compelling: solid casting; elegant world-building via medical students; and just enough jargon. We're going Around The Dial with Switching Gears, The Breakthrough, and comfort TV scripted and non- in the form of The Traitors and The Summer I Turned Pretty. We're also interrogating The West Wing's ill-advised 9/11 response episode, "Isaac And Ishmael," to see if it belongs in the EHG Nonac. Sanrio won, the Chrisleys lost, and Dan Cassino brings us below the line with a crazy-credits Game Time. Roll your gurney up to a speaker and listen!

GUESTS
👤 Heather Cocks

TOPICS
Lead Topic: 👨🏻‍⚕️ The Pitt
Around The Dial: ⚙️ Switching Gears
Around The Dial: 🔪 The Traitors
Around The Dial: 👙 The Summer I Turned Pretty
Around The Dial: ⛓️‍💥 The Breakthrough
The Nonac: 🏛️ The West Wing S03.E00: Isaac And Ishmael
Winner & Loser: 😸 Sanrio character My Melody
Winner & Loser: 😤 Chase Chrisley
Game Time: 🎬 Where Credit Is Due

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NOTES
🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on our site
💃 Go Fug Yourself
🧯 The Anti-Recidivism Coalition's firefighter fund
🧑‍🚒 The L.A. Fire Department Foundation
📚 Exhibit B. Books's L.A. County Library fundraiser
🚗 Tara's Switching Gears review at Cracked
⚖️ In August, Michael Crichton’s estate sued The Pitt for revamping a proposed ER sequel into The Pitt
🤷‍♀️ In November, Warner Bros. claimed it was NOT derivative of ER
🍓 Ramy S01.E04, "Strawberries," on Hulu
📷 Photo: Warrick Page / Max