Dr. Robby Doesn’t Kill Himself, He Dies, And ‘Pitt’ Episode 13 Just Gave It To You
‘The Pitt’ is struggling with its portrayal this season, so much so that it has become a joke: “We all hear it, Robby is a doctor with a death wish, and he’s going to die in a motorcycle accident.
But what if that was a red herring all along?
Every teammate has resolved his unusual behavior this season.
Dana made the blunder of comparing Robby to his mentor Adamson. ER can live without both.
McKay compared him to his former friends as a drug addict. People who wanted to know where the edge was and definitely found it. Every time.
The case worker he was seeing “knows very well not to get between the man and his vision.” That’s his “nice way” of putting it. He thinks he will be back in a week.
We have seen motorcycle accidents. He heard talk of helmet safety. He watched her ride to work in the open spaces except for one. You know the dangers. You know better. Still looking at a place called “Smash My Head In”. Just because he saves lives doesn’t mean he can’t destroy his own.
But Robby was very busy How he leaves things to balance this suicide issue.
He tells Whitaker that he will have a bachelor pad if he doesn’t come back. He forces Javadi to go through with one procedure because it’s a big opportunity for him, and he doesn’t want him to be lazy and end up focusing on the derm. He butts heads with Dana, digs into Al-Hashimi and Mohan’s past, and can’t leave without making sure to bring Duke an update himself.
Everything about his behavior means that he has not returned from this trip, but this reluctance to leave is a dead life that he does not leave of his own free will.
You may be diagnosed with an incurable disease, or need some type of treatment with a low survival rate. There are two contextual clues to support my theory.
First, his reaction to Duke’s diagnosis. He could have sent anyone to bring the news. He didn’t. He tells Dana, “it needs to come from a friend, not a stranger”. He does not speak as a doctor, but as a patient. Someone who has been in a similar situation. Someone who knows that delivery affects how you handle the situation. How do you find the courage to handle it. How do you decide to fight back.
Second, his emotional exit from that conversation. When he dropped that bomb on Dana. When he finally said the words, everyone was thinking aloud. He doesn’t look like someone who has given up. As someone who has experienced life. He looks sad. He looks scared. He looks helpless.
This may explain why he was so supportive of Mohan when he had a panic attack. Once he finds out that it’s not a heart attack, he just goes inside. The second he knows that his life is not in danger, his anxiety disappears. He has no time to deal with his mental health issues.
He’s a master at compartmentalizing his stories, but there’s clearly something about him I won’t close the bottle or prevent outside. It has to be physical, and it has to be serious, and that’s why he can’t stop minimizing everyone else’s problems. Because you clearly compare yourself to him.
