1:00 P.M. (The Pitt season 1)
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Episode 7
| "1:00 P.M." | |
|---|---|
| The Pitt episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 7 |
| Directed by | Silver Tree |
| Written by | Valerie Chu |
| Cinematography by | Johanna Coelho |
| Editing by | Mark Strand |
| Production code | T76.10107 |
| Original air date | February 13, 2025 |
| Running time | 46 minutes |
| Guest appearances | |
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"1:00 P.M." is the seventh episode of the American medical drama television series The Pitt. The episode was written by Valerie Chu, and directed by Silver Tree. It was released on Max on February 13, 2025.
The series is set in Pittsburgh, following the staff of the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Hospital ER (nicknamed "The Pitt") during a 15-hour emergency department shift. The series mainly follows Dr. Michael "Robby" Robinavitch, a senior attending still reeling from some traumas. In the episode, Santos realizes that a patient might be molesting his daughter, while Mel helps Langdon with an autistic patient.
The episode received critical acclaim, with critics praising the writing, performances, character development and ending.
As Collins struggles to maintain order between Eloise and Lynette, Robby talks with Gloria again over how the situation happened, blaming the overcrowded waiting area and understaffing. Robby convinces Kristi to leave the bathroom for a private room.
Langdon treats an autistic patient with an ankle sprain, but struggles to keep up with his questions. Upon learning this, Mel decides to treat the patient, winning him over by lowering light and noise as well as communicating literally, surprising Langdon. Whitaker, Langdon, and Robby call in the ECMO team for assistance in treating a patient with a STEMI heart attack. Mohan and Javadi treat Nandi, a beauty influencer with suspected schizophrenia, but Mohan keeps investigating her symptoms. Minu's rescuer says he will give a statement to law enforcement.
Santos is approached by Silas' wife, who confesses that she drugged him with progesterone to dull his sex drive, believing that he is molesting their daughter Alana. When she confides this in Robby, he states he will talk with the wife, but reiterates they must also consider she almost killed her husband. Santos broaches the topic of abuse with Alana, but she is confused. Robby and Collins disagree on how to coach Mohan. Robby experiences another flashback to Adamson's death.
Robby and Kiara inform Silas' wife that due to protocol, they have to report her to authorities, as Silas could have died. The wife leaves in disgust, prompting Santos to lash out at Kiara, as Alana could be left alone with her father. She privately confronts an intubated but conscious Silas, threatening to harm him or report him to the police unless he stops his abuse. Collins convinces Kristi's mother to let her get the abortion. Collins then goes to the bathroom, where she tearfully realizes that she has had a miscarriage.
Production
Development
The episode was written by Valerie Chu, and directed by Silver Tree. This marked Chu's first writing credit, and Tree's first directing credit.[1]
Writing
While Isa Briones liked to play Santos with her usual mannerisms, she was also interested in her scene confronting Silas for abusing his own daughter. She said, "It's interesting to attack [the emotional stuff] when the character you're playing is not an emotional person," she says. "It's threading that needle of, clearly, emotions are poking through, but only a little bit. I'm a crier, so I would start talking, saying the lines, and I'd start really crying, and I can't do that because Santos wouldn't do that. That was a fun change for me because I think so [often] in acting, your currency is your tears, but that's not what this calls for. It's a very different beast."[2] When Briones was prepared to film the scene, Noah Wyle noted that she would deliver the first monologue in the series. She added, "It was a moment of, like, power to be able to say something like that. As a person, I try to keep things in, but no matter what, they still come out. Like I still get emotional. Whereas she really tries to keep it behind the wall."[3]
Regarding the ending, where it is revealed that Collins miscarriaged, Wyle explained, "Miscarriages happen a lot to women and a lot of times they happen in the workplace on the job and a lot of times women don't have the option of going home. I've known several actresses that have miscarried in their trailers and gone back to work for another six or seven hours through a shooting day. There's a woman that works on this show who had a very similar experience, and it was one that we felt like we wanted to tell."[4]