Even earlier than The Pitt season 1 ended, there was a section of viewers who have been transport Dr. Frank Langdon (Patrick Ball) and Dr. Mel King (Taylor Dearden), which is greater than a little bit ridiculous. For those who’re studying this and, like me, didn’t notice that there’s a small however fervent ship for The Pitt characters, properly, enable me to enlighten you: there may be. Whole YouTube compilation movies set to poorly edited musical cues and a number of Reddit threads have confirmed as a lot. These shippers aren’t legion, however they’re there, they usually’re baffling to me.

I am not fully certain what shippers noticed between Mel and Langdon in The Pitt season 1 past a number of scenes of connection to make them assume there may be something romantic between the 2 characters, spinning what they wish to see out of completely nothing. Their relationship as an alternative resembles one thing like an older brother-little sister dynamic, a blossoming mentor and keen mentee who click on properly collectively and notice they will be taught rather a lot from one another. That can hopefully proceed in The Pitt season 2, however a romance will not be going to occur.

There Is Nothing To Point out That Mel & Langdon Will Get Collectively In The Pitt

It is A Mentor-Mentee Relationship & That is It

The thrill that Mel exhibits when Langdon returns is the childlike exuberance of a kid for a parental determine. In her very first shift in The Pitt, Mel exhibits how keen she is to be there and the way excited she is to be taught. In Langdon, she finds precisely that chance: somebody who can information and train her in a approach that the overly busy, considerably mercurial Dr. Robby cannot, because the attending doctor. One will get the sense that Mel does not usually discover individuals in her life to encourage her. Although she’s nonetheless younger, she’s the only guardian of her autistic sister, indicating that their dad and mom and household are lifeless or not round. And it is hinted that her quirky mannerisms might undermine the notion others have of her, however Langdon sees by means of that to the physician she is.

As for Langdon, he lives and breathes his job, and it is clear that he relishes the chance to be a mentor to somebody in the identical approach that Dr. Robby has been to him. Langdon is a superb physician with a substance abuse downside, however that does not take away from the truth that he is a talented doctor and an incredible instructor with a shocking quantity of endurance for any med pupil who is not too boastful. Now that he has a mentee in Mel, he opens up, not in a approach that exhibits romantic curiosity, however in a approach that signifies he is thrilled to have somebody to form.

It is smart. Mel is clearly on the spectrum, and Langdon has joked that he has ADHD, and, contemplating his adrenaline junkie nature, he virtually actually does. Possibly that is why they click on so properly: two neurodivergent individuals vibing and dealing with one another’s quirks. Mel approaches medication in a approach that’s new to Langdon, and thus it intrigues him; Langdon’s enthusiasm for instructing exhibits help for her and her skills that she seemingly has not had earlier than. Langdon sees that Mel does have “particular sauce” in The Pitt, and it’ll make her an incredible physician. That is it. No bodily attraction. No romantic entanglements. Simply mutual skilled respect and nothing that signifies in any other case.

It Would Additionally Be A Horrible Story Selection & Beneath The Characters

They’re Higher Individuals & The Pitt A Higher Sequence Than That

Past the truth that there’s nothing within the present that signifies there’s something that will be romantic between them, it will be an totally horrible determination for the needs of the present itself. For starters, as so many shippers appear to overlook, Langdon is married with youngsters – a spouse and children he consistently talks and thinks about all through The Pitt season 1. The reveal that Langdon has been stealing medication already paints him in a foul gentle, however a redemption arc for Langdon in The Pitt season 2 is probably going. If he have been to cheat on his spouse and harm her and his youngsters like that, and with a subordinate coworker, nevertheless? He’d now not merely be a flawed man who had an issue, however a genuinely unlikable and unsympathetic character.

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It will even be fairly terrible and uncharacteristic of Mel. In spite of everything, she is aware of that Langdon is married with youngsters, and if the individuals transport her with Langdon truly thought of it for a second, they’d notice that purposely doing one thing that may harm youngsters could be reprehensible to Mel. She’d by no means try this. Past that, there is a case to be made that Mel provides off distinctly asexual vibes. On the very least, she’s blatantly bored with any kind of relationship past an expert one whereas at work. At most, she’s searching for mates, not a lover or a fling. It will be a gross determination on the a part of the writers to cheapen each characters and their mentor-mentee relationship like that.

It will additionally cheapen the present itself. From the beginning, the actors have acknowledged that they satisfaction themselves on The Pitt being so real looking. Anybody who truly paid consideration is aware of that it is a real looking medical drama, not a hospital cleaning soap opera. Docs sneaking off to broom closets to make out or hooking up at work will not be a part of The Pitt‘s DNA. Hopefully, it by no means can be. There are half a dozen hospital cleaning soap operas, however there is just one The Pitt. The real looking lack of deal with romance and melodrama is precisely what makes it so gripping and elevated, and it will totally destroy the present if it have been to begin participating in that.

The Pitt’s Mel-Langdon Transport Is A Symptom Of A Larger Drawback In Fandom

Let Issues Be What They Are As a substitute Of What You Venture Onto Them

One may argue that the bizarre transport of Mel and Langdon is indicative of a a lot greater concern with leisure proper now, particularly the individuals who interact with that leisure: they challenge their very own private fantasies and calls for onto a piece slightly than accepting the work for what it’s. Even when they liked The Pitt, shippers are nonetheless demanding it’s one thing else that it isn’t, and even when they love Mel and Langdon, shippers are nonetheless demanding they be characters they are not. It isn’t a romantic melodrama, which is a breath of contemporary air. There’s nothing unsuitable with hospital cleaning soap operas, however they’ve their place, which isn’t the identical place The Pitt occupies, and it is a greater present for it.

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So please, Mel and Langdon shippers, ease up, cease placing your expectations on The Pitt, and easily get pleasure from and admire it for what it’s: a staggeringly well-written medical drama with award-winning performances throughout the board. And when you’re ready for The Pitt season 2, go watch Chicago Med or Gray’s Anatomy. There are many docs moving into romantic entanglements. You’ll be able to even watch ER once more. Simply do not ask The Pitt to abruptly turn into a present it was by no means meant to be – similar to Mel and Langdon.

The Pitt

8/10

Launch Date

January 9, 2025

Community

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Showrunner

R. Scott Gemmill

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  Noah Wyle

  Dr. Michael ‘Robby’ Robinavitch

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  Tracy Ifeachor

  Uncredited

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