From clips I’ve seen, Dr King triggers my autdar as well. She describes (when she’s talking about the autistic patient she’s about to handle) that her sibling is autistic, but I suspect the show bible would have it that she was … possibly not telling the entirety of the truth there.
Re: the shooter: Noah Wiley said in an interview that they deliberately didn’t make their identity something which could be guessed from the previous episodes (although they did play with “was that guy the…? Was that guy the…?”, because the actual identity doesn’t matter, just like it almost never does in real life. When you’re elbows deep in someone’s guts, you don’t care about the backstory and motivation of the person who did it.
I keep seeing Review Youtube videos about The Pitt from doctors, and some of them find things to pick on (“Why is the Charge Nurse all over the place? Why is she helping do that? Why isn’t she at her station?”, or “Why don’t you go get an actual obstetrician, guys?”), but all of them, every single one, has visibly rocked back at multiple points, gone very quiet, (or laughed) then said, “yeah. That happens. That’s happened to me.”
Also, it’s fun watching the ED doctors watch a scene of a nurse or para rattling off a couple of acronyms and numbers to the attending, and the doctor will pause it and run through what it means, and say “if this were in front of me, I’d think it was blah, and I’d order blaz and blaugh tests to confirm,”, then unpause it only to hear “Sounds like blah, please get samples for blaz and blaugh.” (Note: I have no idea how many watched it, then went back and made their prediction the second time around.)
I think the show is certainly implying that she’s neurodivergent, but she may not be autistic. Still, it’s a much better representation, in my opinion, than the savants we’ve seen in the Good Doctor and a few other shows (I think there’s a Korean series about an autistic lawyer? I watched one episode and couldn’t watch more). Savants exist, of course, but they are exceedingly rare.
Ah, you watched the Mama Doctor Jones review, I see.
My sense is that she may not know because she doesn’t need as much overt support as her sister and therefore has never been formally diagnosed (it’s unusual for women to be diagnosed at all, as you know).
I have no idea. The dentist scene in the movie was a bit serious and I suppose cigarettes were meant to be relaxing in 1941? We always laugh at inappropriate cigarette smoking in older movies.
I remember that the doctor treating Yvette Mimieux in the movie Where the Boys Are lights up a cigarette when speaking to her friends. I mean, he is in the waiting room, but yikes!
Currently watching To Be Hero X, it is a Chinese x Japanese donghua. Donghua is the term for Chinese Animated shows, what makes this one notable is that it is a close collaboration with Chinese and Japanese animators so the show looks gorgeous and plays out mostly in 3D but occasionally will play out in 2D. It is also in reality the 3rd season of the show, the first one being To Be Hero and the 2nd season is To Be Heroine both of which i have not seen but i heard that you could watch each season independently of each other so i plan to go back and watch the other ones. I’m glad at least that Crunchyroll gives me the option to watch To Be Hero X in subbed with the original Chinese audio, currently going back and watching the first season and that seems to be available only in Japanese.
At the moment there’s only two episodes out for it and i’ve only seen those two. My thoughts is that it’s… interesting, it’s hard to articulate succinctly but the story definitely comes across as quite Chinese. Some things seem to be treated somewhat cavalierly that might make an American do a double take. But the general concept is that in this world people can gain superpowers based on the collective trust and image others have of a person, and there’s a terrorist org where villains gain powers based on the collective power of fear. My understanding is that the season won’t really follow one person’s story, it will feature different story lines with different people doing heroic things.
This leads to a heads up/spoiler/trigger warning though just based on Ep 1.
The episode features a suicide, it’s a blink-and-you-miss-it scene. Someone jumps off a roof, it’s not that graphic but you do see it happen and you do see blood, it’s kind of shocking too in that the way it plays out was… comedic?
Ep 2 the two main characters are forced to keep up appearances and stay in a fake relationship because they’ve both signed corporate employment contracts and their image is part of the corporation’s branding. What this brings to mind is kpop and jpop idols suffering through a lot in order to gain and maintain fame and the show does seem to be making a commentary on that.
TLDR; I’m curious to see more of the show to figure out how i feel about it. So far i’ve liked what i’ve seen but i don’t know yet if i would recommend it.
Quick follow up, i watched the first episode of To Be Hero (Season 1) and it is so insanely different that i would consider it an entirely different IP. It’s more of a low budget comedy superhero parody in 10 min long mini-episodes. It’s super irreverent and silly but i would not consider it necessary watching.
Episode one, Common People - Yep, Black Mirror is back, and I am devastated. Chris O’Dowd and Rashida Jones are perfectly cast in a heartbreaking, inexorable tragedy that is painful to watch, but you just can’t look away. No surprises here, just the current flavors of capitalism grinding normal, beautiful people into paste. Four stars!!!
Episode two, Bête Noire is quite a ride! From the initial mystery (I immediately had to watch the episode again to catch all the times she touched the locket and changed realities) to the unhinged ending it is expertly paced and acted. Rosy McEwen gives a fantastic performance as the at first shy, then menacing, but ultimately relatable antagonist. In contrast to the first episode, this was fun! While also thought provoking in retrospect! Black Mirror! I fucking love this show!
So far I only watched the first half of that episode, and your synopsis was very accurate for the portion I watched, but I’m not sure I can bring myself to watch the rest of it considering how clear it is where it’s going. There’s no shortage of foreshadowing in this episode.
One minor detail that seemed slightly off to me was that the husband was working a ton of overtime at the weld shop to afford what’s initially a $300/month subscription. And sure, $300/month would be a major expense for many families, but wouldn’t typically translate into all that many hours for a welder. And surely the kid they were desperately trying for in the beginning would cost at least that much?
Muriel’s Wedding is a must see.
so damn funny and yet so damn touching in so many emotional ways.
there are too many dialogs and one-liners that come from that movie. it is definitely a fave!
and then there’s the Abba soundtrack! oh, dog! such a flick, glad to see it recognized.
eta: “you’re bad, Muriel!”
