THE FUSE

I just started watching HBO’s medical drama The Pitt because I am a sucker for a sad old man who needs fixing. Noah Wyle’s Michael “Robby” Robinavitch is a walking, talking, stressing, crying bat signal calling to me that there are crimes to be solved. And those crimes are the emotional dysregulation of men over 40. While I’m still early, I’ve seen enough of its brand of high-stress workplace drama to have an idea of the tropes and archetypes its characters occupy. That’s how I can tell that this mock-up of a PS2-era Pitt game completely nails it.