The Pitt season 2 episode 3: Robby and the motorcycle lie
We knew that the story of Dr. Robby was going to get rather messy at some point in The Pitt season 2 — and yet, who knew it would happen this soon?
As it turns out, that sight of Noah Wyle’s character on the motorcycle early this season is coming into play faster than almost anyone would have expected, and it has to do with new patients arriving to the hospital, including someone who crashed a bike of their own. This is where Robby made a point of riding with a helmet, even though we know that he didn’t!
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The whole situation with the helmet has been interesting from the jump, largely due to the fact that he had a helmet with him as he walked into the hospital. This is not someone who forgot it at home; instead, he chose actively not to wear it. You can argue that he has some sort of death wish; or, it may be as simple as him just wanting to feel the wind on his face. The law in Pennsylvania does not require riders to wear a helmet, so he is technically not breaking any rules; however, it certainly seems counterintuitive for someone in his profession to do something so profoundly unsafe.
Why lie?
Well, it obviously signals that Robby knows that what he is doing is reckless and wrong. He may be ashamed that he does not practice what he preaches, and there is no sense of spreading bad advice to anyone else. We do think that there is something in here that is playing into his psyche, and it could be explored more and more as the season goes on. He is clearly burnt out and dealing with a lot of trauma, and these are things that his eventual sabbatical could help. That is, of course, provided that this is a sabbatical he actually ends up going on! There is a lot of season still to come and with that, many ways that things could change.
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