Something about the dramatic presentation and the crisis being a water slide disaster clashes in a way that felt silly, but otherwise a good episode. The deportation plot line was handled pretty well. I’m going to be so sad if Howard dies. He seems like the nicest man.
Also we got new characters this episode! Retired ER clerk coming in as a favor and admin girl flirting with the security guard.
John Wells said that The Pitt had a strong note from WB to "show all perspectives" with this new brother/sister Halt deportation storyline. I wonder if the stuff with the social worker telling Santos that he'd be better off in Haiti with his parents was a tease of that. Having the one give the MAGA pov be a social worker would be a wild way to do it.
I like that The Pitt's take on furries was basically "Hey it might not be your thing, but at least they have a real IRL community for young people with actual in person human connection in the 2020's. Do you?"
I read that the other way - saying he may be better off in Haiti instead of here, because the world here is all messed up.
Got curious and looked what the furry community was saying about the episode. 99% positive. Their only real gripe was the implication that you can't take part in a con unless you have a fursona. That they gladly welcome people without costumes in their spaces.
Gianmarco Soresi has done some sets at Anthrocon and I highly recommend checking them out on youtube. Its definitely some of his best work.
A saw a lot of comments from furries saying the suit design was a shitty Temu quality too. Mostly they were just relieved it didn't depict them as being sex perverts like most media has.
from what I've heard, high quality fursuits are *expensive*. I do think they could've put out a casting call and gotten an actual furry for the role (... is this a situation where representation matters? on second thought maybe lets not go down that rabbit hole...) but I imagine they were probably like "oh yeah we can put a furry in there hey costume what does one fur suit cost, ten dollars?"
nice, Shawn Hatosy (Dr. Abbot) directed this episode. Did a lot of cool perspective shots. Really worried about Robby