That is kind of why I said both sides were in the wrong. Like, yes, he is incredibly privileged and is happy to let most people think he just went to rehab vs. actively was committing crimes against the hospital and patients. But saying "if they did know, the reception would be different" isn't something that should bother her. It's none of her business what other people do and don't know. She is using it as petty one ups-manship against langdon simply because she doesn't like him.
Yeah, that’s true. I also think she’s playing the victim about as much as she thinks Langdon is playing the victim. Oh no, is my first instinct to always side with Santos because I, too, am constantly cranky at work?
Langdon got a far, far more lenient consequence than what would normally happen to a doctor who steals a patient’s meds. That is just objectively true regardless of why Santos cares about it or whatever her motivations for it are. She is simply correct that someone who does that would almost certainly not just lose their license but be criminally charged. Not to mention his reputation among the rest of the staff. I said it before but I mean really: if this was set at some generic retail store and Langdon was caught stealing money/merchandise from the store, what do you think would happen? He’d obviously be fired and probably charged, and nobody would think twice about it. And what he did here is far more harmful than that. Everyone is focusing on what Santos personally thinks about it when that’s just a distraction from the reality of the situation, which is that he completely got away with a serious crime. The fact that the worst thing to happen to him is that his medical career was set back a single year is about as consequence-free as someone in his situation could get
And again, I would argue that his career being set back for a year isn't the only consequence he faced. I'd consider being outed to my wife as an addict, and almost losing my marriage/my kids and having to live with the shame of that a consequence, even if it doesn't come with handcuffs or financial implications. Obviously what he did was wrong, and obviously it could have gone a LOT worse for him. I'm not saying he got a fair or average punishment. Just that he did face consequences, and Santo's self-appointed prescriber-of-punishment, holier than thou routine is also inappropriate and out of line. And her attitude is hurting her career/reputation far more than anything Langdon has done to her.
Again I’d say “having to live with the shame of it” is an extremely lenient “consequence,” and he himself should know that. His wife didn’t even divorce him! Assuming all things stay the same, it’s something he would absolutely be able to move past and never have to even think about down the line! Like, Robby was completely correct in saying that he doesn’t feel comfortable with Langdon continuing to work I just don’t really care about *why* Santos feels the way she does about the situation because her ultimate conclusion is correct, regardless of how she gets there. Obviously she’s a shithead in her own right and it’s basically one self-inflicted wound after another with her. That doesn’t make her incorrect about this issue
That's fine, you're welcome to your opinions on her motives, I find them important, and a piece of a larger "you might actually just kinda suck" pie.
Why should Santos’s motives impact how about I feel about Langdon’s actions? It’s not an either/or thing. They are distinct
I didn't say they should impact how you feel about Langdon's actions. I said they impact how I feel about her actions.
Except you keep talking about Santos and your feelings on her when I’m only talking about Langdon and his actions
I’m very curious to see how Dr. Al-Hashimi reacts to overhearing Langdon and Santos’ conversation. I wonder if it’ll create more of a rift between her and Robby or if she’ll respect his decision to not seek punishment.
Because I find the Santos end of the story far more interesting than "yep, stealing drugs is bad. Don't do that."
Obviously the rift between them and the issues it causes amongst everyone is the compelling drama here. What I take issue with is people downplaying Langdon’s issues because they’re viewing them within the context of Santos’s own shittiness. Her sucking in her own way is just completely irrelevant to whether he does too
I don’t see a world where she *respects* Robby’s decision lol. She is pretty strait-laced and her entire impression of Robby is that he is a reckless cowboy. The real question is what she’ll actually do about it
Maybe, and I know it’s a crime we’re talking about, but she has surprised before and she has also criticized Robby for his lack of empathy. She seems to have quickly come to respect Langdon and has not liked Santos’ attitude toward him. Perhaps whatever her deal is that we’ve yet to learn will color her response to this situation, who knows.
Santos self-appointed herself as the authority on what is morally correct and what is required to absolve him. Also Robby knows the full story and has been treating him like shit all day already so it's not like everyone's welcome him back with open arms. It's a bit immature and entitled of her to expect everybody to know the full story and to punish him. I doubt most of the others would even treat him that badly even knowing the full story. Also iirc, he fully came clean with Louie when he found the moment to be appropriate right? Just last episode Dr. Cassie was talking about being empathetic and understanding everyone makes mistakes.
well i really do think the rest of them would be treating him differently if they knew he got away with something that would prevent the rest of them being doctors ever again if they got caught
I mean it’s a fictional drama so who knows how the writers would make the characters respond, but if it were real life then what would absolutely happen is every other doctor/nurse being like “Yeah if you steal meds then you definitely can’t be a doctor anymore, sorry.” Being empathetic is much different from excusing his behavior
are people not allowed to talk about two characters on the same show at the same time? what are you talking about man lol
no one was questioning you talking specifically about langdon but you keep being weird about people doing the same with santos