The Pitt premiered on HBO Max this week, and while you meet easily over two dozen characters, between doctors, staff, and patients, each with their own issues and ailments, the show’s most disturbing angle could have easily been ripped out of today’s headlines.

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A grandmother is brought into the ER by her grandson, with symptoms that involve frequent vomiting. The pieces don’t add up, and staff becomes suspicious of the grandson, and bring in Noah Wyle’s Dr. Mike character to intervene. At first, we’re led to think that there may have been some poisoning going on.

While that would have been disturbing enough, we find out the actual situation is much worse.

We discover that Grandma has poisoned herself in order to get her son into the hospital. She has discovered writings from her grandson illustrating a list of women he would like to harm.

Dr. Mike questions the grandson but he runs away. We don’t get any further progression on the story, but this appears to be a single shift season, and the grandmother is still in the ER. He could come back.

What “The Pitt” does is shine a light on the early signs of mental illness, which is often discovered after a mass shooting. Or after a stalking and murder. The individuals that commit these crimes often write manifestos or leave notes which are discovered after the tragedy has already occurred.

We live during a time where mass shootings and cases involving missing women are happening too often. If a show like “The Pitt” uses their platform to bring awareness to these problems, while not setting back the experience of drama we all showed up for, then it should be commended.

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