I’ve been watching The Pitt with my parents. Excellent show and fully deserving of the Best Drama Emmy it received.

Oh my god is it exhausting. That’s the point of the show. It is trying to convey the absolute hell ER doctors go through day-to-day. However, I’m someone who basks in watching sad things on television all the time. Frankly, as someone with aging parents and mental/physical health issues of my own who is constantly navigating the insurance landscape . . . it just hits so close to home.

I get it. That’s why it’s compelling television and that’s what’s special about the show. It’s the point. It’s just not a show I get a plus out of watching with other people. I need to explore it alone, digest it by myself, and then look up things I didn’t understand in solitude.

It’s not a show that benefits from sharing thoughts on in the moment (also people get pissed when you talk during it because it goes a million miles a minute and everyone will inevitably miss something).

I have similar thoughts about Shrinking, a show that covers so many mental health issues it’s inevitably going to hit on yours. That one does benefit from watching it with others because people laugh easier around each other than by themselves.