The Pitt's Season 1 Finale Confirms The Pitt Fest Shooting Was Even Worse Than We Thought

The season finale of The Pitt was one of the show’s most engaging and stressful episodes yet, following Dr. Robby and his colleagues as they dealt with the aftermath of the Pitt Fest shooting and passed the hospital over to the night shift team. It was perhaps The Pitt’s most character-driven episode yet, wrapping up these individuals’ storylines in fulfilling ways and setting the stage for The Pitt’s second season.

This episode featured some of The Pitt’s most emotional moments, particularly as Dr. Robby began to unravel following the chaos of the Pitt Fest shooting. The show did an excellent job of stripping everything away from him in those final episodes — first Collins, then Langdon, and finally Jake — to bring his story to its most vulnerable point yet. This powerful character work was made even more effective by the complete disarray of the mass casualties from Pitt Fest, which may have been more exhaustive than the show first revealed.

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Robby Confirmed That Over 100 People Were Injured

During his speech to the other doctors at the end of the day, Robby revealed that the Pitt Fest shooting brought 112 casualties into the ER, which is more than double the number that was actually shown on screen. This brief moment emphasizes just how much hard work went into those few hours, explaining why Robby felt so much emotional distress by the end of the season. He wasn’t just stressed by the absence of Collins and Langdon, or grieving Jake’s girlfriend Leah, but he was overcome with the responsibility of having 112 lives in his hands.

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In the speech, Robby also reveals that only six of these patients died while under their care. It’s unclear whether he’s referring exclusively to patients that they couldn’t save or also those who were dead on arrival, but either way, this is a shockingly low number. It really shows how dedicated this team is to protecting their patients, which is a trait that every character in The Pitt shares.

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Leah’s Death Was A Major Plot Point In The Pitt

The most obvious of these fatalities from the shooting is Leah, the girlfriend of Robby’s friend Jake, whom the doctor tries desperately to save. This death is what triggers Robby’s panic attack at the end of episode thirteen, and the guilt that he feels over this incident sticks around until the end of the season. Few of the other fatalities were named, though a couple were shown during the nurses’ visit to the makeshift morgue in pediatrics.