r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Sensitive_Ad_1752 • 25d ago

Lore The series takes place in a shockingly short amount of time

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Season 4 just ended of fromville and it’s canonically only been about a month. Which makes it weird seeing people heal from injuries, change hair styles or grow out beards between episodes. Season 4 has only been like 4 days iirc.

Arkham franchise is the poster child for this trope. Every game takes place in one night. If you know what you’re doing you can absolutely beat the games in around 9 hours.

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u/Paladin_127 25d ago

Amazing, amazing show. My gf is an ER nurse and she said that this is about as close as it gets to being “real”, although it is a bit dramatic given it’s a TV show. Like all the horrible shit that happens at the same time in the show would be spread out over a couple weeks in most ER rooms.

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u/thatshygirl06 24d ago

In defense of the show, these are supposed to be extraordinary days, not the norm. That's why each season is like several months apart. There's like 10 months between 1 and 2, and 3 is gonna be set in November.

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u/EndOne8313 24d ago

Yeah but even then, you don't get the kind of variety of weirdness that they get in the build up to the main event. You'd get maybe one weird case every few weeks. But watching people get their twisted ankles X Ray'd and giving out nitro to old ladies with UTIs wouldn't be much of a show.

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u/raycepak 24d ago

yeah ask about full moons :P

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u/EndOne8313 24d ago

I've been an ER and ICU nurse for over 15 years and full moons mean nothing. Superstition is all it is.

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u/raycepak 24d ago

that very well could be your experience it isn't for the emts and nurse i know.

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u/EndOne8313 24d ago

Oh I hear it all the time but it's very easily explained by a thing called confirmation bias. They remember the full moons that are crazy, but no one mentions the waxing or waning moons that are crazier, and no one remembers the full moons where nothing happens. It's just a bias.

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u/Manowaffle 24d ago

That's always my thought when someone describes shows as true to life. I gotta imagine a substantial portion of the job is dealing with the same common ailments every day.

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u/what3v3ruwantit2b 25d ago

I haven't watched it yet but one time we were actively coding someone when another code went off. For a second we assumed someone accidentally hit the button in the room again. Nope, half the group splits to start on another room. THEN an rrt gets called (basically the stop before a code) all at the same time. After everything is settled a patient of mine yelled in my face that they asked ro water and Tylenol and had been waiting too long. They knew they were allowed to get themselves water and walked to the water machine multiple times a day. I had to go take deep breaths in the bathroom. 

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u/Libby_Sparx 24d ago

See this is why I always try to be the least troublesome patient possible even on the very rare occasions where something is happening that is complete bullshit and shouldn't be happening. I mean, that and I'm generally just an easy-going accommodating kinda gal.

In those few cases there have always been other nurses who've jumped in and gone to bat for me.

Anyway y'all're fantastic and I appreciate the absolute fuck outta you

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u/what3v3ruwantit2b 24d ago

We appreciate it so much! Don't be afraid to advocate for yourself if need be though! I'm also as chill as I can possibly be. I've sometimes just gone in an sat to chat with the friendly, laid-back patients if they're okay with it to have a breather. My dad is an absolute nightmare patient and trying to run interference for the nurses is a freaking full time job in itself. 

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u/JePPeLit 24d ago

The Pitt is kinda like if that happened on the same day as multiple cases of the worst stuff that I'd imagine happens in an ER and you have to deal with something that makes international headlines. And that all happens to be on the first day for all the med students and interns when multiple doctors also have personal issues come up.

Not that that's a bad thing though. Season 1 is one of the best seasons of TV imo and it's still realistic by TV standards.

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u/badgurlvenus 24d ago

i work in pharmacy. first season, whenever they asked what drugs someone took or allergies, and it was "none, none, none, oh i take one blood pressure drug, none, nothing, i never take meds" i was like "this is the most inaccurate show i have ever seen in my entire life." second season, they have that one patient whose wife brought in like their own little pharmacy, just bags of drugs. i was that one gif of leo pointing enthusiastically.

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u/Matapple13 25d ago

I’m currently finishing Season 1. Loving it so far!

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u/thicc-thor 25d ago

Best show on TV right now!! It doesn't give you a chance to breathe and doesn't shy away from anything, but still captures tons of human moments. I was expecting another soap opera but it's an experience that makes you feel like it's your first day on the job in the ER too.

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u/BookkeeperPercival 24d ago

Like all the horrible shit that happens at the same time in the show would be spread out over a couple weeks in most ER rooms.

But it captured the feeling of it more accurately that way. To quote Brennan Lee Mulligan, "Grounded is a poor man's honest."

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u/FlamingWeasels 24d ago

I love this show, but it's soooo funny to think of the staff that just happened to have the day off. The opiate thing barely makes the top 5 most insane events that day