Can someone let me know in spoiler font if needed, more about this rat situation? I am feeling very skittish about them right now (nearby construction has caused chaos) and hoping to watch the rest of S1 soonish
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'Conviction (1)'
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meara - Feb 16, 2026 11:53:59 am PST #7428 of 7438
-t - Feb 16, 2026 5:20:24 pm PST #7429 of 7438
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I think it was just a couple of episodes in season 1? But I’d have to rewatch to be sure and I’m not up for that right now. Actually a nice moment for Whitaker involving them is mostly what I remember but there were some, like jump scares.
DebetEsse - Feb 17, 2026 10:18:02 am PST #7430 of 7438
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Full subplot as I recall it:
In an early episode, a homeless man comes in and inside his outerwear there are 3 rats, who get loose.
They show up a few other times, with various people freaking out about them.
Whitaker get ahold of one and snaps it's neck, farm kid that he is.
Toward the end of the season, there's an exploitative "journalist" who is raving about rats as he is handed off to night shift, who think he's hallucinating. This is the button on the plot.
Tom Scola - Feb 17, 2026 10:31:58 am PST #7431 of 7438
They pay me in WOIMS
You missed the part where one of the patients shows up in the ER with a terrier! Who does the thing that terriers were bred for!
-t - Feb 17, 2026 10:44:03 am PST #7432 of 7438
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, yeah!
Which reminds me that I saw where Alan Sepinwall wrote something about how much he loves Terriers that may get me to subscribe to his newsletter or whatever
/tangent
DebetEsse - Feb 17, 2026 11:33:07 am PST #7433 of 7438
Woe to the fucking wicked.
You're right, Tom! Totally spaced that one
meara - Feb 20, 2026 12:19:52 pm PST #7434 of 7438
Thank you for the spoiler warnings!
-t - Feb 22, 2026 6:21:51 pm PST #7435 of 7438
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
The Pitt 2.7, no rats but the sexual assault victim is not an easy storyline. I mean, none of them are with this show, but, yeah.
-t - Feb 28, 2026 1:58:36 pm PST #7436 of 7438
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
The Pitt: no rats this week. I am really liking the cyberattack stuff as a plot complication and that Mel’s deposition is related to the measles last season
DebetEsse - Mar 01, 2026 11:59:27 am PST #7437 of 7438
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Yes! Someone pointed out that this season is all about things that DONT happen in a day, and having some follow-up and fallout from last time is a good manifestation of that.