Yeah, and he's unabashedly straightforward in saying that this is simply what the show is all about - showing the plight of people who do this job. This musical chair pinch point of ER beds between waiting room and admittance, dealing with the most important moment in many of these patients lives while dealing with everyday interpersonal drama, personal demons, career ambitions, corporate politics... it's all a clusterfuck and not necessarily an unusual occurrence for the people who do this job.
That and the phenomenal performance of him and this cast, the tick-tock story of a single shift... just make it all hit that much harder and accomplishes that mission in spades.
I do wonder if we'll follow 'the junkie' (man, I liked that character) out of the hospital at all, but IMO The Pitt is the main character, I don't think we should/will. It'll get addressed once more at least w/ the staff in some form, but wonder if it's this raw bit of drama that will just fade as the next emergency rolls in the door. It's almost weird even seeing the smoke break before the sucker punch, or seeing the girl go outside to make the phone call, or sit in the stairwell. They all feel like supporting cast to the room itself as they service everyone coming and going.
Those moments they've given us a few times where they actually get to take a breath and then are interrupted, no matter how sentimental, important or tense a situation is and The Pitt says it's time to get back to work all just land so well. Just a hell of a show.