to me the pitt is a love letter to new york city – a town it lovingly accepts, warts and all. in a sense, new york is almost the show's main character

April 10, 2026 - 17:37 UTC

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Now this is fishing
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Now I'm craving a classic New York slice
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I’m impressed that 3 other people also understood what’s happening here.

Thank god the show isn’t set in Altoona, that much American cheese®️ in a single pic is too graphic
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I know it say "Jon Bois" above this tweet but I heard it in Peter K Rosenthal's voice
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I am going to rewatch every episode before the finale. The season has been so deep.
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Thank you for mentioning us in NYC! Everyone thinks we're just some depopulating rust belt backwater
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basically the wire, but for new york, amirite
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“Only in New York”

-Dr Robby watching a student perform an emergency resuscitative thoracotomy
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Sir this is Pennsylvania discrimination
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i thought all medical dramas took place in chicago these days. and police procedurals and also firefighting
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My favorite is when Dr Robby yells “it’s Pittin time!” and rubs hand sanitizer into his eyes to invoke a flood of tears and anger.
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Nothing like a bodega chopped cheese, only in New York baby!!
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an idea they stole from chicago hope, another famous nyc hospital show
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Not since Miami Vice has a show been this NYC
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Much like how The Wire is about how literal wires connect the five boroughs
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Did more for electricians than the Great Northeast Blackout of '65.
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My head hurts, stop it
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I'm confused.
Where does the pendulum fit into all this? Dickens was very clear on this, even titled a story about it.
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I'm not used to seeing someone other than Hobbes with posts like this
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Hey Jon I think your profile picture changed I’m very confused is this Jon or a sattelite
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But from Pittsburgh?
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No, Williamsburg
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Except that it’s PITTSBURGH. You are conflating current healthcare insurance as a crime and attaching THAT to the top rated NYC CRIME show “Law and Order”
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The Pitt is set in Pittsburgh PA?
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that's the joke
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New York, the " windy city "
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It's called the pitt because they're at the center of The Big Apple.
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I'm so fuckin confused, the Pitt is set in Pittsburgh.
TF am I missing?
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I think of it as a kind of sequel to "The Knick," another New York show, though it's about the Knicks, not medicine.
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You’re thinking about the bear.
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It takes place in Israel I thought
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It's the most NYC show since "The Streets of San Francisco."
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Someday I hope to see historic Pitt Street in in the hospital district of New York City, the Big Apple.
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Famous NYC mascot agrees
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"Lady Liberty helped you kick drugs, Langdon."
"Thanks, Dr Robby. Hey Whittaker, forgeddabout iiiiit"
"Hey I'm workin' here!" (that's Dana of course)
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You've done it again, you magnificent bastard.
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my favorite way it used new york was when they brought everyone in the ER in n out as a thank you
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It's Pittsburgh
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Yinz need to stop being jagoffs
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The Pitt/Friends crossover was iconic
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I was crying when they held the honor walk for Ross.
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reminds me that I love that the poster for they came together has text at the bottom saying "PLEASE NOTE: NEW YORK CITY PLAYS SUCH A CENTRAL ROLE IN THIS STORY, IT IS ALMOST LIKE ANOTHER CHARACTER IN THE MOVIE."
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You can say that again

Yeah, tell me about it

You can say that again

Yeah, tell me about it
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Yinz are jagoffs. The real Batman is from here. Keaton had to go to Gotham (NYC, duh) to fight crime 'n'at.
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I regularly confuse this show and the Fallout 3 DLC.
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They’re set in the same universe, so it’s understandable.
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Jon if the good citizens of Pittsburgh could read you'd be in grave danger
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Okay I laughed, but only because I just spent an hour trying to help one of the locals with an online application.
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As I born-and-bred Pittsburgher I would like to inform you and everyone else in this thread that as a population we COMFORTABLY read at a 4th-grade level. I mean we're pushing middle school comprehension here!!
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Shot in LA
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I thought it was called the Pitt because it takes place in Philadelphia
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No, that's 'Dr Phil'.
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Wait. I thought it took place in Cleveland ?
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Except it’s Pittsburgh
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No it’s New York. It’s right there in the post!
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It's the best, most authentic NYC show since Cheers!
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This is old york city erasure
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The Big Apple Pit(t) ?
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mod team says this post doesnt violate the tos, unfortunately
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I always thought of it more as a metaphor about racecars and the people who maintain them
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Yinzers rn
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and New Yorkers respond
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Em eh a joe-wk ta yinz rig nah?
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Except that it’s literally not NYC represented in the show. I understand the confusion, but the show is inspired by Pittsburgh.
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NYC can still be the main character. It's a colorful city!
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“This place is The Pitts!” — Noah Wyler’s catchphrase as Star of everyone’s favorite NYC sitcom, The Pitt.
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what do you mean NYC, that show takes place in Hawaii
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The Pitt is set in Pittsburgh. Still a great show.
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Except it's set in Pittsburgh
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-Eric Adams
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did y ou know he became an albanian citizen
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New York City is the Pittsburgh of America
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9/11 could NEVER happen in pittsburgh. that’s what makes new york the greatest city in the world
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Dark Knight Rises was filmed in Pittsburgh and there should be more synergy with the DCU. They could treat Bane for whatever he has going on
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regular central american jail stuff
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Dark Knight Rises prettier where we find out Bane sounds like that because he got intubated then punched his way out the hospital before they pulled it back out
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It it takes place in Pittsdburgy
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Eating a classic slice in the ER, the big apple baby, concrete jungle where dreams are made of
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i loved the *bwang* sound when langdon pulled that guy’s neck back in place, so funny
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This is a common misconception! The Pitt is actually a NYC themed hospital in Hawaii
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You’re upsetting the Pittsburghers, a city so insecure it had to add an H to burg just to try to sound classy
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What comes on a pittsburger? 🍔
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This is how I feel about The Bear and Worcester, Mass
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Wormtown!
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Remember, This is Going to Hurt > The Pitt.
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recently they threw in a reference to Squirrel Hill, New Yorkers' favorite neighborhood
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To me the central character of scorigami is Roger Goodell. He is, in a sense, the concept’s creator
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What? Is Brad Pitt living in New York?
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The main character is obviously Dr House
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You're thinking of its spin off show, The York.
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