The Pith
“Fifteen hours. Forty patients. One very tired peel.”
Real-time medical drama set inside St. Citrus General, the only Level-1 trauma orchard in the produce belt.
Each episode covers one hour of a single shift. Dr. Pomelo runs the ER like a cult; his residents bruise easily. There is no music. There is a lot of shouting. The pacing is so unrelenting that critics have described watching it as 'an actual shift.' Don Citrullo's stroke arc in S2 broke the show into mainstream conversation.
Episodes — Season 2
01Hour One: Mass Bruising
54 minA produce truck overturns on the I-15. Forty patients arrive in twenty minutes. Dr. Pomelo loses two before the credits roll. Dr. Tangelo throws up in a supply closet. Nurse Olive does not.
02Hour Two: The Pomelo Doctrine
52 minTriage breaks down. A senator's tangerine son arrives with a head laceration he won't explain. Dr. Pomelo invents a new triage rule that may be illegal.
03Hour Three: Soft Tissue
55 minA code blue in trauma bay 4. The fruit is famous. Dr. Tangelo recognizes her. Decisions get harder when the patient has a publicist.
St. Citrus General's records explain why Strawberina disappeared from the press for six weeks last year.