Judy Berman

Lo and Behold, Harper Stern Has a Soul Out of a generally pessimistic show comes the surprising argument that people can change—and change for the better.

I actually... love this for her?

Thank you, Jason! And I agree—Ivlev was excellent in a role that, quite intentionally I think, both asked a lot of her and didn't give her many details to go on about her character.

Definitely! And I think the show has really done the work to develop both of them. You don't fundamentally change the first time something fucked up happens to you, maybe. But as your experiences pile up, how could you not?

It would've been so boring if they just made her a sociopath

Lo and Behold, Harper Stern Has a Soul Out of a generally pessimistic show comes the surprising argument that people can change—and change for the better.

I actually... love this for her?

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We’ll see if anyone sticks around long enough to get there, I guess.

Also: There *has* to be an Eimy episode coming, right?

Either way, entirely appropriate that the show's structure would also resemble an uneven love triangle where someone ends up dead.

I felt pretty similarly. Also wish that one of the two wolves didn't have to be the same murder-mystery wolf every other show has.

People should really consider this as an alternative to getting really into *being* a tool.

The Best New TV Shows of February 2026 From 'The 'Burbs' to 'Can You Keep a Secret?' to 'The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins'

This was the best month for new TV comedies in a while. Don't sleep on PBS's Black and Jewish America doc, either, which navigates some very tricky topics with honesty and respect.

yesterday Conde's biggest cover story of 2025 (I think it's safe to say) got nominated for an ASME: a cover story about a trans woman, produced by a team that i helped guide as a trans person. and in the 11 months since it came out, they got rid of almost all of us

Yeah, in this case the show is taking some justified artistic license. The season is set on the 4th of July. There's a comment on how few on-call people are available on holidays. I think ultimately the only way to do this storyline was to make a key character a SANE and have her spend the time

I get why that would be jarring!

And to be clear, I do think shows should be held accountable for accuracy when they're clearly making a point of getting things right. But when you look at the storyline holistically, it inarguably leaves viewers who have not been through or witnessed a rape exam a better idea of the experience.

That all makes sense. FWIW, I know the patient doesn't go far, and certainly doesn't leave the ER, and that she does have a nurse (not the examiner) accompanying her. We do see what a strain on the system it is to have the 1 SANE nurse confined to a room for an extended period in a busy hospital.

Deliriously happy 4 those 2

I appreciate that work and that knowledge, and believe me, these details are important to me, too. If the show did get something wrong, I want people to know about it, which is why I hope someone who can say for sure will weigh in.

The US has a massive SANE nurse shortage. ~25% of hospitals have at least a part-time SANE nurse. Rural and tribal communities are horribly underserved. Whole regions of Alaska (which has the highest reported rape rate in the US) have no SANE nurses. Only about 20 schools offer SANE education.

Would love to hear someone weigh in on this who knows the law and watched the episode. What I do know is that a lot of experts contributed to the storyline, as detailed in this article: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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The big knock on The Pitt is that it's competency/kindness porn, but the show really deserves credit for acknowledging that those things can only go so far in a broken system.

Thank you! It really was so smart of the writers to avoid any remarkable case details and, without minimizing her suffering, making the patient essentially any person who walks into an ER for a sexual assault exam.

Not only do I remember, but I will never forget

'The Pitt's' Rape Kit Storyline is Quietly Revolutionary The show’s real-time storytelling gives viewers a startling look at a process rarely captured on TV.

One thing I appreciate about The Pitt is its thoughtfulness in using the real-time format to reframe the tropes of the medical drama. The past two episodes' painstaking account of a sexual assault exam is a remarkable example.

I TORE through this a couple weeks ago. True to its title, it’s a lot smarter than it looks.

I do think the person who played the best Traitors game won… but that isn’t saying much this season

So many TV shows right now, even the ones with huge budgets, look like they were released like 90% finished