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IT SEEMS IVE GROWN QUITE FOND OF HIM

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'I run hot, mama' ..... ok.

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frank langdon and his loose ring of sadness

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you ever read fanfiction so good you start experiencing penis envy. sorry is this a safe space

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kingdon crumbs:

langdon explaining the problem with the fight bite to mel, some mouths are filthier than others, looking at her instead of the patient to make it clear he’s trying to make a joke with her

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ULTIMATE SHIPS CHALLENGE - "I Love You's" Without Saying "I Love You" [5/7]

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Dr. Melissa King and Dr. John Shen in

THE PITT (2025- )

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i know someone said this before but i am so freaking happy that a character like mel king who we can all agree would normally be pushed aside for a more typical-in-every-way girl character has the hottest guy at work absolutely fucking besotted with her after a few short hours of their very first shift together

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i’m sorry this is frying MEEEE

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okay but what do we make of princess and perlah's conversation in 1x10 about which doctors have hooked up? they're talking about how langdon is hot but trouble when princess asks (about him and collins) do you think they've ever had sex? to which perlah immediately replies ew, no way!

which is so so interesting to me. i mean, i agree with perlah, langdon gives collins' annoying kid brother to me, and the way they're bickering in the background of this very conversation underscores that vibe.

but the fact that princess is asking—even as a joke—is kinda telling, right? langdon and collins are both senior residents, so they've been working at the pitt for four years. langdon's son is also four years old, so langdon has presumably been married (or at least in a very serious, committed relationship) the entire time he's been at PTMC. and yet perlah's reaction to being asked if langdon and collins have ever hooked up isn't no, he's married! or what about abby? or of course not, we all know dr. langdon is husband of the year!

perlah's objection seems mostly to be that collins and langdon hooking up would be gross. like, of course they're not fucking, they're like siblings. notably, we can trust perlah's instincts here because her reaction to the question of whether collins and robby have ever had sex is a resounding definitely, which we know is true.

so what are we supposed to make of all this? i mean, it's a very funny gag to have princess and perlah gossip about the doctors right in front of them, and we see their private Tagalog discussions happen repeatedly throughout the season, both played for laughs and very seriously, like during the MCI.

but why bring up langdon hooking up with women who aren't his wife? and why not have his relationship status be the primary objection to the idea that he could be sleeping around? i don't know if the implication is really meant to be that langdon is a cheater, but i think its a noteworthy moment to consider when thinking about the strength of his marriage, and the way its perceived by those around him.

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TAYLOR DEARDEN and SHAWN HATOSY as MELISSA KING and JACK ABBOT The Pitt S1

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Lydia Martin 4.05 | I.E.D

I'm not like you guys.

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mel king + hands

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let's speculate wildly about langdon's marriage, shall we!

a needlessly thorough breakdown of a single scene from 1x02 and what i think it might say about langdon, his addiction, and the state of his marriage

under the cut bc i get rambly!!

so a lot has been said about frank and abby's marriage based on the hints we get here and there in the first half of the season. i've even gone as far as saying they have a canonically bad marriage, which may be a little harsh, but i don't think anyone watching with a keen eye can say in good faith that the langdon marriage has been presented to us as particularly healthy or uncomplicated.

he works a physically and emotionally demanding job for long hours and mediocre pay, and we can infer that she either works from home or is a stay-at-home mom to their two young children. he clearly feels some measure of guilt about the way he preforms the roles of husband and father, trying to make up for his shortcomings with gifts and grand gestures, while ultimately being shown to be ignorant, almost to the point of contempt, of his wife's needs.

and this is all before we (and abby!) find out that he's been putting his life, liberty and livelihood in jeopardy with his substance abuse.

so, i think it's fair to say that we can expect langdon's marriage to be a significant point of contention when we pick back up for season 2.

of course, almost everything that we can say about abby langdon at this point is pure speculation. we haven't met her! we don't even get to hear her voice on the phone! we're only getting bits and pieces of this woman, mainly filtered through langdon's unreliable flawed perspective. so if we want something based in canon to say about the way langdon thinks about abby, his kids and his marriage, we'll have to look at some characters we actually get to see on screen.

we may not get to see abby and tanner, but we do have amanda and tyler:

(and also drew, but he's kinda whatever to my points here.)

tyler is the four-year-old boy from episodes 1 & 2 who comes in lethargic and unresponsive—mel asks for langdon's assistance on the case, and they find out that tyler is sick because he ingested some of his dad's pot gummies. this causes a lot of tension between tyler's parents, amanda and drew, who get defensive when they find out they've been reported to the department of children youth and families (pittsburgh's version of CPS/DCFS). the parents argue, robby breaks it up as the Voice of Reason, mel frets about potentially tearing apart a family, and langdon with his "fellowship in cynicism" argues (correctly) that they're white and therefore won't face drug charges or have their kid taken away. we find out later from kiara that tyler is going to be fine, but that his parents "might need counseling."

and the shift from hell continues!

(side note: i'd actually forgotten, but the STEMI with me, mel moment comes right on the heels of kiara updating mel about tyler!!)

so it's a relatively 'easy' case, and it comes very early in the season, the first time we see mel and langdon working together one-on-one. it's almost forgettable compared to everything that happens later, and it's only after what we learn about langdon's addiction that the last scene with tyler and his parents starts to feel thematically important.

basically, langdon's reactions in this scene are really interesting.

it all starts normally enough with mel and langdon updating the parents on tyler's status, and answering amanda's questions about the potential long-term affects of THC on her son's brain. on my first watch, i was mostly attuned to mel, and her reaction (that langdon totally clocks!!) to amanda's derogatory worries about her son getting autism. but on rewatch, it's what comes next that really stuck out to me.

langdon starts the interaction very polite and professional with both parents, but when amanda gets upset about the mandatory reporting, he immediately gets very defensive, taking on almost the kind of tone we later see him use on santos. he starts talking to her like she's crazy, escalating the situation and making amanda even more upset. he even reaches out in a kind of placating move and she tells him to keep his fucking hands off her, leading to this shot:

which. yes. is the basis of this whole post. but come on. this isn't zoomed in by me, this is the shot as it appears in the show. a mom justifiably angry about her husband's drug use and the way it's endangered her child, juxtaposed against a defensive langdon's wedding ring and the bracelet from his own four-year-old son. you could write a fucking thesis on this shot alone. i mean, i basically am. but never mind.

and langdon's reactions to amanda only get more tense when she starts going off on drew, telling him to stop speaking for her child and that he needs to "get a fucking hotel."

look at the way this is blocked! poor mel is running off to get help, but the guys in the background are framed together in opposition to amanda, and they're both looking at her like she's crazy. in fairness, she is very much freaking out here, but she's also scared for her son, she no longer trusts her husband, and she's just been told that the police may be getting involved. langdon doesn't know it yet, but he's getting a little sneak preview of what his night with abby is gonna turn into!

and when robby comes in to play moderator and calm everyone down, langdon is again alone in the shot with amanda, making a series of increasingly freaked out/guilty expressions as she tells robby that she wants to stay with her son instead of her husband because she doesn't want him around:

patrick ball's acting in this whole scene is so subtle and nuanced as langdon low-key wigs the fuck out in this situation. he is visibly shaken after everything goes down and has to physically psych himself up to get back in the game as robby leaves.

so much about the way this is shot, acted, and edited feels vitally important to langdon's characterization in retrospect. and the defensive way he reacts specifically to the woman in this situation leads me to believe that, at least in the immediate aftermath of abby finding out about everything, langdon is gonna be a fucking nightmare. and while i don't think it would be fair to assume that abby is gonna react exactly like amanda does in this situation, i do think the similarity of the names (abby/amanda & tanner/tyler) and the fact that the boy is the exact same age as langdon's son does invite us to draw a comparison.

long story long, i love that while we get to see first hand how langdon's addiction makes him react defensively and lash out at santos and robby, the show also gives us this glimpse into how langdon and his wife will react to his addiction becoming public in his domestic sphere.

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kinda funny that mel got attached to the loudest person in the ER

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love katherine lanasa talking about the punch as something that stripped Dana of her dignity because it was not a patient in distress, it was a man who had it out for her (as a healthcare employee that he perceived to have lousy ethics and priorities and as a woman). love that she talks of Dana’s desire to walk away as something that is influenced by the example she wants to set out for her daughters (and granddaughter), the question of how you can explain to these women you’re raising that you’re going back to work in a place where you are abused. Considering not simply her shame in being stripped of dignity but her concern about what kind of ideas her daughters might get from her adds a nice layer to Dana’s reaction I think, especially when considering Dana’s line about her youngest still worrying her sick.

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#assisting