Taylor Dearden’s Dr. Mel Finds Peace in The Pitt’s Chaos

This week’s episode of The Pitt confirms something we’ve suspected for a while now: Dr. Melissa “Mel” King was born to be an emergency-room doctor. As injured victim after injured victim floods the ER following the mass shooting at PittFest, the second-year resident moves from one seriously wounded patient to the next with measured compassion and a rapid pace. In a situation that would rattle almost anyone on their first day at a new job, Dr. Mel remains as unruffled...