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The Pitt<\/em>\u2018s Isa Briones<\/strong> expressed her gratitude over the evolving discourse about her character, Santos, who turned out to be right about Langdon\u2019s secret opioid addiction.<\/p>\n Briones, 26, took to Instagram Stories on Wednesday, March 12, before the new episode of The Pitt<\/em>, writing, \u201cThx to The Pitt fans for alerting me to the Dr. Santos megathread on reddit. I never read stuff online about my work. Too many people can be too cruel and i\u2019m too sensitive for that. But I gave this a read because this was discourse over the character, not me or my looks.\u201d<\/p>\n The actress found it \u201cincredibly heartening\u201d to see \u201cnuanced conversation\u201d<\/a> on Reddit and elsewhere over Santos\u2019 arc.<\/p>\n \u201cSome people hate Santos. Some people love her. Many people love to hate her. And that\u2019s great TV,\u201d Briones noted. \u201cThat\u2019s fantastic writing. And that\u2019s also indicative of an extremely intelligent audience.\u201d<\/p>\n Briones expressed appreciation for viewers willing to reconsider their judgment<\/a> of Santos, adding, \u201cI\u2019ve been struck by how many people mention how great it feels to watch a truly complicated female character. And how many people\u2019s bias against Santos in regards to Langdon made them think about their own internalized sexism.\u201d<\/p>\n She concluded: \u201cIt\u2019s truly a beautiful thing when great storytelling can make you feel so viscerally and want to commune and talk about it. Big kudos to our incredible writers for creating such a complicated woman, and thank you to the whole team for letting me portray her.\u201d<\/p>\n The Pitt<\/em>, which premiered on Max in January, follows a group of employees at a fictional Pittsburgh hospital\u2019s ER working a single 15-hour shift. The first half of the season showed Dr. Santos being at odds with her supervisor Dr. Langdon (Patrick Ball<\/strong>), which caused some viewers<\/a> to express their frustration with Santos, who is an intern working her first shift at the fictional Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Hospital.<\/p>\n Santos ultimately turned out to be right about Langdon stealing drugs from the hospital<\/a>. During an episode earlier this month, Dr. Robby (Noah Wyle<\/strong>) angrily confronted Langdon about it and the senior resident admitted he developed an addiction after being prescribed medication following an injury.<\/p>\n \u201cHe refers to having hurt his back while helping his parents move and that is frequently the case. He goes to a doctor who gives him pain meds and then those are habit-forming pain meds. This happens all the time. This happens with people that I know that are very, very high functioning,\u201d Ball exclusively told Us Weekly<\/em>. \u201cYou see this opioid problem that is just riddling itself all across this country. It\u2019s really sad because it\u2019s not people that ever set out to become addicts. It\u2019s people that trust and that get caught in a trap. That\u2019s part of what happened with Langdon.\u201d<\/p>\n Briones, for her part, spoke to Us<\/em> about how viewers may have<\/a> judged her character too quickly.<\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/The-Pitt-Isa-Briones-Explains-How-Internalized-Sexism-Created-Discourse-Over-Santos-and-Langdon-2.jpg?w=1000&quality=86&strip=all\")
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