The Pitt has never exactly been a show that lets its characters breathe easy, but Dr. Robby’s Season 2 ending still hit especially hard. After everything he’d been carrying, the image of him holding Baby Jane Doe felt like the kind of moment designed to send fans spiraling into theory mode.

Maybe this was a turning point. Maybe he was finally choosing life over burnout. Maybe, in the wildest version of that idea, he was somehow about to become her foster parent. As it turns out, that last part is very much not happening.