This feeling spread further than one Reddit thread. On a different one, u/paigehrycyk asked for people's "thoughts on Schmitt," continuing, "I still find him annoying. I think his character is a little all over the place sometimes. Does anyone else feel this way?"
u/gobux10 isn't a Schmitt fan, writing, "Immature, silly, and panicky are not good traits for a doctor. Another one of those characters who was added to replace much better characters." Other fans noticed a striking similarity to Knight's George O'Malley, like u/lauradenoves, who wrote: "I don't mind him but he feels like a George rehash and they gave him a terrible love interest." u/steponme84 agreed, saying, "He can NEVER be George, no matter how hard they try. Since day one, they tried to make him the intern for all of us to like; but since he is overly shoved into our faces, for some of us, we may never like him."
Clearly, quite a significant number of fans aren't big fans of Schmitt, who joined the series in Season 14. Throughout his time on the show, he's done stuff like accidentally drop his glasses into an open body cavity or give so much blood to a patient in need that he passed out into mid-surgery, often regarded as a bumbling intern by his superiors. Though he eventually gets more confident, both personally and professionally — he notably comes out and dates ortho resident Nico (Alex Landi) for a while — he's obviously not a fan favorite.
