Dr. Mel King is having a terrible, horrible, no-good, very-bad day — and in Thursday’s episode of “The Pitt,” she starts to get some of it off her chest when charge nurse Dana finds her in the stairwell.

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TVLine’s exclusive sneak peek from Season 2, Episode 11 catches up with Mel shortly after her twin sister Becca reveals she has a boyfriend, Adam, and that they’ve been having “great sex” for the past six months. This comes on the heels of Mel returning from her deposition upstairs, which the hospital’s attorney called the “most unprofessional deposition” she’d ever witnessed.

“The deposition, my sister coming in… it’s been a day,” Mel tells Dana. As she vents, her frustration quickly turns to anger — specifically where Becca is concerned.

“She lied to my face for six months,” she says. “My sister is a f—

Dana is surprised to hear a curse word come out of Mel’s mouth — I think we all are — but Mel is just being honest. “It’s how I feel,” she says.

But what follows is even more telling, suggesting that Mel isn’t actually angry about Becca having a personal life, but about not having one of her own.“I’ve seen ‘Elf’ 164 times,” she says. “Becca loves ‘Elf,’ so we watch ‘Elf.’ And she’s got everything, and now she’s got a boyfriend, and they’re gonna fall in love, and they’re gonna get married, and I’m gonna be completely alone.”

“Did it feel good to say that out loud?” Dana asks.

“No,” Mel answers.

Mel’s Arc Has Been Building Toward This Moment All Season

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Episode 11 isn’t the first time that “The Pitt” Season 2 has explored Mel’s sense of self — or lack thereof.

Episode 2 zeroed in on a question she’s never really had the luxury to ask: Who is she when she’s not taking care of someone else?

That realization surfaced during a conversation with a patient who asked what she does for fun — a question that left Mel momentarily stumped. Nearly every answer that came to mind was tied to Becca, underscoring just how much of her identity has been shaped by her role as a caregiver.

As Taylor Dearden — who was named TVLine’s Performer of the Week for the episode — put it, Mel has “never had a single moment to think of what she actually wants. It’s always been in the service of others.” Which is likely why Mel finds herself in the stairwell, wondering what her future will look like now that her sister has someone else in her life.