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The second season, set ten months later on a frenetic Fourth of July, responds by easing into itself and sticking to what it knows. Noah Wyle’s Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch is back alongside his fellow attendings, charge nurses, interns, and med students, tending to barbecue mishaps, fingers blown off by firecrackers, and the emergency department’s usual day-to-day horrors. There are a handful of fresh faces in the form of newly arrived medical students, and one notable absence following Tracy Ifeachor’s departure from the show, but for the most part, the show delivers the same propulsive medical realism and rapid-fire interpersonal rhythms that made its debut so watchable. There’s also another major midseason development, which I won’t spoil, though crudely put, it registers as somewhat less severe than its predecessor.

Yet something has shifted. Fresh off an Emmys sweep, including a well-earned win for Wyle, who dedicated his award to anyone going on or coming off shift that night, The Pitt now feels high on its own medicine, its earnest confidence and moral clarity increasingly recalling that of The West Wing. That isn’t automatically a slight against the show — the Bartlet administration was a cozier, simpler time — but it isn’t automatically a virtue, either. There’s a fine line between righteousness and self-satisfaction, and the second season, which premieres on HBO Max on January 8, frequently stumbles into the latter territory. — Nick Quah, “The Pitt Has Entered Its West Wing Era”

  1. Episode 15 9:00 PM
    The Pitt Season-Finale Recap: Baby, It’s All Right As if we haven’t all cried enough this shift!
  2. Episode 14 8:00 P.M.
    The Pitt Recap: No Adequate Words Robby may not be in the fetal position anymore, but that doesn’t mean he’s fine — far from it.
  3. Episode 13 7:00 PM
    The Pitt Recap: Savior Complex Finally catch your breath after last week’s episode? Don’t get used to it.
  4. Episode 12 6:00 P.M.
    The Pitt Recap: Code Triage Just when you think this show can’t possibly keep one-upping itself, it goes and delivers an episode like this.
  5. Episode 11 5:00 PM
    The Pitt Recap: A Rush of Blood The 5 o’clock hour is a real party time for tamponade devices at PTMC.
  6. Episode 10 4:00 P.M.
    The Pitt Recap: Pressure Relief I was rooting for you, Langdon! We were all rooting for you!
  7. Episode 9 3:00 P.M.
    The Pitt Recap: Cheap Shots It’s Dana’s episode to shine, comforting the staff and de-escalating when mothers are fighting over … wearing masks.
  8. Episode 8 2:00 P.M.
    The Pitt Recap: Just One of Those Days This episode is so traumatic, and I should get hazard pay for this job.
  9. Episode 7 1:00 P.M.
    The Pitt Recap: Have You Seen Our Sad Boy? Robby is certainly making a real meal out of letting his emotional baggage loose in the workplace.
  10. Episode 6 12:00 P.M.
    The Pitt Recap: Hospital Mom Heather’s mysterious pains, secret pregnancy, and ongoing teen abortion drama seem to be setting us up for something tragic, huh?
  11. Episode 5 11:00 A.M.
    The Pitt Recap: A Tale of Two Intubations So much blood in this episode! That blood blister with the hidden artery underneath? Very gross, no thank you!!
  12. Episode 4 10:00 AM
    The Pitt Recap: The Four Most Important Things Dr. Robby’s bedside manner knows no bounds.
  13. Episode 3 9:00 A.M.
    The Pitt Recap: A Moment to Process It’s growing harder to invest in a lot of the patients coming in when there are so many and we barely get to learn their names before moving on.
  14. Episode 2 8:00 A.M.
    The Pitt Recap: Physician Heal Thyself This shift is already a doozy and it’s barely begun.
  15. Episode 1 7:00 A.M.
    The Pitt Series-Premiere Recap: So Happy to Be Here Like the newbies arriving for their very first shift, we get dropped right into the chaos of “the pit” and are expected to keep up.
  1. Episode 15 9:00 P.M.
    The Pitt Season-Finale Recap: How Can You Not Love This Place? A poignantly untidy ending is exactly what this season called for.
  2. Episode 14 8:00 PM
    The Pitt Recap: Hard to Say Everyone is concerned for Robby’s mental state, given the truly shocking admissions he makes during this hour of the shift.
  3. Episode 13 7:00 PM
    The Pitt Recap: Crashing Out The night shift has arrived, and boy, the comparison is startling!
  4. Episode 12 6:00 PM
    The Pitt Recap: Code Hula-Hoop The tension between Robby and Dana finally boils over into a confrontation as their relationship continues to fracture.
  5. Episode 11 5:00 PM
    The Pitt Recap: The Breaking Point Ogilvie making a (maybe) fatal mistake was just a disaster waiting to happen, much like the rising tensions between Langdon and Santos.
  6. Episode 10 4:00 PM
    The Pitt Recap: Panic! At the ED Is everyone going to burn out this season?
  7. Episode 9 3:00 PM
    The Pitt Recap: Through the Cracks If you’re looking for story lines to break your heart, this episode has plenty of options.
  8. Episode 8 2:00 PM
    The Pitt Recap: An Old-School Crisis The high stress of this hour comes less from the cases rolling in than from the level of disorganization currently plaguing the ER.
  9. Episode 7 1:00 P.M.
    The Pitt Recap: Dr. SWAT Not only is Dr. Abbot back, he is doing all of the most Abbot things imaginable.
  10. Episode 6 12:00 p.m.
    The Pitt Recap: The Groundskeeper at Three Rivers Stadium PTMC feels like a powder keg this week as the Fourth of July heat wave pushes the staff to their limits.
  11. Episode 5 11:00 a.m.
    The Pitt Recap: A Real Lifesaver Robby is officially pissing everybody off on the way out as he prepares for his motorcycle sabbatical.
  12. Episode 4 10:00 AM
    The Pitt Recap: Lessons Learned It’s only 10 a.m. and Santos is already lashing out at everyone on her side.
  13. Episode 3 9:00 AM
    The Pitt Recap: Relationship Trauma A motorcycle accident calls attention to Dr. Robby’s midlife crisis.
  14. Episode 2 8:00 A.M.
    The Pitt Recap: Gut Instincts The simmering power struggle between Robby and Al-Hashimi continues as the staff handles a couple of gory cases.
  15. Episode 1 7:00 A.M.
    The Pitt Season-Premiere Recap: Another Day in Paradise It wouldn’t be The Pitt without a heartbreaking mystery kicking off a Fourth of July shift from hell.

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  16. backstories
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  17. first person
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  18. paychecks
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  19. chat room
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