The Pitt (2025)

THE PITT 👨‍⚕️ 

First off, I want to thank every nurse, doctor, and any other healthcare professional that takes care of those in need because, man, is it an unforgiving job.

Last year I had to spend 24 hours in the hospital with a loved one who was going through a serious health scare, and being in the emergency room and witnessing the split-second decision-making, pressure-cooker environment these workers were under made it tough to be angry about wait times and room availability because they were clearly making the most out of the limited resources they had.

Every single aspect of that real-life environment is captured in Max’s new hit medical drama series THE PITT.

The fifteen-episode season is meant to play out each hour of a single shift in the ER, following around a team of healthcare workers at the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Hospital. The story is shaped around a resident doctor who has surprisingly clocked in to his shift on the one-year anniversary of his mentor’s death, a group of student doctors and interns on their first day, a doctor who is managing a pregnancy she’s trying to keep hidden from her team, and, of course, the general public, who are in dire need of medical attention.

I’m not sure if it’s because I spent those 24 hours in the hospital last year, but this show to me was the perfect life-to-screen adaptation of that working environment, which is deserving of this kind of in-depth look to make you further respect what these workers put up with and sacrifice on a daily basis.

One of the many reasons I loved this show was because there was a level of authenticity that it seemed dead set on honouring. There is the obvious thankless nature of the profession, continuously being scrutinized while constantly being understaffed, and the psychological toll of having to remain in a headspace that brings peace to the patient but might bring a delayed trauma to the team. The high degree of difficulty in capturing that authenticity is conveyed through some incredible camerawork. At times I felt like one of the students actively observing the treatments of the exhausting amount of patients that would come in and out of those waiting room doors.

Whether you binge this series or spread out your watch, I promise by the end you’ll feel like you’re the one who just worked the fifteen-hour shift. That’s what makes it work so well: you feel the weight and burden of each interaction, where the emotional baggage becomes harder to shake off because of how serious things become by the end. You either keep moving and stay afloat or stop and drown under the stress-inducing volume of patients.

What helps you get through the exhausting influx of patients is their morbid humour that removes the obvious buildup of tension and allows for the team to focus on the task at hand, saving lives.

THE PITT could’ve easily been a cliché drama series of romantic entanglements and over-the-top conflict, but instead it chooses to focus on the attention to detail that’s needed to assess each patient and the toll that takes on the varying members of the team. This team is made up of individuals who are at different points in their careers, and watching them perform life-or-death procedures and the progression of the skill and technique throughout their shift had you rooting for the team like you knew them personally.

If you’re like me and never watched ER or Grey’s Anatomy, I’d say this is the perfect gateway into the world of medical dramas.

THE PITT is a wildly engaging deep dive into the medical profession that exhibits escalating crisis through baptism by fire. Highly recommended. 

Enjoy!

8.8/10 🍿 🎥

Enjoy!

8.8/10 🍿 🎥

Runtime: 50mins

Episodes: 15

Where: Streaming on Max & Crave

The Pitt Review (2025) The Richmond Reviewer - April 29th, 2025.

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