"The Pitt," brought to you by former "ER" star and a whole bunch of writers/producers from that legendary show, came onto HBO last year and I never watched Season 1. I had heard it was designed to be a reboot of Noah's previous character and how he was coping with post pandemic medicine. But I also read that "ER's" original creator Michael Crichton's estate did not allow him to use Wylie's character. So the show was redeveloped as an original and not a reboot. But it was all about this actor running a Pittsburgh emergency room.
None of the behind-the-scenes hoopla had prompted me to watch it. But then it cleaned up at the Emmys and the Golden Gloves. More importantly, some good friends told me to check it out.
I did and immediately binged on the first four episodes. And then, speaking of hospitals and ERs, I landed in one. Emergency surgery on four pesky hernias and I spent my first night ever in a hospital bed. As it turned out, I spent four consecutive nights in said hospital bed.
Suddenly, "The Pitt" was very real to me. And, upon returning home, I made very short shrift of the remaining 11 episodes of Season 1 as well as the first three segments of Season 2.
Yep, it's that good and that compelling. Wylie is amazing as the chief ER doctor, but, for me, the amazing feat is that I truly like the rest of the cast. Oh, sure, there are one or two who get on your nerves but they do it in a way that is...strangely...likeable.
I am now a fan and heartily recommend it. Sure, it can get gross but that's what happens in ERs. I should know. I had a tube through my nose into my stomach.
Dinner last night: Sandwich.
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