Warning! This article contains SPOILERS for The Pitt season 2, episode 1.The premiere of The Pitt season 2 brought back most of the show’s doctors, all of its high-stress medical emergencies, and a few new elements that are worth looking at more closely. Less than 10 months after the ending of The Pitt season 1, HBO Max’s hit medical drama is back. Most of the cast of The Pitt has returned, though there are a few notable exceptions who moved away from Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center.
In The Pitt’s typical fashion, audiences were thrown right into the deep end in the season 2 premiere. No time was wasted in getting into complex patients, new dynamics at PTMC, and several important details that were dropped in naturally in the midst of dialog. With everything that happened in The Pitt season 2, episode 1, and how subtly some information is revealed, it’s worth recapping the events and reveals of the premiere.
Dr. Baran Al-Hashimi Is Filling In For Robby While He Takes A Sabbatical
The biggest change The Pitt season 2, episode 1 introduced was a replacement for Dr. Robby: Dr. Baran Al-Hashimi (Sepideh Moafi). Robby eventually told Dr. Langdon that he’s taking a three-month sabbatical. He plans to go to Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, a significant historical site in Alberta, Canada. While he’s away, Dr. Al-Hashimi will be PTMC’s attending physician for the day shift.
The Pitt also told us a bit about who Dr. Al-Hashimi is. Baran said she came from a Veterans Affairs hospital, likely somewhere in Pennsylvania. While it wasn’t an emergency room, she did deal with gunshot wounds and other traumas. She’s also been described as a progressive who favors technology and new programs, such as the patient passports she implemented and a plan to stop calling PTMC’s emergency room