The HBO Max original series "The Pitt," which was created by "ER" alums R. Scott Gemmill, John Wells, and Noah Wyle , can be a tough watch at times, and there's no way around that. With each episode taking place in "real time" in a busy ER led by trauma attending Dr. Michael "Robby" Robinavitch (Wyle), the audience sees a lot of terrible patient outcomes — and gets a front row seat to the reactions of their families. Be it a young college student who accidentally overdosed on fentanyl after taking a laced pill, a six-year-old girl who drowns saving her even younger sister, two adult children struggling to let go of their father, or a devastating mass shooting, Robby goes through it , and so do we ... and the way that Robby and his fellow physicians handle these tragedies is very speci
HBO's The Pitt Writers Room Had One Rule That Guided The Series

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