‘The Pitt’: Shawn Hatosy to Direct Season 2 Episode | Entertainment News

The Pitt‘s first season was a hit not only with critics but also with fans. From the first episode, it has been so good — Noah Wyle was born to play a doctor and is absolutely outstanding as Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch, and the ensemble cast is strong — so it was great to see it renewed in-season after the seventh episode.

The Pitt Season 2 production is well underway, and a number of new cast members have been revealed. The latest casting comes on Tuesday, July 29, with news of Lawrence Robinson recurring as a patient.

The medical drama takes place in real time, with each episode of a season covering an hour of a shift. Season 1 covered the day of Pittfest, with the victims of a shooting at the musical festival brought into the hospital. Season 2 will take place over the Fourth of July weekend. Read on for everything we know so far about Season 2, from the cast to a premiere date, and more.

Has production started on The Pitt Season 2?

Yes! HBO Max announced on Monday, June 16, that production has started. The Pitt shoots on the historic Warner Bros. lot in Burbank, California, with exteriors shot on location in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. See the first photo from Season 2 above, of Noah Wyle (Robby) and Ken Kirby (Shen, of course with his iced coffee).

Who’s in The Pitt Season 2 cast?

Joining Wyle in the Season 1 cast were Tracy Ifeachor, Patrick Ball (Langdon), Supriya Ganesh (Mohan), Fiona Dourif (McKay), Taylor Dearden (King), Isa Briones (Santos), Gerran Howell (Whitaker), Shabana Azeez (Javadi), and Katherine LaNasa (Dana Evans). Shawn Hatosy (Abbot), Ken Kirby (Shen), and Ayesha Harris (Ellis) were among those who recurred. A Season 2 cast list has yet to be released, but the above photo confirms that at least Wyle and Kirby will be back. And TV Insider’s interview with LaNasa about her Emmy nomination (one of 13 for the show!) confirms she’ll be back.

Hatosy is returning in a recurring role, plus he’ll also be stepping behind the camera to direct, Deadline reports. (He previously directed on Animal Kingdom, which he talks about in our Scene Study.)

“I’m so excited to capture this show from the other side of the lens. The Pitt is an absolute dream for a director. I feel like a chef who gets to work in the best kitchen, with all the best ingredients – incredible writing, great actors, such strong characters with very distinct points of view; all in an immersive, adrenaline-pumped, beautifully choreographed world,” Hatosy said in a statement to the outlet. “Having experienced it all through Abbot’s eyes, I think that’s going to really enhance my perspective as a director, and what a joy to be able to do it with a group of people with whom I already have such a deep bond.”

However, on July 10, it was announced that Tracy Ifeachor would not be returning as Dr. Heather Collins in the upcoming second season, per TV Line. Collins was last seen in Episode 11 of the first season. On July 9, Ifeachor posted on Instagram, “What a blessing to be a part of this first and foundational season of #ThePitt on @hbomax . It was an absolute privilege to play Dr. Heather Collins in such a groundbreaking season and piece.”

HBO Max also announced that Charles Baker, Irene Choi, Laëtitia Hollard, and Lucas Iverson will recur. Official character descriptions have yet to be announced.

The streaming service also announced, on June 24, that Sepideh Moafi has been cast in a series regular role as an attending physician in emergency medicine.

And on July 29, Deadline reported that Lawrence Robinson will recur as “Brian Hancock, a sweet, charming, and kind-hearted patient who turns a soccer injury into a possible meet-cute with one of the doctors.”

The Pitt is produced by John Wells Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television, where JWP is under an overall deal. R. Scott Gemmill created the series and serves as an executive producer alongside John Wells, Noah Wyle, Michael Hissrich, JWP’s Erin Jontow, and Simran Baidwan.

How did The Pitt Season 1 finale end?

Robby, after failing to save his stepson Jake’s girlfriend when she was shot at Pittfest, had the breakdown the season had been building to in Episode 13. Then, in the finale, Abbot found him on the roof — Wyle told TV Insider that he made sure to stand closer to the edge than the other doctor had in the premiere — and talked him down. The finale ended with Robby, Abbot, and other members of the hospital staff gathered for a post-shift beer in the park across the street before Robby headed home.

Meanwhile, Robby told Langdon if he wanted to continue to work at the hospital after the discovery of his drug addiction, he had to go to rehab, and Dana was ready to be done after getting punched in the face by an impatient patient.

What is The Pitt Season 2 about?

The Pitt is described as “a realistic examination of the challenges facing healthcare workers in today’s America as seen through the lens of the frontline heroes working in a modern-day hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.” Each episode covers an hour of Robby’s 15-hour shift in Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Hospital’s emergency room.

An exact description for Season 2 has yet to be released, but executive producers R. Scott Gemmill and John Wells told TV Insider after the finale that it would cover the Fourth of July weekend — and that shift would likely be Langdon’s first back after rehab.

With that time jump, “we’ll get to see some new med students, maybe a new nursing student,” Gemmill shared. “We played a fairly straight shift last year, but a lot of times, people come in halfway through a shift and things like that. So even if you don’t see everyone right off the top, they may show up eventually, but they may have the day off.”