The Pitt Season Two Promises Fireworks

Wait, The Pitt is back already? And audiences didn’t even need to wait four years for it? The trailer for season two of the Emmy-winning drama is already here, just eight months after the first season finished airing. The high-intensity drama, which follows just one shift in its doctors’ lives per season, sees the cast clocking in on the Fourth of July, when the surgeons will presumably have to deal with a slew of fireworks-related injuries. Plus, it’s Doctor Robby’s (Noah Wyle) last day before a hiatus. “It’s gonna be a lot of time to self-reflect,” Dr. Jack Abbott (Shawn Hatosy) tells Robby. “You sure you can handle that?” Then, on top of all that, the power goes out. The ever-steady Robby shouts, “We’re about to go analog!”

Also returning alongside her fellow Emmy winners Wyle and Hatosy is Katherine LaNasa as Dana Evans. After quitting at the end of season one, she’s back and more beleaguered than ever. Not returning is Dr. Heather Collins, played by Tracy Ifeachor. Neither the show, HBO, or Ifeachor herself has confirmed why the actress will not appear on season two. The Collins-less second season of The Pitt premieres on January 8 — almost exactly a year after the first season premiered on January 9, 2025. Who will Dr. Robby pine over now? (A million hands just shot up.)