The Pitt
Season 1
15 listed hours · 2025– · Max
From the desk
How this season is filed
Watch R. Scott Gemmill's Max ER for real-time velocity and Noah Wyle's lived-in authority when you want medical drama that feels like work, not a rom-com with scrubs. One extended shift, hour-by-hour pressure, competence porn with burnout edges. Pure shift energy.
TV Flash files Season 1 of The Pitt (2025–) on Max as the first listed season of 2 — 15 listed hours, 2025-01-09–2025-04-10 from “7:00 A.M.” (S01E01) to “9:00 P.M.” (S01E15). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.
Desk essentials in this season
- S01E01 7:00 A.M.
The 7:00 A.M. contract: one extended Pittsburgh shift, hour-by-hour pressure, Noah Wyle's lived-in authority as competence porn with burnout edges.
- S01E08 2:00 P.M.
Mid-shift 2:00 P.M. of season one: the hour where stacked cases and understaffing feel like the product, not a commercial break.
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S01E01 7:00 A.M.
While attempting to distract himself from the anniversary of his mentor's death, Dr. Robby introduces a fresh batch of interns to life in the ER.
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S01E02 8:00 A.M.
Robby helps siblings navigate their elderly father's end of life care. Later, Samira fends off cops targeting a woman with a misunderstood condition.
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S01E03 9:00 A.M.
Samira does her best to keep Whitaker on the right track. A teen overdose sparks conflict in the ER.
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S01E04 10:00 A.M.
Bets are taken on the whereabouts of a stolen ambulance, while Santos learns a hard lesson, and Whitaker helps to tame "The Kraken."
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S01E05 11:00 A.M.
Both Santos and Collins deal with their own moral – and legal – quandaries. Samira's careful approach earns praise from patients – and reproach from Robby. Javadi unintentionally upends McKay's attempts to help an unhoused patient.
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S01E06 12:00 P.M.
While Robby handles an ultimatum from the hospital, Mel, Javadi, and Collins each handle unique mother-daughter dynamics.
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S01E07 1:00 P.M.
After examining an influencer with strange symptoms, Samira pushes back against Robby. Santos contends with a patient accused of assault.
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S01E08 2:00 P.M.
While Robby attends to an elderly patient with ties to Pittsburgh's history, other members of the team attempt to resuscitate a young drowning victim.
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S01E09 3:00 P.M.
After a staff debrief from Robby, Dana defuses a waiting room brawl, Whitaker finds common ground with "The Kraken," and McKay faces a crucial error.
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S01E10 4:00 P.M.
With the Pitt down a staff member, Robby relies on his team to pick up the slack. Later, Santos finally voices her suspicions.
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S01E11 5:00 P.M.
As Collins guides a surrogate through a difficult delivery, Robby does his best to keep a developing staffing situation under wraps. Meanwhile, McKay confronts her ex's overstepping girlfriend, and Whitaker watches Samira sniff out a drug-seeking patient.
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S01E12 6:00 P.M.
When dozens of critical patients flood the ER, Robby and his team struggle to keep up amid quickly diminished supplies.
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S01E13 7:00 P.M.
As the night shift begins and the death toll rises, Robby refuses to give up on a mass casualty victim – even after Abbott intervenes. Unable to find an attending, Santos and Samira each attempt risky moves to save their patients' lives.
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S01E14 8:00 P.M.
As the ER begins to quiet down, Robby struggles to cope with a loss, while Abbott and Samira are challenged by a patient's rapidly deteriorating condition.
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S01E15 9:00 P.M.
Robby resorts to unorthodox methods to convince a father to allow treatment for his son. Later, Whitaker tracks down a missing patient.
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