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Laura Hurley

I Loved Binge-Watching The Pitt, But Cast Members Told Me The 'Advantage' To HBO Max Releasing Episodes Weekly

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Perlah, Robby, and Al-Hashimi overseeing a trauma in The Pitt Season 2.

The Pitt took pop culture by storm when it arrived on HBO Max in 2025, cleaning up on the awards circuit and delivering a lot more to love beyond just Noah Wyle donning his scrubs again for the first time since ER. Nevertheless, despite the popularity, the awards, the word-of-mouth recommendations, and my very job in entertainment journalism, I didn’t get around to watching the medical drama until early in the 2026 TV schedule via my HBO Max subscription.

And once I did, I finally understood what everybody was talking about… but my binge-watch of Season 1 meant that it was a rude awakening to then have to start waiting weekly for new episodes of Season 2, even though I’m generally a bigger fan of the traditional release model than I am of binge-watching.

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