If you want to understand where the American economy is going, don’t watch stock tickers. Watch The Pitt.
The HBO Max medical drama that became one of the most talked about shows of early 2025 doesn’t center on a brilliant surgeon or a rogue attending physician. It centers on nurses and residents grinding through a single 15-hour shift in a Pittsburgh emergency department. Nurse Dana—competent, underpaid, indispensable, and increasingly aware of her own leverage—isn’t a supporting character, as masterfully played by the Emmy-winning Katherine LaNasa. She’s the whole point.
