Pick of the week
The Pitt
The anticipation around The Pitt has been feverish. And finally, as HBO Max launches, British viewers can dive in, with season one available to binge. But does it live up to the hype? Absolutely. On the face of it, The Pitt is a standard medical drama whose real-time format suggests ER meets 24. But the show’s energy makes it irresistible. As Noah Wyle’s laconic doctor Michael Robinavitch begins a shift, he and his team encounter everything from an elderly man whose children refuse to let him die peacefully to a kid who has swallowed cannabis gummies. Longer story arcs (including lingering Covid trauma) loom in the background but the moment-by-moment action grips instantly and never lets up.
HBO Max, from Thursday 26 March
