quantumphyzx

As expected, HBO delivers another excellent drama with high production values, fantastic acting, realistic writing and a compellingly addictive script/story arc.

I've only seen the first two episodes of The Pitt during its premiere weekend and they did not fail to deliver. I was immediately drawn into the show's plot device of each episode representing 1 full hour in a day in the life of this hospital staff, while each episode represents the next hour of the day (with the season representing 1 day as far as I can tell) in chronological order. It uses the same gimmick as Fox's "24"--but with The Pitt it doesn't feel like a gimmick at all.

What really got me sucked in to the show was its balance of character development/exposition and overall pacing. Most medical dramas you see on network/paid television (*cough* ER/Gray's Anatomy/Good Doctor *cough*) are jam-packed with drama and layers of plot/sub-plot, giving you a tapestry of many many threads that usually means every minute of an episode has something dramatic or intense happening--over-dramatization, if you will. The Pitt is a shining example of realism and flies in the face of most medical dramas because it doesn't attempt to overstimulate the viewer with nonstop excitement but instead feeds the audience with a perfectly-paced dripline of plot and character development. This isn't to say the show is lacking in drama or excitement--far from it. It just happens to provide these things without obviously trying hard or attempting to be 'the next smash medical drama' like every new hospital show on television seemingly tries to do.

The characters are also extremely likeable, especially the main character who has antihero vibes but is just an obviously overworked everyday hero with genuine compassion and sympathy/empathy for everyone who comes through those emergency room doors. I'm also partially crushing on the medical intern who gave the other interns nicknames like Crash and Huckleberry, she seems interesting to say the least. The young daughter of one of the hospital's star senior resident doctors is also going to be an interesting character to develop--I've always liked watching/reading characters who live in the shadows of their superiors who come before them and seeing how they step out of those shadows and in to their own spotlight and make a name for themselves.

I'm very much looking forward to the rest of the season. It'd be really nice if HBO gives us two episodes a week like the season premiere, but I'm sure I'm just farting in the wind with that hope and we will only get one a week.

Either way, I'm definitely going to keep tuning in.