“Things Have Gotten Much More Severe Than We Imagined”: ‘The Pitt’ Creator Breaks Down That Timely ICE Episode

[The following story contains spoilers from The Pitt, season 2, episode 11, “5:00 p.m.”]

Once again, HBO Max’s The Pitt mirrored reality: Thursday night’s 11th episode of season 2 featured an ICE storyline eerily similar to what is going on in the U.S.

The show, starring Noah Wyle as Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch, who leads an understaffed, underfunded emergency room set in Pittsburgh, has had its fair share of episodes that closely resemble what is happening in the real world, with Wyle, Gemmill and executive producer John Wells all often talking about their consultations with experts to most accurately reflect the real-life issues facing health care workers.

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In this week’s episode, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents bring a detainee to the ER,

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