The Pitt Season 2 Locks In The Lincoln Lawyer Star As Cast Expands
HBO Max’s The Pitt is scrubbing in for Season 2 with returning fan favorites and four new recruits — including a star from Netflix’s The Lincoln Lawyer — as Meta Golding, Christopher Thornton and more join the cast.
Looks like HBO Max is packing more bodies into The Pitt. Season 2 is bringing four new recurring faces into the ER, plus a pile of familiar names coming back, and it is all set against a July 4 weekend that sounds like a fireworks factory inside a pressure cooker. Also, yes, one of the new additions comes from Netflix's The Lincoln Lawyer.
Four new recurring players scrub in
- Meta Golding as Noelle Hastings: a nurse working the floor at the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center (PTMC).
- Luke Tennie as Dr. Crus Henderson: a fourth-year resident assigned to the PTMC night shift, which is either a training ground or a gauntlet, depending on the hour.
- Christopher Thornton as Dr. Caleb Jefferson: a psychiatric attending who will inevitably have his hands full in an ER like this.
- Travis Van Winkle as Curtis Larson: an aggressive patient who arrives in the emergency room and, going by that description, probably does not make intake easy.
Who else is in the mix
Sepideh Moafi boards Season 2 as a series regular. Recurring this season: Charles Baker, Irene Choi, Laetitia Hollard, Lucas Iverson, Lawrence Robinson, Brittany Allen, Bonita Friedericy, Taylor Handley, and Jeff Kober. It is a lot of moving parts, which is kind of the point with this show.
What The Pitt is doing and when it is doing it
From creator R. Scott Gemmill and producer John Wells, The Pitt is a real-time medical drama set inside the fictional PTMC. The hook is simple and stressful: the show follows doctors and nurses hour by hour as they juggle too many patients, not enough resources, and whatever personal fires they are also putting out. Season 2 lands January 8, 2026, picks up 10 months after the Season 1 finale, and unfolds over a Fourth of July weekend. If you are picturing fireworks-related injuries backed by a ticking clock, you are on the right track.
How Season 1 did
The first season came in hot: 13 Emmy nominations and five wins, including Outstanding Drama Series. Wyle took home Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, with additional acting wins for LaNasa and Hatosy. That is a serious haul for a freshman run, and it explains why HBO Max is loading up for round two.
Bottom line: more cast, bigger holiday, same real-time chaos. Bring snacks. And maybe a stress ball.