Will The Pitt Finally Give Us These Ships in Season 2?
The Pitt isn't exactly known for steamy breakroom hookups or slow-burn love stories — mostly because it doesn't have time.
The show plays out in real time, with each episode covering just one hour and each season unfolding over a single 15-hour ER shift. That doesn't leave a lot of room for candlelit confessions or "will-they-won't-they" drama.
Still, fans managed to spot some sparks during Season 1 — especially between Robby (Noah Wyle) and Collins (Tracy Ifeachor), who clearly have a history, even if the show only gave us crumbs. There were also subtle connections between Abbot and Mohan, Langdon and King (who, by the way, is married), and a few glances between Javadi and Mateo.
So… are any of these going somewhere in Season 2?
Probably not. According to executive producer R. Scott Gemmill, romance still isn't a priority — and frankly, it doesn't really fit the show's format.
"If you've ever been in an ER, it's not maybe the most romantic place you'd go for a hookup," Gemmill told TV Insider. "It takes usually more than a 15-hour workday to create a relationship… We're not going to find anyone having sex in a broom closet any time soon."
Fair. But there is a twist: Season 2 jumps ahead 10 months, picking up over Fourth of July weekend. So while we might not see any dramatic love stories play out in real time, the show can now reveal things that happened off-screen during the break — flings, fallouts, shifts in dynamics — through quick scenes and throwaway lines.
And fans are already speculating. Robby and Collins? There's still tension there, and Tracy Ifeachor herself has said she loves "the uncertainty" between them. As for Abbot and Mohan? Actor Shawn Hatosy admitted his character was flirting with her — awkwardly, respectfully, and in his own gruff ER-doctor way.
"I think he actually has a ton of respect for Dr. Mohan," Hatosy said. "There was a scene — I don't think it made it — where someone says something about her, and he steps in like, ‘She's the smartest one here.' So yeah, he's trying to keep it warm there."
So no, The Pitt isn't going full Shondaland. But that doesn't mean the 'ships are dead. They just move a lot slower — like, real-life-emergency-room slow. With a time jump in play, a few of these may have quietly evolved off-screen. The question is whether the writers will actually acknowledge it… or keep making us read between the lines.