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A rare occasion when all of the elements come together and engage the viewer completely. The pacing is fast but with the right rhythm. The writers have done their research, and the little I know about emergency procedures feels convincing. They must have some great medical consultants supervising. But the personal stories, complex interactions, and character development are where it shines. And it's not always the highest profile actors carrying it - Noah Wyle is polished for sure, but all of the young residents are individuals whose uniqueness, sensitivity, strengths and weaknesses, will have you holding your breath and sighing in relief when they save a patient. This is seriously a top tier series. I never anticipate a new episode of a show dropping, but I do for The Pitt. I wonder if season two will be able to match it.

Every episode has a shootout lasting 20 minutes or so where dozens of nameless actors shake and bleed and fall in spectacular fashion from machine gun fire. They must've had a massive squib budget. So if gratuitous violence is your catnip you'll live this. Unfortunately the script isn't intriguing so it gets kind of old. Characters are thin with no development and few human qualities other than revenge and greed. Production quality isn't bad, and the stunt guys do good work, so if one dimensional and lots of squibs and blood are fun for you, you may like it. I'm giving up after five bloody episodes.