A doctor dealing with her pregnancy complications must convince a mother to allow her teenager to have an abortion.
But this isnt a 9-5 job andThe Pittisnt an eight episode prestige TV show.
Everyone involved has to endure seven more hours of hellish events that compound the horrors that came before.
Much has been made ofThe Pitts single-day format and pseudo real-time structure.
Yet,The Pittis more than a medical drama.
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That isnt meant to belittle the unique horrorsThe Pitts doctors and their real-life equivalents endure.
The greater purpose is to convey that aforementioned sense of compounding tragedies that can make such daysfeellike this.
The last several years have tested the resiliency and sanity of every right-minded person.
Some have lost everything and many have been forced to process more than they thought they could ever stand.
So, we develop a callus.
This is whereThe Pittperforms its most miraculous trick.
It shows us what heroes look like in such a world.
At least not yet, and at least not entirely.
Its not that we can do exactly what they do.
Even if we had their training, were not TV doctors.
Get enough such people together, though, and things feel different.
How much more can we possibly take?
All signs suggest we havent found out yet.
New episodes of The Pit premiere Thursdays at 9 p.m.
ET on Max, culminating with the finale on April 10.
