"Set 10 months after the events of the first installment, season 2 takes place on the Fourth of July - typically a very busy day for emergency rooms across the country, for obvious reasons - and follows the same real-time structure, with each episode depicting one hour in a single 15-hour shift. (So far, it's only 10 a.m., so presumably most of the fireworks-related injuries will start rolling in later in the season.)"
"No, the problem isn't the real-time pacing; it's the fact that, as it does with nearly all of its original programming, HBO is rolling out season 2 on a weekly basis instead of releasing the entire season all at once. That's what they did with season 1 too, but the show took a while to find its way into the zeitgeist, gaining popularity through word of mouth after the season had already aired."
Season 1 of The Pitt won major awards including the Emmy and Golden Globe and several acting honors for Noah Wyle. Season 2 has so far failed to connect with audiences three episodes in. Viewers commonly describe the plot as uninteresting, slow, corny, or a "nothingburger" on social media. The season is set 10 months later on the Fourth of July and retains the real-time format, with each episode covering one hour of a 15-hour shift. The primary issue for viewers is HBO's weekly release schedule, which prevents binge momentum and makes the pacing feel slow and counterintuitive.
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