Why There’s No Romance on ‘The Pitt’ — Will That Change in Season 2?

Most medical dramas, in addition to the medicine and patients, include a somewhat heavy focus on the doctors and nurses’ personal lives, including romances among the staff. But not The Pitt (just one of many reasons why this is the best show of the year). And based on what executive producer and writer R. Scott Gemmill says, that’s going to continue.

“If you’ve ever been in an ER, it’s not maybe the most romantic place you’d go for a hookup. You’d have to be in a real certain state, I think,” he tells TV Insider. “It was a byproduct of what the show is essentially. It’s all set in the ER, and it takes place over 15 hours. So how much can you do within that 15 hours in terms of say, Javadi [Shabana Azeez] meeting somebody or somebody new? It takes usually more than a 15-hour workday to create a relationship. So, we may hint at things moving forward, but we’re not going to find anyone having sex in a broom closet any time soon.”