‘The Pitt’ Star Eyes Season 3 Return And Exciting New Storyline

The Pitt Season 2 has come to a close and Sepideh Moafi has delivered a downright brilliant first-season arc as Dr. Baran Al-Hashimi. She kicked off her run in the series by swooping into the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center Emergency Department to cover for Dr. Robby (Noah Wyle) during his upcoming sabbatical. Rather than wait for Robby to give her the lay of the land, Dr. Al-Hashimi jumps in feet first, immediately inserting herself into the goings-on at the hospital. As Moafi herself put it, “It was set up for her to disrupt the rhythm of this established hospital. Dr. Robby is America’s golden boy, or the world’s, really, golden boy, so anyone who comes in his path is going to be scrutinized to a certain degree.”

In the early episodes of Season 2, she was indeed scrutinized — by Dr. Robby and the colleagues that would eventually have to work under her on the show, and also by The Pitt fans concerned about Dr. Al-Hashimi upending the ED foundation and group dynamic established during the events of Season 1. Over the course of the day, strengths and weaknesses are unearthed, but perhaps more important than anything, so is her purpose: “Delivering and finding ways within this broken system to find creative solutions to deliver the best quality care for patients.” Moafi added another concept inspired by Toni Morrison that she held especially tight to; “If you are free, your job is to free somebody else. If you have some power, then you need to empower somebody else.” Dr. Al-Hashimi abides by those principles every step of the way in The Pitt Season 2, and at the end of the season, it’s revealed that while working toward those goals, she’s also trying to figure out how to live her life and do her work with a seizure disorder.

With all of The Pitt Season 2 now available to watch on HBO Max, Moafi carved out the time for a Collider Ladies Night conversation to revisit her journey to the hit medical drama and also her experience making Dr. Al-Hashimi’s Season 2 arc feel especially full. On top of that, Moafi also took a moment to look to the future. While we still don’t know if Moafi will continue on with the show, she certainly has some powerful ideas for where the writers could take her character in Season 3.

It’s a Challenge to Find Room for Dr. Al-Hashimi Alongside Dr. Robby

“Regardless of what they do with the character, I will still find my ways of exploring all of those qualities even deeper.”

The Pitt is a writing feat. Not only must the writers craft meaningful storylines that speak to their characters’ past, present and future over the course of just a single day, but they have to do that for a rather large ensemble. “It’s tricky with this show. There are so many storylines.” Moafi continued:

“This character has just been such, I’m gonna sound cheesy here, but an honor to be able to live inside of her and learn from her and feel her struggle, feel her pain, and feel her pride and feel her tenacity, and her rigor and her devotion and her selflessness. I could go on and on. So, regardless of what they do with the character, I will still find my ways of exploring all of those qualities even deeper and deeper.”

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While The Pitt is an ensemble series, it most certainly has a lead character in Noah Wyle’s Dr. Robby, and given the fact that Dr. Al-Hashimi is also an attending, her involvement poses a challenging balancing act for the writers.

“It’s complicated because the show is centered around him, and even just bringing in another attending has created a complication for maintaining that dynamic. So, regardless of what happens with the character, I will still be fighting for her dignity. I will still be honoring her living legacy. It’s honestly been one of the joys of my career to be able to do this.”

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Sepideh Moafi’s Dream Scene for ‘The Pitt’ Season 3

“I think that is a really potent conversation to have on camera.”

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While we wait for the official word on whether Dr. Al-Hashimi is going to return, Moafi was happy to whip up a personal dream scene for Season 3.

“I would love to see a scene or something about all of the women in medicine talking and sharing their experiences, because I’ve had so many powerful conversations in powerful communities of healthcare workers, women in medicine, and the kinds of stories that I’ve heard about the system, obviously, but their own personal experiences and discrimination, and just how this world in many ways is way behind in the times for women, and the kind of misogyny they’ve had to navigate, I think that is a really potent conversation to have on camera. I would love, love, for Dr. Al-Hashimi to bestow her experience and wisdom, especially onto the younger generation of up-and-coming doctors.”

Looking for even more from Moafi on her experience joining the cast of The Pitt and her stellar scenes in the Season 2 finale? You can find just that in her full Collider Ladies Night interview in the video at the topic of this article.

Release Date

January 9, 2025

Network

Max

Showrunner

R. Scott Gemmill

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  Noah Wyle

  Dr. Michael ‘Robby’ Robinavitch

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  Tracy Ifeachor

  Dr. Heather Collins

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