Noah Wyle The Pitt Season 2 End Interview: Mental Health, Real Robby
[The following story contains spoilers from the season two finale of HBO Max’s The Pitt, “9:00 p.m.”] The Pitt season two finale conversation between Shawn Hatosy’s Dr. Jack Abbot and Noah Wyle‘s Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch about their respective mental health struggles is not the first time that the two close friends and fellow attending physicians have talked about suicide. In fact, the topic comes up just minutes into the series’ first episode as Robby finds Abbot on the roof and jokes that jumping on his shift would be “rude.” Later in the first season, it’s Robby who’s up on the roof as Abbot tries to reassure him while Robby’s crying and talking about how he let himself and his staff down. Though both Robby and Abbot walk out of the hospital together at the end of season one, it was that moment that planted the seeds in Wyle’s mind for Robby’s suicidal thoughts in season two. “What would happen if Abbot hadn’t come back? If Abbot hadn’t stepped out and talked Robby down at …
