The Watchers

We’re kicking off Season 2 of The Pitt with our recap of Episode 1, "7:00 AM." Jodie and Andrea break down a premiere that’s as confident, efficient, and compelling as we’d hoped. Last season’s newbies feel more settled, Robby’s glasses make a strong case for themselves, and finally, we get our Jersey connection. New faces, old friends, and some subtle choices that hint at where The Pitt Season 2 might be headed.
Join us every Monday for the next 15 weeks as The Watchers break down each episode of The Pitt, the HBO Max medical drama from Noah Wyle and the team behind ER, which, by the way, is just a coincidence.
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Everyone's new favorite Pittsburgh-based medical drama, The Pitt, is back for season 2 and yinz KNOW Jodie and Andrea couldn't resist a show about some overworked, highly competent folks who love each other but don't always know how to express it and share a wicked sense of gallows humor. We're recapping season 1, and then we'll be back every week to check in on our second shift at Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center.
Recommended Reading:
Bury Me in The Pitt - Kathryn VanArendonk
Nothing Sounds as Good as The Pitt - Jeremy D. Larson
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This week on The Watchers, Andrea and Jodie finish up our Pluribus recap with episodes 7, 8, and 9. The hive mind plays hot and cold with the unjoined. Carol tries to make a friend. We get to see a dog! We talk isolation, loneliness, belonging. Communication barriers, trust, investigation. It''s all in here. What a show, huh? What a season.
Next week, we scale our problems down to one single shift, in one emergency department, in one hospital, in one city. Ahead of its season 2 premiere (January 8th), we’re recapping season 1 of the tense and unsentimental, deeply compassionate and totally human, medical drama The Pitt.
The basketball video Andrea mentioned: https://youtu.be/vJG698U2Mvo
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It's that time of year again! We're looking back on 2025 and sharing what we loved the most. This year, Andrea loved too many things to narrow her list down, so she's fully cheating and sharing a bunch of stuff in a variety of categories (Check out her music playlist here). Jodie took the opposite approach and went SO specific. Between the two of them, you should have plenty to fill the liminal space that is December 26th through, let's say, January 5th. Check below for a list of all of our recommendations.
What Jodie Loved in 2025
Taskmaster
Game Changer: “One Year Later”
British crime shows, in general
“Niche crafting shows and their watching culture.”
The Pitt season 1
Honorable Mentions:
Choreography and Merriment
And this friendly reminder
What Andrea Loved in 2025
Comedy specials
Atsuko Okatsuka: Father
Robby Hoffman: Wake Up
An Intimate Evening with Adam Pally
DROPOUT PRESENTS:
Aparna Nancherla: Hopeful Potato
Demi Adejuyigbe: Is Going to Do One (1) Backflip
Cameron Esposito: Four Pills
Documentaries
John Candy: I Like Me
Thank You Very Much
Come See Me in the Good Light
Deaf President Now

Music
Pool Kids: Easier Said Than Done
The Wonder Years: Burst & Decay (Volume III)
Motion City Soundtrack: The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World
Hayley Williams: Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party
The Starting Line: Eternal Youth
Algernon Cadwallader: Trying Not to Have a Thought
PUP: Who Will Look After the Dogs?
Anxious: Bambi
Gully Boys: Gully Boys

The Business Casual Show

The concept: livestreaming live improv

This week on The Watchers, Andrea and Jodie break down episodes 4, 5, and 6 of Pluribus. Carol starts testing the hive mind and catches a bad case of FOMO. We get into resistance vs. assimilation, art in a flattened world, whether or not it counts as consent if you have to split hairs, and this show’s careful mix of dread, slapstick, and quiet humanity.
Next week, we’re bringing you our 2025 edition of our yearly “What We Loved” series. And then, we’ll be back to review the last three episodes of season 1 of Pluribus.
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Andrea on Instagram (@AQAndreaQ)
Jodie on Instagram (@jodie_mim)
Thanks to Kitzy (@heykitzy) for the use of our theme song, "No Book Club."