Overview
- The sophomore run premieres Thursday, January 8 at 9pm ET on HBO Max.
- Early critics praise the show’s realism, urgent pacing and ensemble performances, calling it a confident continuation of the Emmy-winning drama.
- Rotten Tomatoes lists a 95% critics’ score ahead of the debut, a snapshot that could shift as more reviews post.
- Season 2 spans a single 15-hour shift set about 10 months after Season 1, preserving the series’ real-time structure.
- Noah Wyle’s Dr. Robby works his last shift before a planned sabbatical as Sepideh Moafi’s Dr. Al-Hashimi steps in, with storylines engaging healthcare issues like AI use and a digital systems outage.