Overview
- The new season premieres Thursday, Jan. 8 at 9 p.m. ET on HBO Max, with weekly episodes through April 16.
- Set 10 months after Season 1, the drama again unfolds hour by hour across a single 15-hour ER shift on the Fourth of July.
- Sepideh Moafi joins as attending physician Dr. Baran Al-Hashimi as Dr. Robby prepares a three-month sabbatical, with Noah Wyle, Katherine LaNasa and Patrick Ball returning.
- Reviews praise the show’s realism and performances, noting storylines that engage current healthcare debates including AI in charting, clinician burnout and sexual-assault forensic care.
- Noah Wyle continues as series lead and expands his off-screen roles, returning as a writer, co-producer and director to help maintain the show’s tone and pace.