“Abbot lands and he’s solely in Season 1 for 4 hours out of the 15, however you come away from it kind of seeing him as an everyday,” Shawn Hatosy says.
That’s definitely true. He’s left his mark on The Pitt sufficient that he’s grow to be a fan-favorite and it’s landed him his first Emmy nomination, for Excellent Visitor Actor in a Drama Sequence. And so TV Insider had him rewatch the finale rooftop scene, wherein Abbot talks Robby (Noah Wyle) down — from nearer to the ledge than the vet had been himself within the premiere — for our newest Scene Research. You possibly can watch that full video above.
As he recollects, that scene within the finale was the third he filmed for the present; it was filmed months forward of the remainder of the episode, so he, Wyle, director John Wells, and author R. Scott Gemmill didn’t even know what was in Robby’s speech.
“It’s actually cool the way in which that John put this scene collectively as a result of it mirrors that first scene the place they by no means actually take a look at one another, I imply, ever,” says Hatosy. “It’s type of a reverse of what was arrange within the first scene, besides now, Robby is actually standing in Abbot’s place, and Noah’s simply doing such stunning work, and the way in which it’s filmed is so incredible since you’re seeing two guys probably not in a position to take a look at one another. Robby doesn’t wish to take a look at him. … It was my objective to get him to take a look at me. So lastly, there’s a second there the place it occurs, and I feel it actually pays off the place they really do make contact. Not straightforward with Robby. He doesn’t like to take a look at you.”
He additionally factors out the work of editor Mark Strand on the scene. (He labored with him beforehand on Animal Kingdom.) “You’re on Noah’s face whereas Abbot is speaking lots, which, numerous the occasions, the selection is perhaps to placed on the individual that’s talking, however it’s actually Robby’s standpoint, and it makes it land a lot extra. The issues that Abbot is saying about, all we may do is give attention to the medication, the medication is what retains us sane, we’re the bees who shield the hive, listening to it in speaker kind, however seeing it on the nice Noah Wyle is a masterclass in directing, enhancing, performing, all of it.”
Hatosy credit Robby Abbot as an equal as a part of the rationale why he’s seen as an everyday presence. “Additionally, he’s introduced in such a method in that first episode, and he palms off the letter, which retains him alive by means of one other episode. He talks concerning the teen, which retains him alive. He talks concerning the Kraken. So though Abbot isn’t there, his expertise is there and what he wants is there,” he notes.
However we nonetheless don’t know a lot about him. He wears a marriage ring, nevertheless it’s from Hatosy we all know that he’s widowed. It’s not till the finale’s final scene within the park that we be taught he has a prosthetic leg when he takes it off to scrub it. “He has his personal hidden trauma,” Hatosy tells us. “There are different issues which are beneath Abbot that we don’t know, that I don’t even know. However they’re there. I do know Scott is aware of what they’re, and they are going to be revealed.”
Once we meet him on the roof within the first episode, he’s “questioning his goal,” explains the actor. “However I feel by means of the mass casualty occasion and seeing a colleague who he has super respect for undergo from fight fatigue in a method which Abbot has seen, after which ushering this fashion of doctoring with the youthful residents and new interns, he understands what his goal is. … There’s super consolation in realizing what your goal is. So I feel that on the finish of this episode, you’re seeing a totally fashioned character in an attention-grabbing method that you simply didn’t anticipate.”
Watch the complete video above with Shawn Hatosy as he breaks down the rooftop scene, takes a take a look at Abbot’s arc, discusses the followers’ love for Abbot/Mohan (Supriya Ganesh), and extra.
The Pitt, Season 2, January 2026, HBO Max