“The Pitt” Season 2 finale will finally bring answers to what is going on with new attending Dr. Baran Al-Hashimi.
The first episode of the season ended on a still-unresolved cliffhanger when Dr. Al-Hashimi stares blankly at the baby that was abandoned at the hospital, prompting Dr. Mohan (Supriya Ganesh) to ask if she’s OK.
Now, in an exclusive clip from the Season 2 finale shared with TODAY.com, viewers have an answer.
Played by Sepideh Moafi, the new emergency department doctor is set to take over for Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch as he goes on a long-anticipated sabbatical. In an effort to learn the ropes and pass the reins, Al-Hashimi worked alongside Robby during his last shift, set on the Fourth of July and chronicled hourly across Season 2’s 15 episodes.
While Al-Hashimi and Robby got off on the wrong foot, their mutual competence in emergency situations has turned to respect, and in the final moments of the season’s penultimate episode, she asked for his perspective on a case.
Al-Hashimi pulls Robby into a room and pulls up a chart.
“Patient is a 40-year-old female with a history of seizure disorder for the past 35 years,” Robby begins, continuing to read off details from the chart before his voice trails off.
“Baran, is this you?” he eventually asks, before the episode ends.
In a clip from Episode 15, picking up right where things left off, Dr. Al-Hashimi opens up about her past medical history and what it might mean for her future at the Pitt.
“It began after a bad case of viral meningitis when I was 5,” she tells Robby of her experience with seizures. “They tried every anti-seizure medication, but I still had episodes every few months or so.”
“No one’s ever noticed before. They just think I’m thoughtful,” Al-Hashimi added.
This confirms that the two moments in Season 2 when Al-Hashimi seemingly “spaced out” were actually seizures, likely absence seizures, which present as sudden, seconds-long lapses in consciousness.
Robby, seemingly still processing the information, asks if she’s able to drive. Al-Hashimi says after a laser ablation to her temporal lobe 12 years ago, plus medication, she’s been “seizure-free,” “cleared by neurology to drive and work as an attending.”
“How long between the seizure you had today and the last one?” Robby asks.
“It’s been well over a year,” she responds.
“But I had two today,” she continues, starting to tear up.
“I don’t know why. It could be sleep deprivation, new job stress,” she adds. “I haven’t had to deal with peds cases since Afghanistan.”
Earlier in the season, it was revealed that Al-Hashimi worked as a physician in Kabul, Afghanistan, and survived a 2020 terror attack on the maternity ward of Dasht-e-Barchi hospital, which seemed to partially explain her reaction to baby Jane Doe.
Speaking bluntly, Robby asks what her options and next steps are.
Al-Hashimi says she could increase or change her medication, but if that doesn’t work, she’d have to get surgery or a device implant.
“You need to disclose this,” Robby says.
“I know,” she responds. “I have a plan.”
What exactly that plan is will hopefully be revealed in the rest of tonight’s finale, which is set to hit HBO Max at 9 p.m. ET.
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