The Pitt, 5:00 P.M

A tense, high-pressure series premiere. While Dr. Robby attempts to distract himself from the anniversary of his mentor's death, Dr. Collins tries to push through her shift with morning sickness.

Robby helps a pair of siblings navigate their elderly father's advance directive. Later, Samira fends off cops targeting a woman with a misunderstood condition.

After Whitaker struggles with a patient, Samira vows to keep him off the path that led to her own problems navigating emergency medicine. Nick Bradley's teen overdose case sets off a powder keg of emotions.

While helping a patient's family cope with loss, Robby struggles with memories of his mentor's final days. As the staff bets on the whereabouts of a stolen ambulance, Santos learns a hard lesson.

Both Santos and Collins deal with their own moral and legal quandaries. Samira's careful approach earns praise from patients and reproach from Robby.

Mel attempts to locate the daughter of an elderly patient as Collins finds herself in the middle of a battle between a pregnant teen, an understanding aunt, and a less forgiving mother.

After attending to a beauty influencer suffering a strange disconnection from reality, Samira pushes against Robby's instructions and follows her own instincts.

Robby attends to an elderly patient in need of a new pacemaker, who reveals his past as a member of Pittsburgh's groundbreaking Freedom House program. Meanwhile, the team tend to a young drowning victim.

After an emotional debrief from Robby on a difficult case, Dana breaks up a waiting room brawl between two moms. Then, Whitaker finds common ground with "The Kraken".

With the Pitt understaffed, Robby looks to his team to pick up the slack. While Whitaker supports the wife of a burn victim, Samira takes the lead on a young gamer who suffered a stroke.

As Collins guides a surrogate through a difficult delivery, Robby does his best to keep a developing staffing situation under wraps. Meanwhile, McKay confronts her ex's overstepping girlfriend.