Why ‘The Pitt’ Rewrote Its Most-Hated Character Mid-Season

Warrick Page / Courtesy HBO MaxThe Pitt has leaned headfirst into politics and controversial subject matter during its second season. But it saved its biggest course-correcting rewrite for a single character.Student Dr. James Olgivie joined the HBO Max medical drama’s Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center in Season 2 as a fourth-year medical student, and immediately drew the ire of fans for his know-it-all personality and judgmental demeanor with patients.