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If ever there was a lull in the typical chaos of an emergency room that could qualify as the calm before the storm, it would be the 10 o'clock hour atPittsburgh Trauma Medical Centeron July 4.

On"The Pitt"Season 2,Episode 4, the doctors and nurses are still unwavering in their care — detecting a heart attack, treating diabetes complications and stopping arterial bleeding. But they have enough of a handle on the typical madness to shift their focus elsewhere: flirting, charting and placing bets.

It's all happening as the staff is anticipating a rush of patients from a nearby hospital forced to close down. Whether that seemingly imminent storm is about to hit, viewers will have to tune intothis week's episodeto find out.

Here's what to know about"The Pitt"Season 2, Episode 5.

Sepideh Moafi steps into "The Pitt" Season 2 as the new attending physician, Dr. Baran Al-Hashimi. Who else is new for Season 2 of HBO Max's Emmy-winning drama? And why are they at the Pittsburgh ER? Find out on January 8.

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Who's new on 'The Pitt' Season 2? Meet Dr. Baran Al-Hashimi and more

Sepideh Moafi steps into "The Pitt" Season 2 as the new attending physician, Dr. Baran Al-Hashimi. Who else is new for Season 2 of HBO Max's Emmy-winning drama? And why are they at the Pittsburgh ER? Find out on January 8.

Review:'The Pitt' is still the absolute best show on television

'The Pitt' Season 2, Episode 4 recap

Potentially thegoriest moment of "The Pitt" Season 2, Episode 4comes when the cocky fourth-year medical student James Ogilvie (Lucas Iverson) gets a humbling lesson about handling foreign objects stuck in the body.

When an unconscious parkour influencer arrives in the ER after falling through a skylight, he appears mostly stable, with no broken bones. But when he begins bleeding from the back, the doctors notice a laceration caused by a piece of glass deep in his skin.

Ogilvie naively attempts to pull it out, causing the artery it was pressuring to gush. His veteran colleagues, including Dr. Michael "Robby" Robinavitch (Noah Wyle) and Dr. Cassie McKay (Fiona Dourif), step in to save the day and contain the bleeding.

Elsewhere in the ER:

• Robby's soon-to-be replacement Dr. Baran Al-Hashimi (Sepideh Moafi) lectures Dr. Trinity Santos (Isa Briones) about her backlog of charts.

• A patient starstruck by the medical influencer "Dr. J," better known as medical student Victoria Javadi (Shabana Azeez), gets relief for her glued-shut eye, losing her eyelashes in the process.

• And Dr. Samira Mohan (Supriya Ganesh) tries to figure out a solution for a middle-aged patient with diabetes complications and no insurance to pay for his visit.

When does new the episode of 'The Pitt' come out?

The new episode of "The Pitt" will air on Thursday, Feb. 5 at 9 p.m. ET.

New episodes are released on Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET on HBO Max.

How to watch 'The Pitt'

"The Pitt" is available to watch on HBO Max, which offers severalsubscription plans, including basic with ads for $10.99/month or $109.99/year.

'The Pitt' episode release schedule

New episodes of "The Pitt" will drop weekly leading up to the season finale on Thursday, April 16. Here's the remaining release schedule for "The Pitt" Season 2:

• Feb. 5: Episode 5

• Feb. 12: Episode 6

• Feb. 19: Episode 7

• Feb. 26: Episode 8

• March 5: Episode 9

• March 12: Episode 10

• March 19: Episode 11

• March 26: Episode 12

• April 2: Episode 13

• April 9: Episode 14

• April 16: Episode 15 (finale)

Melina Khan is a national trending reporter for USA TODAY. She can be reached atmelina.khan@usatoday.com.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:When does 'The Pitt' come out? How to watch Season 2 new episode

What's even weirder is the fact that "Lush Life" was first a hit in 2016, and it's not the first of Larsson's decade-old songs to make a comeback. What's going on here?

The pop singer's career renaissance, which now includes a Grammy nod and amuch-lauded performanceat the ceremony's pre-show, is largely thanks to TikTok. The app's ability to turn a song into a smash hit iswell-documented, but the pop stars randomly selected by the algorithm to have this kind of resurgence are rarely able to capitalize on their 15 minutes of fame. Larson, however, is determined to turn her viral luck into something more enduring.

Who is this person and why are her older songs trending?

Larsson belongs to the class of mid-tier pop star whose songs you definitely recognize, although her face and name may escape you — she's more than a one-hit wonder, but far from a household name. Her big break came in 2008, when, at 10 years old, shewon Sweden's version ofGot Talent.She immediately got a record deal, and as she entered her teenage years, put out a number of hits, including "Ruin My Life" and "Never Forget You."

"I had amazing people who were helping me and have always listened to me, but being 14 in a room full of 40-year-olds, it's kind of impossible to experiment and find out who you are,"she told i-D in 2026.Unsure of what she really wanted her identity and career to look like, Larsson fizzled out, until — completely randomly — a TikTok meme made her relevant again.

In August 2024, a TikToker posted a video of several Lisa Frank-style dolphin images set to Larsson's song with Clean Bandit, "Symphony," with the caption "I'm depressed." The irony of the upbeat visuals and song and the downbeat messagingbecame a meme, and other users began sharing similar posts set to "Symphony" with captions like "I have social anxiety" and "I want to give up with my whole life."

Instead of ignoring the trend's absurdity, Larsson embraced it byposting her own versionwith the caption "What the f*** is happening." Her video's popularity transcended that of the original, and she beganusing dolphin imagery at her concertsand embracing a more beachy style, to better match the meme. She released a new song with this aesthetic, "Midnight Sun," in June 2025, which earned her enough buzz to open for Tate McRae on her Miss Possessive tour, sparking a full resurgence in the U.S. Larsson then embarked on her own tour for her newMidnight Sunalbum. The single earned her adedicated cult following of superfansand is nowat its highest position ever on the Billboard Hot 100.

Larsson's song "Lush Life," similarly, first came out in 2015, and spent weeks slowly rising to its peak at No. 75 on the charts in August 2016. Nearly a decade later, in November 2025, avideo of a teenage fan enthusiastically performingthe song's choreography on stage with Larsson went viral, launching it back into the zeitgeist, where it has once again begun to climb the charts. The dance is now a TikTok trend, and it's at No. 40 on the Hot 100,a new peak position. According to data that TikTok shared with Yahoo, posts using "Lush Life" have exceeded 14.5 billion total views. Following in the path of other pop stars like Sabrina Carpenter and Role Model,who have honed the art of the viral concert stunt, Larsson too brings a fan on stage with her at every show, driving tons of views and chatter on social media.

Larsson is now working on a deluxe edition of her albumMidnight Sunthat's due out in March, and in October, released her biggest hit yet — a collaboration with the internet darling PinkPanthress called "Stateside."In the music video,Larsson acknowledges the popularity of her colorful Y2K aesthetic by swapping it with PinkPanthress' plaid-infused, British one. Her initial nostalgia-driven resurgence might have been a fluke, but her comeback is real.

What does this mean for pop music?

Larsson has recovered from herflop era, a term used to describe the dreaded experience of trying but failing to reclaim your glory days. Dozens of other once-famous pop stars could only dream of the kind of renaissance Larsson has mounted. Working so hard to break out can be seen as cringe, but since Larsson's entire resurgence was absurd, audiences don't see her as a try-hard.

"I've already had success and then my 'flop era.' And then it's like, 'ok, I flopped.' So, it doesn't scare me anymore," Larssontold ABC Newsin December.

Chimene Mantori, the founder of amusic influencer talent agency, tells Yahoo that Larsson didn't exactly fail — she plateaued. But the way the singer handled it could be a blueprint for other artists hoping to finally break out.

"I think audiences are quick to label quiet periods in artists' careers as 'flops,' but music careers aren't linear — they're cyclical, especially in the modern day, where a TikTok trend can suddenly revive a dormant song," Mantori explains. "She's let the audience dictate her direction rather than self-rebranding. She didn't overexplain, she didn't distance herself from memes — she took the moment and ran with it."

A number of singers have broken out of the so-called "Khia Asylum" — that's internet parlance for a lower tier of pop stardom where celebrities are seen as desperately striving for cultural relevance. They toil away putting out music and performing until they find the right combination of good music, iconic style and algorithmic luck to catapult them to stardom. Sabrina Carpenter did it with her bombshell rebrand onShort n' Sweet, Chappell Roan managed it with her embrace of drag aesthetics and undeniable musical prowess with "Good Luck Babe," and Charli xcx had a monumental career breakthrough with her balance of hard-partying and vulnerability onBrat.

They can now welcome Larsson into their ranks. She's now surpassed 50 million monthly Spotify listeners, and she's not losing momentum. Imagine what she could do when her music and aesthetics actually match the weather outside.

"All of her friends are rallying, and know that the way that we can help her is to pray," Jenna Bush Hager said after a segment about the Guthrie family's faith. "Her faith leads us, and Nancy leads us as well."

On Monday night, less than 48 hours after authorities believeNancy Guthrie was abducted from her Arizona home, Savannah Guthrie shared a message on Instagram asking to "please pray."

Her comments have resonated nationwide as local and federal authorities continue to search for her 84-year-old mother, who was reported missing Sunday afternoon from her home outside of Tucson after she did not show up at church.

"We believe in prayer. We believe in voices raised in unison, in love, in hope. We believe in goodness. We believe in humanity. Above all, we believe in Him," Savannah Guthrie wrote in a caption.

On Wednesday, several "TODAY" co-hosts reflected on her message of prayer, including Bush Hager, who revealed that she used to attend church with Savannah Guthrie. Craig Melvin noted that over the last few days, people have "come out of the woodwork" to share they are praying for the Guthrie family — something he said "Savannah and the family needs to hear."

"My pastor used to have this saying years ago," he added. "He's like, it's easy to be faithful when things are going well in your life. It's easy to be faithful when you're at the mountain, top of the mountain, but the God of the mountain is the God of the valley."

Co-host Carson Daly added, "It's easy to be pessimistic and negative at a time like this, but I feel like you have the same option to still think about a positive outcome. I know these hours and days goes by, that feels harder, but we still have that ability. You know, through our faith, think let's get Nancy home."

No suspects have been identified in the investigation that now involves the FBI. The Pima County Sheriff's Department believes Guthrie — who has limited mobility and has no cognitive issues — was taken "possibly in the middle of the night, and that includes possible kidnapping or abduction."

"Thank you for lifting your prayers with ours for our beloved mom, our dearest Nancy, a woman of deep conviction, a good and faithful servant. Raise your prayers with us and believe with us that she will be lifted by them in this very moment," Savannah Guthrie added in her Instagram post Monday. "We need you."

In early 2024, Savannah Guthrie published a memoir, "Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere."

Loyal viewers of the "TODAY" show have previously heard Savannah Guthrie speak about her mother and their shared faith, saying in 2023 that "the greatest gift my mother gave me was faith and belief in God. It changed my whole life."

The family, in which Savannah Guthrie is one of three children, was raised to have deep convictions and faith. That belief proved crucial after Savannah Guthrie's father, Charles Guthrie, died when she was 16.

"I remember being asked by friends, "How can you still believe?" And I remember saying, "Oh, no. This is when I need him the most. I can't lose my dad and lose God at the same time," Savannah Guthrie said on air in 2024.

During a tribute to her mother on her 80th birthday, Savannah Guthrie called her a "woman of great faith" and described her as an inspiration. The inspiration continued to Savannah Guthrie's own children, as she previously said on air that she believes it is her "job to tell my kids about the God that I know, but then God has to do the rest when they grow up, it's theirs to choose."