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They say you’ve got the option to’t go home again.

But don’t tellNoah Wylethat.

But the memories, he says, came flooding back even before filming began.

The Awardist composite with Noah Wyle in The Pitt and Nate Bargatze on the Oscars red carpet.

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It’s been the most synchronistic sense of completion [and] closure experience from the jump."

Having starred on 254 episodes of a medical drama didn’t deter Wyle from returning to the genre.

Gemmill had just wrapped up a 14-season run as EP and showrunner ofNCIS: Los Angeles.

Noah Wyle as Doctor John Carter on “ER”; Noah Wyle on The Pitt

Noah Wyle as Dr. John Carter on ‘ER’ and as Dr. Robby on ‘The Pitt’.Patrick Ecclesine/NBCU Photo Bank; MAX

And Wells didn’t have “anything else to prove in television.

So, we were very conscious of what we had to risk in this endeavor.”

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He realized the risk was paying off when he saw an edit of the first episode.

Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox sit in a hospital room, speaking to guest stars George Clooney and Noah Wyle from ‘ER’ in a still from the television series, ‘Friends,’ circa 1996

All the while, he and his team are saving lives while also, inevitably, losing some.

“Those were the championship rounds.

“It just was easier to stay in it than to try and come out of it.

Noah Wyle plays Dr. Robby on ‘The Pitt’

My wife and children were really compassionate and understanding and supportive all the way through.

And so, that’s what she did.”

Earlier episodes packed emotional punches of different kinds, including episode 4, one of two that Wyle wrote.

Noah Wyle in The Pitt Season 1 - Episode 15

Noah Wyle on ‘The Pitt’.Warrick Page/Max

In writing it, Wyle paid tribute to his grandfather.

And then he smiled and he just went away.'”

Wyle took note and added that extra touch to the character’s final moments.

Noah Wyle, Gerran Howell on The Pitt Season 1 - Episode 14

Noah Wyle and Gerran Howell on ‘The Pitt’.Warrick Page/Max

How’s she going to feel?'

And she turned to me and she just smiled.

So, the point is to make these connections.

The Pitt still. (Season 1 - Episode 4) - Mackenzie Astin, Rebecca Tilney, Noah Wyle.

Rebecca Tilney, Mackenzie Astin, and Noah Wyle on ‘The Pitt’ episode 4.Warrick Page/Max

The point is to aim for hearts and connect them to each other."

Plus, we discussNate Bargatze being named host of the 2025 Emmys.