The season finale of HBO’s medical drama “The Pitt” has sparked a divide among viewers, pitting the show’s gritty medical realism against a vocal online fan base that is calling the latest plot points discriminatory.

The drama has tackled controversial storylines in previous episodes, but it now faces criticism from viewers on social media who argue the show’s focus on realism conflicts with expectations around diversity and inclusion.

At the center of the controversy is Hollywood veteran Noah Wyle, with some viewers calling his character’s focus on patient safety discriminatory and others directing criticism at the actor himself.

The Season 2 finale saw months of tension culminate in a confrontation between Wyle’s character, Dr. Robby, and a female colleague who revealed she had been hiding a serious seizure disorder. When Wyle’s character argued she was unfit to run a high-pressure ER, some social media critics accused the show of ableism.

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“I just don’t understand why he’s so against disabled people being able to work when they’ve been cleared to do so,” one online post said.

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However, other viewers took to X to defend the show, pointing to the high stakes of emergency medicine. One post with more than 1.2 million views warned about the danger of a doctor seizing while a patient is paralyzed for intubation.

Another viral post added, “It’s so funny that ‘The Pitt’ fandom is unironically like ‘it’s actually fine for an ER doctor to have uncontrolled seizures, it’s fine if it happens while she’s in someone’s chest cavity or intubating them, because of woke.’”