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Even with season 2 being over, HBO's 'The Pitt' still ranks #1 overall streaming show in the U.S. While welcoming in and out new cast members throughout the season, the finale episode introduced one of its newest members, Jona Xiao. Jona joined the ensemble in the final episode of the season, marking her debut on the series as OB Nurse Sam Garvin, a character embedded in the high-stakes, real-time intensity that has made the show a breakout hit with both audiences and critics alike.

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00:00Now, this is how good the pity is. When you're sitting at home and you're watching it and you're like,
00:05what's a trigonometry?
00:12Like you're watching the show and pulling up your phone like she did say a bipolar something, something, something.
00:19Preeclampsia, like all these like drugs as well, like the medical, like the pharmaceutical drugs. Yeah.
00:26So how do you hop on a rocket that's already out of space?
00:32That's a great analogy. That is how it felt like this is the most popular, biggest show I've ever booked
00:39before.
00:40And so to step onto a set where like there's so many established, amazing cast and crew members, it was
00:48a little intimidating at first.
00:49It really was. Everyone there from Noah Wiley to the to our director, John Wells, who's also a producer.
00:57There's from top down, like this sense of kindness, like this prevalence of kindness on set.
01:03So I think that made it a lot more welcoming. And then I did a lot of research in terms
01:08of the terms, what they meant as an OB nurse,
01:11how I'm hearing it, trying to save the life, like we're trying to protect the life of both the baby
01:16and the mother.
01:18So that's a unique perspective that I get to bring into the storyline, which is really fun to take ownership
01:24of that.
01:25And also we were sent a really, really graphic C-section video.
01:30And I was like, oh, oh, cool.
01:34I was like, dang.
01:36So we were, I think preparation was really key to be able to, I wanted to like just honor the
01:43writing, the story,
01:44like the beautiful characters that have already been created.
01:48And I was really excited to get to play Sam Garvin.
01:52I think what's dope when they implement new cast slash new cast members.
01:57And if you are a real fan of the show, the littlest thing from episode one will still be in
02:04episode six.
02:05Yeah.
02:06They're so good with the Easter eggs and everything.
02:08And like just the continuity of the story.
02:10The randomest person in the waiting room is the randomest person in the final episode.
02:16And you, and you, you really don't pay attention.
02:19But then when you do start to pay attention, you're like, I really can't not pay attention to every single
02:26detail.
02:26When you prep for this, because it is a moving rocket, what were the most three priorities to you?
02:33Was it terminology, your comfortability, cast members?
02:39Was it, okay, let me, let me get around the cast and feel them to find my, like, how do
02:44you, how do you navigate what makes you comfortable within that space because of the notoriety of the show?
02:51Yeah, so a few different things from, my number one priority when I step on a set is to do
02:58a good job, like in terms of my role as an actor.
03:01So I think the research on the, all the different terminology and the stakes and what's actually happening and the
03:09human and the human side of it.
03:10Like figuring out, like, how am I feeling during all this?
03:13Because as, you know, playing this medical professional, that's like, hey, we're here to save lives.
03:18How am I thinking?
03:19How am I feeling?
03:20Like getting really clear by doing some of the solo prep work first.
03:23And then I also strive to be someone on a set, like I'm, I love being a team player.
03:29I love collaborating with people and it helps me feel less nervous when I feel like I know the people
03:34a little bit better.
03:35So what I'll do is actually I'll research, you know, the director, the talent.
03:40And if there's something we share in common, I might bring it up and it makes me feel like, oh,
03:44I kind of already know these people.
03:46And it makes it easier for us like to gel even better as a team.
03:51And so I think that was a really cool part two and is like dramatic as the show is.
03:58And obviously there's some really hilarious moments, like the trailer for the season finale has like the no shit constipation
04:04joke, which is great.
04:06So obviously there's comedy and levity on the show, but the cast is so funny.
04:11Like between takes, it was like Aisha, myself, Luke, and a few of their cast.
04:17We started to do, we started to freestyle rap just for fun.
04:25Okay.
04:26Yeah, it was not my idea.
04:27It was my first, maybe my first and possibly last time I will ever attempt.
04:32But they were so encouraging.
04:34So you're not a battle rapper.
04:36You're not a battle rapper.
04:37No, no, no, no, not at all.
04:39Sam Garvin does not battle rap at all.
04:41But like, that's just the kind of like fun, like family feel that I really felt on the pit.
04:47I felt so included.
04:49And so a part of this like beautiful night crew.
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