Before Season 2’s Fourth of July shift, she had been seizure-free for more than a year. But during the stressful shift, she experienced two absence seizures, which present as brief lapses of consciousness.<\/p>\n
Toward the end of the conversation, Robby asks what her options and next steps are. She lists out a possible change in her medication, a surgery or a device implantation.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou need to disclose this,\u201d Robby says.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know. I have a plan,” she responds.<\/p>\n
Below, Moafi discusses that conversation with Robby and reveals more of her character’s backstory, clearing up some of the mystery surrounding the Pitt’s new attending ahead of tonight’s season finale.<\/p>\n
This interview has been lightly edited for clarity.<\/p>\n
I want to start with that conversation with Robby and how she immediately lists out her options. <\/p>\n
She has it all mapped out.<\/p>\n
What does that show about her, now that we’re seeing something that’s going on in personal life compared to how she’s dealing with patients?<\/p>\n
I think that shows so much of her character, which is grounded in control and precision and preparation. She tries to find all the spaces and all the ways that she can prepare and have control because of this condition. And because of some of the environments that she’s worked in\u00a0\u2014 there’s absolutely no control. I think it shows a lot about who she is also in being so forthcoming about her condition and and that she seeks help, she needs help, and she’s honest about it.<\/p>\n
There’s a brief moment where she does hide because she’s caught off guard. She hasn’t has had a seizure in more than a year, and then she has two, and so she’s trying to process what’s happening to her. Then when she finally has a moment, within a span of an hour and a half or so, she finally gets her ducks in a row and comes to the person that that she, in that moment, trusts or wants to trust, wants to build a closeness and connection with: Dr. Robby. <\/p>\n
She’s tried to appeal to Dr. Robby through medicine from personal angle and now she’s trying to appeal to him and his heart through her wound, because she sees his wound, too. So it’s an opportunity to get closer and and have connection, maybe from all the pain and PTSD that we’ve both had.<\/p>\n
It backfires. Pretty badly.<\/p>\n
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Sepideh Moafi as Dr. Al-Hashimi in Season 2, Episode 15 of “The Pitt,” which airs April 16.Warrick Page \/ HBO MaxDo you think she treats and has treated her own condition like a doctor?<\/p>\n
Yeah, I think it’s been a driving force in her life to find ways, solutions, even when they don’t exist. I think that’s what drove her to go into clinical informatics, which is data science and research for the advancement of medicine. And I think her own condition, being a lifelong patient, obviously informs her approach to this. <\/p>\n
She’s always been so rigorous and hands on and tried to stay ahead of the game in terms of prevention. For anybody who suffers these types of seizures, or any types of seizures, you know that it’s not under your control. There are ways to mitigate, there are ways to manage, but ultimately the body finds creative ways of getting around whatever medicine or whatever treatment you’ve gotten. She had laser ablation therapy, which worked for 12 years. She’s been on countless meds \u2014 it’s been a lifelong journey for her.<\/p>\n