New Amsterdam Ep 1-10

Dr. Max Goodwin

Role: Attending Physician in Emergency and Internal Medicine, specializing in Infectious Diseases, & Newly appointed Medical Director at New Amsterdam Medical Center

Married to Georgia Goodwin (pregnant)

Has throat cancer (diagnosed by Dr. Sharpe)

Sister, Luna Goodwin, died from the same hospital he works at (his point of motivation to help)

Dr. Helen Sharpe

Role: Board certified physician and former Chair of Hematology & Oncology and Deputy Medical Director

Someone you would consider a "celebrity doctor” who promotes the hospital on television

Spent little time in the hospital prior

Dr. Lauren Bloom

Role: Head of the Emergency Department at New Amsterdam

Suggested to remove the waiting room in Episode 1

Was in a casual relationship with Dr. Reynolds

Dr. Iggy Frome

Role: Chief of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health and a psychiatrist

Works closely with colleague Dr. Kapoor in handling cases

Has a husband and 4 adopted children

Dr. Vijay Kapoor

Role: Head of Neurology and neurologist

Works closely with colleague Dr. Frome

Has a son who is a recovering drug addict (Clean for 1 year)

Dr. Floyd Reynolds

Role: Chair of General Surgery formerly Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery

In a casual relationship with Dr. Bloom

The only doctor from the original Cardiac Surgical Department to not get fired

Currently dating Evie

Ep1 New director

Max Goodwin, an attending physician, becomes the new director of New Amsterdam

He wants to change the entire system of the hospital to be patient-centered by asking the doctors what they need to help them do so.

Fires the entire Cardiac Surgery Dept. (because they're money hungry).

Meets up with stakeholders (doctors, employees, funders) to ask for their input.

We see these changes implemented in the end (removal of the waiting room, for instance).

Ep1 Ebola

A random child (from Liberia) is admitted to the Emergency Department, suspected of carrying Ebola.

After a report, they suspected that ISIS had sent one of their followers (the boy) infected with the Ebola virus (a terrorist attempt)

The child is labelled a terror suspect despite being tricked into going to America with no intention of doing such.

The child ends up getting better (after almost dying) and turns out he isn't carrying Ebola but the Lassa virus, a relief for Dr. Bloom, who thought she contracted it

Ep1 misdiagnosis

Dr. Kapoor is handling a patient (Patricia) and conducting a series of tests.

She was misdiagnosed with depression (being prescribed medication for it), leading to a misdiagnosis of Parkinson's (prescribed another medication).

The chain moves further with medication on top of medication

In the end, it turned out that her actual problem was her immune system fighting a tumor (that nobody could see).

She doesn't have much time (will die) because healing her would trigger a cardiac arrest and kill her

She is an illegal immigrant and wants to be back home with her family, but the risk is getting arrested.

In the end, she chooses to return to her family (with help from Dr. Max's connections) she is able to without being arrested.

Ep1 Foster and trauma

A teenager named Jemma has been seeing Dr. Frome relating to behavioral issues.

She doesn't want to return to foster care, but her journal hints at one foster home that ended up being quite good to her.

After meeting up with the daughter of the kind foster mother (who wasn't so good to the daughter) the daughter hesitates to adopt Jemma due to issues with her mother.

Frome leaves the journal for the daughter to read.

In the end, it is implied that Jemma might have been adopted by the daughter of the kind foster mother (after meeting up and talking about stuff).

Ep1 Goodwin update

His wife gets sent to a hospital, and they thought they had a miscarriage (they didn't)

In the end, he reminisces about the old hospital room his sister died in years ago. He feels hopeful for the future of the hospital

Ep2 max health check

Max requests Dr. Sharpe's help him find out what may be wrong with his health.

As it turns out, Dr. Sharpe informs Max that he has cancer and urges him to inform his wife about it.

Ep2 boy and medications

Dr. Frome and Dr. Kapoor work together to address a boy who is noticeably withdrawn and quiet.

Dr. Frome finds out that the boy has been taking multiple different medications and proposes that he stop taking all of them instead of adding another prescription.

They end up going to court, as if the boy stops taking all his prescribed pills, he will no longer be admitted to his school, as per the rules of the state.

This was due to an incident that happened in school, where the boy was seen out of context beating his schoolmate.

We find out later that his feelings have been made numb by the medication, and for all this time has unresolved issues in terms of blaming himself for his father's death (who had a heart attack)

His beating a fellow schoolmate was because he was provoked and bullied rather than a random lash out.

They end up winning the case, and the child can continue attending school without taking the medication.

Ep2 surgery and ritual

Floyd has a patient who needs to undergo a risky surgery; however, the patient requests that her family perform a protection ritual before she undergoes surgery.

The ritual requires a blade cutting through the person's skin and herbs being rubbed into it.

Seeing as there was a problem with the surgical department always having infection rates, Floyd refuses the request.

However, as they wheel the patient in for surgery, every time, the patient either faints or needs to be resuscitated, as if forces are wishing that she undergo the ritual.

After being convinced by Dr. Max and his colleagues, Floyd puts aside his personal beliefs and allows the patient to undergo the ritual under his watch.

This finally allows them to get the patient to surgery without any forces stopping her.

Floyd successfully performs the surgery and realizes that he has his own subconscious rituals; it's a matter of respecting the patient and putting their needs first above one's own biases.

Ep3 dean "fires" max

Dean is scolding him for cutting the cardiovascular surgery department (which brings the most money), overhiring attendings, and setting aside residents

Max tells the dean that his "changes" aren't working

Dean gives him 3 months to fix the hospital, otherwise he's fired

Ep3 prisoner care

All patients are prisoners from Rikers Island

Ep3 ryland

A woman who has massive funding wanted to fund medical care in honor of her husband, Arthur

Results in donating to Rikers Island instead of caring for incarcerated patients, like mothers and mentally disordered individuals

Ep3 DeMarco Graverobber

Claims to have lost Maddy, his fiancée. However, it is revealed that she was alive this whole time

Ran away from his holding room

Can't feel his arms, and believes he is invisible. They conclude that he might believe he is dead

Ep3 Janelle

Pregnant

RBCs breaking down, liver issues

Formerly went in foster care, refuses to deliver, since her baby will enter the same system

She wants to give birth after she's released from prison (6 weeks)

Ep4 homeless stranger

Max suggests they visit the hospital so her infected foot can be checked and possibly treated.

The stranger strongly refused, and Max left.

Max goes outside the hospital at the height of hospital hours to treat the woman's foot.

Max treats the woman, and she mentions her name is Faye. She also asks if he can help his very sick brother, to which he agrees.

Ep4 Iggy community garden

Iggy talks to Dr. Kapoor about his community garden project being approved.

Iggy finds out the sponsor is Volt Cola, a cola company that attempts to defeat public health legislation.

Iggy talks to Lauren, who is against the sponsorship of Volt Cola and encourages him to consider its impact on childhood obesity in the hospital.

Dr. Kapoor sends children from the ED to the Psychology/children's area due to overcapacity. Dr. Kapoor mentions to Iggy that Volt Cola constructed public areas in his country, making Iggy reconsider his decision to terminate the project funding.

While talking to Jemma, Iggy sees sprouting plants on the rooftop, giving him an idea.

After ending her appointment with Tianna, Dr. Sharpe finds the crew planting and having a small celebration on the rooftop.

Ep4 Lauren ibuprofen

Floyd sees Lauren taking medication, and she mentions it's just ibuprofen.

Lauren's ibuprofen pills got lost.

Lauren becomes agitated in finding her lost meds, and she notices Casey, a nurse, is unusually energetic.

Lauren confirms if Casey did take her pills, to which he energetically agrees whilst carrying a patient.

Lauren reveals to Casey that it wasn't Ibuprofen, but Adderall, and reveals she has ADHD. Casey states she is killing herself for her job.

Ep4 Mateo Aortic Aneurysm

Initial EMS diagnosis: acute onset of tearing chest pain

The patient then responds, diagnosing that it's an aortic aneurysm.

Floyd finds out it's Dr. Fernandez from Baptist, a cardiothoracic surgeon.

Dr. Fernandez was sedated and sent for surgery.

Dr. Bloom pressures Dr. Reynolds to hurry up with his surgery, with the number of queued patients who equally need surgical intervention.

Being needed by Vance, Floyd leaves Mateo under Dr. Nottingham's care.

Ep4 Max carcinoma

Max gets his face and chest mold for his chemo and radiation treatment.

Ep4 Monaghan Guillain-Barré syndrome

Dr. Kapoor and Dr. Kao get to their next patient, Mrs. Monaghan, who feels 'dizzy'.

Her CT scans and preliminary tests all tested normal.

The patient refuses to elaborate on her definition of 'dizzy', prompting Dr. Kapoor to leave for another patient and give her time to think of what she means by 'dizzy'.

Dr. Kapoor finds Dr. Fulton, the dean, talking to Mrs. Monaghan. Dr. Kapoor asks her again what she means by 'dizzy'.

Mrs. Monaghan finally describes what she feels in relation to 'dizzy', and Dr. Kapoor gives her the diagnosis of having Guillain-Barré syndrome.

Ep4 Jemma Foster home

Iggy tells Jemma that Blanca's background check came back clean, one step closer to her getting foster care.

Jemma gets emotional and asks why the site visit has been pushed back for another few months, and is worried that things will go wrong.

Iggy tells Jemma to first look into facts over feelings that make her anxious.

Ep4 Tianna Ewing's Sarcoma

Dr. Sharpe gets a specimen from Tianna, whose parents want to know if she has cancer again.

Tianna asks, "What is it like when you die?"

Dr. Sharpe talks to Tianna's parents and confirms her cancer is back, mentioning that it's Ewing's Sarcoma, an extremely aggressive type of cancer.

The parents ask if there are any potential clinical trials she can participate in, to which Dr. Sharpe promptly states that there aren't any due to her young age

Dr. Sharpe suggests they should discuss palliative care options.

Dr. Sharpe makes the decision to be the one to tell Tianna about the cancer.

Ep4 Vance Histoplasmosis

Max suggests they go to the hospital because of how serious the fungal infection is; he thinks Faye's brother has.

Paul, one of her brothers, strongly opposed it because of how badly they went into debt and became homeless with their late mom's treatment.

Vance also refuses, and Max leaves.

Vance was taken to the ED by Faye and Paul, vomiting blood. Faye mentions that Max said he would help them.

Max and Lauren aid in finding what causes the bleeding, which they find comes from a bronchiole. Lauren states that they need Floyd for an emergency operation.

Max announces to Faye and Paul that Vance should be able to make a full recovery, telling them he had Histoplasmosis. He suggested that the two of them be tested for the fungal infection.

Ep5 Max & Lou

Lou, a reporter, was following Max around the hospital to find a "story"

Max keeps emphasizing the hospital is the story

Lou mentioned to Max about Dr. Bloom broke protocol and asks his thoughts on firing her

Max said he'd change protocol instead

After Jalen passed, Lou kept questioning what was the "story"

Lou discovered that Max was the one who hired him for the "story"

Max said he wanted Lou to write the truth

Lou then wrote about how the doctors did their job well but the bullet just did it better. No doctor was at fault.

Max's cancer, news delivered by Dr. Sharpe, was not spreading.

Ep5 Kapoor and Son

Dr. Kapoor's son went to see him

They caught up with each other

The son got upset when Dr. Kapoor said "I forgive you," to him which led to an argument.

The son further stating that Dr. Kapoor hasn't changed

Ep5 Sharpe's Fertility

Dr. Sharpe has diminished ovarian reserves

She shared to Max how she wants a baby but everything in the world is telling her not to (Racism, shooting, etc.)

Ep5 Malik gunshot

Patient heart rate was dropping so Bloom broke protocol and did pericardial synthesis

Lou overheard and recorded Dr. Bloom and Dr. Reynolds talking about it

Reynold's was angry, stating that this could make Malik's surgery difficult

Dr. Bloom was second-guessing her moves, even trying and show Dr. Sharpe video proof

Malik was in surgery, and things were going wrong

Dr. Reynolds was talking to Sharpe about how the surgery was a success and was about to go off to share the news.Sharpe mentioned how its no way to live in danger of being shot just because of skin color. Reynold's said it's just life

Ep5 Jalen gunshot

Jalen was still in the ER due to being a minor, so Max made him call his mom

Jalen was asked to wiggle his toes by Dr. Kapoor, but it wasn't moving

Kapoor was irritated by people saying they shouldn't do what he recommended

Dr. Sharpe, Dr. Kapoor, and a surgeon were working but blood kept oozing

Jalen's big brother was angry in the hospital and police were surrounding him. Jalen's brother ended up fighting the police, and Max got punched

Blood started drying up due to Sharpe's intervention (?)

Jalen's brother received news from Max that his brother's surgery was a success, and they were off to see Jalen. But suddenly, Jalen's pulse dropped, and he was declared dead due to secondary cardiac arrest.

Jalen's brother was sitting on the floor, watching videos of him and Jalen

Jalen's brother and Max sat on the floor, Max was comforting the former as he cried

Ep5 Frome and Malik's Aunt

The aunt, clearly uncomfortable, was being questioned by a detective

Iggy, who was on Malik's trauma support team, took her to a room for privacy and safety

Aunt was distressed that Iggy doesn't know how his son is doing

Iggy kept asking but the Aunt said that the only way for Iggy to support her is to keep Black boys safe from the police

Dr. Iggy talked about Malik to Max but Max pointed out that Malik isn't Dr. Iggy's only patient

Dr. Iggy instead encouraged the aunt to talk about herself

The aunt revealed that she has PTSD. Iggy disclosed about his adopted children and how they would wake up crying again and again.

The aunt cried then opened up about how she never got a good night's sleep and thought it was just life.

Ep6 Max Fundraiser

There was a fundraiser event to show donors that the hospital is a good investment.

Max was about to talk to the donors when Georgia walks in then goes to greet her

Max was called out multiple times by Dr. Sharpe, Dr. Kapoor, and Dr. Reynolds. Donors were complaining that the medical director should be present and weren't willing to donate.

Georgia interrupts and reveals how Max always puts patients first and that is someone she'd give money to

When Max comes back, a donor says he's impressed as this is the first time a medical director is not trying to get money.

Max raised 100% of what he needed. At the end of the fundraiser, Max tells Georgia about his cancer

Ep6 Iggy and Patients

Iggy was complaining to Kapoor about his parents who never come to see his kids

Iggy ended a call with his mother, saying how he's sorry she feels that way. Then his husband and daughter come in, excited to go to the fundraiser

At the fundraiser, while his daughter was taking napkins, Iggy reveals to his husband that his parents bailed. Iggy didn't know how to tell his kids that his parents think their family isn't worthy of their love

Iggy was able to tell her daughter about how the grandparents aren't coming, further saying the grandparents don't understand their family. The daughter hugs him.

Ep6 Father and Son crash

A father and son, who were being discharged after a car crash, suddenly started seizing at the same time

Dr. Bloom pages Dr. Kapoor and Dr. Sharpe because she is unsure if it's an infection or exposure, and she had to go to the fundraiser

Dr. Kapoor suggested Naegleria, but Dr. Sharpe was unsure, so they did a full panel blood test, but the tests came out clean, leading them to think it's an ancient disease

Dr. Kapoor and Dr. Sharpe consulted Max and concluded it may be mercury poisoning but they were still unsure, so they conducted British anti-Lewisite (BAL) on the son and it backfired, leading to reverse effects.

The printer then prints out results and Helen realized Kapoor got it right the first time but the technology got it wrong. The men were exposed to a very old strain of a very common infection. Since it's the same amoeba, modern medicine still works and both were treated

Ep6 Manny

Dr. Reynolds rushes to the prisoner part of the hospital because Manny Harris was dying on the floor but was able to bring him back

Dr. Reynolds notices a mark on Manny's Chest and asks the corrections officer about it but wasn't able to provide information

Dr. Reynolds consults Dr. Bloom and the latter says Manny was positive for special K (Ketamine) but was clean a week before so she suspected someone is smuggling drugs

Dr. Reynolds confronts Manny about the special K but Manny denies ever using it. Reynolds then found out a fight was started by another guy and the corrections officer did that to him

Reynold interrupts Max in the fundraiser and meets with the Warden about the Corrections Officer. The warden doesn't believe them. Reynolds and Max receive a message, rush to the prisoner ward, find Manny on the floor, and revive him again

Reynolds confronts the Corrections Officer, secretly recorded the conversation, and brought this as proof to the Warden. The corrections officer was fired.

Ep8 Max cancer treatment

Dr. Sharpe is seen spearheading Max's cancer treatment, which is in preparation for his chemotherapy

Max reveals to Rabbi Skillman that he is scared, confused, and frustrated given his current predicament

After some time, Max asks Dr. Sharpe to replace his chemotherapy treatment with precision-targeted therapy instead

Ep8 Kapoor and Son

Dr. Kapoor bonds with his son over sports, in which they have agreed to see a basketball game in the near future

Dr. Kapoor's son mentions how he has overcome an addiction and is now one-year clean

Ep 8 Rabbi Skillman

Dr. Sharpe has a patient who has locally advanced pancreatic cancer, wherein his heart is not pumping blood properly, which makes surgery riskier

Rabbi Skillman has two options: a) undergo surgery with 10% chance of success (however, 90% chance of death) or b) opt out of surgery and live for another year or so

Initially, he chose to opt out of surgery; but after Max shared his sentiments on his cancer, he ultimately decided to undergo surgery

Ep8 Amy Chieng

Dr. Kapoor is seeing a patient who has been experiencing persistent migraines, wherein traditional treatment has not worked

With stress as a possible cause, he has recommended Amy to undergo counselling, which her mom was very displeased with.

After Amy's mom rejected her plea to see Dr. Frome for counseling, she attempted to take her own life by getting hit by a subway train.

Dr. Frome, after learning about Amy's background, believes she may have major depressive disorder.

Due to her mother's reluctance, Amy rejects the talk therapy proposal of Dr. Frome, which prompts him and Dr. Kapoor to further persuade her mom. Amy's mom eventually gives in.

Ep8 Rodger Conway

An unresponsive patient's blood pressure continues to drop, which requires Dr. Bloom to take appropriate action

Due to severe lack of sleep, Dr. Bloom is sluggish, but the medication she prescribed normalized the patient's blood pressure

Ep9 max cancer

Wants clinical trials (precision targeted immunotherapy) instead of chemo, wherein Dr. Sharpe consults with Dr. Panthaki on this plan

Collapses at the end of the episode

Ep9 Sarah

Sarah came in with heart issues, previously received a heart from Luna Goodwin, Max's sister, which is quickly deteriorating.

She is in need of a new heart, which she got after the heart transplant was approved.

Max discovers they met when he was younger, they bond a little

Ep9 Shay

Shay is a young trans man seeking to get top surgery, but parents don't approve

Fromme wants to approve of the surgery but it's pushed back by a year due to medical reasons

Shay is upset and slanders

Fromme to his big online fanbase, calling him transphobic

They talk it out

Ep10 max goodwin

Max collapses and stays unconscious for an extended period

All heads need Max, and it's falling onto Dora's shoulders

Georgia calls Helen about Max collapsing, and she's instructed to unblock his throat in order for him to breathe; eventually picked up by 9/11

Dean Fulton becomes the acting medical director, while Max is still unconscious

When Max regains consciousness, he asks Sharpe to shift his cancer treatment to chemotherapy to minimize the risk

Ep10 Marina Latimer

3rd time at their hospital during the entire week

Needs an ICD implant (surgery) but difficulties with insurance needs to be addressed with Max's approval, but Dean Fulton rejects this

Dr. Reynolds performs the surgery nonetheless

Ep10 staff general concerns

Bloom is unable to request time off, reveals she's taking more Adderall than prescribed during shifts

Fromme organized a nurse walkout for reproductive health rights despite Dean Fulton's disapproval

Max was the first to care more of the staff

Reynolds needs Max's approval for a surgery