‘New Amsterdam’ is a drama set in a hospital of the same name as the title. At New Amsterdam, there’s a new change from day one – there’s a new medical director in town. And he’s not one to make the small changes, but rather firing a whole department in the first meeting. This new medical director of New Amsterdam is ready to make the changes needed to break the system to put the patients first; money means nothing, the patients are always at the centre. But quickly you find out this medical director is also a patient of New Amsterdam.
You quickly discover the key protagonists of the show. The new medical director, Dr Max Goodwin (Ryan Eggold). The man behind all of the changes, the disruptions of the hospital, reinventing the term understood as public health care. Head of oncology, Dr Helen Sharpe (Freema Agyeman). Who returns to the hospital after a long break away from treating cancer to advertising the hospital; she returns to her doctorate taking hold of the head of oncology once again. Head a neurology, Dr Vijay Kapoor (Anupam Kher). This man is the strong believer in understanding his patients through talk. Head of cardiology, Dr Floyd Reynolds (Jocko Sims). Reynolds is given the large task of no cardiology department and building his own after the others are fired. Head of psychiatry, Dr Iggy Frome (Tyler Labine). Iggy has to be my favourite character, his dedication to his patients shows no bounds. Head of the Emergency Department, Dr Lauren Bloom (Janet Montgomery). Bloom’s character takes a large journey through season one as she starts to lose the grips of her job taken over by addiction of a different sort. All of the protagonists are flawed and feel so realistic, believable. It really is what makes this show brilliant. They are all so different, all characters are quick to be loved by their audience.
The show is constantly busy with new patients and emergencies left, right and centre. There are many plot lines to each episode, but they come easy to follow. I was hooked from the first episode. Not going to lie, I have probably cried in the majority of the episodes. The story lines feel very realistic, therefore they become very emotional. You feel for every character that crosses the screen. ‘New Amsterdam’ became a show I wanted to pay all my attention to and not be on my phone while watching, it took all my attention and I was hooked into the show. A brilliant drama that I can’t wait for season two of. There are twists and turns, drama to not be able to predict – anything can happen in a hospital.
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