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The Best Episodes of New Amsterdam

Every episode of New Amsterdam ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of New Amsterdam!

The Best Episodes of New Amsterdam

The new medical director breaks the rules to heal the system at America's oldest public hospital. Max Goodwin sets out to tear up the bureaucracy...

Seasons5

  1. Background image for Big Day
    10.0/10(2 votes)

    #1 - Big Day

    S5:E3

    An explosion at a wedding ceremony sends a stream of injured partygoers into New Amsterdam. While Max and Dr. Wilder scramble to find a rare blood type to save the groom, Reynolds and Bloom treat a couple with bizarre injuries. While helping a young girl out of a catatonic state, Iggy learns the truth about the wedding.

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  2. Background image for Grabby Hands
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Grabby Hands

    S5:E5

    Max endeavors to save a nurse who has become the subject of a dangerous malpractice probe. Reynolds goes the extra mile to help a group of patients who are being poisoned in their own building. Bloom makes a startling admission to her sister.

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  3. Background image for Give Me a Sign
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Give Me a Sign

    S5:E6

    Max goes on a mission to make New York safer. Iggy helps a family come to terms with their deaf child’s inability to communicate.

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  4. Background image for The Empty Spaces
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - The Empty Spaces

    S5:E9

    Reynolds gets creative to help a prospective mother in need. Max takes a chance with Wilder and learns a hard truth. Bloom treats a young brother and sister in dire straits. Iggy reaches a decision about Martin.

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  5. Background image for Don't Do This for Me
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Don't Do This for Me

    S5:E10

    Reynolds finds himself caught between a chance for love and an opportunity to spend precious time with his father. Realizing the consequences of her actions, Bloom makes an unexpected move forward with her sister. Max helps an ICU intern struggling with the loss of a patient. Dr. Wilder receives an offer that forces her to choose between her community and her career.

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  6. Background image for Falling
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Falling

    S5:E11

    When Helen Sharpe unexpectedly returns to New York, Max escapes to the wilderness on a corporate retreat with Bloom, Dr. Wilder and Iggy. Fun soon turns into catastrophe that threatens a life. Reynolds agrees to perform a risky surgery on a medical school colleague's young son only to be faced with unexpected challenges outside his control.

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  8. Background image for Right Place
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Right Place

    S5:E12

    Max and Wilder face a dilemma over approvals for a revolutionary cancer drug as Max learns a secret about his own bout with cancer. Reynolds goes the extra mile to correct a dire medical situation. Iggy tries desperately to help a woman in need, but finds the system is working against him.

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  9. Background image for Maybe Tomorrow
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Maybe Tomorrow

    S5:E7

    The New Amsterdam staff grapple with the aftermath of the recent Supreme Court decision on abortion rights. Wilder counsels a woman whose pregnancy puts her life in danger. At Brantley's urging, Max endeavors to find a healthcare solution for out-of-state patients. Bloom reveals monumental news to Reynolds.

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  10. Background image for How Can I Help?
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    #9 - How Can I Help?

    S5:E13

    In the series finale, everyone's story reaches a surprising yet inevitable conclusion.

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  11. Background image for Boundaries
    8.6/10(14 votes)

    #10 - Boundaries

    S1:E4

    Max creates chaos when he volunteers New Amsterdam to take over for a short-staffed neighboring hospital; Frome has a crisis of conscience about the funding for a hospital garden; an eager resident learns a secret about Bloom.

    Director:Kate Dennis
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  12. Background image for Luna
    8.6/10(10 votes)

    #11 - Luna

    S1:E22

    Sharpe works on a creative way to help Max and Kapoor gets surprising news. Meanwhile, Reynolds takes a big step in his relationship with Evie as one of the doctors makes a life altering decision.

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  13. Background image for Your Turn
    8.6/10(1.1k votes)

    #12 - Your Turn

    S2:E1

    Max works to find a new normal three months after the accident and the birth of his daughter. Kapoor grapples with the stigma of aging. Iggy has a successful day that inspires a life-changing idea. Reynolds deals with an unreliable new intern.

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  14. Background image for Domino Effect
    8.5/10(13 votes)

    #13 - Domino Effect

    S1:E7

    With a big domino transplant procedure on the line, Max must decide if he can be present in the hospital while also dealing with his illness. Meanwhile, a bond with a patient makes Bloom consider her personal life and Iggy makes progress on a long-standing case.

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  15. Background image for Six or Seven Minutes
    8.5/10(15 votes)

    #14 - Six or Seven Minutes

    S1:E10

    As Max fights for his life, New Amsterdam is in full swing with a pertinent heart surgery that is not covered by insurance and a potential nurses walk out. As the team feels Max's absence and the doctors find out that they may have to treat one of their own, Sharpe must finally come clean about Max's condition.

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  16. Background image for Things Fall Apart
    8.5/10(4 votes)

    #15 - Things Fall Apart

    S3:E12

    A burst pipe plunges the ED into chaos. Iggy counsels two stressed out parents about their child. Gwen and Calvin have some devastating news for Max.

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  17. Background image for Cavitation
    8.4/10(13 votes)

    #16 - Cavitation

    S1:E5

    A visiting journalist picks at the hospital's flaws while shadowing Max; Bloom and Reynolds have a major disagreement after Bloom makes a call against protocol; Kapoor confronts issues from his past.

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  18. Background image for Anthropocene
    8.4/10(14 votes)

    #17 - Anthropocene

    S1:E6

    Max faces the pressure of his first fundraising gala at the hospital; Frome struggles to break difficult news to his daughter; Bloom and Reynolds deal with the fallout of their argument; Kapoor and Sharpe work to help a sick father and son.

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  19. Background image for The New Normal
    8.4/10(5 votes)

    #18 - The New Normal

    S3:E1

    New Amsterdam is still reeling from the pandemic as a plane crash lands in the East River. When investigators come to interrogate the flight crew, Iggy fights against the clock to help the pilot uncover the truth. Max tracks down scarce medication after one of his own contracts COVID.

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  20. Background image for Code Silver
    8.3/10(710 votes)

    #19 - Code Silver

    S2:E10

    With the hospital on lockdown after the Rikers patients escape, Sharpe and Max find themselves in a situation that could cost them their lives; Bloom must put aside her pain to help a patient; Iggy is forced to face his marriage's issues.

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  21. Background image for In the Graveyard
    8.3/10(734 votes)

    #20 - In the Graveyard

    S2:E13

    The doctors stop at nothing to help their patients, following a shocking realization that prompts a change in the hospital. Meanwhile, Reynolds must make an important decision in his career.

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  22. Background image for Death Is the Rule. Life Is the Exception
    8.3/10(455 votes)

    #21 - Death Is the Rule. Life Is the Exception

    S4:E10

    As Max and Dr. Sharpe prepare to depart for London, a deadly superbug hits the hospital and draws them back in. Leyla confronts Bloom about the secret she has been hiding. Iggy digs deep to help two grieving parents confront the reality that their son is gone.

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  23. Background image for Pilot
    8.2/10(16 votes)

    #22 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    Dr. Max Goodwin shakes up the status quo on his first day as medical director of New Amsterdam, the oldest public hospital in the United States, while simultaneously dealing with his own personal and health issues.

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  24. Background image for Three Dots
    8.2/10(11 votes)

    #23 - Three Dots

    S1:E8

    A patient's treatment plan takes an unexpected turn when Max gets overly invested. Meanwhile, Reynolds celebrates his birthday with some help from the hospital and Kapoor grapples with a case that hits close to home.

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  25. Background image for A Seat at the Table
    8.2/10(13 votes)

    #24 - A Seat at the Table

    S1:E11

    Reynolds confronts a difficult episode from his past. Max distracts himself from chemotherapy by taking on the case of a frequent-flyer patient. Frome helps a young man suffering from severe delusions. Sharpe worries about Bloom's attempt to detox.

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  26. Background image for Croaklahoma
    8.2/10(10 votes)

    #25 - Croaklahoma

    S1:E15

    Max bonds with the patients undergoing chemo with him, but a conversation leads him to struggle with his reality. Meanwhile, Reynolds has difficulty handling a personal matter regarding a patient's family and Iggy struggles with a realization regarding his daughter.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Big Day" is the best rated episode of "New Amsterdam". It scored 10/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Nestor Carbonell and written by Laura Valdivia, it aired on 10/4/2022. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Grabby Hands".