8.6/101,038 votes#1 - Your Turn
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/2019
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.
Director: Michael Slovis
Writer: David Schulner
8.0/10739 votes#2 - The Big Picture
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/2019
Max invokes a hospital-wide census in effort to get to know the staff of New Amsterdam on a deeper level. Reynolds takes a leap of faith that lands him in hot water, and Dr. Castro extends her treatment plan to more patients in the hospital.
Director: Don Scardino
Writer: Jiréh Breon Holder
8.0/10717 votes#3 - Replacement
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/2019
Max takes a chance on a new assistant and goes toe-to-toe with the board on a new plan; Iggy struggles to figure out what is causing a unit-wide illness; Kapoor receives some shocking news.
Director: Jamie Payne
Writer: Aaron Ginsburg
8.0/10701 votes#4 - The Denominator
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/2019
When Iggy and Kapoor discover a patient might be suffering from lead poisoning, they are forced to take on the city. Meanwhile, Max's unsolicited attempts to help a patient backfires.
Director: Michael Slovis
Writer: David Foster
8.0/10687 votes#5 - The Karman Line
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/2019
When Sharpe has a case that hits close to home, she and Max team up to make things right for the patient. Meanwhile, Iggy and Bloom are forced to make a tough call on a unique situation.
Director: Nick Gomez
Writer: Laura Valdivia
7.8/10704 votes#6 - Righteous Right Hand
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/2019
When a group of women on a retreat end up in the ED, Max gets some troubling information that could put a patient in jeopardy. Meanwhile, Sharpe and Kapoor work together to mend fences between two feuding sisters.
Director: Peter Horton
Writer: Erika Green Swafford
8.2/10693 votes#7 - Good Soldiers
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/2019
When Kapoor introduces a patient to Iggy's PTSD group, a creative treatment plan causes turmoil. Sharpe discovers a long-kept secret regarding a patient.
Director: Rachel Leiterman
Writer: Shaun Cassidy
7.9/10684 votes#8 - What the Heart Wants
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/2019
Sharpe lands in hot water when she goes out on a limb for a patient. Max's grief comes to a head. Bloom takes a major step in her recovery.
Director: Don Scardino
Writer: Y. Shireen Razack
8.1/10668 votes#9 - The Island
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/2019
When an inmate comes in with an entirely preventable illness, Max, Sharpe, and Iggy head directly to the source - Rikers Island. Meanwhile, Bloom struggles with her recovery, and Reynolds gets news that could change his life.
Director: Michael Slovis
Writer: Graham Norris
8.3/10686 votes#10 - Code Silver
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 1/14/2020
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.
Director: Craig Zisk
Writer: Leah Nanako Winkler
8.2/10638 votes#11 - Hiding Behind My Smile
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/21/2020
Max and Luna make friends in an unexpected place as Max struggles with the realities of being a single father. Meanwhile, Kapoor takes a big step in order to help his family.
Director: Lucy Liu
Writer: David Foster
7.7/10651 votes#12 - 14 Years, 2 Months, 8 Days
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/28/2020
Sharpe has an important realization that will affect her career. Meanwhile, Max and Reynolds take on uncharted waters when a young patient comes to New Amsterdam with symptoms of a heart attack.
Director: Seith Mann
Writer: Aaron Ginsburg
8.3/10709 votes#13 - In the Graveyard
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 2/11/2020
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.
Director: Darnell Martin
Writer: Joshua Carlebach
7.5/10710 votes#14 - Sabbath
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/18/2020
Max races against the clock to rearrange the budget when faced with employees going unpaid, while Kapoor is presented with a device that's the future of medicine. Meanwhile, Iggy goes against the norms to prove a diagnosis and Bloom gets an unexpected visitor.
Director: Ryan Eggold
Writer: David Schulner
7.6/10782 votes#15 - Double Blind
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/25/2020
When tasked with turning the opioid epidemic around, Max shuts down the ED and proposes a massive change. Meanwhile, Sharpe goes great lengths to prove a point.
Director: Allison Liddi-Brown
Writer: Shaun Cassidy
7.9/10613 votes#16 - Perspectives
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 3/10/2020
Max, Bloom and Reynolds frantically recount a patient's past encounter that could throw them into a massive lawsuit. Meanwhile, Iggy confronts a local middle school about its teaching policies, and Kapoor lets his superstitions take over.
Director: Craig Zisk
Writer: Y. Shireen Razack
8.1/10617 votes#17 - Liftoff
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 3/17/2020
Max searches for a solution to crowdfunding after his eye-opening appearance in a viral "Go Fund Me" video. Reynolds takes his last laps at the hospital while Kapoor helps a former pilot deal with his life as a paraplegic.
Director: Kristi Zea
Writer: Graham Norris
8.0/10671 votes#18 - Matter of Seconds
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 4/14/2020
When multiple patients throughout the hospital begin to show similar, alarming symptoms, Sharpe and Bloom scramble to figure out the root of the issue. Iggy tries to create peace for a divorced couple in a dangerous situation and Kapoor experiences a flirtatious encounter. Meanwhile, Max meets a child with a rare muscular disease and desperately tries to get him into the only clinical trial in the country that could extend his life.
Director: Dinh Thai
Writer: Aaron Ginsburg
The Best Episodes of New Amsterdam Season 2
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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...
Genre:Drama
Network:NBC
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Your Turn" is the best rated episode of "New Amsterdam" season 2. It scored 8.6/10 based on 1038 votes. Directed by Michael Slovis and written by David Schulner, it aired on 9/24/2019. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "The Big Picture".