New Amsterdam (2018–2023) User Reviews

Medical drama that doesn't mock Psychiatry!

[hollie_manwaring-x · 9/10 · 28 February 2019]

At the time of writing I'm at episode 12 of season 1 and I am super impressed with this show!

By far the thing that impresses me most is the seamless inclusion of the psych department, led by the very likeable Dr Frome. Many other medical shows I've seen (House, grey's anatomy, scrubs, etc) either ignore or mock this department all together apart from the odd token mental health scene/episode. It's often portrayed as a "lesser" area of medicine. New Amsterdam deals with important mental health issues within each episode with care and compassion. I want this review to remain spoiler free so as there's only one season so far I won't give example and instead encourage you to check the show out for yourself.

As well as the above, the show also hosts a strong diverse cast and maintains entertainment while tackling a bunch of contemporary issues. I really find myself rooting for the characters and I hope in the future this can be a show that goes the distance.

I have loved it til Season 3

[kelly-dawson · 8/10 · 13 April 2021]

I really loved this series until Season 3 - then it started getting overly preachy about one issue or another in every single episode. I found it quite disappointing.

Solid show being ruined by exhaustive virtue signaling

[TamPalm · 7/10 · 21 April 2021]

Why oh why are they ruining this show? It always had a liberal bent but season three, it's unbearable. How do the writers not sense this? I'm not even conservative per se and I find the constant proselytizing a huge drag. It's unrelenting. Every episode brings a new liberal lesson to bludgeon the audience to pieces.

Hollyweird, please stop this. Please find a way to come back to sanity, come back to the middle. This show has good actors and interesting material that doesn't need the sermons. Give your audience a break already. Give them the feel-good hospital drama they came for.

Finally!

[dedra-5 · 10/10 · 21 October 2018]

A medical drama without everyone sleeping with each other! Thank you!

A doctor show about doctoring?

[peg-217-900647 · 8/10 · 27 September 2018]

Another doctor show just seems like it could be overkill on yet another doctor show but Ryan Eggold's portrayal of the new medical director who actually tries to teach doctors to live by the hypocratic oath and advocate for patients regardless of the money that the hospital may or may not make. This show looks at the human side of medicine and that is refreshing.

Not since Chicago Hope...

[amybutler_artist · 10/10 · 29 November 2018]

I have not gotten hooked on a medical show since Chicago Hope, but New Amsterdam has all the qualities I love. It's not high paced, it's not crass, it's not overly dramatic. It's perfect. It has allowed me to get to know the characters and to Care about them. I wait each week for the next show. A+

Season 3 is ruining the show

[d-robold · 8/10 · 13 May 2021]

What the heck happened. This was a medical show. Doctors, diseases, people. Now it's insanity. Max runs amuck every episode determined to change the world NOW. It's no longer about a hospital, too much personal lives and not enough cases. Someone please go find a writer and watch season 1, and save the show! We're about done with the lunacy.

finally a show without sex in the first 10 seconds

[amelesdad · 9/10 · 27 September 2018]

I was impressed by the social commentary in the writing! Well acted. All the usual obvious stuff but a few hidden gems for the naive few who still want to enjoy a show about life.

COMPASSION IN A HOSPITAL ????

[ez_nj · 9/10 · 17 October 2018]

Well it's finally portrayed that there are human emotions in a hospital, I can understand the portrayal of the doctors always having a conflict between duty and their private lives having my wife pass on with cancer at a local hospital here in NJ. I was amazed that while I sat by her bedside, the many doctors that had assisted in her illness came by to comfort me. I would hope that this would be the prevailing attitude in today's world but money & profit seem to be winning now.

Loved it...until 2021.

[JP95 · 6/10 · 12 May 2021]

I used to love this show, but in 2021 it's become incredibly preachy. I turn on the TV to be entertained.

If I want to be told how terrible the world is, I'll look at the news. Can we focus on the medical cases instead of Max saving the world/society in a new way every single week? They certainly trying to check every. Single. Box. I think I'm done with it.

Refreshing and heartwarming

[ebada_shawky · 10/10 · 23 October 2018]

Finally a medical drama without the usual drama. It's not about the endless romance between the doctors and nurses; it's not focused on the sexual perks and pains of the staff's sexual life, it is really focused about the medical aspect of the hospital. The characters are very refreshing and particularly Ryan Eggold is so endearing in his first remarkable role, I've actually never paid much attention to him before. I just hope it doesn't get cancelled prematurely, like it seems to be happening to all good shows lately that are not about superheroes.

Entertaining, yet extremely corny and out of touch with reality

[YaroLord · 6/10 · 28 February 2021]

From personal experience, hospital life is exciting at times but mostly dull and routine-fueled. That's why writers turn it up to 11 in medical dramas: to make medical careers seem like an endless stream of intense situations, with life-changing moments with patients occurring every single day. I know that you can't be 100% true-to-life realistic in a show, that fiction is always present.

But I think they overdid it with New Amsterdam. First I'll focus on what the show does right: * New hospital director is very dynamic, innovative and not afraid to get his hands dirty, he is persuasive and has a solid presence, and he speaks Spanish! * Plot twist: he's got cancer! It's not your average medical drama huh? * Characters are interesting and well-written, the pacing is great and it keeps you watching - the whole thing is entertaining, which should be the main goal of ANY show

However, there is an unfortunate number of things that stand out - and at first you try to turn a blind eye, not pay attention... but they start piling up, and for me, the stack collapses when you hear the psychiatrist say in a completely serious tone: "you're extremely gifted at Twitter", to a 16yo trans kid that tantrum-cancelled him on twitter for not green-lighting a sex change surgery. The kid literally slandered a doctor, potentially ruined his reputation online and there were zero consequences. None. Nada. And of course, the surgery was green-lighted (a year after the episode).

The show tries way too hard to portray this idealistic, ridiculous idea that there is always a happy ending. The "moral of the story" messages I've got from this show are as follows: If you're the boss, you can do whatever you want and change whatever you please with no consequences. If you're persistent enough and believe it hard enough, everything will be just fine. There are no sad moments, and if one slips in, it doesn't last too long - good vibes only! Everything always has a closure. Flings aside, every workplace is super healthy and there is no envy or jealousy. Everybody plays along well with each other and nobody tries to sabotage you, make you fail or seek an opportunity to replace you and your well-paid position. And most importantly: everybody loves the boss as long as he smiles and plays it cool. They will be super worried about you if you collapse due to having cancer, despite only knowing you for what, a month?

Like I said, the show has plenty of good moments and is entertaining enough, but boy is it corny. And as you watch more episodes it's more and more obvious that they're just pushing a political agenda.

First Two Season Were Gold

[Dog-River · 3/10 · 7 May 2021]

First off, I'm not a political person. If anything I would say I lean to the left, but try to see both sides of issues. Season 1 and 2 were uplifting and entertaining. I recommended it to everyone I knew. I noticed the diversity in the cast and thought it was cool (especially adding a person with dwarfism as a resident). But season 3 has been a complete write off. They lost the magic that the first 2 seasons had and left me wondering if they gotten new writers. Because, the writing is truly awful this season. Some of the characters are acting unlike they were before. Max is just running around trying to save the world and every new episode makes him look sillier. Their only aim for season 3 is to include every social issue they can think of and at the expense of the show. I have decided to stop watching, because as much I loved this show, I can't take the poor writing quality and direction of season 3. It's such a shame, this show used to be so good.

Great start, but becoming cartoonish

[chicagorob1 · 5 May 2021]

The show is great, when it sticks to human level stories. But in season 3 Dr. Goodwin has become a cartoon character trying to solve a massive, new problem every week.

While other doctors are helping and healing, he manically runs around trying to end things that have plague the world for centuries. He thinks his pathetic shallow and ignorant attempts to "fix" something always works, but it's inevitably followed up by a lesson from the victim he's trying to help.

I literally fast forward when he's on the screen, simply because his stories never interacts with anything else on the show.

Outstanding!

[jcatty-1 · 9/10 · 26 September 2018]

Best new show I've seen. Interesting storylines and tear jerking. Ryan Eggold is outstanding

Fantastic & compelling! I can't wait to watch more

[lorraine-24 · 10/10 · 27 September 2018]

This show conjured fond memories of ER and a House. Ryan Eggold is riveting! He brings complexity to both the show and his character - so passionate, determined and vulnerable. The rest of the cast are great as well. They packed a lot into the first episode. It will be exciting to see how the show and character developments will unfold. I know I will be waiting for every episode. Hopefully they will avoid the cliche pitfalls that plague most hospital dramas - romantic entanglements and a constant barrage of traumatic events directly involved the staff.

Loved it!

[michaelaghummel · 10/10 · 26 September 2018]

Sometimes I feel like medical dramas are all the same, but I'm not sure there was something about this show that I really like. I've only seen the first episode, but I'm excited to see where it goes from here.

Nice to see a show where people actually care it's pretty rare these days

[Oilerslovr · 10/10 · 26 September 2018]

Loved this show ... the critics reviews are saying terrible things but what do they know they always slam the really good shows anyway ... it's just nice to watch a show where someone actually cares about people and wants to do good ... Ryan Eggold is amazing In this show cant wait to watch next week

Season 1 & 2 yes, Season 3 is a big NO!

[Couch_Critic · 8/10 · 18 June 2021]

This show started great, it was fresh, and I liked the first two seasons. The characters were likeable, the stories were good, the patients and medical cases were plausible and believable. Then season 3 happened. Season 3 is unwatchable bad. Consider this show to be a two season show and you'll be happy with it.

What happened in season 3

[cimorellisteve · 7/10 · 5 May 2021]

First 2 seasons were exceptional. Season 3 became a session on "Critical Race theory". Social justice issues should be a part of the story but my God every episode is about "white privilege" and how terrible the world is. Be better, it's supposed to be about a very large public hospital.

Refreshing

[dcbrannanshopping · 9/10 · 17 February 2019]

Only saying the other day that I'm getting tired of he weak story lines in all my favourite shows and needed something new......... and watched N.A annnnnnd is hooked just done the 12 episodes in last 4 day, addictive to say the least. Not full of in your face STAT! QUICK INCUBATE! Gushing blood and odd ball graphic injuries. They seem to have approached it with humanising characters and ongoing background stories to each character that haven't all been full revealed as yet. Looking forward to the next instalment of episodes in May. Well done Amazon.

What are you doing?!?

[cimorellisteve · 7/10 · 12 May 2021]

The first 2 seasons were exceptional, this was one of the better medical dramas. What the "F" happened? Season 3 has become both nothing but a social justice movement. It's completely changed, every week it's a new lesson on BLM, climate change, colonialism, etc. Please just STOP!!!!!!!

Going downhill fast

[biba_yu · 3/10 · 15 January 2023]

This started promising, with some challenging ideas and characters. It's nothing new for us Europeans where medical care is nothing like in USA, not even in poorer countries like mine, but it has nice medical stories and interesting enough characters, although, to be honest, nothing we haven't seen before million times. In my country New Amsterdam started showing at the same time as The Resident, and while Resident went into some unexplored themes, like medical criminal, really challenging ideas about abuse of power in medicine and medication field, explored interesting cases and had decent growth over the time (and great characters with which you can relate), New Amsterdam started going downhill really fast especially during season 3.

There is diverse show and there is forced diversity and "too woke" shows and this one got into second category. Dr Max has typical "white savior" syndrome and he just can't let anything go, even when he literally endangers the existence of hospital and jobs of staff and his friends. His eyes are always sad and he always sacrifices everything to be 100% virtuous. It's not inspiring it's annoying. And in the real world it would end badly. In series, Deux ex Machina and everything is solved. Life doesn't work like that.

Dr Helen was at first presented as head strong, intelligent and practical, to be later downsized to complete screaming mess who is hysterical and suddenly doesn't know what she wants. She went from smart realist to annoying and hysterical. Then, there is that doctor who always wears obvious false eyelashes and full evening make up to work, which is distracting, at least to me. Forced relationships, always with some over the top complications. And misunderstandings, woke and leftist stuff pushed into our faces... I just can't watch it anymore.

Seasons 1-2 are 9/10, 3 is 1/10

[dustin-86762 · 16 May 2021]

First 3 seasons are great, but stop it there. They changed the show a couple episodes in to season 3, just follow the reviews and it's obvious. Apparently this show thinks every white male should be erased from history and should not exist in the future, but I thought we didn't see color and where not judging people anymore? This show is so bad, everyone I know that used to watch it has stopped, and no, not all my friends are white males.

Last Episode

[cdgeddi · 8/10 · 7 April 2021]

Until this last episode I've been a faithful viewer. I can no longer support viewership.