Charismatic maverick Dr. Max Goodwin takes aim at a broken system when he becomes medical director at one of New York City's biggest, busiest hospitals.
Max faces fresh crises and news about his own health. Lauren encourages Floyd to take a leap of faith. Vijay and Iggy help a troubled boy.
Max helps Lauren with the challenging case of a pregnant inmate. Another patient’s behavior causes complications during an important visit.
New Amsterdam is swamped with cases due to a staffing crisis at a nearby hospital. Iggy feels conflicted over the funder of his community garden.
Max tends to two young shooting victims while he’s shadowed by a journalist. Helen gets upsetting news. Vijay has a difficult visit with his son.
Pressures mount ahead of Max’s first fundraising gala for the hospital. Lauren and Floyd try to make peace. Helen and Vijay help a father and son.
Max and Georgia weigh Max's treatment options. Floyd’s new relationship causes tensions. The team tackles a complex series of organ transplants.
Vijay and Iggy search for the true cause of a patient’s crisis. Max gains new insights after meeting a rabbi who’s facing his own mortality.
Max treats a patient with a special connection to his late sister. Iggy helps a trans teen. Helen agrees to take a risk with Max’s treatment.
A crisis alerts the staff to Max’s worsening condition. Helen talks Georgia through a difficult procedure. Floyd takes a risk to help a patient.
Max contends with the treatment’s impact on his work. Iggy helps a father whose son is tormented by hallucinations. Reynolds reckons with his past.
Lauren makes a troubling admission that strains her relationship with Helen. Iggy expresses concerns about another surgeon’s abilities.
During an evaluation, Lauren opens up about responsibilities she's been struggling with. Floyd performs an expensive procedure to make a diagnosis.
With Lauren on leave, the ED’s new doctor in charge imposes new rules. Helen’s emotions are stirred by the case of a drug-addicted mother and baby.
Misunderstandings cause trouble during the Pope’s visit to New Amsterdam. Max’s chemo sessions drive home the reality of his situation.
When ambulances can’t reach the hospital during a blizzard, Max sends the team into the streets to help who they can. Lauren faces a dilemma in rehab.
A power outage forces the doctors to navigate delicate situations all over the hospital. Max takes a risky course of action to fix the generator.
A new oncologist gets tough with Max. Floyd struggles with the case of a young patient who has cystic fibrosis. Vijay reaches out to Ella.
Efforts to save an injured police officer and treat the man responsible throw the hospital into chaos. Vijay and Iggy help a deaf patient.
Max’s erratic behavior raises concerns about side effects from his treatment. Vijay copes with a demanding patient. Iggy has a challenging case.
Max battles hospital administration over options for patients without insurance. The accusations compel Iggy to reconsider his methods.
With two lives hanging in the balance, Lauren steps in to help deliver Georgia and Max's baby. Floyd's plan to propose hits a road bump.
Returning to the hospital three months after Luna’s birth, Max struggles to find balance. The accident’s aftermath is gradually revealed.
Max uses a census to more deeply connect with the staff. Floyd tries to mentor an intern. Lauren finds a novel way to deal with her pain.
Max makes a surprising choice for a new assistant. Helen tackles problems stemming from a patient’s prosthetic. Iggy deals with a strange outbreak.
Max makes a sincere but uninformed attempt to help a patient. Iggy and Vijay look into whether a city project caused widespread contamination.
Max and Helen join a cancer patient’s insurance battle over a surrogate pregnancy. Iggy makes an unsettling discovery about an injured child.
A group of passengers involved in a van crash arrive at the hospital, prompting a wide array of questions for the doctors tending to their injuries.
Max and Helen uncover a damning secret regarding a patient’s paralysis. Iggy and Vijay take an unusual approach to a military veteran’s PTSD.
Helen tries a bold solution for a patient’s addiction issues. Max feels strong emotions guiding a woman through the delivery of her stillborn baby.
Concerned about Rikers Island inmates, Max leads an eye-opening visit to the jail. Lauren struggles with pain after her surgery. Evie surprises Floyd.
After the patients from Rikers Island escape from their beds, the hospital goes into lockdown, putting Helen and Max in jeopardy.
Helen discovers the power she still wields, despite her demotion. Floyd considers a move to California. Max makes a new connection.
Vijay helps a comatose patient's family with a hard decision. Max and Floyd treat a boy endangered by his vaping habit. Helen clashes with Valentina.
After Max impulsively creates a palliative care wing in New Amsterdam, the doctors usher terminal patients through their end-of-life experiences.
Max faces the prospect of an unpaid staff when he’s ordered to make a big budget cut. Vijay feels threatened by a new high-tech diagnostic tool.
Max resorts to extreme measures in his efforts to tackle the opioid crisis. Helen suspects Valentina of tampering with her cancer study results.
A potential lawsuit forces Max, Lauren and Floyd to own up to questionable decisions. Iggy treats a girl with trauma caused by a school drill.
Floyd’s last hours at New Amsterdam include emergency and celebration. Facing the ethical hurdles of crowdfunding, Max looks for an alternative.
New trauma surgeon Cassian Shin rubs some coworkers the wrong way. Vijay deals with an unwanted advance. Max diagnoses a little boy's rare condition.
Catastrophe hits the hospital as the COVID-19 pandemic rages and a plane crash-lands nearby. Matt searches for medication for an ailing staffer.
Floyd returns to perform surgery on a friend. Max discovers the painful cost of his tough opioid policy. Lauren learns of Iggy’s troubling secret.
Max is offered a way to increase hospital revenue, but it makes him uncomfortable. Iggy considers the human cost of switching to telemedicine.
Max reunites with his daughter but has doubts about taking her from her grandparents. Helen receives devastating news and must rely on Cassian.
Iggy seeks treatment for his binge eating disorder. When the blood supply runs perilously low at the hospital, Max and Helen must come up with a plan.
Max tries to address systemic racism at the hospital. A major accident fills the emergency room, and one patient only responds to the name “Superman.”
At a memorial for his predecessor, Max learns an uncomfortable truth about the former medical director’s legacy. Iggy plans a party for Vijay.
New Amsterdam is overloaded with pregnant patients from another hospital. Max can’t ignore the unequal treatment of young mothers of color.
Iggy worries that he’s grown too close to a patient. Floyd treats a girl with a gunshot wound, but suspects her parents lied about the perpetrator.
Max deals with the hospital’s dark history. Iggy relates to a patient demanding gastric bypass surgery. Helen tries to be more strict with her niece.
Max makes sweeping moves to promote sustainability at the hospital. Floyd treats a young boy with heat stroke. Iggy fears for a former patient.
The Emergency Department explodes into chaos when a pipe bursts. Iggy counsels unprepared parents. Max gets some crushing news about his home life.
Max must make a choice about his daughter's future. Iggy lies to protect a patient. Lauren and Casey work to uncover a secret.
Iggy and Floyd contemplate major life changes. Max misplaces his wedding ring at the hospital. Lauren learns something shocking about Leyla.
After a surprise night of passion, Max and Helen reassess their relationship. Meanwhile, Lauren meets a new batch of Emergency Department residents.
Max and Helen go public, but their co-workers are more concerned with an overwhelmed ICU. Iggy's frank feedback doesn't land well with the residents.
A student's ingenious invention impresses Max at a local science fair. But the doctor runs into unforeseen issues when he tries to implement it.
The hospital’s financial reality has changed, and Max must come to terms with it. Helen pushes to provide follow-up screenings to cancer patients.
Upsetting revelations from Helen's past resurface, to Max's surprise. Veronica begins to realize her vision for the hospital, starting with its logo.
For one day, Max tries to say yes to everything. Lyn and Floyd share some uncomfortable news. Helen builds a team to perform an operation.
An ambulance crash throws everything into chaos. Max reveals his thoughts to Helen. Iggy feels the pressure to see patients again.
Work screeches to a halt when the hospital is hit with a ransomware attack. Max and Veronica must sign a new budget, but at what cost?
Budget cuts force the hospital staff must do more with less. Max steps in to help undocumented immigrants when their place of shelter catches fire.
Helen and Max’s planned trip to London is upended when a lethal, antibiotic-resistant superbug runs rampant at New Amsterdam.
Max and Helen settle into their new life. Veronica starts a holistic medicine department. Lauren treats a patient who believes he’s cursed.
Max struggles to find his place in London, but gets creative when it comes to helping a patient. Meanwhile, Helen takes on a new role.
Max and Helen examine their new life together when Helen's mother proves to be a challenge. Iggy and Trevor reach an understanding about their work.
The team gathers for a sudden funeral. Max and Helen get a chance to take in the enormous changes to the hospital that were made on Veronica’s watch.
Max formulates a plan to restore New Amsterdam. Meanwhile, Helen struggles with Veronica over the best way to handle a risky surgery.
The doctors go out for a night of drinking and karaoke, but they pay the price the next day at work. Lyn and Floyd discuss their future.
The night of karaoke continues to wreak havoc on the doctors’ lives. Max and Helen talk about what comes next. A friend learns of Iggy’s secret.
Max plots to take action against Veronica. Iggy works with a couple going through a breakup and begins to question his own marriage.
Max sees a flaw in Veronica's plans to buy a clinic. Helen learns more about her mother. Lauren treats two elementary school pupils with grave symptoms.
Max takes stock of Veronica’s impact on the hospital and decides he must act. Floyd and Elizabeth undertake a dangerous operation on twins in utero.
An elder care facility closes, and the hospital must take in the patients. Max examines his options. Iggy reflects on his marriage.
The staff prepares for a massive hurricane that’s heading toward New York. In the meantime, Max and Helen make big plans for her return from London.
Max’s friends rally around the heartbroken doctor in the wake of Helen’s decision. Lauren is living in limbo after her own personal upheaval.
Iggy looks for love on a dating app. Floyd has an eventful fishing trip with his dad. A star pitcher’s injury leads to a difficult decision.
After a mysterious explosion at a wedding fills the ED with injured patients, Max and Wilder search for the blood they need to save the groom.
Following Max’s orders, the docs take a wellness day — with mixed results. Elizabeth worries about the potential impact of her impending hand surgery.
Max and Floyd notice something unusual about an influx of patients to the ED. Iggy takes a group of tech-obsessed kids on a nature hike.
Max finds a new crusade after he and Elizabeth are nearly injured at a dangerous intersection. Floyd seeks a psych evaluation for his father.
The New Amsterdam staff scramble to deal with an array of unfamiliar problems in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision on abortion rights.
Lauren, Elizabeth and Floyd tend to girls injured in a stage collapse at a beauty pageant. Iggy meets with a janitor claiming to speak with the dead.
Max and Elizabeth's relationship enters new territory. Floyd helps a pregnant woman find a way forward. Lauren treats siblings wounded in an accident.
Elizabeth’s former mentor makes her an offer. Lauren faces her past while treating her sister for an overdose. Max is surprised by a familiar face.
With Helen in New York, Max heads to a wilderness retreat with Lauren, Elizabeth and Iggy. Floyd performs a high-risk procedure for a friend’s son.
Max learns of a secret about his cancer treatment. Floyd faces a crisis involving a transplant patient. Iggy and Martin try to reignite their spark.
As Max plans to move on from New Amsterdam, his impact becomes clear. More details emerge about his teammates' past and the hospital's future.