Episode
New Amsterdam: Liftoff
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- New Amsterdam
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 2020-03-17
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Liftoff is Episode 17 in Season 2 of New Amsterdam. It aired on 2020-03-17. The runtime is 43 min.
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Episode 16: Perspectives
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.
Episode 18: Matter of Seconds
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.
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