New Amsterdam: Season 1

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Season Details & Credits

FOX | Season Premiere Date: March 4, 2008

Starring: Zuleikha Robinson, Alexie Gilmore, Stephen McKinley Henderson

Summary: A New York detective seeks his true love to break the curse of immortality.

Creator: Christian Taylor and Allan Loeb

Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction

Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E8. Love Hurts
Air Date: April 14, 2008
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S1:E7. Reclassified
Air Date: April 7, 2008
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S1:E6. Legacy
Air Date: March 31, 2008

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Glenn Garvin

This tale of a lonely cop left behind by everyone--partners, friends, lovers, even the criminals he pursues--has a piercing melancholy that elevates it way above its fantasy trappings. Read full review

Misha Davenport

New Amsterdam is smart and far more original than most of the new series this season, which warrants it becoming a Monday habit. Read full review

Ellen Gray

New Amsterdam's pilot, directed by Lasse Hallstrom, who's also one of the show's executive producers, is as well-executed as any I've seen this season. Read full review

Ray Richmond

The premiere teleplay from Christian Taylor does a capable, if slightly workmanlike, job of setting the stage for what's to follow, while Coster-Waldau paints a beguiling portrait of a brooding, conflicted, undeniably charismatic soul. Read full review

David Hinckley

What we have in a sense, then, is another boy-girl dance playing off against the tension of lethal crime in New York. But the premise is novel enough that maybe John won't be just tilting at windmills. Read full review

Cynthia Fuchs

The shaman contrivance is surely tedious, but it appears that New Amsterdam uses the immortal design not as a way to Forrest-Gump its protagonist into a set of trite historical situations, but more cleverly, to ask questions about those situations. Read full review

Tim Goodman

New Amsterdam is very average--and in many aspects is well below average. It never feels like much more than a cliche. Read full review

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Sayuri-Sai

Sep 30, 2018

Very realistic show; it reveals a lot about the health care system and hospitals in the U.S. Pay attention because these scenarios really play out in emergency rooms across the country. It's a shame it takes a drama series to tell the truth.

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BK.

Apr 10, 2008

I rarely get caught up in TV drama, much less police/detective shows. This one has me spell-bound. Good story line, great acting, fast-moving, humor, and underlying thoughtful issues about time and relationships. Wow!