For what may be the first time, Max seems to have been hit with the reality of what that means.Īs Max wrestles with this moral quandary, Evie moves on to her interview with Reynolds, and in a stunning reveal, we find out George Whitney was a white nationalist and the perpetrator of the terrorist attack. There is a hierarchy at New Amsterdam, and Max is at the top of it. His override has more weight than Bloom’s status as head of ER, and any nurse may feel compelled to follow his directive, even if they agree with the treatment that Bloom suggested. Max describes himself as wearing many hats and in that situation he acted as a doctor.Įvie questions his decision, reminding him that, while he sees himself as wearing many hats, the hospital staff see him as their medical director. But he stepped out of that capacity to override Bloom’s directive of treatment for the victims. The day of the terrorist attack, Max was acting in his capacity as medical director and monitoring the situation in the ER. The blame for George Whitney’s death doesn’t lay at Bloom’s door, but for the briefest of moments, it’s suggested that it may lie at Max’s. While she is an addict, she did not use for a prolonged period of time, unlike her mother who spent years drinking and has lost 15 years of memories as a consequence. His supporting evidence is his observation of her work as a colleague and the quality of care she gives every day. Vijay assures Bloom that the memory loss she is experiencing in regard to George’s case is not a cause for concern. The inaccuracy prompts her to ask Vijay about memory loss and to reveal to him that, during the case, she’d been abusing Adderall. But she was incorrect about Casey being on duty that day. She remembered George’s admittance into the ER as a part of a wave of patients caught in a terrorist attack at a Middle Eastern street fair. Bloom’s perspective is revealed to be flawed. With money, the reputations of the doctors involved (including her fiancé), and the hospital’s future on the line, Evie had neither the time nor ability to treat the doctors with kid gloves or concern herself with their feelings.Īs the episode progresses, we see the differing perspectives of those involved in George’s case.
We finally got to see Margot Bingham kick it into full gear as the incredibly deft and sharp lawyer she is as Evie. Care without prejudiceĪccused of malpractice and wrongful death by the family of a former patient - George Whitney - Max, Bloom, and Reynolds are promptly pulled into deposition meetings. Still, they slept with one another joyously, and Max had some pep in his step right before he was served with papers and made aware that New Amsterdam was being sued in a wrongful death claim. The feeling was mutual as was some nervousness about having not been with anyone since their spouses passed.
Max was open about not being ready to remove his wedding band, and Alice didn’t feel slighted in the least. While I’m personally not feeling the lightning speed at which this relationship is moving, I do appreciate their open lines of communication.
With their girls asleep, Alice and Max had a little grown-up fun before Max headed into the office for the day. The first one - Will Max be moving on from Georgia this season? - got answered with a fiery yes in the episode’s opening.
“Perspectives” also took a crack at three out of five of our burning questions for the rest of the season. “Perspectives,” in typical New Amsterdam fashion, tackled a lot of issues, from the effects school-shooting drills have on students, to the wrongful death suit Max, Bloom, and Reynolds are entangled in, to the long awaited showdown between Helen and Valentina. Shireen Razack, one of my favorite New Amsterdam writers, and the co-executive producer of the show. Hello, Dam Fam! With the hiatus done and dusted - and “Double Blind” behind us - it felt good to slip into a new episode written by Y. This week on New Amsterdam there was sizzle, a power shift, and changing perspectives that could rock the metaphorical boat or bring it into calmer water.