Okay everyone. It's your favorite time...
PREVIOUSLY, ON NEW AMSTERDAM: iggy is still a monster to his amazing, caring husband
an addict in recovery made the decision to stay with her drug addicted sister because she feels guilty
reynolds gave his father a possible diagnosis that he will use to hide behind to excuse his shitty behavior
max was insulting with his lack of ASL
oh yay an episode starting with reynolds running... is this an episode in media res? i hope not, so annoying
if max paged the major department heads with an emergency message for no reason he should be reported to the board and the board should can his ass
max
if you say you did this to make them get their steps for the day in I will laugh so hard
he's having them take a nice deep breath in? wait where's dr whackadoodle, shouldn't she be doing this?
reynolds you have the sane reaction
and Bloom too
also how many lecture halls does this hospital have? This is a different one from the pilot as far as I remember
max how do you know that Bloom has nothing urgent to do, the ER can act up at any time
and why the HELL would you cancel all of awesome deaf doc's appointments? She's an oncologist! Putting off her patients is just horrible - it is a pain in the ass to get into the city to see a top oncologist, someones appointments are delayed a month now - or she is going to have to stay later or be less attentive to her patients during appointments
and it goes without saying for Reynolds
at least Iggy mostly sits at his desk all day and probably does most of the department head stuff out of everyone
max i bet you didn't bring in enough people to cover for the doctors you decided to give the day off
reynolds why are you just hooking yourself up to an EKG like that - whenever I have had an EKG I have had to take my shirt off. I doubt you can find the places for the leads on yourself without at least looking
oh no he has something wrong
is it just me or does wolff parkinson white syndrome get mentioned at least once on every medical show that has more than a couple of seasons?
oh. yay. iggy's on a date
bloom your gp is not your therapist
dr why would you stop bloom's ADHD meds right away - why not refer her to a nutritionist?
you should at least switch her to a non-stimulant
doc how is bloom supposed to gain 5 lbs in a week, that is pretty dangerous
why does new amsterdam have an employee of the month thing
and why is it just a shelf with three framed pictures precariously placed on it???
bloom, you are just rude by stealing his food
the super duper hardest prediction of the century: this is not going to end up being braxton hicks
I wonder what awesome deaf doc's surgery is gonna be? I'm guessing a spot of melanoma
oh, carpal tunnel? yeah i imagine that that is pretty bad for a surgeon to have - well, and her ASL
max are you going to clear a surgeon's schedule just to operate on one of the hospital's doctors
interpreter, you don't stand with max, you follow your client
there's another psychiatrist at the hospital?
uh oh reynolds you can't go into surgery, max will be angry and rip you out of a patient's chest if he has to
oh good, this doctor rescheduled reynolds appointment so he can get the procedure he needs
uhh did this doctor violate Reynolds HIPAA rights?
of course she did
bloom you are going to blow if/when you eat all of this food
bloom how could you forget about the pregnant woman you tossed in a random room
um bloom if you are this bad after 3 hours without your adderall you need an extended release ADHD med
max she won't be able to speak for weeks after this surgery
oh good she said that
again, interpreter why aren't you following her
and everyone complaining to max segment, yay
oh yay, talking about iggy's pleasuring
um is that a patient's chart on the screen when this other doctor is sitting at iggy's desk
why is iggy pretty much looking into the camera at 20:21. pretty sure he was looking right into it for a split second, same at 20:26
iggy you should feel guilty for betraying your awesome husband
if i were the surgeon I would've sedated Reynolds to avoid the backseat surgery holy crap
max why were you walking right in front of awesome deaf doctor's line of sight to her interpreter, she has no idea what you said for that chunk of time
max if you are lying about that lump you are horrible
it sounds like he isn't
but max have you been following up with your regular scans
why did you get an MRI? Pretty sure ultrasounds are the first step to check out a thyroid lump, even in patients with a history of thyroid cancer. Or a CT.
jesus Bloom your stomach is a black hole
bloom why aren't you at least trying to self manage the ADHD with a bunch of coffee
why can't iggy's plot be him talking about how he destroyed his marriage, instead of the bad date
hey look this awesome guy decided to make iggy confront his crap
reynolds your dad leaving when you are a kid is an annoying thing for you to keep saying, but it is much better than the threesome
"someone just knock me out" smartest thing you have said in at least a season, Reynolds
why isn't someone from OB down in the ER
bloom the time to page OB was when she went into labor, not when you failed to get the cord out from around the baby's neck
oh god interpreter please don't put ideas into max's head like he is super persuading - he does it by chipping people down
max's results are in? I am guessing he's NED
oh, he needs a biopsy - was not expecting that
yay, back to the strangling baby - so everyone in OB is involved in this emergency C-section?
bloom talking out loud like this is probably stressing the mom out a lot
bloom from that angle it looked like you might have been blowing at the baby
i doubt the mom liked that, if she even noticed
wow that baby came up quick
wait how were you raising the bed the second reynolds was waking up - did you predict the second he would wake to have that perfect cup of ice chips for him? are you a witch
is this a new love interest for reynolds
um nurse you should identify yourself to the chief of the department
bloom you lost a pound because you had a bunch of water weight running around for food
doc you have to see that Bloom is in distress from the lack of ADHD meds, you need to give her something
oh good he noticed
no bloom you aren't suddenly okay without the meds if you have ADHD
you are probably going to encounter trouble the next time you are in the ER
wait, Iggy is supposed to be 40?
He looks at least 45.
wow, was that too much info even for Max? good job iggy
that was the worlds quickest biopsy and pathology for max! Must be a benefit of being the head of the hospital
max that list is nowhere near exhaustive - do you think he was carrying them around with him all day?
so max's cancer is back and he is lying about it, I presume
So, who is the worst doctor of the week? This is a tough one - Max actually had a good idea for once with making them take a mental health day (But they shouldn't have all done it at once).
Honestly I have two contenders for worst doctor in my mind: Bloom's bad doctor and Dr. Reynolds, Backseat Surgeon.
I think the worst doctor this week is... DOCTOR REYNOLDS, by a hair, because he tried to do his own surgery.
On another note - I wish I could be excited for Max's cancer plot, since it was somewhat decent last time and it was an okay portrayal of YA cancer (YA is 18-39). I just wish that they had kept Max's cancer an element the entire series - maybe have him at least having some scanxiety ffs. Since there's only 9 episodes left, this is going to be resolved quickly, which is honestly sort of a shame if the writers manage to write it decently. It might just be because I have cancer that I found it one of the more... interesting possibilities of the episode, but it is going to suck that these writers are going to bungle one of the very very very few times that a television show has a main cast young adult character with cancer (the last one I watched was this summer, when I was bored, and watched the pretty decent 2014 Freeform show, Chasing Life - that show had a pretty good portrayal of YA cancer, when it wasn't stuck in soap opera land).
Edited October 13, 2022 by bros402ncG1vNJzZmien6fCrr%2BNqamipZWptq6x0WeaqKVfqbyxtcJoaGxsYmx9br%2BPbpxpbF2dsqK4jK2fsquVobNw