‘New Amsterdam’: See Max & Helen in London in 2022 Return (PHOTOS)
As executive producer David Schulner told TV Insider, we’ll see “more of that [joy] in London” that took Dr. Max Goodwin (Ryan Eggold) and Dr. Helen Sharpe (Freema Agyeman) away from New Amsterdam in the NBC medical drama’s midseason finale. And the photos for the January 4 return, “Talkin’ Bout a Revolution,” certainly show that.
When New Amsterdam picks up again, Max and Helen are in London, as you can see in the teaser and photos below. And as much as we love to see them having quite a good time painting, we’re also looking forward to the conversations they haven’t had yet since they have been moving fast this season. “We definitely want to play all those things out before anyone goes further,” like say, with a wedding, Schulner said.
As the photos hint, “everyone’s going to be faced with almost insurmountable challenges,” the EP previewed of the January return. In London, Max’s “how can I help?” doesn’t exactly translate. “They have their own system there and Max’s way of doing things isn’t gonna cut it. So Max and Sharpe both have to learn a whole new way to help people. The same can also be said for everyone staying behind in New Amsterdam because of Veronica, the brilliant Michelle Forbes, they also have to learn new ways to help people, to try to get around her and help people that New Amsterdam has sworn to help.”
And as the photos show, it looks like one of the people they’ll have to help is one of their own. The pregnant Dr. Lyn Malvo (Frances Turner) is a patient, with both her husband Dr. Claude Baptiste (Andre Blake) and her boyfriend Dr. Floyd Reynolds (Jocko Sims) by her side. (Lyn and Claude have an open marriage.) The conversations to come about the pregnancy are “probably the most complicated and fraught,” Schulner teased.
Scroll down for the photos from “Talkin’ Bout a Revolution.”
New Amsterdam, Returns, Tuesday, January 4, 2022, 10/9c, NBC
Welcome to London!
Max (Ryan Eggold) and Helen (Freema Agyeman)
Why does Dr. Lauren Bloom (Janet Montgomery) look so shocked?
Oh my God!
Dr. Mia Castries (Genevieve Angelson) and Resident Yasmin Turan (Olivia Khoshatefeh)
Dr. Veronica Fuentes (Michelle Forbes)
Dr. Iggy Frome (Tyler Labine)
Dr. Elizabeth Wilder (Sandra Mae Frank)
Uh-oh, how worried should we be about the pregnant Dr. Lyn Malvo (Frances Turner)?
Dr. Floyd Reynolds (Jocko Sims) and Dr. Claude Baptiste (Andre Blake)
Max seems to have plans for that paint roller…
Happy Max!
Sharpwin!
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Indeed, it has jumped the shark which is too bad because the show started off brilliantly in S1-3. I don't know why they continue to waste time with this love triangle among Reynolds, Baptise and Malvo. I don't know of any fan who is enjoying this particular storyline and it has done a disservice to Floyd's character (please end it now--quickly & painlessly). As far as Sharpwin in London, that's a storyline that did not have to occur at all--and now you want them to have conversations when they could have done that in the first half of S4. There are numerous fans who are not happy with Helen in S4 and feel Max is being too accommodating. Most comments I've read from fans have not seen the "more joy" that was promised and only brief snippets of funny, happy, playful and very infrequent intimate moments. I guess writers, EP's & showrunner feel that's enough to satisfy/appease some Sharpwin fans--it's not, especially after a 3-year wait.
Now fans will have to wait & wade through all the unnecessary, manufactured drama until the end of S4 while the remaining NA staff deal with Fuentes who is vehemently disliked. I'm not sure why the EP's and showrunner felt this was a good direction to go because everything I've read on most social media sites, it is not. I am a huge fan of Sharpwin but I am - like so many others - unhappy & disappointed with S4. It certainly seems like at the end of S3 to the beginning of S4 (during that summer), the writers lost their way.
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maybe stop watching if all you are going to do is complain.
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It's not complaining when you watch a show for three years and invest in characters and recognize they suddenly act very out of character to move along bizarre, forced plots. We're critical because we care. We care because we know the show has been good and is still capable of being good. The show has done a disservice to nearly every character to push relationships that have been baffling in their poor execution.
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Cannot WAIT for Fuentes to get her comeuppance (which I hope is slow and painful)!
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Agree with everything you said. I don’t get why they think overblown interpersonal drama is the way to go. I like Leyla and would have liked to see her become a doctor while Lauren navigated a relationship for the first time but instead they added that donation stupidity. And it looks like Iggy and Martin won’t stay a loving, stable couple either. And Floyd. What a mess they’ve made of him. The love triangle is some of the most boring “romance” I’ve ever watched. And I also agree they totally jumped the shark. I’m not a fan of Sharpwin but I thought they’d get some more development and depth once they made them a couple. Instead they’ve rushed through important moments(why did they say their ‘I love you’d’ on the first night together? Silly) and also rushed to move to London which makes no sense. I don’t think little moments of playfulness balance out the intense bad vibes Veronica Fuentes brings to the show at all. A villain like her isn’t meant to arrive so early in a show. I mean they haven’t even hit 5 seasons. I’m hoping the back half of season 5 is better but I don’t know.
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Hate the London story. It's forced and flimsy. Sharpe has been written as oddly detached all season. She doesn't feel like the same character and not due to a natural, well written development. Don't know what they're doing, but the "Sharpwin" execution has been awkward and lacking, very baffling considering the chemistry they had. Reynolds' storyline with Malvo is goofy. Iggy hiring the flirty guy is an annoying disaster waiting to happen. Bloom is stagnant in not seeing how her actions hurt Leyla, I have no investment in her character because of her poor and unchanging attitude. She shows no real personal growth, ever. Shifting the focus to mostly relationship drama and picking really awkward plots, like London and the open marriage fiasco, is hurting the show. I guess they'd rather attempt to pander to people who only watch "for their ships" than try and make an honest effort at a good medical drama. It's a shame, the first 3 years were pretty stellar for the most part but this season is devolving into another show entirely. Almost everything has been off since that goofy "we jumped one month before the last episode of season 3" stunt that forced Reynolds with Malvo and awkwardly started this London mess. The only ones acting in character are Bloom and Max. Bloom has always been oblivious and arrogant. Max has always tended to be a pushover and since season 3, has mostly acted as plot demands. I hope the show rebounds but I'm very concerned.
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I agree. Shifting the focus to relationship drama is where they dropped the ball. Why did Max and Helen need to move so quickly? Why does Iggy need to suddenly cheat? And Floyd is meant to be in love with Malvo but watching their scenes is like watching paint dry because they have no chemistry. Bloom has always been a mess but she was tolerable with Leyla and that’s now ruined. I expected some drama this season but it’s too much. Especially since they fired so many likeable characters and doubled down on romance. I wouldn’t mind that but everything is so cliche and silly. I just don’t know what the writers have against stable relationships…
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I couldn't agree with you more. Suddenly this show went from being a terrific TV drama about a struggling community hospital with likeable characters and interesting plots and conflicts to a daytime TV romance soap opera. Blech. I watched 10 minutes into the second episode and said that's it for me. There's too much other really good stuff streaming these days to waste time on a show that tanks as quickly and decisively as this one has.
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Agree 100%!!
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Cant wait.
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Officially has jumped the shark
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Getting boring. It’s supposed to be about the hospital and the problems there . I think I shall soon move on.
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Sharpwin is silly. Middle-aged doctors pretending like they're twenty somethings just starting out.
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Max and Helen had a lot of chemistry and still do but I don’t understand the current plot now that they’re together. They are acting foolish and impulsive. There’s no reason Max couldn’t have joined Helen after finding a suitable replacement for medical director. London isn’t going anywhere! That storyline is rushed, like all the others.
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I continue to be delighted with the cast and the
storylines. Helen and Max going to London offers
new points of view and experiences. I will happily
follow Helen and Max wherever they go.
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David Schulner is blowing smoke out of his rear. The belittling 3some story is a disgrace to Seasons1-3. Malvo's pregnancy is laughable because she's a doctor yet used no protection with all these men? And now the 3 Stooges are linking arms singing Kumbaya? Next month Floyd and Claude Baptiste will be together behind Malvo's back.
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