It’s network television premiere week which means we will be checking in on a number of uncool shows that some of us continue to steadfastly cling to because we appreciate the staid the familiar and the comfortable. But there is also Abbott Elementary. The Quantum Leap reboot was a little too comfortable but theres hope for it yet.
The fifth and final season of New Amsterdam a holdover from the This Is Us years where we often sought feel good dramas to make us feel less sick about the world made its debut on Tuesday night on NBC. I originally called it the Coldplay of hospital dramas and I stand by it. Despite some cast turnover its been a reliably decent even if it is shamelessly and successfully manipulative.
Iggy meanwhile is separated from his husband, after realizing at the end of last season that his husband only loved him when he was traumatized. The separation however has made the heart grow fonder and Iggy is already seeking a way back to his marriage.
In one of the two major hospital plotlines, a group of sex workers are injured during a strike. Meanwhile a conservative anti queer corporation, Wholesome tries to use New Amsterdam to launder its reputation by donating $10 million for a new clinic. Max finds a way to accept the money without rehabilitating the corporation by opening the Wholesome Sex Workers Clinic. The Wholesome exec is furious but powerless to stop it. Savvy move Max.
Finally, a dying kids one wish is to star in a Bollywood film. The entire hospital endeavors to fly him to India to do so but his impending death makes it impossible. The end is predictable but no less effective particularly for saps whose child has gone through a life threatening illness The hospital pulls out all the stops and basically throws the kid a Bollywood party in the hospital. Yes I cried. No I am not ashamed. I only wish Anupam Kher were still around for it.
Whats up next? That unclear except that Iggy gets mad. I hate that Tyler Labine has never gotten the fame he so deserves but he is spectacular in New Amsterdam.
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