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New Amsterdam

Name: New Amsterdam
Genre: Drama, Crime, Fantasy

TV·2008–2008·1 season, 8 episodes·FOX·Drama, Crime, Fantasy·1h·7.8·Created by Allan Loeb

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New Amsterdam centers on a brilliant New York homicide detective with a profound secret he is immortal. In response to a heroic action, John Amsterdam will not age a day until he finds "the one." He has had many lives as he has roamed the city of New York for the past 400 years searching for his one true love.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

01PilotS01E01 · 7.3The case of a murdered socialite leads Det. Amsterdam back to his past.
02Golden BoyS01E02 · 7.3Amsterdam and Eva's probe of a student's death at a posh private school leads to a revelation of a twisted affair. And a secret of Amsterdam's comes out following a flashback to 1941.
03HonorS01E04 · 7.3A pair of brutal sexual assaults---one resulting in murder---remind Amsterdam of events he witnessed while working for a wealthy landowner in the 19th century. Meanwhile, Amsterdam gets better acquainted with Sara.

Cast

Nikolaj Coster-WaldauJohn Amsterdam

Zuleikha RobinsonEva Marquez

Alexie GilmoreDr. Sara Dillane

Stephen McKinley HendersonOmar

Episodes by season

Season018Episodes2008Aired 7.2Season avg

S01E01Season's bestPilotMarch 4, 2008 7.3The case of a murdered socialite leads Det. Amsterdam back to his past.
S01E02Golden BoyMarch 6, 2008 7.3Amsterdam and Eva's probe of a student's death at a posh private school leads to a revelation of a twisted affair. And a secret of Amsterdam
S01E03Soldier's HeartMarch 10, 2008 7.0Skeptical of a confession by a homeless Gulf War veteran (Orlando Jones) who says he murdered a psychiatrist, Amsterdam probes the doctor's
S01E04HonorMarch 17, 2008 7.3A pair of brutal sexual assaults---one resulting in murder---remind Amsterdam of events he witnessed while working for a wealthy landowner i
S01E05Keep the ChangeMarch 24, 2008 7.3While investigating a homeless man's death and a possible connection with one of the deceased's prized possessions, which he kept at a shelt
S01E06LegacyMarch 31, 2008 7.3When a murder victim in Chinatown reminds John of a son he lost in the early 20th century, the investigation leads to a ruthless crime famil
S01E07ReclassifiedApril 7, 2008 7.2The dying wish of John's first partner (Chris Bauer), who was shot in the line of duty, brings back memories of John's early days as a detec
S01E08Love HurtsApril 14, 2008 6.6John recalls his days as a con man in the 1920s when he and Eva investigate the death of a woman who appears to have drowned. Meanwhile, Joh

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