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  • FOX
  • Mar 4, 2008
  • FOX
  • Mar 4, 2008
New Amsterdam

Summary New York City homicide detective John Amsterdam is cursed with immortality because he stopped the murder of a Native American girl in 1642 by stepping in front of a sword. Due to this act of kindness, the girl rescued Amsterdam from the stab wound by making him immortal, but warns that it is a curse that will only be lifted when John mee...

  • FOX
  • Mar 4, 2008
  • FOX
  • Mar 4, 2008
New Amsterdam
Season 1
Season Premiere: Mar 4, 2008
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 25 Critic Reviews
63
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
7.1
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Summary New York City homicide detective John Amsterdam is cursed with immortality because he stopped the murder of a Native American girl in 1642 by stepping in front of a sword. Due to this act of kindness, the girl rescued Amsterdam from the stab wound by making him immortal, but warns that it is a curse that will only be lifted when John mee...

Season Episodes

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Episode 1 • Mar 4, 2008 • 1 h
Pilot
Episode 2 • Mar 5, 2008 • 43 m
Golden Boy
Amsterdam and Eva investigate the murder of a student at a prestigious New York City private school.
Episode 3 • Mar 10, 2008 • 43 m
Soldier's Heart
In the present, John investigates a Gulf War veteran with PTSD accused of murdering his therapist. In the past, he is a civil war surgeon with a similar patient. He finally meets Dr. Dillane, but finds out she is married.
Episode 4 • Mar 17, 2008 • 44 m
Honor
John sees similarities between the brutal rape and death of a nun and several other rapes and a case in the Bronx from the early 1800's. Meanwhile, John continues to pursue Sarah.
Episode 5 • Mar 24, 2008 • 44 m
Keep the Change
Amsterdam investigates a homeless man's death outside of a new homeless shelter.
Episode 6 • Mar 31, 2008 • 43 m
Legacy
When police find a body in an apartment in Chinatown, John and Eva are called to investigate. The deceased's striking similarity to Roosevelt, a lost son of John's from the early 1900s, prompts him to take a personal stance on the case.
Episode 7 • Apr 7, 2008 • 44 m
Reclassified
Episode 8 • Apr 14, 2008 • 44 m
Love Hurts

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 25 Critic Reviews
63
64% Positive
16 Reviews
28% Mixed
7 Reviews
8% Negative
2 Reviews

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 25 Critic Reviews
63
64% Positive
16 Reviews
28% Mixed
7 Reviews
8% Negative
2 Reviews

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80
The resulting series features trick photography, murder, romance, and--much like the Fox "Terminator" series--more clever ideas and witty jokes, not to mention cool jazz, than the audience expects or deserves.
By John Leonard FULL REVIEW
75
Eight episodes or not, don't count this show dead before it's born.
By Linda Stasi FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
7.1
57% Positive
4 Ratings
29% Mixed
2 Ratings
14% Negative
1 Rating

User Reviews

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
7.1
57% Positive
4 Ratings
29% Mixed
2 Ratings
14% Negative
1 Rating

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70
This new drama has bad dialogue to spare, too, which mars an otherwise distinctive, better-than-average police show.
By John Maynard FULL REVIEW
70
New Amsterdam is worth keeping an eye on as it develops. It could become consistently engaging television.
By Charlie McCollum FULL REVIEW
60
The shaman contrivance is surely tedious, but it appears that New Amsterdam uses the immortal design not as a way to Forrest-Gump its protagonist into a set of trite historical situations, but more cleverly, to ask questions about those situations.
By Cynthia Fuchs FULL REVIEW
50
Easy to dismiss at first glance, the series does exhibit some possibilities in its second episode, though it's still a relatively uninspired time-killer for those of us with just one life to live.
By Brian Lowry FULL REVIEW
25
New Amsterdam is very average--and in many aspects is well below average. It never feels like much more than a cliche.
By Tim Goodman FULL REVIEW
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