Still, the actual beats of the story were effective, at least for me. Max and Iggy predictably saw this and fought to prove it, and they succeeded a bit too easily. The officials determinedly trying to condemn Dane came across as far too cartoonishly villainous, and it was fairly obvious from early on that his manic episode led him to heroism. I actually found the story of Dane the bipolar pilot very compelling, even if it was wrapped up a bit too neatly in this show’s typically uplifting way. Not for Kapoor, obviously, and not for many others in the hospital, even if the more pressing matter of a passenger plane crash-landing in the East River becomes the immediate concern.
In some ways, that’s a good thing, since the rapidity with which New Amsterdam season 3, episode 1 moves away from the chilling tone established in the opening runs the risk of making the whole thing seem like it’s over and done with. Kapoor on a ventilator is an immediately haunting image, and by the end of the episode, even though he’s awake, his immediate future is guaranteed to be bleak. Covid-19 has also claimed one of the show’s own – the sight of Dr.
