SummaryNew 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 meets his tr... Read More
New Amsterdam
Season 1 Premiere:
Mar 4, 2008
Metascore
Generally Favorable
63
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
63
64% Positive
32 Reviews
32 Reviews
28% Mixed
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8% Negative
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4 Reviews
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.
75
Eight episodes or not, don't count this show dead before it's born.
70
This new drama has bad dialogue to spare, too, which mars an otherwise distinctive, better-than-average police show.
70
New Amsterdam is worth keeping an eye on as it develops. It could become consistently engaging television.
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.
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.
25
New Amsterdam is very average--and in many aspects is well below average. It never feels like much more than a cliche.
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62% Positive
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