New Amsterdam Premier Episode Summaries

Here are the episode summaries from Fox covering the first two episodes of New Amsterdam.


“PILOT” SERIES PREMIERE Air Date March 4th, 2008, 9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT

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 (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) 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. Amsterdam’s new partner, Eva Marquez (Zuleikha Robinson), can’t wait to be transferred out of homicide, but in the mean time she has to put up with a truly know-it-all partner. Omar (Stephen McKinley Henderson) is the only one who knows Amsterdam’s secret and he’s got one of his own.

A murdered socialite causes John Amsterdam to cross paths with his past and it nearly kills him in the “Pilot” episode of NEW AMSTERDAM, premiering Tuesday, March 4 on FOX.

Cast: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as John Amsterdam; Zuleikha Robinson as Eva Marquez, Stephen McKinley Henderson as Omar, Alexie Gilmore as Dr. Sara Dillane.
Guest Stars: Robert Clohessy as Detective Santori, Louis Antonio Aponte as Perez, Christian Corp as Rebecca, and Kristin Griffith as Mrs. Carlton.


“GOLDEN BOY” Air date March 6, 2008 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT)

Amsterdam (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) and Eva (Zuliekha Robinson) investigate the suspicious death of a student at a prestigious New York City private school which leads to the revelation of a twisted “affair.” One of Amsterdam’s biggest secrets is revealed, when Amsterdam flashbacks to 1941 in the “Golden Boy” episode of NEW AMSTERDAM airing Thursday, March 6 on FOX.

Cast: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as John Amsterdam; Zuleikha Robinson as Eva Marquez, Stephen McKinley Henderson as Omar, Alexie Gilmore as Dr. Sara Dillane.
Guest Stars: Chad L. Coleman as Lt. Bobby Graham, Anastasia Griffith as Hannah Cleary, Charles Borland as Paul Cleary, Yolanda Ross, as Lily Mae Brown, John Sharian, as Jack Shaw, Alana Jerins as Irene Shaw, Jamie Harrold as Mank, Betty Gilpin as Marika, Lizbeth Mackay as Maggie, Charles Dumas as Lionel, Kimberly Herbert Gregory as Nurse, Marc Arthur Jefferies as Corey, Casey Siemaszko as Peter Huygens, Ryan Lynn as Tommy Langer, Patrick Downs as Uniform Cop, Mason Pettit as EMT, Rosalyn Coleman as Hallie, and Matt Dickson as Matt Shaw

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