New Amsterdam already dropped some clues for fans about Helens departure.
New Amsterdam will soon return to NBC for its fifth and final season, but the lineup is going to look very different due to the absence of Helen Sharpe. Actress Freema Agyeman has left the series following the heartbreaking end of Season 4 which presumably means the end of Max and Helen relationship. Executive producers David Schulner and Peter Horton spoke with CinemaBlend about clues that fans may have missed about Helens decision as well as the heartache on the way when it comes to Sharpwin.
Freema Agyeman has been a key part of New Amsterdam and Maxs life going back to the beginning of the series and the Season 4 finale that featured Helen breaking off their wedding did not actually establish that she would not be coming back at all. You can revisit the finale streaming with a Peacock subscription. When I spoke with the executive producers ahead of the Season 5 premiere they addressed how early they found out that Agyeman would not be back so that they could plan ahead for Season 5. David Schulner we actually knew at the end of Season 3 that she might not even come back for Season 4. Freema graciously let us know very early where her head was. And so Season 4 was the gift for us. So we planted things along the way that we could if you were watching closely you would see that there were issues that things were not all perfect. So allowing that extra season for us gave us the runway we needed for her departure.
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