This week’s New Amsterdam continues some of the arcs we’ve been seeing. Floyd continues to try to work on his relationship with his father while Iggy tries dating and more!
A man with a serious shoulder injury gets brought into Elizabeth’s OR for surgery. She looks at it and sees the only course of action is amputation. When she tells the patient as much, he begins to panic and refuses the surgery. Elizabeth tries to push due to the surgery being a life-or-death procedure, but he refuses. She ends up calling Iggy down with the intention of having him declare the patient as “not of sound mind” so she can go around his request. Iggy explains to her that the patient in the OR is Canaan Ochoa, the starting pitcher of a major baseball team, and his choice makes sense with his career.
When Iggy talks to him, he realizes what Iggy is trying to do. Iggy explains that it’s just because of how major the choice is that they need to be certain. He’s rules of sound mind to Elizabeth’s dismay. Iggy tries to explain to her that she can’t do this procedure without losing her license because Canaan will fight for wrongful life. Despite this, she tells the OR to prepare for surgery. They all are reluctant to help her and Canaan asks her why she’s doing this. She asks for everyone to leave the OR before talking to Canaan about his choice. She starts angry but begins to understand that Canaan truly thinks he doesn’t have a happy life without baseball. She talks him through it and gets him to see that the surgery is the right move.
Horace shows up at the hospital decked out in fishing gear and tells Floyd that they’re going fishing. Floyd refuses at first because he has a job to do, but Iggy pushes him to do it. When they show up at the fishing place, there’s a clear “no trespassing” sign and Floyd argues with Horace about actually going in. Horace convinces him and they have a bit of fun fishing with a bit of bickering until a Homeland Security officer spots them.
Horace takes off while barely giving Floyd any warning of what’s going on. Floyd manages to get away without getting caught, and when he meets back up with Horace, he yells at him about how risky that was and how he could lose his license if he gets in trouble with Homeland Security. The two end up going back and forth, with Horace being upset with Floyd over his career and lifestyle and Floyd being upset with Horace’s lack of care. After a while, Floyd tries to leave, but Horace insists on fishing more.
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