Max volunteers New Amsterdam to take patients from a short-staffed hospital nearby, causing chaos; Frome's conscience is torn over the funding for a hospital garden.
Max stresses about his first fundraising gala at the hospital. Kapoor and Sharpe help a sick father and son.
Max persuades Sharpe to take a risk with his treatment; Frome helps a trans patient; Bloom deals with a difficult conversation.
The team fight to hold onto Max's legacy as his life hangs in the balance; the hospital staff rally to help Georgia; Dean Fulton takes charge of the hospital.
Reynolds confronts difficult memories from his past, while Max begins chemotherapy as he continues to work. In order to try and distract himself from his treatment, he takes on a frequent-flyer patient.