Max creates chaos when he volunteers New Amsterdam to take over for a short-staffed neighbouring hospital. Frome has a crisis of conscience about the funding for a hospital garden. An eager resident learns a secret about Bloom.
When Iggy and Kapoor discover a patient might be suffering from lead poisoning, they are forced to take on the city; Max's unsolicited attempts to help a patient backfire.
Max faces the pressure of his first fundraising gala at the hospital. Frome struggles to break difficult news to his daughter. Bloom and Reynolds deal with the fallout of their argument. Kapoor and Sharpe work to help a sick father and son.
Max invokes a hospital-wide census in an effort to get to know the staff of New Amsterdam on a deeper level; Reynolds takes a leap of faith that lands him in hot water; Dr. Castro extends her treatment plan to more patients in the hospital.
Sharpe comes up with a way to help Max, as Kapoor receives some surprising news and Reynolds takes the next step in his relationship with Evie.