Dierdre Friel

When an inmate comes in with an entirely preventable illness, Max, Sharpe and Iggy head directly to the source -- Rikers Island; Bloom struggles with her recovery; Reynolds gets news that could change his life.

Sharpe lands in hot water when she goes out on a limb for a patient; Max's grief comes to a head; Bloom takes a major step in her recovery.

With the hospital on lockdown after the Rikers patients escape, Sharpe and Max find themselves in a situation that could cost them their lives; Bloom must put aside her pain to help a patient; Iggy is forced to face his marriage's issues.

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.

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.