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‘New Amsterdam’ Recap: Series Finale — Season 5, Episode 13
Warning: The following contains major spoilers for Tuesday’s New Amsterdam. Proceed at your own risk!
New Amsterdam‘s very final episode kicked off with a surprise announcement: Max was leaving the hospital to go work for the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. The big move was part of his plan to devote more time to his daughter Luna, which must have worked out, because in the show’s closing scene, New Amsterdam’s new medical director addressed her staff and revealed that she’s Luna, who’s all grown up and in charge and played by Molly Griggs (Servant, Prodigal Son) in the future!
Back in the present day timeline, Max’s decision to take on the new job put an abrupt end to his relationship with Elizabeth Wilder. But Max was committed to making Luna the center of his life, even if it meant leaving behind all the things he loves, he told Elizabeth. While handing her the keys to New Amsterdam, he reassured her that if he does come back, it won’t be for the hospital. But technically, he is single, so does that mean there’s hope for #Sharpwin? (More on that below.)
Elsewhere in the series ender, Iggy and Martin got remarried in a small family-only ceremony officiated by Gladys; Vanessa reached out to Lauren at an NA meeting; and Floyd appeared to have finally convinced a woman he loves to stay in New York.
Below, showrunner/executive producer David Schulner and EP/director Peter Horton break down the finale’s Luna twist and whether Max’s ambiguous romantic ending leaves the door open for him and Helen to reunite. Plus, scroll down to grade the series finale!
‘New Amsterdam’ Recap: Season 5, Episode 10 — [Spoiler] Returns
Warning: The following contains major spoilers for Tuesday’s New Amsterdam. Proceed at your own risk!
New Amsterdam‘s fall finale delivered on showrunner David Schulner’s promise to TVLine that we hadn’t seen the last of Freema Agyeman as Dr. Helen Sharpe.
The actress — who exited the NBC drama at the end of Season 4 but lent her voice to a breakup letter in the Season 5 opener — made an unexpectedly early return at the end of Tuesday’s back-to-back episodes. (Raise your hand if you thought Helen wouldn’t reappear until the series finale.)
Helen’s appearance came at a crucial moment in the burgeoning relationship between her ex fiancé Max and his potential new love interest, Dr. Elizabeth Wilder. Needless to say, the shock of seeing Helen again, even just on a TV screen, will have big ramifications for Max’s personal life.
“We knew we wanted to bring Helen Sharpe back to test Max’s resolve. To test his feelings for Wilder. To test whether or not he’s truly healed,” showrunner David Schulner tells TVLine. “And we knew we wanted it to happen at the worst possible moment for him,” when Elizabeth has finally changed her mind and come to Max to take the plunge, romantically.
Read on as we recap the episodes’ biggest developments and get scoop from Schulner on what’s in store when the series returns on Jan. 3. Then grade the fall finale via the poll below.
Amsterdam Hotel Featured In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Is Unhappy With ‘Unwanted Involvement’
The real world Amsterdam hotel featured in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is not happy with its “unwanted involvement” in the first person shooter from Activision Blizzard.
As reported by de Volkskrant (and translated by PC Gamer), the manager of the Conservatorium Hotel in Amsterdam said the business is currently considering how to deal with its near-exact recreation in Modern Warfare 2’s Tradecraft level and Breenbergh Hotel multiplayer map.
“We have taken note of the fact that the Conservatorium Hotel is undesirably the scene of the new Call of Duty,” said manager Roy Tomassen. “More generally, we don’t support games that seem to encourage the use of violence. The game in no way reflects our core values and we regret our apparent and unwanted involvement.”
The hotel is still considering what steps to take next but gave no indication as to its plans, whether it be legal action, something else, or nothing at all. IGN has reached out to Activision Blizzard for comment.
The Conservatorium Hotel (called the Breenbergh Hotel in-game) is one part of a much larger Amsterdam level that recreates several streets and locations from the real city, though it is obviously the sole focus of the multiplayer map of the same name.
In our 6/10 review of the game’s single player, IGN said: “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’s campaign is a lackluster follow-up to its refined predecessor, saved by its best-in-class shooting.”
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer. He’ll talk about The Witcher all day.
‘Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile’ Sees $575K, ‘Amsterdam’ $550K on Thursday – Deadline
FRIDAY MIDDAY UPDATE: Paramount has everything to be happy about heading into the weekend as their horror movie Smile is coming on strong with $3.85M today for what is now looking at a $13.1M second frame at 3,659 theaters, -42% – spectacular for a horror movie considering they typically drop 60% or more in weekend 2. This will put the 10-day gross of the Parker Finn-directed and -written genre title at $45.4M.
In second place as of right now is Sony’s Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile with $3.3M today and an expected $11M opening at 4,350 theaters. This fight between Lyle, Lyle and Smile boils down to Saturday (doesn’t it always?) and how many moms and kids come out for this feature take of the 1965 Bernard Waber book. Again, this type of family film has a cap age-wise — likely below 9 years of age in regards to those who want to see it, plus, while a classic title, it’s not as marquee as say Sony’s Peter Rabbit which opened to $25M back in 2018, or Weinstein Co’s Paddington which saw a near $19M start in 2015. Audience score on Rotten Tomatoes at 82% is higher than Peter Rabbit‘s (56%) and Paddington (80%).
And Amsterdam is going up in smoke. Friday’s estimated $2.5M includes last night’s previews putting the David O. Russell directed period comedy between $6.6M-$7.3M at 3,005 locations. No amount of star power in this movie including Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, John David Washington, Chris Rock, Anya Taylor Joy, Rami Malek, Taylor Swift, etc. could save it. More deconstruction of this period 2-hour-and-15 minute arthouse comedy later. While it’s been customary for adult skewing movies to not necessarily breakeven as moviegoers have come back from the pandemic, this is a huge bomb for New Regency/20th Century Studios; even by pre-pandemic standards an $80M production cost on a movie of this type is uncalled for. Too much for absurdist comedy. Rotten Tomatoes audience score at 67% is currently higher than critics’ 34%, but even that isn’t good.
Weekend 4 of TriStar’s The Woman King at 3,342 theaters is seeing $1.3M today, -27%, and a 3-day of $5M, -26%, for a running total of $53.8M.
New Line’s third sesh of Don’t Worry Darling booked at 3,324 locations is eyeing a $1M Friday, -57% from a week ago, and 3-day of $3.35M, -51% for a running total of $38.3M.
FRIDAY AM UPDATE: Not exactly the flashiest of Thursday nights for previews as Sony’s feature take of the classic children’s book Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile saw $575K off showtimes that began at 3 p.m. in 3,453 locations, while New Regency/20th Century Studios/Disney’s Amsterdam baked $550K off previews that began at 6 p.m. in 3,005 locations.
Here’s the thing: Sometimes studios with family movies don’t even hold previews outside of summer. There were only 15% of K-12 schools out Thursday. Sony didn’t hold previews for the first Peter Rabbit, which debuted in February 2018, but held them for Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway, which did $900K on June 10 last year at 2,572 theaters. Lyle, Lyle‘s numbers are above that of another live-action/CGI hybrid based on a classic kids book, Paddington 2, which did $325K back in January 2018. Lyle, Lyle also is higher than the $175K cashed in from 8 p.m. showtimes of the first Paddington in January 2015.
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It all comes down to Saturday matinee business, and Sony is betting low on Lyle, Lyle at $11M-$12M, while industry estimates are much higher between $15M-$18M. Sony put the movie here because it’s the Indigenous Peoples’ Day holiday weekend, and 42% of all K-12 schools are off Monday per ComScore. Lyle, Lyle is 67% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.
Disney was hoping that David O. Russell’s absurdist period comedy would do around $10M. It might be in the high single digits if business doesn’t pick up — and the movie has all the Imax screens. The pic’s previews are ahead of the R-rated Bob Odenkirk action movie Nobody, which did $410K on its Thursday in March 2021 before filing a $6.8M opening, and they’re below Michael Bay’s Ambulance, which saw $700K in its preview night before a $8.6M opening in April. Amsterdam is suffering from bad reviews at 35% on Rotten Tomatoes. Ouch, this is an $80M movie, twice as much as Russell’s American Hustle, which boasted the star power of Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Christian Bale, Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner.
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Taylor Swift, who also stars in Amsterdam, is doing her part to get the Swifties out to see the film:
Paramount’s Smile had a rich week with weekday grosses averaging $2M+ at 3,645 theaters. Thursday was $2.1M, off 13% from Wednesday bringing the horror movie’s first week total to $32.29M, 21% off from the first week of Bullet Train, which did $41M in its first seven days. Yeah, odd comp, but it just goes to show you the power of Smile — the fact that it’s $8.7M off from a Brad Pitt action movie. Smile is expected to do around $11M in weekend 2.
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New Line’s Don’t Worry Darling finished second on Thursday with $555K at 4,121 theaters, -13% from Wednesday, for a second week of $9.5M and running total of $34.97M.
TriStar’s The Woman King at 3,504 theaters did $506K, -17%, for a $9.1M third week and running total of $48.8M.
Popping into fourth place with a full-on opening Thursday at 886 sites was Damien Leone’s Terrifier 2, which did $403,9K. Logline for the Leone-penned movie: After being resurrected by a sinister entity, Art the Clown returns to the timid town of Miles County, where he targets a teenage girl and her younger brother on Halloween night. The sequel is being handled by Iconic Events Releasing.
Universal’s Billy Eichner comedy Bros did $380K at 3,350 theaters for 5th Thursday, and a $6.74M first week at 3,350 theaters.
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KLM says it won’t bring more passengers to Amsterdam Saturday
AMSTERDAM, June 4 (Reuters) – KLM, the Dutch arm of Air France-KLM, said it would not bring any further passengers on Saturday from European destinations to Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, its main hub.
The airline, which had already cancelled dozens of flights to ease traffic pressure at the airport, said weather conditions and runway maintenance were preventing many aircraft from taking off and landing.
“This decision should make it possible for as many passengers as possible who are stuck at Schiphol to be able to leave on Saturday and for KLM to conduct as many flights as possible on Sunday,” the company said in a statement.
Schiphol, Europe’s third-busiest airport, has been grappling with overcrowding due to a shortage of security staff. Earlier this week, the airport agreed to increase the wages of staff over the summer period and to hire more personnel. read more
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‘New Amsterdam’ Recap: Season 4 Finale, Episode 22 — Max/Helen
A hurricane turned out to be the last of Max and Helen’s worries on New Amsterdam‘s Season 4 finale.
The episode begins with Helen remarking that she must have underpacked because her suitcase closed too easily. “Well, who says you need clothes?” Max cheekily replies. He also informs her that the botanical garden is all set for their nuptials.
But then the Category 4 storm that was predicted to hit the Carolinas changes course for New York. Max’s frantic text messages to Helen (who is labeled “My Boo” in his contacts!) asking if her flight has been redirected go unanswered. And there’s no flight record on his tracking app. When the hurricane passes, Max finally gets a message from Helen the next morning: “Today has been… I have no words. Will call you ASAP.”
Meanwhile, Reynolds suggests the hospital rooftop as an alternate location for the wedding now that the botanical garden is a no-go. Max leaves Helen a voicemail about how it’s perfect for them since “this place has always been magic for us.” It’s where they met and fell in love so it feels like the right place to start their forever, he concludes.
As Max is standing in his suit, surrounded by their friends, he gets a call from Helen. She’s still in London. “I can’t,” she cries. Shocked and crestfallen, Max tells his worried friends, “She’s not coming.”
Now let’s review where the other docs found themselves at the end of the finale.
IGGY/MARTIN | Iggy recalls the night he and Martin first met, when this gorgeous man came over to him. “Why me?” Iggy wonders. Martin says he thought Iggy was cute, but Iggy isn’t buying it and argues that Martin is drawn to broken birds that need to be saved and that’s what he saw across the bar. Martin is angry that Iggy’s go-to move is to always play the victim and he appears to have no intention of changing. So when no one wants to lead the hospital’s emergency response to the storm, Iggy takes on the role to prove himself capable. Everything that could go wrong does: the hurricane knocks out an ICU window, so Iggy takes staff and patients to a stairwell to shelter and they start fainting from carbon monoxide poisoning, then a light fixture collapses into a pool of water, trapping them in a hallway. Iggy manages to turn off the backup generator and get everyone to safety.
The next day, Iggy tells his husband that the only thing holding him back during the crisis was Martin’s voice in his head. “I can’t be who I want to be with you,” Iggy says. Martin responds that he should move out then.
FLOYD | The surgeon is on his way to confront his dad when the hurricane hits, trapping them and a wounded resident in his dad’s apartment building. It seems Floyd’s father has been keeping up with his medical career. But even after helping his son push a woman’s rib back inside her (!), he rejects Floyd’s request for answers. However, not all hope is lost: He asks Floyd to call him with recommendations for a shoulder doctor.
New Amsterdam fans, what did you think of the season ender? Grade it below, then hit the comments!
Strike causes chaos at Amsterdam airport as holiday begins
Travellers wait in lines at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport as an unannounced strike of ground staff caused many delays and cancellations, in Amsterdam, Netherlands April 23, 2022. REUTERS/Anthony Deutsch
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AMSTERDAM, April 23 (Reuters) – Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport urged travellers to stay away for several hours on Saturday as a strike by ground personnel at the start of a school holiday caused chaos at Europe’s third-busiest airport.
“The terminal is too full at the moment … Schiphol is calling on travellers not to come to the airport anymore,” airport authorities said in a statement issued shortly before noon (1000 GMT).
Almost three hours later the airport said passengers were welcome again but would still face long waiting times and possible delays or cancellations.
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Police closed down highway exits to the airport briefly on Saturday afternoon as lines at departure gates stretched out of the airport buildings.
A Schiphol spokesperson said the temporary closure was necessary to guarantee safety and to get as many as possible of the thousands of frustrated passengers aboard their often-delayed flights.
Baggage handlers for KLM, the Dutch arm of airline Air France-KLM (AIRF.PA), had early on Saturday gone on a previously unannounced strike to press demands for higher pay and better working conditions.
KLM ground staff handle about half of all luggage coming through Schiphol, Europe’s third busiest airport after Paris Charles de Gaulle and London Heathrow.
Labour union FNV said the walkout had ended around noon.
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Hostage situation ends at Amsterdam Apple Store | News | DW
Amsterdam police said they apprehended a suspect who had taken a hostage at an Apple Store in Amsterdam on Tuesday evening. Police added that the hostage was safe.
“We managed to end the situation by hitting the hostage taker with a car when he ran outside,” police said on Twitter, adding that the man was being treated for serious injuries.
The suspect had carried a pistol and an automatic rifle. He fired at least four shots when police arrived around 6 p.m. local time (1700 UTC), Amsterdam police chief Frank Pauw said during a news conference on Wednesday.
Several witnesses heard gunshots inside the Apple Store
The situation didn’t end until around five hours later, when the hostage fled the building as a police robot delivered water at the door of the shop at the request of the suspect, according to Dutch media reports.
Footage showed the suspect being hit by a car outside the Apple Store as he was running after the fleeing hostage.
Police said the gunman was “lying on the street and a robot was examining him for explosives” after he was hit by a car
“The hostage played a heroic role by forcing a breakthrough,” Pauw said. “Otherwise, this could have been a long night.”
The hostage, who is now safe, is reportedly a 44-year old British man.
Police said dozens of people had been trapped in the building when the standoff started, but were released before the situation ended.
Dutch public broadcaster NOS had earlier reported that the hostage situation started as an alleged robbery.
But Pauw said the suspect, 27, had contacted the police himself during the hostage-taking and demanded a ransom of €200 million ($226 million) in cryptocurrencies and safe passage out of the building.
Leidseplein, the busy downtown square where the Apple Store is located, had been cleared and cordoned off, and a helicopter had been flying overhead for hours. Police apologized for the noise and inconvenience it caused the residents in the area.
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Amsterdam police end hostage taking at Apple flagship store
AMSTERDAM, Feb 22 (Reuters) – Dutch police ended a hostage taking in an Apple flagship store in Amsterdam after a man armed with two guns held at least one person hostage for hours, police said on Wednesday.
Police arrested the suspected hostage taker, a 27-year old man from Amsterdam, after he ran out of the building at the central Leidseplein square, shortly after 10:30 p.m. (2130 GMT) on Tuesday.
“We managed to end the situation by hitting the hostage taker with a car when he ran outside,” police said on Twitter, adding that the man was being treated for serious injuries.
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The man had carried a pistol and an automatic rifle, with which he fired at least four shots when police arrived at the square around 6 p.m., Amsterdam police chief Frank Pauw told a news conference early on Wednesday.
The man, who had a criminal record, had contacted the police himself during the hostage taking, demanding a ransom of 200 million euros ($226 million) in crypto currencies and a safe passage out of the building, Pauw said.
“He threatened a hostage with a gun and threatened to blow himself up, so we took it very seriously”, Amsterdam newspaper Parool quoted the police chief as saying.
The situation ended when the hostage, reportedly a 44-year old British man, fled from the building when a police robot delivered water at the door of the store at the request of the hostage taker.
The hostage taker ran after the man and was quickly hit by the car.
“The hostage played a heroic role by forcing a breakthrough,” Pauw said. “Otherwise, this could have been a long night.”
During the evening, about 70 people were able to leave the store while the hostage-taking was going on. There were no reports of any other injuries.
The hostage taker was seriously injured, but able to speak when he was arrested, police said.
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