New Amsterdam fans changed upsetting finale of season 1 and the start of season 2! The finale of season 1 of New Amsterdam, like the first episode of season 2, aired Wednesday January 22, were almost very different and this because of the fans of the medical series.

After a season 1 finale that left some of the heroes between life and death, TF1 offered fans of New Amsterdam the start of season 2 this Wednesday, January 22. A shocking first episode, which resumed three months after the car accident that changed the fate of the characters. If the life of Max Goodwin, the doctor played by Ryan Eggold, seemed to be back on track, it was only an illusion and the fans finally took out the tissues at the end of this first episode. They discovered that Max’s wife Georgia had died in the accident and that the doctor was therefore raising his little daughter Luna on his own.

New Amsterdam fans changed upsetting finale

Georgia's death was heartbreaking for New Amsterdam writers

A tragic death which will undoubtedly revive the intrigue of this series inspired by a true story and which was long anticipated in the imagination of screenwriters. "This is something I tried to put in the pilot of the series," said showrunner David Schulner in an interview with the American TV Line site. However, the latter almost fell back. "When we started talking about the end of season 1, I deflated and decided that we were going to keep Georgia because I love Lisa O'Hare [the actress who embodied the character, editor's note] and i loved to see Max finally happy and I didn't want to see him suffer again. And then our producer Peter Horton pushed me a little and the NBC also said that I had talked about it all year and he I had to follow my gut. So that’s what we did and it was awful to talk about it, write this episode, shoot it, see Lisa play a corpse on the table. 'we did not do this lightly but with a lot of thought and anguish. "

New Amsterdam fans almost changed the tragic end of season 1 in spite of themselves

Yet the New Amsterdam showrunner also almost changed his mind for a whole other reason, because of the fans of the series. The latter indeed appreciate very much the bond which was woven during the episodes between Max and doctor Helen Sharpe, played by actress Freema Agyeman, and would like to see the two characters in couple. "It almost made me give up on killing Georgia," said the showrunner. "We have a large community of fans who want to see Max and Sharpe together, but that isn't planned yet. But, without Georgia in the picture , it makes things easier and it's not what we want. We don't want to put them together, they are two best friends and we are delighted to develop this relationship: two adult friends, who appreciate and take caring for each other. Georgia's death makes it easier for fans to want. I just thought maybe we shouldn't kill her for that reason. " If you're one of those fans who would like to see the two heroes as a couple, don't be too delusional. The series having been renewed for many more seasons, the writers will undoubtedly take their time and make you marinate before resolving to develop an amorous intrigue between these two.