Stories and segments are drawn from old video footage, often with clothing, dialogue, and actions copied to a tee.
Obsessed with becoming a filmmaker, Adam would incessantly film his family and make home movies. Adding to the appeal is that the series is based on the creator’s real-life growing up as a young boy. Sure, it’s like an overload of pop culture references sometimes, but that’s part of the show’s charm. If you were to make every possible ’80s reference imaginable, from music to movies, toys, and technology, and mix them up in a blender, the result would be this hilarious period sitcom. As the series progresses, Max gets increasingly impassioned about changing societal issues of all kinds, using his position at the hospital to elicit widespread change. Naturally, the powers that be are none too pleased with Goodwin’s “no rules” strategy and the risks it brings along with it, even if deep down they agree with his caring intent. The story begins with Goodwin, believing his secret cancer diagnosis is a death sentence, decides to run the hospital the way it should be run, ignoring all the red tape and bureaucracy that might otherwise hold a medical facility back from providing sufficient medical care to all of its patients. Despite the predictability as far as stereotypical medical dramas go, the soapy series is worth watching thanks to its talented cast and ridiculous yet thoroughly entertaining storylines.
Max Goodwin’s manta as medical director of the fictional New Amsterdam public hospital, and words you’ll hear him utter over and over again each episode.