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[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for New Amsterdam<\/em> Season 5 Episode 11 \u201cFalling.\u201d]<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Max Goodwin (Ryan Eggold<\/a>) goes from \u201chow can I help?\u201d to \u201chow can I avoid?\u201d within the final New Amsterdam<\/em><\/a> winter premiere. After studying his ex-fianc\u00e9e Dr. Helen Sharpe (Freema Agyeman<\/a>) is again in New York, Max is struggling.<\/p>\n Dr. Floyd Reynolds (Jocko Sims<\/a>) laughs when he finds out, however Max doesn\u2019t assume it\u2019s humorous, particularly provided that the progress he\u2019d been making with Dr. Elizabeth Wilder (Sandra Mae Frank<\/a>) floor to a screeching halt the second that he noticed his ex on the TV. Max doesn\u2019t know if he\u2019s going to see her \u2014 she hasn\u2019t even reached out \u2014 however Reynolds thinks he ought to a minimum of be curious if she nonetheless has emotions for him or got here to New York for a cause. But, as Max admits, he can\u2019t open that door and fall again into one thing he labored so onerous to recover from.<\/p>\n And so as an alternative he tries to make issues proper with Wilder. (The finest a part of this? Conner Marx\u2019s Ben gladly fleeing the dialog.) Wilder understands that they each have pasts, however she refuses to be a part of another person\u2019s romantic drama (simply one more reason why we love her). Max needs a do-over \u2026 after which Helen texts asking if she will see him. And so Max leaps on the alternative to take over a affected person\u2019s day-long crew constructing journey reservation, roping in Dr. Lauren Bloom (Janet Montgomery<\/a>), Wilder, and Dr. Iggy Frome (Tyler Labine<\/a>) \u2014 who gladly leaves his divorce papers<\/a> unsigned (\u201cyes, thank you, thank you\u201d). Reynolds\u2019 pal\u2019s son is within the hospital, so he\u2019s not going wherever. But Max isn\u2019t fooling anybody; all of them know precisely why he\u2019s desirous to get off the grid (particularly after Helen texts once more, suggesting they meet up at a typical spot).<\/p>\n Things appear to be wanting up for Max as they get occurring the tour. He and Wilder are again to how they had been earlier than she turned down his date. After rappelling off a cliff \u2014 which their information says will assist them work out what they actually need \u2014 Max is able to present Wilder the texts from Helen. And then the information falls, and with the rock face unstable and boulders trapping her foot, it\u2019s an excellent factor she has medical doctors along with her as a result of they need to amputate to avoid wasting her life.<\/p>\n Max blames himself for taking them on the market simply because he was making an attempt to keep away from Helen. For months after she left, he would\u2019ve performed something to see her once more, simply to ask her why, he tells Bloom. She thinks he\u2019s doing the fitting factor, evaluating him seeing his ex to her going to see 100mg of Adderall. Whatever she has to say received\u2019t assist. But Wilder, after Max does finally present her the texts, has a special opinion: He ought to go. He must, to have a look at her and resolve what he actually needs, as she sees it, as a result of \u201cyou can\u2019t run forever. At least not with me.\u201d<\/p>\n