Floyd Reynolds

Dr. **Floyd Reynolds** is a main protagonist on *New Amsterdam*. He is the Chair of General Surgery at New Amsterdam Medical Center. He was formerly the Head of Cardiothoracic Surgery after Max Goodwin fired everyone in that department, including the former head.

## Promotions

* Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery - (S1 E01 - S2 E17) / (Until he left with Evie)
* Associate Trauma Surgeon - (S0 E00 - S3 E14) / (Came back to NAMC)
* Deputy Chair of Surgery - (S4 E01 - S0 E00)

## Biography

### Early Life

Later on in the show, we learn at the start of Floyd's internship as a Cardiovascular Surgeon he was arrested for speeding, and he decided to face this history.

Towards the end of the first season Floyd meets Evie Garrison (His future Fiancée) Their relationship continues to further. Just before the crash in 'Luna' Reynold's proposes to Evie.

At the end of Season 2 Floyd leaves New Amsterdam for San Francisco with Evie.

At the beginning of Season 3 he is in San Francisco but returns to help Dr Vijay Kapoor and soon returns to New Amsterdam full time. After his mother experiences a fall, he discovers his mother is diagnosed with diabetes. After a few tries of withdrawing insulin Max and Reynolds realize she cannot care for herself. Evie flies in from San Francisco to support him. They both get into an argument with Floyd's sister, whom causes Reynolds to feel guilty for not being present during the height of the COVID pandemic to help care for her. Evie and Reynolds break up so he can stay to be his mother's caretaker. Reynolds officially makes his return to New Amsterdam, but Max fails to inform everyone. Reynolds finds that he does not have a place in the Cardiac department anymore and searches for where he is needed landing him in the ED working with Bloom.

### Throughout *New Amsterdam* Series

Floyd struggles with his relationship with Lauren Bloom, and he goes to visit her whilst she is in rehab. He further struggles when Max goes into meltdown, questioning every decision Floyd is making as a doctor — even to the point that he considers resigning from New Amsterdam, having lost faith in Max.

## Appearances

* New Amsterdam (5 seasons, 89 episodes)
	+ Season 1: *Pilot; Rituals; Every Last Minute; Boundaries; Cavitation; Anthropocene; The Domino Effect; Three Dots; As Long As It Takes; Six or Seven Minutes; A Seat at the Table; Anima Sola; The Blues; The Forsaken; Croaklahoma; King of Swords; Sanctuary; Five Miles West; Happy Place; Preventable; This is Not the End; Luna*
	+ Season 2: *Your Turn; The Big Picture; Replacement; The Denominator; The Karman Line; Righteous Right Hand; Good Soldiers; What the Heart Wants; The Island; Code Silver; Hiding Behind My Smile; 14 Years, 2 Months, 8 Days; In The Graveyard; Sabbath; Double Blind; Perspectives; Liftoff; A Matter of Seconds*
	+ Season 3: *The New Normal; Essential Workers; Safe Enough; This is All I Need; Blood, Sweat & Tears; Why Not Yesterday; The Legend of Howie Cournemeyer; Catch; Disconnected; Radical; Pressure Drop; Things Fall Apart; Fight Time; Death Begins in Radiology*
	+ Season 4: *More Joy; We're in This Together; Same as It Ever Was; Seed Money; This Be the Verse; Laughter and Hope and a Sock in the Eye; Harmony; Paid in Full; In a Strange Land; Death is the Rule. Life is the Exception; Talkin' Bout a Revolution; The Crossover; Family; Unto the Breach; Two Doors; All Night Long; Unfinished Business; No Ifs, Ands or Buts; Truth Be Told; Rise; Castles Made of Sand; I'll Be Your Shelter*
	+ Season 5: *TBD; Hook, Line and Sinker; Big Day; Heal Thyself; Grabby Hands; Give Me a Sign; Maybe Tomorrow; All the World's a Stage; The Empty Spaces; Don't Do This for Me; Falling; Right Place; How Can I Help*

## Trivia

* It was originally reported that Floyd's last name would be Pearson, however, after the first episode aired, his last name was reportedly Reynolds.
* Reynolds age is 35 in the pilot episode, then he is now 36 in episode "Three Dots".
* He still loves Dr. Lauren Bloom

## Quotes

**Reynolds**: this is my OR. Out there it is a democracy but in here it's a full-on dictatorship.