Truth Be Told

## Episode Chronology

**"Truth Be Told"** is the nineteenth episode of the fourth season on NBC drama series *New Amsterdam*, and the seventy-third episode overall. It aired on May 9, 2022.

## Synopsis

Max discovers a fatal flaw in Dr. Fuentes' scheme to purchase the UMI medical clinic, which could be her ultimate undoing. Bloom treats two elementary school students for life-threatening injuries and uncovers a dangerous situation. Reynolds helps a brother and sister confront a family crisis.

## Plot

Helen Sharpe has gotten back her gift of speech. She can now speak full sentences and assist with her mother’s care in England. Max’s ploy to get Veronica fired is also coming together. Fuentes tries to fire him and his “two-bit accomplices” after incorporating UMI with New Amsterdam. However, Max points out that they can’t be fired, per their employment contract.

Following his confrontation with Veronica, Max meets with Sergeant Todd. The two men have never gotten on or agreed about anything, yet they agree about ousting Veronica, she’s a terrible leader. Todd decides to help Max and show some of Max’s files on Veronica to his person at the DOJ.

Two new patients came in at the same time. One was named Darby while the other was named Kaden. They both attended the same elementary school and they were supposed to each get shots from the school nurse. Only, something went wrong. The nurse managed to mix up their medications. Max went to school to talk to the nurse. He found out that there hadn’t been an official nurse in three years and that the nurse had been fired due to budget cuts. It was actually the school secretary that was doling out the drugs. She has no medical training and the school superintendent was the one who authorized her to act as a school nurse.

Max talked to the superintendent about it. He found out the guy was doing the best he could. His budget kept being caught by those in government and he was doing his best to keep as many teachers as he possibly could. But something had to give. The nurse was cut because that was the only way to make his new budget work. The system was broken. It was broken on a hospital level. It was even broken at the school level. There was just nothing the superintendent could do about it. The only thing Max could do was treat both boys. He had help from Bloom. Bloom spoke to Darby and she found out that the other boy Kaden was his bully.

Bloom had asked how Kaden bullied him. Darby said it was like how she talked to one of the nurses. Darby also said that Kaden would probably find a way to blame him for what happened and so he was feeling a little depressed when he began coughing up blood. The doctors rushed in to treat him. They stopped the internal bleeding. They also called a PTA meeting in which the doctors agreed to help the parents become accredited nurse assistants. This way they could take turns acting as a nurse and making sure the kids have the proper medication. It would take much time for the parents to learn. It would just be one hour a week.

Sharpe meanwhile had heard back about her mother’s care. It was a passing sickness. Nothing serious and so she was reassured, but her mother came to regret a lot of the choices she’s made in raising her daughter and she thought about that while she was sleeping at the hospital. She thought about telling her daughter how much she loves her. Or how she wanted to be a dancer when she was younger because it was part of her tradition. The woman has put aside so much and she hasn’t been there for her daughter as much as she should have been. She still had the opportunity to say all of that to her daughter once she woke up only she hadn’t.

She instead told her daughter that she knows how much she loves her. There was no need to prove it like how Sharpe was running around to make sure her mom has the best care. Back in New York, Max heard from Sergeant Todd. Someone called them off. There wasn’t going to be a federal fraud case in the hospital or Veronica. Veronica was now safe. Max had no way to oust her and to do so now would be even more impossible.

Bloom meanwhile apologized to the people she felt she had been bullying. She never met to do so and she was going to learn from her behavior.

And Iggy was going to go to HR about Trevor. About how he hired Trevor for the wrong reasons when Trevor called Iggy a bad person and decided to quit his job at the hospital.

## Cast

* Janet Montgomery as Dr. Lauren Bloom
* Freema Agyeman as Dr. Helen Sharpe
* Jocko Sims as Dr. Floyd Reynolds
* Tyler Labine as Dr. Iggy Frome

Guest Starring* Michelle Forbes as Dr. Veronica Fuentes
* Alejandro Hernandez as Casey Acosta
* Ryan Faucett as Trevor Vaughn
* Jenny Jules as Serwa Sharpe
* Frankie Muniz as Jace
* Jasmine Batchelor as Courtney
* Allyce Beasley as Pauline
* Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer as Nurse Giselle
* Darren Pettie as Todd Benson
* Akeda Abrams as Nurse Hammad
* Amanda Barron as Dr. DeClerque
* Owen Dammacco as Kayden Caswell
* Philip Aaron Estrera as Parent 2
* Zack Fine as Jordan Townsend
* Katina Forte as Scrub Nurse Bullock
* Jeff Woods Garlin as Arthur Fontenot
* Tess Goldwyn as Isla
* Zachary Golinger as Darby Townsend
* Kevin Hagan as Don
* Mairin Lee asRaina Caswell
* Maribel Martinez as Mylah Edels
* Gloria Sauvé as Angie
* Maria Taylor as Parent 1
* Lauren F. Walker as Scrub Nurse Rivas
* Terralon Walker as Adelia
* William Oliver Watkins as Patrick Townsend
* Eric R. Williams as Nurse Nunzio

## Multimedia

### Videos

New Amsterdam 4x19 "Truth Be Told" - 4x20 "Rise" Promo (HD)