'New Amsterdam' Season 3 Episode 5: Will Dr Iggy survive a fire set by his disturbed patient?
Dr Iggy Frome (Tyler Labine), who plays the head of the psychiatry department on ‘New Amsterdam’, is known to always go the extra mile for patients. But in the latest episode of ‘New Amsterdam’, it looks like Dr Iggy is facing the heat like never before.
The trailer of the latest episode shows Dr Iggy following an extremely disturbed patient to a parking lot where the patient douses himself in gasoline and then puts on a lighter. We hear Dr Iggy saying no and shouting stop and then hear what sounds like an explosion. We don’t know if Dr Iggy is also injured in the fire and if he is, what are the extent of his injuries or that of the patient.
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Dr Iggy Frome is of course quite the fan-favorite and his character has been credited with giving psychiatry the focus it deserves, unlike many other medical dramas. One fan on YouTube after seeing the trailer says, "OMG Please dont let anything bad happen to my Iggy wiggy. He's far too precious." Another fan on YouTube says, "great ...and now I can't stop thinking that sthg bad is going to happen to Dr. Fromm and I am like....no...please writers...no.."
Some fans are hoping that Iggy is alive and well because they'd like to see Iggy and Max (Ryan Eggold) have a sitdown to talk about Max's feelings, which he keeps so well hidden under that calm exterior. One fan on YouTube says, "I would love to see a scene with max and iggy or max and reynolds talking about max's feelings. I think we all know max already liked helen before his wife passed away, for me this is the biggest reason he didn't tried to get her, he's feeling guilty."
This season of ‘New Amsterdam’ has had a strong focus on mental health. Season 3 even kicked off with an episode with a bipolar pilot, who landed a plane into the river beside the hospital. With Dr Iggy's help, the pilot began to lose some of the stigma he carried about being bipolar. On seeing the suffering the pilot had put himself through, Dr Iggy shared with Max his vision to end the stigma around mental illness for good and he was starting with himself. Dr Iggy opened up about his own mental health struggles, especially pertaining to a food addiction which led to a suicide attempt in his youth.
In the last few episodes, we have seen Dr Iggy try to get on top of his addiction by attending overeaters anonymous virtual meetings. Yes, Dr Iggy has certainly had his challenges this season but how will he handle what seems to be his most dangerous one yet?
You can catch the latest episode of 'New Amsterdam' on Tuesday at 10/9c on @NBC. Catch the trailer for the episode below.