

9.342 minSeason 5 • Episode 13
LatestIn the series finale, everyone's story reaches a surprising yet inevitable conclusion.
The new medical director breaks the rules to heal the system at America's oldest public hospital. Max Goodwin sets out to tear up the bureaucracy and provide exceptional care, but the doctors and staff are not so sure he can succeed. They've heard this before. Not taking "no" for an answer, Dr. Goodwin's instinctive response to problems large and small is four simple words: "How can I help?" He has to disrupt the status quo and prove he'll stop at nothing to breathe new life into this underfunded and underappreciated hospital, returning it to the glory that put it on the map.
Acting
Ryan Eggold's earnest intensity carries every impossible speech
Production
Believably chaotic hospital that feels lived-in, not glossy
Writing
Cases ripped from headlines with surprising moral complexity
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on real Bellevue Hospital's medical director Dr. Eric Manheimer's memoir; Max's 'How can I help?' was his actual catchphrase.
The show's 2018 optimism about fixing healthcare aged... complicatedly, making later seasons unintentionally elegiac.