The Time Traveler’s Confession New Amsterdam Mondays on Fox, 9 PM “Keep the Change” Written by John Mankiewicz Directed by Jim McKay Why is it that every homicide John Amsterdam investigates comes down to thwarted passion and/or love? Is this supposed to be some kind of theme for the series? Who has “themes” for police dramas? All these thwarted lovers and jealous spouses are experiencing a host of intense emotions that John apparently does not feel, or wants to feel, or somehow misses by inches. So he investigates the details, as if assembling the broken lives in a psychological jigsaw…
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New Amsterdam: “Legacy”
The Sins of the Fathers New Amsterdam Mondays on Fox, 9 PM “Legacy” Written by Barry Pullman Directed by John David Coles I wonder how many times John Amsterdam has lost track of his children, or rediscovered them. In last week’s episode, he confessed to having fathered at least 63 children over his 400 years. Even my shaky math skills can tell me that’s enough, over time, to populate all of Manhattan. No wonder he calls himself Amsterdam–he is the city. I do fervently hope that if he finds his true love in New York, that she turns out to…