Smallscreen - New Amsterdam

New Amsterdam is the story of a New York homicide detective unlike any other. He is brilliant, mysterious, reckless, magnetic, unknowable. And he has a profound secret: he is immortal.

Directed and executive-produced by visionary Lasse Hallström ("My Life As a Dog," "The Cider House Rules," "Chocolat," "The Hoax") and written by Allan Loeb ("Things We Lost in the Fire," "21") and Christian Taylor ("Showboy," "Six Feet Under")

In 1642, John Amsterdam, then a Dutch solider in the colony of New Amsterdam
later to become New York City stepped in front of a sword to save the life of a Native Indian girl during a massacre of her indigenous tribe. The girl in turn rescued Amsterdam, weaving an ancient spell that conferred immortality upon him on
New Amsterdam. 

Amsterdam will not age, she told him, until he finds his one true love. Only then will he become whole and ready for mortality on New Amsterdam.  Amsterdam has found this to be a mixed blessing. Over the course of three centuries on New Amsterdam
he's experienced endless adventure and honed his many talents. But everyone Amsterdam meets must leave him in time; lovers and children die while he remains young on.

His sole confidant and current lifelong friend is the sage jazz club owner Omar, the keeper of Amsterdam's secret, as well as a few of his own.

As the exhilaration of eternal life has given way to emotional isolation and bitter loneliness, Amsterdam discovers the blessing has become a curse on New Amsterdam.

Bringing to bear the unorthodox techniques and unique knowledge gained from his vast life experience, Amsterdam today is one of the NYPD's best homicide detectives, sparring with his vibrant, strong-willed partner Eva Marquez (Zuleikha Robinson, "Rome,") as they solve difficult murder cases on New Amsterdam.

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