John Amsterdam is a New York homicide detective unlike any other. He is brilliant, mysterious, reckless, and immortal. In 1642 he saved a Native Indian girl during a massacre of her indigenous tribe. In return, the girl cast an ancient spell that conferred immortality upon him. Amsterdam will not age, she told him, until he finds his one true love.
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When police find a body in an apartment in Chinatown, John and Eva are called to investigate. The deceased's striking similarity to Roosevelt, a lost son of John's from the early 1900s, prompts him to take a personal stance on the case.
Amsterdam investigates a homeless man's death outside of a new homeless shelter.
Amsterdam is in charge of the investigation of a shooting death of a young woman and meets his newly assigned partner, Eva Marquez. Suspects in the death include the woman's current boyfriend, her ex-boyfriend (the son of a wealthy developer) and the developer himself.
John recovers fast from his gunshot attack and is quick to go back to work despite Sarah trying to get him to go with her to Montauk. Eva investigates the case of a woman who apparently drowned. The investigation leads to robberies of wealthy men linked to a dating service. Meanwhile, John looks back at his life in the 1920s, when he committed fraud and stole an expensive diamond pendant from his lover. Elsewhere, John wants to be sure if Sara is his true love. But when Omar points out that John is still immortal, he begins to wonder if she truly is the one. and decides to back away from their growing relationship.
Each point is an episode, plotted in order. Colored bands mark season boundaries. Look for the rise, the plateau, or the decline.
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