TMC
01-23-2022, 11:24 PM
https://www.looper.com/743069/the-big-problem-new-amsterdam-fans-have-with-max-and-helen-in-season-4/
Fans feel they aren't getting the romantic Sharpwin moments they've been waiting for
An October 2021 Reddit thread (https://www.reddit.com/r/NewAmsterdamTV/comments/qadoh3/sharpwin_feels_off/) posted to the r/NewAmsterdamTV subreddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/NewAmsterdamTV/) shows fans buzzing as they discussed their issues with "Sharpwin," the portmanteau of Max and Helen's last names. (It's also worth noting portmanteaus are a common way to refer to a close relationship between two people, especially within fandoms.) The original poster laments how both characters aren't experiencing equal elation during their honeymoon phase and how the fact that "Helen just doesn't really seem happy enough" is ruining the magic, so to speak. Another fan, u/EmphasisOther8475 (https://www.reddit.com/user/EmphasisOther8475/), likens their incongruity to Max reading only "the first and last chapters" of the same book, while Helen is fully invested and reading the whole thing cover-to-cover. Their comment has one of the highest upvote counts in the entire thread, with many fans enthusiastically agreeing with their metaphor.
Honestly, even casual fans of the show might see this as a huge red flag. But it's a network TV show, which means they have to bump up the drama to keep ratings strong. Happy couples usually don't keep audiences engaged unless there are bumps in the road. As such, the writers could be doing this so they can keep people watching. Hopefully, they can find a middle ground and give fans a little bit more of what they want before Sharpwin fans get too frustrated.
Fans feel they aren't getting the romantic Sharpwin moments they've been waiting for
An October 2021 Reddit thread (https://www.reddit.com/r/NewAmsterdamTV/comments/qadoh3/sharpwin_feels_off/) posted to the r/NewAmsterdamTV subreddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/NewAmsterdamTV/) shows fans buzzing as they discussed their issues with "Sharpwin," the portmanteau of Max and Helen's last names. (It's also worth noting portmanteaus are a common way to refer to a close relationship between two people, especially within fandoms.) The original poster laments how both characters aren't experiencing equal elation during their honeymoon phase and how the fact that "Helen just doesn't really seem happy enough" is ruining the magic, so to speak. Another fan, u/EmphasisOther8475 (https://www.reddit.com/user/EmphasisOther8475/), likens their incongruity to Max reading only "the first and last chapters" of the same book, while Helen is fully invested and reading the whole thing cover-to-cover. Their comment has one of the highest upvote counts in the entire thread, with many fans enthusiastically agreeing with their metaphor.
Honestly, even casual fans of the show might see this as a huge red flag. But it's a network TV show, which means they have to bump up the drama to keep ratings strong. Happy couples usually don't keep audiences engaged unless there are bumps in the road. As such, the writers could be doing this so they can keep people watching. Hopefully, they can find a middle ground and give fans a little bit more of what they want before Sharpwin fans get too frustrated.