There are pieces Rohan will carry on, and there are things he can become because he knew and was loved by his father, but his story is his own. That’s actually a burden, not the blessing the memory of a loved one deserves to be. It’s not that his father is inside of him, or that he’s everything his father was. Even the supposedly reassuring parts were…not great. None of this, however, made Iggy’s assessment of Rohan’s situation-claiming he made his dad’s day about him and should be ashamed of himself-any more palatable. We’re just not the ones writing them anymore. And all of this means our stories continue, in some way, whether we’re here or not. We even honor our loved ones after their deaths in our own, unique ways. Because we experience each other-we love each other-in different ways and for different reasons. All our main characters were able to share their thoughts on their late friend, and those thoughts weren’t all the same. There are still so many people whose lives he impacted, and they all took different things away from their time with him. Kapoor’s story didn’t end just because his body stopped living. As Chaplain Alpert told us in those opening moments, “a passing is not an ending.” Of course, it might be in the most literal sense, particularly depending on what your views may or may not be. Vijay Kapoor, that the episode would truly force us, as viewers, to dig deep. Maybe we should have known, when New Amsterdam 4×14 opened with such a moving memorial to Dr. NEW AMSTERDAM - “….Unto the Breach” Episode 414 - Pictured: Stephen Adly Guirgis as Chaplain Alpert - (Photo by: Virginia Sherwood/NBC)
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