1 00:00:03,773 --> 00:00:08,773 Subtitles by explosiveskull www.OpenSubtitles.org 2 00:01:16,159 --> 00:01:25,000 Oh, God. Fred, what happened? 3 00:01:25,002 --> 00:01:28,128 So, that's it? 4 00:01:28,130 --> 00:01:34,676 Motherfuck, we're destroyed. 5 00:01:34,678 --> 00:01:45,846 No, I'll tell him. 6 00:01:57,993 --> 00:02:09,828 Someone better be dead, buddy. 7 00:03:28,250 --> 00:03:39,251 Shit. 8 00:03:47,519 --> 00:03:50,061 Following that, you'll interview Gerard Thompson, 9 00:03:50,063 --> 00:03:54,274 Art Department at Vanderbilt, to discuss a recently resurfaced Van Gogh. 10 00:03:54,276 --> 00:03:56,568 I'm scheduling an hour to go over your speech for Friday night. 11 00:03:56,570 --> 00:03:59,863 I think it's gonna run over though. I'm gonna push your drinks with Jane Fonda. 12 00:03:59,865 --> 00:04:03,533 Next up, you'll interview the senator to discuss her book on policy-making 13 00:04:03,535 --> 00:04:04,617 and why it's broken. 14 00:04:04,619 --> 00:04:07,078 And you need to do your final fitting for your gown for Friday. 15 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:09,164 They're gonna bring it to the studio today. 16 00:04:09,166 --> 00:04:12,792 And if you ever want the senator on the show again... 17 00:04:12,794 --> 00:04:15,211 You have a parent-teacher night at Lizzy's school next week. 18 00:04:15,213 --> 00:04:27,341 Chip's trying to get ahold of you. Something urgent. 19 00:04:51,875 --> 00:04:53,875 Oh, my God. 20 00:04:53,877 --> 00:05:04,878 Who died? 21 00:05:09,017 --> 00:05:11,685 Oh, my God. Jesus, would you turn this off? 22 00:05:11,687 --> 00:05:14,396 He's been singing about the same fucking plane crash the past 50 years. 23 00:05:14,398 --> 00:05:16,523 Everybody's still dead. Time to move on. 24 00:05:16,525 --> 00:05:18,066 - Am I right, Joe? - Yep. 25 00:05:18,068 --> 00:05:19,901 Hey, watch the bumps. I'm doing my eyeliner. 26 00:05:19,903 --> 00:05:21,152 I'm... 27 00:05:21,154 --> 00:05:23,655 And, Alan, what is this anyway? What is this bullshit? 28 00:05:23,657 --> 00:05:25,657 What exactly is bullshit this time? What is it? 29 00:05:25,659 --> 00:05:29,285 This stupid idea that we're gonna convince the world's coal-fired power plants 30 00:05:29,287 --> 00:05:31,246 to invest in carbon capture without linkage. 31 00:05:31,248 --> 00:05:33,707 Oh, my God, Jesus. Can we please not have this linkage debate again? 32 00:05:33,709 --> 00:05:34,791 - What? - It's not about linkage. 33 00:05:34,793 --> 00:05:36,334 This is about a protest and how the town is divided. 34 00:05:36,336 --> 00:05:37,711 - That's what this is about. - Yes, I know. 35 00:05:37,713 --> 00:05:39,170 Who went through all the burgers? 36 00:05:39,172 --> 00:05:41,131 - No. - Here, Joe. Have my french fries. 37 00:05:41,133 --> 00:05:42,549 - Thank you. - They're cold, but don't complain. 38 00:05:42,551 --> 00:05:44,175 How many burgers did you eat, Joe? 39 00:05:44,177 --> 00:05:46,928 By the way, okay, so we're gonna talk about how the town's divided. 40 00:05:46,930 --> 00:05:51,141 But we're also gonna slip in how safe carbon capture is. 41 00:05:51,143 --> 00:05:53,226 What? You put it in the copy. 42 00:05:53,228 --> 00:05:55,603 This is not my agenda, Bradley, okay? 43 00:05:55,605 --> 00:05:58,106 I'm just a liberal Harvard longhair who cut his hair short for this job. 44 00:05:58,108 --> 00:05:59,858 This is a stepping-stone for me. I play by the rules. 45 00:05:59,860 --> 00:06:01,818 The truth is the truth, whether you're writing for The Bumfuck Gazette 46 00:06:01,820 --> 00:06:02,986 - or The New York Times. - Shit. 47 00:06:02,988 --> 00:06:04,237 - I hope we made the right turn back there. - And by the way, 48 00:06:04,239 --> 00:06:07,198 that was an award-worthy shoehorning of the word "Harvard" into the conversation. 49 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:08,533 Okay, you guys, can we please... 50 00:06:08,535 --> 00:06:12,203 I swear, Joe. Everybody who's ever been to Harvard can make an entire conversation 51 00:06:12,205 --> 00:06:14,414 out of the word "Harvard," like, "Harvard, Harvard, Harvard?" 52 00:06:14,416 --> 00:06:16,499 Harvard, Harvard, Harvard. 53 00:06:16,501 --> 00:06:18,710 Are we gonna keep doing this? How long is this gonna go on for? 54 00:06:18,712 --> 00:06:22,047 Holy shit. Mitch Kessler just got fired off The Morning Show. 55 00:06:22,049 --> 00:06:23,965 - What? - Wait, what? What the hell happened? 56 00:06:23,967 --> 00:06:25,592 Let me see. 57 00:06:25,594 --> 00:06:28,178 One less idiot to peddle soft news to the masses. 58 00:06:28,180 --> 00:06:30,639 Prior to being named coanchor of The Morning Show, 59 00:06:30,641 --> 00:06:33,642 the fallen Kessler was a fixture of UBA's news division, 60 00:06:33,644 --> 00:06:35,894 serving as UBA's White House correspondent, 61 00:06:35,896 --> 00:06:39,606 a presidential debate moderator and network field correspondent. 62 00:06:39,608 --> 00:06:41,816 The recipient of multiple broadcast awards, 63 00:06:41,818 --> 00:06:45,070 including a Leadership in Journalism award from the New York Media Foundation 64 00:06:45,072 --> 00:06:50,367 he and the TMS team have won 12 Daytime Emmys in their 15-year tenure. 65 00:06:50,369 --> 00:06:52,994 Late last night, The New York Times was reportedly tipped off 66 00:06:52,996 --> 00:06:57,499 to an internal investigation by UBA into Kessler's sexual misconduct. 67 00:06:57,501 --> 00:07:01,044 Up until today, The Morning Show was the only morning news broadcast 68 00:07:01,046 --> 00:07:04,214 to dodge the Me Too scandals that have seemingly plagued its competitors. 69 00:07:04,216 --> 00:07:06,633 - When? - Just broke. Does she know yet? 70 00:07:06,635 --> 00:07:11,137 She knows. We're reworking the whole show. We are live in 90 minutes. 71 00:07:11,139 --> 00:07:14,724 Buckle up. Layla's working on new copy. Get it to Alex A.S.A.P. 72 00:07:14,726 --> 00:07:18,061 Got it. 73 00:07:18,063 --> 00:07:22,065 We had no choice. It was multiple complaints of sexual misconduct. 74 00:07:22,067 --> 00:07:25,735 How multiple? Who? When? 75 00:07:25,737 --> 00:07:29,990 I don't know. It's confidential. It leaked to the Times overnight. 76 00:07:29,992 --> 00:07:31,199 How? 77 00:07:31,201 --> 00:07:35,537 I have no clue who leaked it. I fucking wish I knew. 78 00:07:35,539 --> 00:07:40,625 I'm trying to deal with this quietly. 79 00:07:40,627 --> 00:07:46,089 Shit. Okay. HR has been looking into it for a few weeks. I didn't want... 80 00:07:46,091 --> 00:07:52,637 I didn't wanna drag you in. I was trying to protect you, Alex, okay? Before you... 81 00:07:52,639 --> 00:07:54,723 You knew about this, and you didn't tell me? 82 00:07:54,725 --> 00:07:57,684 What am I? Some fucking PA from Idaho who doesn't need to know what's going on? 83 00:07:57,686 --> 00:07:59,894 Alex, I was trying to respect your space... 84 00:07:59,896 --> 00:08:01,313 - My space. - ...like you asked me to, 85 00:08:01,315 --> 00:08:03,481 so that you can go out there every morning and do what you do, 86 00:08:03,483 --> 00:08:04,774 what America needs you to do. 87 00:08:04,776 --> 00:08:07,652 Oh, fuck you, Chip. Fuck you. Don't drag America into this. 88 00:08:07,654 --> 00:08:09,821 They've got enough shit to deal with. 89 00:08:09,823 --> 00:08:16,661 This affects me, okay? My on-air partner, my TV husband... 90 00:08:16,663 --> 00:08:19,914 is a sexual predator now? 91 00:08:19,916 --> 00:08:25,045 What part of you thought that I should not have been involved in this conversation? 92 00:08:25,047 --> 00:08:26,504 You think chemistry just comes in a bottle, 93 00:08:26,506 --> 00:08:28,673 and we go out and we buy another one at Whole Foods? 94 00:08:28,675 --> 00:08:31,217 Charlie Black's office. Please hold one moment. 95 00:08:31,219 --> 00:08:32,427 Charlie Black's office. Please hold one moment. 96 00:08:32,429 --> 00:08:35,220 Rena. Where is he? We need to discuss how we're handling the show today. 97 00:08:35,222 --> 00:08:37,724 He's in there with her. And he said no interruptions. 98 00:08:37,726 --> 00:08:40,225 Rena, we're live in less than two hours, for Chrissake. 99 00:08:40,227 --> 00:08:44,773 Charlie Black's office. Please hol... Oh. Hi. Let me see if I can get him. 100 00:08:44,775 --> 00:08:47,776 - Really? Wow. - Really. 101 00:08:47,778 --> 00:08:49,235 - Excuse me. - Wow. 102 00:08:49,237 --> 00:08:50,528 - My ass. You know that. - True. But... 103 00:08:50,530 --> 00:08:53,907 - What? - It's the network... Cory and Fred. 104 00:08:53,909 --> 00:08:56,910 - Fabulous. Put 'em through. - Yeah. 105 00:08:56,912 --> 00:08:58,453 I got it. 106 00:08:58,455 --> 00:09:00,288 - Hi, it's Alex. - And Chip. 107 00:09:00,290 --> 00:09:05,001 - Alex? Alex, it's Cory here. - And Fred. 108 00:09:05,003 --> 00:09:09,047 I am just incredibly sorry about this. I feel absolutely terrible. 109 00:09:09,049 --> 00:09:13,051 I feel like Mitch died. The Mitch that I knew. 110 00:09:13,053 --> 00:09:15,053 And I've only been running the news division for a month, 111 00:09:15,055 --> 00:09:17,097 so I can't imagine what you must be feeling. 112 00:09:17,099 --> 00:09:18,682 My condolences, Alex. 113 00:09:18,684 --> 00:09:20,225 This is so hard for all of us. 114 00:09:20,227 --> 00:09:24,187 Look, we're all a family here, and we've had a tragedy. So, we're... 115 00:09:24,189 --> 00:09:27,691 Any kind of sexual misconduct will not be tolerated by the network. 116 00:09:27,693 --> 00:09:29,943 - Well, absolutely not. - You think you know someone... 117 00:09:29,945 --> 00:09:32,654 Okay, thank you, Fred and Cory. 118 00:09:32,656 --> 00:09:35,240 But I can't really think about that right now because I've got to focus 119 00:09:35,242 --> 00:09:38,618 on what we're putting on the show in less than two hours. 120 00:09:38,620 --> 00:09:39,703 - More caffeine. - Thank you. 121 00:09:39,705 --> 00:09:40,787 Oh, thank you. 122 00:09:40,789 --> 00:09:44,332 That's exactly why you're the pro that you are. 123 00:09:44,334 --> 00:09:47,252 We just have to take this one step at a time, right? 124 00:09:47,254 --> 00:09:49,045 Can't let the fact that there's hundreds of millions 125 00:09:49,047 --> 00:09:51,381 of advertising dollars at stake here... We're not gonna let that... 126 00:09:51,383 --> 00:09:54,134 - Fuck you. - ...bother us, because change can be good. 127 00:09:54,136 --> 00:09:56,761 And one man's tragedy, it can be another man's opportunity. 128 00:09:56,763 --> 00:09:58,930 So let's, fuck yeah, embrace it. 129 00:09:58,932 --> 00:10:04,227 And use this to reinvent ourselves, make things bigger and better. 130 00:10:04,229 --> 00:10:07,981 Thank God we've got you, Alex. You will carry us through this. 131 00:10:07,983 --> 00:10:13,653 I guess that's why they've been dragging their feet on closing my renegotiations. 132 00:10:13,655 --> 00:10:15,613 Yeah. Hey, guys. 133 00:10:15,615 --> 00:10:16,865 So listen, 134 00:10:16,867 --> 00:10:23,705 my gut instinct is to bring the news to America myself honestly. 135 00:10:23,707 --> 00:10:27,709 Addressing the truth is the only way to protect our integrity. 136 00:10:27,711 --> 00:10:30,420 So, we will talk to them as members of our family. 137 00:10:30,422 --> 00:10:34,591 We will grieve with them. We will go through this together. 138 00:10:34,593 --> 00:10:36,426 She's a class act. All the way. 139 00:10:36,428 --> 00:10:38,011 Shut up. 140 00:10:38,013 --> 00:10:41,681 And if we use this right, this is our chance to get our audience back. 141 00:10:41,683 --> 00:10:44,392 I couldn't agree more, Alex. I think you've got the right idea there. 142 00:10:44,394 --> 00:10:50,398 Pull the family together. And we'll get a surge in our ratings for a few days. And... 143 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:51,941 I was gonna say that. 144 00:10:51,943 --> 00:10:57,072 May sweeps are imminent, let's not forget. 145 00:10:57,074 --> 00:11:04,829 And yes. We can discuss who we're gonna be putting in Mitch's chair... 146 00:11:04,831 --> 00:11:06,581 today. 147 00:11:06,583 --> 00:11:09,793 But I am addressing America up top on my own. 148 00:11:09,795 --> 00:11:11,086 Like we have a choice. 149 00:11:11,088 --> 00:11:13,630 I don't want anyone sitting in Mitch's chair. 150 00:11:13,632 --> 00:11:26,259 Not during this. That's mine. 151 00:11:34,444 --> 00:11:38,029 I can't feel anything. 152 00:11:38,031 --> 00:11:40,365 Don't worry. I'll be with you. 153 00:11:40,367 --> 00:11:54,538 You'll get out there, and you'll feel it. You'll find it, like you always do. 154 00:12:40,427 --> 00:12:41,551 - Bradley. - What? 155 00:12:41,553 --> 00:12:43,845 I'm telling you something. It's for your own good. 156 00:12:43,847 --> 00:12:45,930 What? 157 00:12:45,932 --> 00:12:48,266 You're awful. 158 00:12:48,268 --> 00:12:50,685 Blow me, Alan. Just because I push back? 159 00:12:50,687 --> 00:12:53,855 You don't push back. You incinerate. Everyone says it. 160 00:12:53,857 --> 00:12:55,398 You fight everyone on everything. 161 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:58,943 Well, there's a lot of sloppy work done around here, mainly by you. 162 00:12:58,945 --> 00:13:01,905 You know that anchor opening on the late hour? 163 00:13:01,907 --> 00:13:05,283 They're giving it to Sarah. 164 00:13:05,285 --> 00:13:07,410 Sarah? 165 00:13:07,412 --> 00:13:10,914 The world's only conservative lesbian who weirdly looks like Mary Hart 166 00:13:10,916 --> 00:13:14,542 and has also been at the channel three years less than me? 167 00:13:14,544 --> 00:13:16,795 People like her. It's not a crime, you know? 168 00:13:16,797 --> 00:13:18,213 Gotcha. 169 00:13:18,215 --> 00:13:22,175 Hey, just do yourself a favor. Try to be more agreeable, for Chrissake! 170 00:13:22,177 --> 00:13:24,970 I am fucking agreeable! 171 00:13:24,972 --> 00:13:34,187 Coal creates jobs! Coal creates jobs! 172 00:13:34,189 --> 00:13:36,690 No more coal! No more coal! 173 00:13:36,692 --> 00:13:45,907 ...is what used to be... 174 00:13:45,909 --> 00:13:50,662 I gotta take this. I got something going on at home. 175 00:13:50,664 --> 00:13:51,997 Mom, hold on. 176 00:13:51,999 --> 00:13:53,623 Hey, honey. You sound like you don't want to talk. 177 00:13:53,625 --> 00:13:57,168 Hold on, Mom. I'm doing my job at a protest right now. What's going on? 178 00:13:57,170 --> 00:13:59,129 A protest? Is everything safe? 179 00:13:59,131 --> 00:14:02,757 I'm at a coal mine. No, I'm safe. Is Hal okay? 180 00:14:02,759 --> 00:14:04,175 He's doing just fine. 181 00:14:04,177 --> 00:14:05,802 Mom, speak up. I can't hear you. 182 00:14:05,804 --> 00:14:09,681 You sound really busy. I just wanna let you know I brought your brother home. 183 00:14:09,683 --> 00:14:10,765 You did not. 184 00:14:10,767 --> 00:14:13,685 Don't take that tone. You sound like a bitch, honey. 185 00:14:13,687 --> 00:14:16,730 I'll talk to you later. 186 00:14:16,732 --> 00:14:18,690 Joe! Jesus. 187 00:14:18,692 --> 00:14:20,108 Fuck. 188 00:14:20,110 --> 00:14:21,192 Joe. Hey. 189 00:14:21,194 --> 00:14:23,361 - Over here. - Okay. God. 190 00:14:23,363 --> 00:14:26,406 - Yeah. Sorry about that. - Okay, Bradley, this is Jenna Macantire, 191 00:14:26,408 --> 00:14:27,699 - she's protesting mines. - Hey. 192 00:14:27,701 --> 00:14:30,744 This is Bob Stephens. His family's been in the mining business for generations. 193 00:14:30,746 --> 00:14:32,495 All right. I got it. 194 00:14:32,497 --> 00:14:33,830 I'm gonna need a wide shot, okay? 195 00:14:33,832 --> 00:14:38,293 - And then we'll go on three and two, one. - Fuck you! 196 00:14:38,295 --> 00:14:40,754 - Hey! You okay, Joe? - Yeah. 197 00:14:40,756 --> 00:14:41,921 Hey. What are you doing? 198 00:14:41,923 --> 00:14:43,381 Let go of me, fake news bitch! 199 00:14:43,383 --> 00:14:44,466 - What? - Get off of me. 200 00:14:44,468 --> 00:14:45,592 What did you fucking call me? 201 00:14:45,594 --> 00:14:47,177 Called you a fake news bitch is what I called you. 202 00:14:47,179 --> 00:14:49,512 Oh, yeah? I'm fake news? What's the real news then? 203 00:14:49,514 --> 00:14:51,556 You tell me five facts about coal, and I'll let you go. 204 00:14:51,558 --> 00:14:52,849 I don't have to tell you shit, lady. 205 00:14:52,851 --> 00:14:55,810 You knocked down my cameraman. Otherwise I'm gonna have you arrested for assault. 206 00:14:55,812 --> 00:14:57,812 I bet you don't know jack shit about coal. 207 00:14:57,814 --> 00:14:59,522 You're just out here trying to raise some hell. 208 00:14:59,524 --> 00:15:00,649 Go! Tell me! 209 00:15:00,651 --> 00:15:02,359 Coal is a cheap fuel. 210 00:15:02,361 --> 00:15:03,735 Wrong! What else? 211 00:15:03,737 --> 00:15:05,403 I don't know. It's easy to get for people. 212 00:15:05,405 --> 00:15:06,863 Wrong! What else? 213 00:15:06,865 --> 00:15:08,573 It makes jobs for everybody. Everyone's happy. 214 00:15:08,575 --> 00:15:11,451 Yeah, so does death, okay? You think that's a good idea? 215 00:15:11,453 --> 00:15:12,786 - No, I don't... - If it's so positive, 216 00:15:12,788 --> 00:15:14,871 why do you think all these people are out here protesting? 217 00:15:14,873 --> 00:15:16,581 I don't know. Because they think it's dangerous or whatever... 218 00:15:16,583 --> 00:15:17,916 Do you think it's dangerous? 219 00:15:17,918 --> 00:15:23,630 Do you even know what's in coal ash? Arsenic, copper, lead, mercury, uranium. 220 00:15:23,632 --> 00:15:26,800 That is some toxic shit. And what about jobs? 221 00:15:26,802 --> 00:15:28,885 How many jobs have been lost in the last ten years? 222 00:15:28,887 --> 00:15:29,886 - I don't know. - Huh? 223 00:15:29,888 --> 00:15:34,849 Thousands! Thousands of fucking families knocked on their asses. 224 00:15:34,851 --> 00:15:37,143 And it's just a big wheel that goes around. 225 00:15:37,145 --> 00:15:40,271 Liberals add sanctions. Conservatives remove those sanctions. 226 00:15:40,273 --> 00:15:43,441 And they just keep fighting 'cause all they wanna do is hear themselves talk. 227 00:15:43,443 --> 00:15:45,860 And they all want to be right. And they all wanna win. 228 00:15:45,862 --> 00:15:49,447 And that's all they fucking care about. And there's a human cost! 229 00:15:49,449 --> 00:15:51,324 And it's exhausting! 230 00:15:51,326 --> 00:15:53,034 I'm exhausted! 231 00:15:53,036 --> 00:15:56,705 Okay, Jesus. 232 00:15:56,707 --> 00:16:04,546 Get off me. 233 00:16:04,548 --> 00:16:06,172 Don't knock over old men. 234 00:16:06,174 --> 00:16:10,093 I'm sorry, okay? I'm sorry. I'm sorry. 235 00:16:10,095 --> 00:16:11,177 Okay. 236 00:16:11,179 --> 00:16:13,471 - Okay, let's take it away. - I'm ready. I'm ready. 237 00:16:13,473 --> 00:16:16,683 Okay, are y'all ready? 238 00:16:16,685 --> 00:16:20,103 In three, two, one. 239 00:16:20,105 --> 00:16:24,024 Hi. I'm Bradley Jackson at Lachlan Coal Mine, reporting to you today. 240 00:16:24,026 --> 00:16:27,527 This coal mine is reopening after closing four years ago 241 00:16:27,529 --> 00:16:31,239 due to declining coal demands and rising regulatory threats, 242 00:16:31,241 --> 00:16:37,245 costing this area thousands of jobs. 243 00:16:37,247 --> 00:16:39,205 It's time. 244 00:16:39,207 --> 00:16:50,208 I'm ready. 245 00:17:06,943 --> 00:17:08,317 I revised the copy myself. 246 00:17:08,319 --> 00:17:12,404 I gave my copy. I know what I'm saying. 247 00:17:12,406 --> 00:17:22,123 Yeah. 248 00:17:22,125 --> 00:17:27,629 Okay. Last looks. 249 00:17:27,631 --> 00:17:35,470 Thanks. 250 00:17:35,472 --> 00:17:38,848 Okay. There. Thanks. 251 00:17:38,850 --> 00:17:40,558 - Okay, clear. - Check the time. 252 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:43,144 Stand by, A. 253 00:17:43,146 --> 00:17:47,273 Roll A. Eight seconds to you. 254 00:17:47,275 --> 00:17:48,733 Five... 255 00:17:48,735 --> 00:17:51,528 Four, three. 256 00:17:51,530 --> 00:17:54,447 Two. Start your move. 257 00:17:54,449 --> 00:17:56,199 Cue her. 258 00:17:56,201 --> 00:18:01,830 Good morning. I'm bringing you some sad and upsetting news. 259 00:18:01,832 --> 00:18:06,668 Mitch Kessler, my cohost and partner of 15 years, 260 00:18:06,670 --> 00:18:10,422 was fired today for sexual misconduct. 261 00:18:10,424 --> 00:18:12,299 All right. Stay strong. 262 00:18:12,301 --> 00:18:16,928 First and foremost, I want to offer our sympathy and support to the women. 263 00:18:16,930 --> 00:18:22,600 We are devastated that this happened on our watch, and our hearts are with you. 264 00:18:22,602 --> 00:18:27,188 And to you at home, I understand how you must be feeling 265 00:18:27,190 --> 00:18:32,986 because I and the whole team here at The Morning Show are feeling the same way. 266 00:18:32,988 --> 00:18:37,240 Shock, disappointment, disbelief. 267 00:18:37,242 --> 00:18:38,908 She's throwing me under the bus. 268 00:18:38,910 --> 00:18:42,203 And while I don't know the details of the allegations, 269 00:18:42,205 --> 00:18:46,750 I understand that they were serious and that keeping Mitch on was not an option. 270 00:18:46,752 --> 00:18:48,835 I don't think we need to watch any more of this. Let's prep you for your... 271 00:18:48,837 --> 00:18:51,921 Do not touch that remote. 272 00:18:51,923 --> 00:18:57,719 We know he was part of our family, of your families. 273 00:18:57,721 --> 00:19:02,349 We will all miss that person. 274 00:19:02,351 --> 00:19:05,518 But there are consequences in life. 275 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:10,482 As a woman, I can say there often aren't enough of them. 276 00:19:10,484 --> 00:19:20,784 And while I will miss the Mitch I thought I knew with all of my heart... 277 00:19:20,786 --> 00:19:23,536 I am proud to work on a network 278 00:19:23,538 --> 00:19:29,292 and live in a country that upholds consequences. 279 00:19:29,294 --> 00:19:30,835 What a load. 280 00:19:30,837 --> 00:19:36,049 So, please have patience with us as we find our footing in the next few days. 281 00:19:36,051 --> 00:19:37,258 She's on fire today. 282 00:19:37,260 --> 00:19:39,636 We will bring you the news, as always. 283 00:19:39,638 --> 00:19:41,680 Too bad we can't always throw a crisis at her. 284 00:19:41,682 --> 00:19:43,390 - It turns her lights on. - We will share any information 285 00:19:43,392 --> 00:19:45,183 we have with you. 286 00:19:45,185 --> 00:19:51,856 You are part of this family. And we will get through this together. 287 00:19:51,858 --> 00:19:55,235 We'll be right back. 288 00:19:55,237 --> 00:19:57,112 We're back in 30. 289 00:19:57,114 --> 00:19:58,446 It's good. Good. 290 00:19:58,448 --> 00:19:59,990 That was beautiful. 291 00:19:59,992 --> 00:20:02,534 Roll A. Back in two minutes. 292 00:20:02,536 --> 00:20:06,121 Drop down to 40%. Hold. 293 00:20:06,123 --> 00:20:07,664 Yeah, that's perfect. 294 00:20:07,666 --> 00:20:09,124 - Here are some tissues. - No, I don't need it. 295 00:20:09,126 --> 00:20:20,544 - I'm good. - Okay. 296 00:20:35,402 --> 00:20:37,360 I bet you don't know jack shit about coal. 297 00:20:37,362 --> 00:20:40,155 You're just out here trying to raise some hell. Go ahead. Tell me. 298 00:20:40,157 --> 00:20:41,323 - I don't know, coal... - What? 299 00:20:41,325 --> 00:20:43,158 - Coal is a cheap fuel. - Shit. 300 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:46,286 Bradley Jackson. Stop your ass right there. 301 00:20:46,288 --> 00:20:49,205 Why the hell am I hearing that you hired Sarah Oppenheimer 302 00:20:49,207 --> 00:20:50,874 for the anchor job on America On Point? 303 00:20:50,876 --> 00:20:53,918 Don't even. You know what everybody's talking about here today? 304 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:56,212 Two things. Mitch Kessler is fired 305 00:20:56,214 --> 00:20:58,506 and Bradley Jackson lost her shit at the protest. 306 00:20:58,508 --> 00:21:01,760 Climb off me, Jones. How was I supposed to know people were filming me? 307 00:21:01,762 --> 00:21:03,470 What? Like it's not the 21st century? 308 00:21:03,472 --> 00:21:05,472 I was talking to him about the truth. 309 00:21:05,474 --> 00:21:07,766 You remember the truth? Journalism? 310 00:21:07,768 --> 00:21:11,770 We're newspeople, Jones. Listen to yourself. 311 00:21:11,772 --> 00:21:13,730 I gave you a shot. 312 00:21:13,732 --> 00:21:14,856 I know you did. 313 00:21:14,858 --> 00:21:16,483 When nobody else would. 314 00:21:16,485 --> 00:21:19,319 You've been bouncing around for years, and we both know why. 315 00:21:19,321 --> 00:21:22,280 - I don't wanna talk about that. - "Two-Fucks Jackson." 316 00:21:22,282 --> 00:21:26,368 I was very young. I got flustered. And that was ten years ago. 317 00:21:26,370 --> 00:21:28,870 You get too hot too fast, Bradley. 318 00:21:28,872 --> 00:21:33,875 I accidentally said "fuck." Okay? And then I got mad at myself and... 319 00:21:33,877 --> 00:21:37,921 Said "fuck" again, on live TV. 320 00:21:37,923 --> 00:21:39,464 I remember. 321 00:21:39,466 --> 00:21:44,177 And there goes the ballad of Bradley Jackson. 322 00:21:44,179 --> 00:21:47,305 You know what? Find some other puppet. 323 00:21:47,307 --> 00:21:50,350 Find some other person that you can put slanted copy in front of them, 324 00:21:50,352 --> 00:21:54,187 that'll go to the coal mine protests, your school shootings, 325 00:21:54,189 --> 00:21:56,314 the pregnant lady that got hit by a truck. 326 00:21:56,316 --> 00:22:00,527 Find somebody else to be invisible for you, to deal with the world's heartaches 327 00:22:00,529 --> 00:22:03,196 and not have any fucking feelings about it! 328 00:22:03,198 --> 00:22:05,657 I quit! 329 00:22:05,659 --> 00:22:10,537 Research shows that sexual harassment in the early stages of one's career 330 00:22:10,539 --> 00:22:13,790 can lead to long-term psychological damage. 331 00:22:13,792 --> 00:22:19,337 And specifically, what type of behavior or harassment 332 00:22:19,339 --> 00:22:20,672 would cause that kind of long-term damage? 333 00:22:20,674 --> 00:22:22,340 Stand by camera three. 334 00:22:22,342 --> 00:22:25,969 Jesus, Yanko. Could he be more uncomfortable talking about this? 335 00:22:25,971 --> 00:22:27,679 Don't let Yanko talk. 336 00:22:27,681 --> 00:22:32,642 As you said, Dr. Marino, this affects so many of us. What would you say... 337 00:22:32,644 --> 00:22:35,979 You knocked down my cameraman. Otherwise I'm gonna have you arrested for assault. 338 00:22:35,981 --> 00:22:37,814 I bet you don't know jack shit about coal. 339 00:22:37,816 --> 00:22:40,900 You're just out here trying to raise some hell. Go ahead. Tell me. 340 00:22:40,902 --> 00:22:41,985 - I don't know... - What? 341 00:22:41,987 --> 00:22:43,486 Coal is a cheap fuel. 342 00:22:43,488 --> 00:22:45,530 Wrong! What else? 343 00:22:45,532 --> 00:22:46,614 Hannah. 344 00:22:46,616 --> 00:22:47,699 Wrong! What else? 345 00:22:47,701 --> 00:22:49,951 You said you were looking for stories about strong women tomorrow. 346 00:22:49,953 --> 00:22:51,077 Check this out. 347 00:22:51,079 --> 00:22:53,830 If it's so fucking great, why are all these people are out here protesting? 348 00:22:53,832 --> 00:22:56,291 - I don't know. They think it's dangerous. - Do you even know what's in coal ash? 349 00:22:56,293 --> 00:22:58,001 Who is this? 350 00:22:58,003 --> 00:23:01,838 Bradley Jackson, some conservative correspondent for SENN. 351 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:06,259 She's fucking funny, but also resonates some truth. 352 00:23:06,261 --> 00:23:09,929 And the weary voice of America speaks out. 353 00:23:09,931 --> 00:23:11,514 It's like a little piece of performance art. 354 00:23:11,516 --> 00:23:16,436 Thousands. Thousands of jobs have been lost. 355 00:23:16,438 --> 00:23:19,773 They can't do this to me. It's illegal. 356 00:23:19,775 --> 00:23:22,108 They can't just take my life away based on hearsay. 357 00:23:22,110 --> 00:23:24,903 They have documented complaints, Mitch. We have to deal with the reality... 358 00:23:24,905 --> 00:23:28,865 Documented complaints about what? That I had affairs? Since when is that a crime? 359 00:23:28,867 --> 00:23:32,661 No, no. No. I'm... I'm not proud of it, but what the fuck? 360 00:23:32,663 --> 00:23:34,663 I didn't invent extracurricular sex. 361 00:23:34,665 --> 00:23:36,623 What is happening here? 362 00:23:36,625 --> 00:23:41,419 The network that I gave 20 years of my life plus is now locking me out. 363 00:23:41,421 --> 00:23:42,754 Throwing me to the wolves. 364 00:23:42,756 --> 00:23:44,798 They won't even engage in a discussion with me? 365 00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:46,883 Listen, take it easy. Don't get all worked up... 366 00:23:46,885 --> 00:23:49,094 "Don't get all worked up"? Are you kidding me? 367 00:23:49,096 --> 00:23:54,099 My life just ended for no good reason, and I should stay calm? 368 00:23:54,101 --> 00:23:59,270 You know what? I didn't rape anybody! 369 00:23:59,272 --> 00:24:03,233 I didn't fire anybody. I didn't jizz into a plant in front of somebody. 370 00:24:03,235 --> 00:24:06,611 You know what I did? I fucked a couple of PA's and assistants. 371 00:24:06,613 --> 00:24:10,448 Big fuckin' deal. They liked it. I mean, who are we kidding? 372 00:24:10,450 --> 00:24:13,952 Everything's changed, but they forgot to send me the memo. 373 00:24:13,954 --> 00:24:17,330 Since the dawn of time, men have used their power to attract women. 374 00:24:17,332 --> 00:24:20,834 And now let's bust Mitch Kessler's head over it. 375 00:24:20,836 --> 00:24:22,419 Mitch, let me make you a drink. 376 00:24:22,421 --> 00:24:26,298 I didn't hold a gun to anybody's head. It was consensual. 377 00:24:26,300 --> 00:24:27,966 Most of them came on to me. 378 00:24:27,968 --> 00:24:32,178 One of them actually told me that I taught her how to have good sex! 379 00:24:32,180 --> 00:24:38,143 And now, that stupid, comedy weather fuck is in my seat. No fucking way! 380 00:24:38,145 --> 00:24:43,440 Come on. Fuck you! Fuck you! 381 00:24:43,442 --> 00:24:45,066 God. 382 00:24:45,068 --> 00:24:47,319 You little motherfucker! 383 00:24:47,321 --> 00:24:58,739 God damn it! 384 00:25:04,463 --> 00:25:07,839 Okay. 385 00:25:07,841 --> 00:25:11,176 We're gonna fight this. 386 00:25:11,178 --> 00:25:14,387 We're gonna come up with a plan, and we're gonna fight this. 387 00:25:14,389 --> 00:25:20,268 Okay. Okay. 388 00:25:20,270 --> 00:25:25,315 I'm picking up the kids from school and taking them to the Hamptons. 389 00:25:25,317 --> 00:25:28,234 I'm divorcing you. 390 00:25:28,236 --> 00:25:32,906 I haven't liked you for a while anyway. 391 00:25:32,908 --> 00:25:34,366 Goodbye. 392 00:25:34,368 --> 00:25:38,536 Come on, Paige. 393 00:25:38,538 --> 00:25:44,793 Fuck! 394 00:25:44,795 --> 00:25:56,505 - Who is it? - It's me. 395 00:26:02,479 --> 00:26:05,438 You did great. Yanko was a lot of work. It was a bad call from Cory. 396 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:06,523 You think? 397 00:26:06,525 --> 00:26:11,528 We better have our shit together when the network jerk-offs get here today. 398 00:26:11,530 --> 00:26:14,823 And I don't want that new guy from the entertainment division 399 00:26:14,825 --> 00:26:17,283 making the call about who sits in that chair next to me. 400 00:26:17,285 --> 00:26:21,538 Because I have to carry their ass! 401 00:26:21,540 --> 00:26:24,082 The guy's a fucking moron. 402 00:26:24,084 --> 00:26:28,461 They should never have made him the head of the news division. 403 00:26:28,463 --> 00:26:31,715 And I wanna know every idea of who they're going after for that chair. 404 00:26:31,717 --> 00:26:33,842 We're precarious enough in the ratings. 405 00:26:33,844 --> 00:26:34,926 Okay. I understand. 406 00:26:34,928 --> 00:26:37,095 Well, you better, 'cause this is all your fault. 407 00:26:37,097 --> 00:26:40,307 You are the EP. The show is slipping on your watch. 408 00:26:40,309 --> 00:26:43,143 And now that shit. 409 00:26:43,145 --> 00:26:44,894 You know I don't control everything, Alex. 410 00:26:44,896 --> 00:26:57,607 Well, you're supposed to. That's your job. 411 00:27:03,832 --> 00:27:08,835 All right, hot soup coming through. Hot soup coming through. 412 00:27:08,837 --> 00:27:11,588 I just wanna say this. 413 00:27:11,590 --> 00:27:14,633 As long as I am the president of the UBA news division, 414 00:27:14,635 --> 00:27:18,803 behavior such as that exhibited by Mitch Kessler will not be tolerated. 415 00:27:18,805 --> 00:27:20,597 Out of respect for those who have suffered, 416 00:27:20,599 --> 00:27:23,141 I'll be making no further comment at this time. 417 00:27:23,143 --> 00:27:26,478 Let's get PR back on the phone. I need to know how our response is landing. 418 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:30,482 I need writers and producers, just all senior staff in my office 419 00:27:30,484 --> 00:27:32,776 with ideas for how the fuck we're gonna get through these next two days. 420 00:27:32,778 --> 00:27:33,860 The bosses are saying... 421 00:27:33,862 --> 00:27:35,528 Jesus, Joel. Pick a side. 422 00:27:35,530 --> 00:27:36,613 I'm on your side. 423 00:27:36,615 --> 00:27:38,198 Of the fucking hallway. Jesus. 424 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:41,785 Okay. They're saying they want this week to land somewhere between repudiation 425 00:27:41,787 --> 00:27:44,579 and navel-gazing, whatever the fuck that means. I have no idea what they're... 426 00:27:44,581 --> 00:27:46,206 I'll be back A.S.A.P. Can you survive without me? 427 00:27:46,208 --> 00:27:47,540 Yes. Text me as soon as you know. 428 00:27:47,542 --> 00:27:49,459 - Where was I? - Repudiation and navel-gazing. 429 00:27:49,461 --> 00:27:52,128 Data and Research. What the fuck? Why aren't they calling us back? Okay. 430 00:27:52,130 --> 00:27:53,838 We need that huddle. We need it right now. 431 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:57,342 And lastly, just get the entire talent team up here, okay? 432 00:27:57,344 --> 00:28:00,470 We need to start preparing our long-term strategy. You're getting all this, right? 433 00:28:00,472 --> 00:28:02,639 Oh, I'm sorry. I wasn't listening. 434 00:28:02,641 --> 00:28:06,184 Oh, you know what? That is not funny. Fuck you and f... 435 00:28:06,186 --> 00:28:08,979 Cory. Hey. 436 00:28:08,981 --> 00:28:11,064 Is now a good time? 437 00:28:11,066 --> 00:28:14,275 I wasn't expecting you till... Yes. Yeah. 438 00:28:14,277 --> 00:28:16,736 Well, you know. When the Exxon Valdez hits the reef 439 00:28:16,738 --> 00:28:19,364 and spills ten million gallons of your oil into the water, 440 00:28:19,366 --> 00:28:22,033 you kinda drop whatever you're doing and fly to Alaska. 441 00:28:22,035 --> 00:28:23,159 Of course you do. Yeah. 442 00:28:23,161 --> 00:28:25,453 And if I might exhaust the metaphor, 443 00:28:25,455 --> 00:28:28,289 you don't leave until you make sure 444 00:28:28,291 --> 00:28:32,669 that every last salmon and sea otter is scraped clean. 445 00:28:32,671 --> 00:28:37,382 So, we're gonna clean some fuckin' sea otters, Chip, right? 446 00:28:37,384 --> 00:28:40,927 And we're not gonna like it, and neither are the otters. 447 00:28:40,929 --> 00:28:44,431 But I'm gonna be with you, side by side, until we get it all done. 448 00:28:44,433 --> 00:28:49,352 No matter how long or how much soap it takes. 449 00:28:49,354 --> 00:28:51,062 Well, I'm excited. 450 00:28:51,064 --> 00:28:52,439 Makes two of us. Let's go. 451 00:28:52,441 --> 00:28:54,441 Miles to go before we sleep. 452 00:28:54,443 --> 00:29:00,113 I've already called marketing, and they're on their way down right now. 453 00:29:00,115 --> 00:29:03,241 We know you already discussed this with the network PR team, 454 00:29:03,243 --> 00:29:07,704 but they're worried about the network. We wanna focus on you. 455 00:29:07,706 --> 00:29:11,625 How will America see Alex Levy deal with the fall of Mitch Kessler? 456 00:29:11,627 --> 00:29:12,709 Oh, God. 457 00:29:12,711 --> 00:29:16,921 People are gonna wanna know what you did or did not know. 458 00:29:16,923 --> 00:29:20,592 Okay, we're gonna work on your follow-up statement in a minute. 459 00:29:20,594 --> 00:29:23,928 Your first one was a little too sympathetic towards Mitch. 460 00:29:23,930 --> 00:29:25,764 - I'm so... - I know you were close, 461 00:29:25,766 --> 00:29:27,223 - but you need to be careful. - Excuse me. 462 00:29:27,225 --> 00:29:28,308 Excuse me. 463 00:29:28,310 --> 00:29:33,063 All I said was that I will miss the person that I sat side by side with. 464 00:29:33,065 --> 00:29:35,148 That's just the truth. 465 00:29:35,150 --> 00:29:39,569 I expressed sympathy for the women, abhorrence for the predatory behavior. 466 00:29:39,571 --> 00:29:42,489 I am a journalist. You don't have to spoon-feed me this shit. 467 00:29:42,491 --> 00:29:47,035 This isn't just about protection. It's about opportunity. You know that. 468 00:29:47,037 --> 00:29:48,119 Yes, I know that. 469 00:29:48,121 --> 00:29:51,581 We're in the middle of a tough renegotiation. This can be good for us. 470 00:29:51,583 --> 00:29:54,417 I know, I know. I know that, okay. Okay. 471 00:29:54,419 --> 00:29:57,170 So, we're gonna hand out the decks we made, 472 00:29:57,172 --> 00:29:59,547 and we will walk through the five-tier response 473 00:29:59,549 --> 00:30:01,508 we are going to accomplish over the next few days. 474 00:30:01,510 --> 00:30:04,469 In particular at the big event in two nights. 475 00:30:04,471 --> 00:30:06,513 This is the worst timing ever. 476 00:30:06,515 --> 00:30:10,642 Alex. 477 00:30:10,644 --> 00:30:17,023 Please excuse me. 478 00:30:17,025 --> 00:30:20,777 Hi. 479 00:30:20,779 --> 00:30:23,071 I'm so happy to see this face. 480 00:30:23,073 --> 00:30:27,784 Oh, my God. What an awesome surprise. Hi, honey. 481 00:30:27,786 --> 00:30:31,162 Oh, you didn't have to leave school to come and see me. 482 00:30:31,164 --> 00:30:36,334 Actually, my class came into town for the day to see a play. 483 00:30:36,336 --> 00:30:37,711 Oh, that's okay. 484 00:30:37,713 --> 00:30:41,756 But, Mom, I'm so sorry. 485 00:30:41,758 --> 00:30:45,093 I can't believe it. I mean, maybe I just don't want to, but, like... 486 00:30:45,095 --> 00:30:47,387 - I know. - I've known him since I was conscious. 487 00:30:47,389 --> 00:30:49,389 I know. It's awful... 488 00:30:49,391 --> 00:30:53,560 - Yeah. - ...and I'm so sorry. 489 00:30:53,562 --> 00:30:57,397 Oh, God. Honey, can't you skip the play and just stay home with me 490 00:30:57,399 --> 00:31:02,068 and we can cuddle and we can make snacks and watch The British Cooking Show? 491 00:31:02,070 --> 00:31:05,363 Oh, just... anything to make me feel happy. 492 00:31:05,365 --> 00:31:06,823 Hey. 493 00:31:06,825 --> 00:31:08,742 - Oh, hi. - Hey. 494 00:31:08,744 --> 00:31:15,582 - Hi, Dad. - Hey, honey. How are you? 495 00:31:15,584 --> 00:31:20,795 This big news, I'm... I'm really sorry. 496 00:31:20,797 --> 00:31:24,424 I was texting you all day. 497 00:31:24,426 --> 00:31:29,888 I know. I'm sorry. It's just the worst day of my entire life. 498 00:31:29,890 --> 00:31:34,309 So exhausted, and I still have these people in there. 499 00:31:34,311 --> 00:31:38,688 Al, Al. Why don't I just... I can stay. I could... 500 00:31:38,690 --> 00:31:41,941 I mean, I was gonna take Lizzy and her friends for dinner before the show, but... 501 00:31:41,943 --> 00:31:45,862 No. You guys go. I mean, I'm here all night, 502 00:31:45,864 --> 00:31:48,615 and then I have to go to bed, 503 00:31:48,617 --> 00:31:53,453 get up at 3:30 again and again. 504 00:31:53,455 --> 00:31:57,290 It's good. Go, live your lives. Looks good, you know? 505 00:31:57,292 --> 00:32:00,210 Okay. But text me before you go to bed. 506 00:32:00,212 --> 00:32:03,505 - I will. - And I'll be back on Friday for the event. 507 00:32:03,507 --> 00:32:04,589 Yes. 508 00:32:04,591 --> 00:32:06,883 Yeah? It's all right. We're gonna get through it. 509 00:32:06,885 --> 00:32:08,176 - Yes. - I love you. 510 00:32:08,178 --> 00:32:10,720 I love you so much. 511 00:32:10,722 --> 00:32:12,472 - Good night. - Good night. Have fun. 512 00:32:12,474 --> 00:32:17,018 Good night. 513 00:32:17,020 --> 00:32:20,397 - Hey. - Yeah. No, I can't. 514 00:32:20,399 --> 00:32:21,898 Okay. 515 00:32:21,900 --> 00:32:24,651 Go, Jase. 516 00:32:24,653 --> 00:32:25,735 Bye, Al. 517 00:32:25,737 --> 00:32:36,738 Thanks. 518 00:33:11,074 --> 00:33:22,125 Hey, honey. What a nice surprise. Just in time for dinner. 519 00:33:22,127 --> 00:33:26,004 Mom, Hal is an addict. He is bipolar, and he's an addict. 520 00:33:26,006 --> 00:33:29,132 Jesus, Bradley. Have to be so dramatic about everything? 521 00:33:29,134 --> 00:33:32,552 Just come sit down. We're having dinner. Hal, turn the music back on. 522 00:33:32,554 --> 00:33:34,638 Hal. 523 00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:36,139 You gotta listen to me this time, Mom. 524 00:33:36,141 --> 00:33:39,184 Are you just upset about that viral video of you yelling at that boy? 525 00:33:39,186 --> 00:33:42,062 I don't care about the video. And he wasn't a boy. 526 00:33:42,064 --> 00:33:45,732 Do not derail the conversation. Hal is an addict, and he needs help. 527 00:33:45,734 --> 00:33:48,443 He's not an addict. He just went through a rough spot. 528 00:33:48,445 --> 00:33:49,694 Mom, he is an addict. 529 00:33:49,696 --> 00:33:52,781 Hey, look, I'm... I am an addict, Mom. 530 00:33:52,783 --> 00:33:54,658 - I liked your video. - Thank you. 531 00:33:54,660 --> 00:33:56,326 But he's better now. 532 00:33:56,328 --> 00:33:58,411 He wasn't even there for two weeks. 533 00:33:58,413 --> 00:34:00,580 You just had him come home 'cause you didn't wanna be alone. 534 00:34:00,582 --> 00:34:03,416 - That is not true. - It's a little true, Mom. 535 00:34:03,418 --> 00:34:06,127 Do you know the mountains I had to move to get him into that place? 536 00:34:06,129 --> 00:34:07,796 Not to mention the amount of money I spent. 537 00:34:07,798 --> 00:34:09,880 - Can we just please have a... - Hey, Brad, Brad. 538 00:34:09,882 --> 00:34:11,174 I'm gonna pay you back. 539 00:34:11,176 --> 00:34:12,967 - I'll pay you back. - I don't need you to pay me back. 540 00:34:12,969 --> 00:34:15,845 I need you to be better. I need you to be safe. 541 00:34:15,847 --> 00:34:18,974 Do you have any idea how many decisions I have made in my life 542 00:34:18,976 --> 00:34:21,601 - just because I had to take care of you? - Bradley, stop it. 543 00:34:21,603 --> 00:34:23,811 How many relationships I've lost? How many jobs I've lost? 544 00:34:23,813 --> 00:34:36,233 - I'm sorry... - You are ruining dinner! 545 00:34:37,911 --> 00:34:40,662 Jesus. 546 00:34:40,664 --> 00:34:42,163 I'll get it. 547 00:34:42,165 --> 00:34:47,460 Just... every time. 548 00:34:47,462 --> 00:34:51,798 - Yeah? - Bradley Jackson. I've found you. 549 00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:55,385 What? 550 00:34:55,387 --> 00:34:56,845 Can I help you? 551 00:34:56,847 --> 00:35:01,641 Hannah Shoenfeld. Head booker for The Morning Show. 552 00:35:01,643 --> 00:35:05,603 You know you have over a million views on your video? 553 00:35:05,605 --> 00:35:07,480 What can I do for you? 554 00:35:07,482 --> 00:35:11,526 We wanna interview you about why the video is going viral. 555 00:35:11,528 --> 00:35:14,779 It's clearly touched a nerve. We'd like to book you for tomorrow. 556 00:35:14,781 --> 00:35:18,158 I've got us on a plane 90 minutes from now. We should get going. 557 00:35:18,160 --> 00:35:21,036 Wait. The Morning Show? 558 00:35:21,038 --> 00:35:25,832 The one with Alex Levy and Mitch Ke... That show with Alex Levy? 559 00:35:25,834 --> 00:35:28,126 The Morning Show? 560 00:35:28,128 --> 00:35:30,920 Yeah. Alex will interview you. 561 00:35:30,922 --> 00:35:35,634 What? Just because I lost my shit at a protest? 562 00:35:35,636 --> 00:35:38,345 Your words spoke to America. 563 00:35:38,347 --> 00:35:40,138 Oh, no. I don't... 564 00:35:40,140 --> 00:35:44,434 Bradley, some piece of you that is really you came through in that video. 565 00:35:44,436 --> 00:35:50,315 People are noticing. They want more. 566 00:35:50,317 --> 00:35:54,027 How the hell did you find me out here at my mom's house? 567 00:35:54,029 --> 00:35:58,573 We're The Morning Show. We can do anything. 568 00:35:58,575 --> 00:35:59,824 I do everything right. 569 00:35:59,826 --> 00:36:02,035 Everything they've asked me to do in the last three years. 570 00:36:02,037 --> 00:36:04,037 They just don't know what to do with me. 571 00:36:04,039 --> 00:36:08,041 And they're making us see this popcorn shit? Fucking Gilmore Girls, The Musical? 572 00:36:08,043 --> 00:36:10,710 - Is the world so bereft of new ideas... - Don't act like you didn't know 573 00:36:10,712 --> 00:36:12,504 what The Twist was gonna be. I was in that meeting too. 574 00:36:12,506 --> 00:36:14,297 - You didn't have a gun to your head. - Why did I get a Master's in Journalism? 575 00:36:14,299 --> 00:36:16,800 What's the point of having a PhD in Political Science? 576 00:36:16,802 --> 00:36:18,551 Is this what Gabe comes home to every night? 577 00:36:18,553 --> 00:36:20,845 Why did they hire me if they're not gonna give me a shot at the chair? 578 00:36:20,847 --> 00:36:23,390 - Jesus. My feed is wall-to-wall Mitch. - God forbid there's a serious black anchor 579 00:36:23,392 --> 00:36:27,435 on The Morning Show. Not for the Norman Rockwell family of morning news. 580 00:36:27,437 --> 00:36:29,145 Tokenism at its finest. 581 00:36:29,147 --> 00:36:30,522 You are closer now to the job 582 00:36:30,524 --> 00:36:32,232 - than you were 24 hours ago. - They're making me jump through hoops 583 00:36:32,234 --> 00:36:35,735 watching the fucking Gilmore Girls sing about how tough upper-middle class life 584 00:36:35,737 --> 00:36:38,738 in Connecticut is while a bunch of idiot white dudes eat expensive food 585 00:36:38,740 --> 00:36:44,411 on the network's dime to discuss how to overlook me. 586 00:36:44,413 --> 00:36:52,168 And what the hell kinda name is Lorelai anyway? 587 00:36:52,170 --> 00:36:54,796 So this is sort of getting you up to speed. 588 00:36:54,798 --> 00:36:57,382 Now, obviously, the hunt for a replacement 589 00:36:57,384 --> 00:37:00,927 for Alex is on the back burner, given the circumstances. 590 00:37:00,929 --> 00:37:02,679 Other fish to imminently fry. 591 00:37:02,681 --> 00:37:06,057 Exactly. But I wanted you to have the lay of the land here 592 00:37:06,059 --> 00:37:08,643 - just so you know where we're at. - Thank you. 593 00:37:08,645 --> 00:37:12,230 Who knows, maybe this whole thing will revitalize Alex. 594 00:37:12,232 --> 00:37:17,027 - I mean, today... pretty fucking great. - Yeah. 595 00:37:17,029 --> 00:37:20,780 When she does that, you know, she, like, reaches her arm down that camera 596 00:37:20,782 --> 00:37:24,617 and, like, connects with America, and that's when she's brilliant. 597 00:37:24,619 --> 00:37:30,081 Agreed. It's just that she's been "brilliant-light" the last five years. 598 00:37:30,083 --> 00:37:33,293 And it's shown in the ratings. And I don't know, man. 599 00:37:33,295 --> 00:37:35,503 Maybe she's bored or complacent with success. 600 00:37:35,505 --> 00:37:39,007 Who cares, really. And now, two of them. 601 00:37:39,009 --> 00:37:42,177 We get to find the new marriage for America to fall in love with. 602 00:37:42,179 --> 00:37:44,971 - It's kind of exciting. - Glad you're excited. 603 00:37:44,973 --> 00:37:46,640 We have to get well ahead of YDA. 604 00:37:46,642 --> 00:37:48,600 We can't stand a blow to the news division. 605 00:37:48,602 --> 00:37:52,520 Broadcast networks can't stand a blow to anything right now. 606 00:37:52,522 --> 00:37:54,230 - Yeah. - It's kinda funny 607 00:37:54,232 --> 00:37:57,067 how the entire world of broadcast 608 00:37:57,069 --> 00:38:01,571 could just fall off a cliff in a few years. 609 00:38:01,573 --> 00:38:05,825 Like, boom. Bang. Lights out. 610 00:38:05,827 --> 00:38:08,328 Unless we reinvent it. 611 00:38:08,330 --> 00:38:12,082 We're all gonna get bought out by tech unless something changes. 612 00:38:12,084 --> 00:38:13,166 I don't know. 613 00:38:13,168 --> 00:38:15,168 Tech or not, 614 00:38:15,170 --> 00:38:23,510 there will always be a need for reliable, quality journalism. 615 00:38:23,512 --> 00:38:28,014 People get their horrible news delivered to the palm of their hand 24/7, 616 00:38:28,016 --> 00:38:31,267 and they get it the way that they like it, colored the way they want it. 617 00:38:31,269 --> 00:38:33,311 And news is awful, 618 00:38:33,313 --> 00:38:38,483 but humanity is addicted to it, and the whole world is depressed by it. 619 00:38:38,485 --> 00:38:41,653 That's why what we really need on television right now, 620 00:38:41,655 --> 00:38:46,074 it's not news or fucking journalism. 621 00:38:46,076 --> 00:38:49,202 It's entertainment. This is just like during the Depression, 622 00:38:49,204 --> 00:38:51,579 when people wanted to watch Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dance 623 00:38:51,581 --> 00:38:54,416 on expensive sets and live in a dream world. 624 00:38:54,418 --> 00:38:56,584 Dream worlds are essential. 625 00:38:56,586 --> 00:38:59,879 Depressed people, they need escape. 626 00:38:59,881 --> 00:39:06,261 How long do you think the network rode the sexual chemistry between Alex and Mitch? 627 00:39:06,263 --> 00:39:08,555 I mean, sure, people wanted them to be Mom and Dad, 628 00:39:08,557 --> 00:39:10,473 but people also like to be titillated, 629 00:39:10,475 --> 00:39:15,353 and there is some unspoken sexual fantasy to cohosts, right? 630 00:39:15,355 --> 00:39:16,771 I get it. I get it. 631 00:39:16,773 --> 00:39:21,276 Alex is like Mitch's widow now. 632 00:39:21,278 --> 00:39:24,487 She can't provide that, and I know you love her and she is your gal, 633 00:39:24,489 --> 00:39:29,784 but, you know, nobody wants to watch a widow get fucked. 634 00:39:29,786 --> 00:39:33,496 Yeah. 635 00:39:33,498 --> 00:39:35,498 Yeah, it's a cold world. 636 00:39:35,500 --> 00:39:42,964 Well, it's just the world it is. 637 00:39:42,966 --> 00:39:45,634 - Yeah. - Yeah. 638 00:39:45,636 --> 00:39:52,641 Good. 639 00:39:52,643 --> 00:39:55,477 Okay. 640 00:39:55,479 --> 00:39:57,646 Thanks. 641 00:39:57,648 --> 00:40:09,240 Oh, my God. 642 00:40:09,242 --> 00:40:11,743 Kessler and his partner, Alex Levy, 643 00:40:11,745 --> 00:40:14,537 had cohosted the show for 15 years. 644 00:40:14,539 --> 00:40:16,581 The two were such a celebrated institution 645 00:40:16,583 --> 00:40:19,417 that journalists nationwide are left clueless 646 00:40:19,419 --> 00:40:32,172 as to who could replace the dad of morning TV. 647 00:41:16,852 --> 00:41:26,484 Fuck you, New York. 648 00:41:26,486 --> 00:41:37,612 Come on. 649 00:42:01,688 --> 00:42:03,438 Can you please bring the car around? 650 00:42:03,440 --> 00:42:04,856 Yes, ma'am. 651 00:42:04,858 --> 00:42:17,319 I'm gonna go in early. 652 00:44:22,621 --> 00:44:34,456 Oh, God. 653 00:45:11,211 --> 00:45:12,836 So, it's great to have you here. 654 00:45:12,838 --> 00:45:15,380 Oh, and, by the way, I'm Mia Jordan, I'm gonna be your segment producer. 655 00:45:15,382 --> 00:45:17,132 Bradley. Nice to meet you. 656 00:45:17,134 --> 00:45:18,883 Oh, you want a... You hungry? Did you eat? 657 00:45:18,885 --> 00:45:25,724 No. I'm okay. I look forward to you whispering in my ear to stop fucking up. 658 00:45:25,726 --> 00:45:28,893 You're a pro. I have no worries. 659 00:45:28,895 --> 00:45:31,521 By the way, have you been to The Morning Show studio before? 660 00:45:31,523 --> 00:45:33,940 No, but I've been in the business about 15 years, so... 661 00:45:33,942 --> 00:45:36,693 - Wow. - It's kinda familiar. 662 00:45:36,695 --> 00:45:41,072 - Anna, this is Bradley. Bradley, Anna. - Hi there. Nice to meet you. 663 00:45:41,074 --> 00:45:43,074 You know, all studios are pretty much the same. 664 00:45:43,076 --> 00:45:48,705 Huge adrenaline, incredible intelligence, desperate ambition, huge egos. 665 00:45:48,707 --> 00:45:50,749 ...round and around, 'cause all they wanna do is hear... 666 00:45:50,751 --> 00:45:54,127 Guys, please, stop it. Give me a second, please, guys. 667 00:45:54,129 --> 00:45:56,004 I just wanna watch this. 668 00:45:56,006 --> 00:46:01,217 And there's a human cost! And it's exhausting! I'm exhausted! 669 00:46:01,219 --> 00:46:06,556 Yeah. There is no way that she did not know she was being filmed. 670 00:46:06,558 --> 00:46:08,058 - It's really hard to say. - Is it? 671 00:46:08,060 --> 00:46:10,393 It doesn't matter. That's not the story. 672 00:46:10,395 --> 00:46:13,480 Two million likes and counting. That's the story. 673 00:46:13,482 --> 00:46:16,191 Real or not, it struck a nerve. People wanna believe it's true. 674 00:46:16,193 --> 00:46:21,237 Yeah. Well, people are idiots. Am I right? That's all we've been proving lately. 675 00:46:21,239 --> 00:46:23,615 Okay, Alex, I know this has all been very hard for you. 676 00:46:23,617 --> 00:46:27,410 What is that supposed to mean? What? Do I look tired? 677 00:46:27,412 --> 00:46:30,580 No. No. You look great. I'm just saying you don't have to... 678 00:46:30,582 --> 00:46:32,666 - Do I look tired? - No. Promise. 679 00:46:32,668 --> 00:46:35,001 No, you don't look tired. Just get through today. 680 00:46:35,003 --> 00:46:38,880 Just do a pleasant little interview that will make America happy, okay? 681 00:46:38,882 --> 00:46:48,890 I'm worried about you. Just get through these next few days. 682 00:46:48,892 --> 00:46:51,351 Can I have my celery juice, please? 683 00:46:51,353 --> 00:47:02,562 Of course. 684 00:47:02,739 --> 00:47:06,074 God, it pisses me off. 685 00:47:06,076 --> 00:47:10,704 Fuck. 686 00:47:10,706 --> 00:47:13,623 Okay. 687 00:47:13,625 --> 00:47:26,503 I didn't buy a word of it. Not one word of it. 688 00:47:30,142 --> 00:47:41,143 Okay. 689 00:47:43,989 --> 00:47:46,489 - Ready? - Yeah. I'm ready. 690 00:47:46,491 --> 00:47:52,704 Okay. Great. 691 00:47:52,706 --> 00:47:55,248 We're gonna have you sit right here. 692 00:47:55,250 --> 00:47:56,750 Okay. Thanks. 693 00:47:56,752 --> 00:47:58,293 Back in 30, everybody. 694 00:47:58,295 --> 00:48:00,962 Okay. 695 00:48:00,964 --> 00:48:05,508 - Hey. - Hi. 696 00:48:05,510 --> 00:48:07,302 - I'm so sorry. - Back in 20. 697 00:48:07,304 --> 00:48:08,845 What about? 698 00:48:08,847 --> 00:48:13,099 Just yesterday. That must have been so difficult for you. 699 00:48:13,101 --> 00:48:17,103 - 'Cause you worked together for so long. - I'm fine. 700 00:48:17,105 --> 00:48:19,522 Okay. 701 00:48:19,524 --> 00:48:23,068 - In five, four, three... - Over here? 702 00:48:23,070 --> 00:48:26,696 Start your move. Cue her. 703 00:48:26,698 --> 00:48:28,865 An unusual thing happened yesterday 704 00:48:28,867 --> 00:48:32,118 at a coal mine protest in Hanover, West Virginia, 705 00:48:32,120 --> 00:48:37,540 when a local reporter's camera operator was knocked over by an unruly protester. 706 00:48:37,542 --> 00:48:38,917 Let's watch. 707 00:48:38,919 --> 00:48:43,296 Thousands of families knocked on their asses. It's a big wheel that goes around. 708 00:48:43,298 --> 00:48:46,549 Liberals add sanctions. Conservatives remove those sanctions. 709 00:48:46,551 --> 00:48:50,261 And they just keep fighting. And they just keep going around and around and around. 710 00:48:50,263 --> 00:48:52,305 'Cause all they wanna do is hear themselves talk. 711 00:48:52,307 --> 00:48:54,474 And they all want to be right. And they all wanna win. 712 00:48:54,476 --> 00:48:58,103 And that's all they fucking care about. And there's a human cost! 713 00:48:58,105 --> 00:49:01,439 And it's exhausting! I'm exhausted! 714 00:49:01,441 --> 00:49:05,986 Jesus. Okay, okay, okay. 715 00:49:05,988 --> 00:49:09,489 I am here with Bradley Jackson from SENN in Virginia. 716 00:49:09,491 --> 00:49:11,282 Hello, Bradley Jackson. Welcome. 717 00:49:11,284 --> 00:49:13,827 Hi. Thank you so much for having me. 718 00:49:13,829 --> 00:49:15,912 You seem a lot more relaxed today. 719 00:49:15,914 --> 00:49:19,916 Yeah, well, this is a whole lot nicer than a coal mine protest. I'm not gonna lie. 720 00:49:19,918 --> 00:49:25,255 Well, so, what did happen that day? Why exactly were you so exhausted? 721 00:49:25,257 --> 00:49:32,804 Well, you know, life in general is just sort of exhausting. 722 00:49:32,806 --> 00:49:38,768 But, as you know, we reporters, we see the way the world works, 723 00:49:38,770 --> 00:49:43,023 and sometimes you just want to get in there and educate people 724 00:49:43,025 --> 00:49:46,318 and stop them from constantly going in circles with their ideas. 725 00:49:46,320 --> 00:49:49,988 I mean, it's just so frustrating. It's sad. 726 00:49:49,990 --> 00:49:52,282 So true. So true. 727 00:49:52,284 --> 00:49:58,705 As reporters, we are trained to never let our personal emotions enter the story. 728 00:49:58,707 --> 00:50:02,584 What happened yesterday that made you cross that line? 729 00:50:02,586 --> 00:50:05,045 Well, I wasn't even aware that I was being filmed. 730 00:50:05,047 --> 00:50:08,506 I was setting up for my story, and my cameraman was knocked down by someone, 731 00:50:08,508 --> 00:50:10,967 and something about seeing him struggling on the ground 732 00:50:10,969 --> 00:50:17,057 made me want to address the person responsible, so I did. 733 00:50:17,059 --> 00:50:20,894 You know a peculiar amount about coal. 734 00:50:20,896 --> 00:50:22,437 Alex, be nice. 735 00:50:22,439 --> 00:50:26,107 Well, yes, I do. I do. 736 00:50:26,109 --> 00:50:28,777 I've actually covered a lot of coal mine protests, 737 00:50:28,779 --> 00:50:31,780 and I think it's important to know as much about the subject as possible, 738 00:50:31,782 --> 00:50:34,407 especially when people are literally fighting each other over it. 739 00:50:34,409 --> 00:50:38,620 Yes, well, America has clearly connected to that message. 740 00:50:38,622 --> 00:50:40,622 Why do you think that is? 741 00:50:40,624 --> 00:50:43,625 You know, I think America is tired of Twitter fighting. 742 00:50:43,627 --> 00:50:47,379 It's ignorant, and it's contributing to the dumbing down of our country. 743 00:50:47,381 --> 00:50:52,092 Parties have created a good side and a bad side for their own purposes. 744 00:50:52,094 --> 00:50:57,597 And once you villainize someone, there is nothing left but go to war with them. 745 00:50:57,599 --> 00:51:02,268 I know that you work at a conservative news outlet. 746 00:51:02,270 --> 00:51:06,606 What side of that argument do you personally fall on? 747 00:51:06,608 --> 00:51:10,318 The human side. 748 00:51:10,320 --> 00:51:12,612 What does that mean? 749 00:51:12,614 --> 00:51:15,198 It means I see both sides. 750 00:51:15,200 --> 00:51:18,326 But in leadership, decisions have to be made. 751 00:51:18,328 --> 00:51:22,080 You can't just have empathy for everybody and do nothing. 752 00:51:22,082 --> 00:51:25,709 Take it two. 753 00:51:25,711 --> 00:51:29,296 Well, say you're president. What do you do? 754 00:51:29,298 --> 00:51:31,631 - Well... - Open or close the coal mine? 755 00:51:31,633 --> 00:51:34,134 I'm just here to deliver the news to America. 756 00:51:34,136 --> 00:51:37,012 That's all I ever wanted to do. 757 00:51:37,014 --> 00:51:39,764 So you're a die-hard reporter. 758 00:51:39,766 --> 00:51:44,394 I like to think that I am, yes. The truth matters to me. 759 00:51:44,396 --> 00:51:48,773 What would you say to the idea that it's a reporter's sacred creed 760 00:51:48,775 --> 00:51:51,985 to never let the story become about them? 761 00:51:51,987 --> 00:51:55,405 Jesus. Alex. What are you doing? Stop it. 762 00:51:55,407 --> 00:51:59,034 I would say I agree with that. 763 00:51:59,036 --> 00:52:02,871 And yet this has become about you. 764 00:52:02,873 --> 00:52:04,998 Ah, shit. 765 00:52:05,000 --> 00:52:07,751 As I said before, I didn't know I was being filmed. 766 00:52:07,753 --> 00:52:10,170 This wasn't part of my live coverage. 767 00:52:10,172 --> 00:52:12,339 Well, there could be some cynical people 768 00:52:12,341 --> 00:52:16,384 who might think that that was completely set up. 769 00:52:16,386 --> 00:52:18,720 To what end? 770 00:52:18,722 --> 00:52:30,015 You're here. 771 00:52:30,734 --> 00:52:36,071 Well, there are some non-cynical people, which I believe is most people, 772 00:52:36,073 --> 00:52:38,573 that believe the news is changing. 773 00:52:38,575 --> 00:52:41,868 And the news is changing because the people who deliver the news, 774 00:52:41,870 --> 00:52:47,290 who showed themselves as honest and decent and trustworthy, 775 00:52:47,292 --> 00:52:52,545 have in quite a few cases now proved themselves to be untruthful. 776 00:52:52,547 --> 00:52:56,925 And as a result, I think people are wanting more transparency in journalism. 777 00:52:56,927 --> 00:53:00,261 I think they want to know the person behind the facade. 778 00:53:00,263 --> 00:53:05,850 I think they want to trust that the person telling them the truth about the world 779 00:53:05,852 --> 00:53:13,108 is an honest person. 780 00:53:13,110 --> 00:53:16,194 Like you. 781 00:53:16,196 --> 00:53:22,033 Yes. Well, the truth is what we are all striving for. 782 00:53:22,035 --> 00:53:24,953 Yeah. It is. 783 00:53:24,955 --> 00:53:27,330 Thank you, Bradley Jackson, for being with us today. 784 00:53:27,332 --> 00:53:29,541 - Thank you so much. - Of course. 785 00:53:29,543 --> 00:53:33,420 We will be right back with a surprise secret about vitamin D. 786 00:53:33,422 --> 00:53:35,964 - And we're out. - Stand by to break. 787 00:53:35,966 --> 00:53:41,886 We're clear. Back in two minutes. 788 00:53:41,888 --> 00:53:44,180 - You're good. - Thank you. 789 00:53:44,182 --> 00:53:48,268 Good luck in Ham-Hock, Virginia. 790 00:53:48,270 --> 00:53:50,228 Oh, there. Thank you. Okay. 791 00:53:50,230 --> 00:53:51,438 - It was great. - Yeah? 792 00:53:51,440 --> 00:53:52,522 - Yeah. - Okay. 793 00:53:52,524 --> 00:53:55,066 - You were awesome. - Thanks. All right. Thank you. 794 00:53:55,068 --> 00:53:56,276 Nice work. 795 00:53:56,278 --> 00:53:59,571 Bye. 796 00:53:59,573 --> 00:54:12,284 Yeah? All right. 797 00:54:41,156 --> 00:54:52,532 Fucking vultures. 798 00:55:36,753 --> 00:55:40,255 Holy shit. 799 00:55:40,257 --> 00:55:42,924 Whosever in here, get out before I blow your head off. 800 00:55:42,926 --> 00:55:47,262 Oh, fuck off, Mitch. It's me. 801 00:55:47,264 --> 00:55:50,223 Shit. 802 00:55:50,225 --> 00:55:51,599 Alex? 803 00:55:51,601 --> 00:55:53,977 I can't be seen by anybody, so I had my car drop me in the woods 804 00:55:53,979 --> 00:55:56,479 behind your house. 805 00:55:56,481 --> 00:55:59,065 - You came to see me. - No. 806 00:55:59,067 --> 00:56:03,403 I came to tell you that I am so mad at you, 807 00:56:03,405 --> 00:56:06,489 and I will never, ever get over it. 808 00:56:06,491 --> 00:56:07,699 You left me. 809 00:56:07,701 --> 00:56:12,245 Alone on the fucking Morning Show. You left me alone. 810 00:56:12,247 --> 00:56:13,705 Because you had to fuck around on Paige 811 00:56:13,707 --> 00:56:16,833 because you didn't want to tarnish your little image and just get a divorce. 812 00:56:16,835 --> 00:56:19,377 Hello, pot. I'd like to introduce you to kettle. 813 00:56:19,379 --> 00:56:22,964 - How can you be mad at me about that? - Are you kidding me? You're so stupid. 814 00:56:22,966 --> 00:56:25,884 - You think I'm mad at you because... - Jesus, beat me up. Beat me up. 815 00:56:25,886 --> 00:56:29,220 You really think that that's what I'm mad about? You idiot. 816 00:56:29,222 --> 00:56:35,101 I'm mad at you because you're selfish. You're a self-indulgent asshole. 817 00:56:35,103 --> 00:56:37,729 And your philandering has fucked me. 818 00:56:37,731 --> 00:56:44,861 And I'm gonna lose everything, Mitch. There's no guarantees. Zero. 819 00:56:44,863 --> 00:56:49,115 Our star was built on chemistry, and you just blew it up. 820 00:56:49,117 --> 00:56:51,326 And why? Why did you do that? 821 00:56:51,328 --> 00:56:53,411 There had to have been a million and one women out there 822 00:56:53,413 --> 00:56:55,080 who would've gladly sucked your dick 823 00:56:55,082 --> 00:56:56,748 who didn't work on The Morning Show. 824 00:56:56,750 --> 00:56:58,249 - It's not my fault. - Oh, please. 825 00:56:58,251 --> 00:57:02,212 - They were consensual affairs, Alex. - Mitch, you're such a fucking moron. 826 00:57:02,214 --> 00:57:04,214 I think that you're jealous because of our history. 827 00:57:04,216 --> 00:57:08,093 - Your fucking ego. Oh, my God, Mitch. - 'Cause we had a thing. 828 00:57:08,095 --> 00:57:09,302 That fucking ego of yours. 829 00:57:09,304 --> 00:57:12,555 You really think that because of the two times you got on top of me 830 00:57:12,557 --> 00:57:16,351 meant that much to me that that's what I'm pissed about? 831 00:57:16,353 --> 00:57:29,439 You're so stupid. God. 832 00:57:36,873 --> 00:57:40,500 You stole my life with this. 833 00:57:40,502 --> 00:57:45,130 You left me in the woods with a... pack of wolves. 834 00:57:45,132 --> 00:57:52,262 I live a really strange existence, Mitch, and it's isolated as shit. 835 00:57:52,264 --> 00:57:59,477 I gave up everything for this show. Any chance of having a normal life. 836 00:57:59,479 --> 00:58:04,816 And you just put me in a position of losing it. 837 00:58:04,818 --> 00:58:15,660 Everything. Of having nothing. Of having no one. 838 00:58:15,662 --> 00:58:21,416 You're my partner. Fifteen years my partner. 839 00:58:21,418 --> 00:58:27,339 And my only real companion, who knew my life in such vivid detail. 840 00:58:27,341 --> 00:58:30,383 Because you're... It's your life too. 841 00:58:30,385 --> 00:58:33,720 I'm so sorry. 842 00:58:33,722 --> 00:58:35,680 We lived a life that we're never gonna get back. 843 00:58:35,682 --> 00:58:37,390 And you're not my husband, 844 00:58:37,392 --> 00:58:40,435 and you're not my lover, and you're not my family, 845 00:58:40,437 --> 00:58:42,103 and now you can't be my friend. 846 00:58:42,105 --> 00:58:43,229 Why can't I be? 847 00:58:43,231 --> 00:58:45,565 Because what you did was wrong! 848 00:58:45,567 --> 00:58:50,904 Alex, you knew these people. You know that I didn't coerce anybody. 849 00:58:50,906 --> 00:58:52,322 This is Weinstein's fault. 850 00:58:52,324 --> 00:58:53,865 Please don't say that. It's so ignorant. 851 00:58:53,867 --> 00:59:02,290 Jesus, Alex. I didn't do anything wrong. I didn't. 852 00:59:02,292 --> 00:59:05,210 What happened to your TV? 853 00:59:05,212 --> 00:59:16,672 We had a disagreement. 854 00:59:26,441 --> 00:59:31,027 I'm sorry you're such an asshole. 855 00:59:31,029 --> 00:59:34,155 Me too. 856 00:59:34,157 --> 00:59:44,624 I wouldn't use those two words together if I were you. 857 00:59:44,626 --> 00:59:46,459 I have to go. I have to leave. 858 00:59:46,461 --> 00:59:49,254 No, don't. I don't want you to go. 859 00:59:49,256 --> 00:59:50,338 I have to go. 860 00:59:50,340 --> 00:59:53,508 - No, don't go. I want you to stay, please. - I have to go. No. 861 00:59:53,510 --> 00:59:54,718 I don't wanna be alone. 862 00:59:54,720 --> 00:59:58,847 Just stay for a little while. Alex, please, come on. This could blow over. 863 00:59:58,849 --> 01:00:02,976 - This is so never gonna blow over. - Alex. 864 01:00:02,978 --> 01:00:06,896 Alex, they were going to replace you! 865 01:00:06,898 --> 01:00:09,941 What? 866 01:00:09,943 --> 01:00:15,155 They came to me. They said YDA was nipping at our heels in the ratings. 867 01:00:15,157 --> 01:00:18,366 And they wanted to make a change. 868 01:00:18,368 --> 01:00:21,244 I don't believe you. 869 01:00:21,246 --> 01:00:23,872 You're just trying to fuck with my head 870 01:00:23,874 --> 01:00:25,957 because you're destroyed and you want me destroyed. 871 01:00:25,959 --> 01:00:28,585 No, no. I wanna save you. 872 01:00:28,587 --> 01:00:30,420 - Alex, don't go. - I don't believe you! 873 01:00:30,422 --> 01:00:33,298 Just stay! I've got a gun! 874 01:00:33,300 --> 01:00:45,302 Great! Have fun with that! 875 01:00:51,568 --> 01:00:53,068 Bradley Jackson here. 876 01:00:53,070 --> 01:00:56,988 This is Cory Ellison. I'm the president of the UBA network. 877 01:00:56,990 --> 01:01:00,241 I saw you on The Morning Show. 878 01:01:00,243 --> 01:01:02,160 How would you like to come meet me for a drink 879 01:01:02,162 --> 01:01:07,290 at the Archer Gray right now and talk about your future? 880 01:01:07,292 --> 01:01:09,876 "My future"? 881 01:01:09,878 --> 01:01:12,879 What is this, my big break? 882 01:01:12,881 --> 01:01:25,258 Well, I suppose that's up to you. 883 01:01:30,016 --> 01:01:35,016 Subtitles by explosiveskull www.OpenSubtitles.org