1 00:01:12,406 --> 00:01:13,486 [vibrating] 2 00:01:16,034 --> 00:01:19,914 Oh, God. Fred, what happened? 3 00:01:24,877 --> 00:01:26,087 So, that's it? 4 00:01:28,005 --> 00:01:32,295 Motherfuck, we're destroyed. [panting] 5 00:01:34,553 --> 00:01:35,723 No, I'll tell him. 6 00:01:40,309 --> 00:01:41,889 [vibrating] 7 00:01:44,354 --> 00:01:45,694 [vibrating] 8 00:01:48,108 --> 00:01:49,568 [vibrating] 9 00:01:54,907 --> 00:01:56,067 [sighs] 10 00:01:57,868 --> 00:01:59,698 Someone better be dead, buddy. 11 00:02:28,398 --> 00:02:31,108 - [beeping] - [groans] 12 00:02:31,193 --> 00:02:32,193 Mm-mmm. 13 00:02:33,779 --> 00:02:35,529 [yawns] 14 00:02:37,074 --> 00:02:39,584 [sighs] 15 00:02:41,870 --> 00:02:43,290 [phone vibrating] 16 00:03:14,695 --> 00:03:16,065 [vocalizing] 17 00:03:28,125 --> 00:03:29,125 Shit. 18 00:03:36,008 --> 00:03:37,088 [sighs] 19 00:03:47,394 --> 00:03:49,864 [man 1] Following that, you'll interview Gerard Thompson, 20 00:03:49,938 --> 00:03:54,068 Art Department at Vanderbilt, to discuss a recently resurfaced Van Gogh. 21 00:03:54,151 --> 00:03:56,421 [man 2] I'm scheduling an hour to go over your speech for Friday night. 22 00:03:56,445 --> 00:03:59,615 I think it's gonna run over though. I'm gonna push your drinks with Jane Fonda. 23 00:03:59,698 --> 00:04:00,698 [man 1] Next up, 24 00:04:00,782 --> 00:04:03,342 you'll interview the senator to discuss her book on policy-making 25 00:04:03,410 --> 00:04:04,410 and why it's broken. 26 00:04:04,494 --> 00:04:06,934 [man 2] You need to do your final fitting for your gown for Friday. 27 00:04:06,955 --> 00:04:08,955 They're gonna bring it to the studio today. 28 00:04:09,041 --> 00:04:11,671 [man 1] And if you ever want the senator on the show again... 29 00:04:12,669 --> 00:04:15,059 [man 2] You have a parent-teacher night at Lizzy's school next week. 30 00:04:15,088 --> 00:04:17,268 [man 1] Chip's trying to get ahold of you. Something urgent. 31 00:04:17,298 --> 00:04:19,718 [man 2 faint, indistinct] 32 00:04:51,750 --> 00:04:52,790 Oh, my God. 33 00:04:53,752 --> 00:04:54,752 Who died? 34 00:04:54,837 --> 00:04:59,167 ["American Pie" plays on radio] 35 00:05:08,892 --> 00:05:10,732 Oh, my God. Jesus, would you turn this off? 36 00:05:10,811 --> 00:05:11,811 [music stops] 37 00:05:11,895 --> 00:05:14,245 He's been singing about the same fucking plane crash the past 50 years. 38 00:05:14,273 --> 00:05:16,323 Everybody's still dead. Time to move on. 39 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:17,860 - Am I right, Joe? - Yep. 40 00:05:17,943 --> 00:05:19,703 Hey, watch the bumps. I'm doing my eyeliner. 41 00:05:19,778 --> 00:05:20,948 I'm... 42 00:05:21,029 --> 00:05:23,449 And, Alan, what is this anyway? What is this bullshit? 43 00:05:23,532 --> 00:05:25,452 What exactly is bullshit this time? What is it? 44 00:05:25,534 --> 00:05:29,084 This stupid idea that we're gonna convince the world's coal-fired power plants 45 00:05:29,162 --> 00:05:31,042 to invest in carbon capture without linkage. 46 00:05:31,123 --> 00:05:33,563 Oh, my God, Jesus. Can we please not have this linkage debate again? 47 00:05:33,584 --> 00:05:34,644 - What? - It's not about linkage. 48 00:05:34,668 --> 00:05:36,188 This is about a protest and how the town is divided. 49 00:05:36,211 --> 00:05:37,561 - That's what this is about. - Yes, I know. 50 00:05:37,588 --> 00:05:38,958 Who went through all the burgers? 51 00:05:39,047 --> 00:05:40,917 - No. - Here, Joe. Have my french fries. 52 00:05:41,008 --> 00:05:42,398 - Thank you. - They're cold, but don't complain. 53 00:05:42,426 --> 00:05:43,966 How many burgers did you eat, Joe? 54 00:05:44,052 --> 00:05:46,722 By the way, okay, so we're gonna talk about how the town's divided. 55 00:05:46,805 --> 00:05:49,845 But we're also gonna slip in how safe carbon capture is. 56 00:05:49,933 --> 00:05:50,933 Mm-hmm. 57 00:05:51,018 --> 00:05:53,018 What? You put it in the copy. 58 00:05:53,103 --> 00:05:55,403 This is not my agenda, Bradley, okay? 59 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:57,960 I'm just a liberal Harvard longhair who cut his hair short for this job. 60 00:05:57,983 --> 00:05:59,713 This is a stepping-stone for me. I play by the rules. 61 00:05:59,735 --> 00:06:01,665 The truth is the truth, whether you're writing for The Bumfuck Gazette 62 00:06:01,695 --> 00:06:02,835 - or The New York Times. - Shit. 63 00:06:02,863 --> 00:06:04,093 - I hope we made the right turn. - By the way, 64 00:06:04,114 --> 00:06:07,054 that was an award-worthy shoehorning of the word "Harvard" into the conversation. 65 00:06:07,075 --> 00:06:08,385 [Alan] Okay, you guys, can we please... 66 00:06:08,410 --> 00:06:12,000 I swear, Joe. Everybody who's ever been to Harvard can make an entire conversation 67 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:14,270 out of the word "Harvard," like, "Harvard, Harvard, Harvard?" 68 00:06:14,291 --> 00:06:16,291 - Harvard, Harvard, Harvard. - [laughs] 69 00:06:16,376 --> 00:06:18,556 Are we gonna keep doing this? How long is this gonna go on for? 70 00:06:18,587 --> 00:06:21,837 Holy shit. Mitch Kessler just got fired off The Morning Show. 71 00:06:21,924 --> 00:06:23,764 - What? - Wait, what? What the hell happened? 72 00:06:23,842 --> 00:06:24,842 [Joe] Let me see. 73 00:06:25,469 --> 00:06:27,969 One less idiot to peddle soft news to the masses. 74 00:06:28,055 --> 00:06:30,425 {\an8}[woman] Prior to being named coanchor of The Morning Show, 75 00:06:30,516 --> 00:06:33,436 {\an8}the fallen Kessler was a fixture of UBA's news division, 76 00:06:33,519 --> 00:06:35,689 serving as UBA's White House correspondent, 77 00:06:35,771 --> 00:06:39,401 a presidential debate moderator and network field correspondent. 78 00:06:39,483 --> 00:06:41,613 The recipient of multiple broadcast awards, 79 00:06:41,693 --> 00:06:44,863 including a Leadership in Journalism award from the New York Media Foundation 80 00:06:44,947 --> 00:06:49,737 he and the TMS team have won 12 Daytime Emmys in their 15-year tenure. 81 00:06:50,244 --> 00:06:52,794 Late last night, The New York Times was reportedly tipped off 82 00:06:52,871 --> 00:06:56,921 to an internal investigation by UBA into Kessler's sexual misconduct. 83 00:06:57,376 --> 00:07:00,836 Up until today, The Morning Show was the only morning news broadcast 84 00:07:00,921 --> 00:07:04,011 to dodge the Me Too scandals that have seemingly plagued its competitors. 85 00:07:04,091 --> 00:07:06,431 - When? - Just broke. Does she know yet? 86 00:07:06,510 --> 00:07:10,930 She knows. We're reworking the whole show. We are live in 90 minutes. 87 00:07:11,014 --> 00:07:14,524 Buckle up. Layla's working on new copy. Get it to Alex A.S.A.P. 88 00:07:14,601 --> 00:07:15,601 Got it. 89 00:07:17,938 --> 00:07:21,858 We had no choice. It was multiple complaints of sexual misconduct. 90 00:07:21,942 --> 00:07:25,532 How multiple? Who? When? 91 00:07:25,612 --> 00:07:29,072 I don't know. It's confidential. It leaked to the Times overnight. 92 00:07:29,867 --> 00:07:30,987 How? 93 00:07:31,076 --> 00:07:34,576 I have no clue who leaked it. I fucking wish I knew. 94 00:07:35,414 --> 00:07:37,084 I'm trying to deal with this quietly. 95 00:07:40,502 --> 00:07:45,422 Shit. Okay. HR has been looking into it for a few weeks. I didn't want... 96 00:07:45,966 --> 00:07:49,636 I didn't wanna drag you in. I was trying to protect you, Alex, okay? Before you... 97 00:07:50,971 --> 00:07:52,431 [door closes] 98 00:07:52,514 --> 00:07:54,314 You knew about this, and you didn't tell me? 99 00:07:54,391 --> 00:07:57,511 What am I? Some fucking PA from Idaho who doesn't need to know what's going on? 100 00:07:57,561 --> 00:07:59,691 Alex, I was trying to respect your space... 101 00:07:59,771 --> 00:08:01,171 - My space. - Like you asked me to, 102 00:08:01,190 --> 00:08:03,420 so that you can go out there every morning and do what you do, 103 00:08:03,442 --> 00:08:04,602 what America needs you to do. 104 00:08:04,651 --> 00:08:07,451 Oh, fuck you, Chip. Fuck you. Don't drag America into this. 105 00:08:07,529 --> 00:08:09,619 They've got enough shit to deal with. 106 00:08:09,698 --> 00:08:14,908 This affects me, okay? My on-air partner, my TV husband... 107 00:08:14,995 --> 00:08:16,455 [sighs] 108 00:08:16,538 --> 00:08:18,748 is a sexual predator now? 109 00:08:19,791 --> 00:08:23,551 What part of you thought that I should not have been involved in this conversation? 110 00:08:24,588 --> 00:08:26,298 You think chemistry just comes in a bottle, 111 00:08:26,381 --> 00:08:28,471 and we go out and we buy another one at Whole Foods? 112 00:08:28,550 --> 00:08:30,390 Charlie Black's office. Please hold one moment. 113 00:08:30,969 --> 00:08:32,279 Charlie Black's office. Please hold one moment. 114 00:08:32,304 --> 00:08:35,074 Rena. Where is he? We need to discuss how we're handling the show today. 115 00:08:35,097 --> 00:08:37,517 He's in there with her. And he said no interruptions. 116 00:08:37,601 --> 00:08:40,021 Rena, we're live in less than two hours, for Chrissake. 117 00:08:40,102 --> 00:08:44,022 Charlie Black's office. Please hol... Oh. Hi. Let me see if I can get him. 118 00:08:44,650 --> 00:08:47,570 - Really? Wow. - Really. 119 00:08:47,653 --> 00:08:49,033 - Excuse me. - Wow. 120 00:08:49,112 --> 00:08:50,382 - [Alex] My ass. You know that. - [Chip] True. But... 121 00:08:50,405 --> 00:08:53,695 - [Alex] What? - It's the network... Cory and Fred. 122 00:08:53,784 --> 00:08:55,184 - Fabulous. Put 'em through. - Yeah. 123 00:08:56,662 --> 00:08:57,912 - [phone rings] - I got it. 124 00:08:58,330 --> 00:09:00,080 - Hi, it's Alex. - And Chip. 125 00:09:00,165 --> 00:09:04,795 {\an8}-Alex? Alex, it's Cory here. - And Fred. 126 00:09:04,878 --> 00:09:08,838 {\an8}I am just incredibly sorry about this. I feel absolutely terrible. 127 00:09:08,924 --> 00:09:12,854 I feel like Mitch died. The Mitch that I knew. 128 00:09:12,928 --> 00:09:14,908 And I've only been running the news division for a month, 129 00:09:14,930 --> 00:09:16,890 so I can't imagine what you must be feeling. 130 00:09:16,974 --> 00:09:18,484 [Fred] My condolences, Alex. 131 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:20,019 This is so hard for all of us. 132 00:09:20,102 --> 00:09:23,982 Look, we're all a family here, and we've had a tragedy. So, we're... 133 00:09:24,064 --> 00:09:27,484 [Fred] Any kind of sexual misconduct will not be tolerated by the network. 134 00:09:27,568 --> 00:09:29,798 - [Cory] Well, absolutely not. - [Fred] You think you know someone... 135 00:09:29,820 --> 00:09:32,450 Okay, thank you, Fred and Cory. 136 00:09:32,531 --> 00:09:35,091 But I can't really think about that right now because I've got to focus 137 00:09:35,117 --> 00:09:38,407 on what we're putting on the show in less than two hours. 138 00:09:38,495 --> 00:09:39,555 - More caffeine. - Thank you. 139 00:09:39,580 --> 00:09:40,580 Oh, thank you. 140 00:09:40,664 --> 00:09:44,134 That's exactly why you're the pro that you are. 141 00:09:44,209 --> 00:09:47,049 We just have to take this one step at a time, right? 142 00:09:47,129 --> 00:09:48,899 Can't let the fact that there's hundreds of millions 143 00:09:48,922 --> 00:09:51,232 of advertising dollars at stake here... We're not gonna let that... 144 00:09:51,258 --> 00:09:53,928 - Fuck you. - bother us, because change can be good. 145 00:09:54,011 --> 00:09:56,561 And one man's tragedy, it can be another man's opportunity. 146 00:09:56,638 --> 00:09:58,718 So let's, fuck yeah, embrace it. 147 00:09:58,807 --> 00:10:04,017 And use this to reinvent ourselves, make things bigger and better. Well... 148 00:10:04,104 --> 00:10:07,154 Thank God we've got you, Alex. You will carry us through this. 149 00:10:07,858 --> 00:10:11,448 I guess that's why they've been dragging their feet on closing my renegotiations. 150 00:10:13,530 --> 00:10:14,820 Yeah. Hey, guys. 151 00:10:15,490 --> 00:10:16,660 So listen, 152 00:10:16,742 --> 00:10:23,082 my gut instinct is to bring the news to America myself honestly. 153 00:10:23,165 --> 00:10:27,125 Addressing the truth is the only way to protect our integrity. 154 00:10:27,586 --> 00:10:30,206 So, we will talk to them as members of our family. 155 00:10:30,297 --> 00:10:34,377 We will grieve with them. We will go through this together. 156 00:10:34,468 --> 00:10:36,218 She's a class act. All the way. 157 00:10:36,303 --> 00:10:37,303 Shut up. 158 00:10:37,888 --> 00:10:41,478 And if we use this right, this is our chance to get our audience back. 159 00:10:41,558 --> 00:10:44,248 I couldn't agree more, Alex. I think you've got the right idea there. 160 00:10:44,269 --> 00:10:45,549 [Alex] Pull the family together. 161 00:10:45,604 --> 00:10:48,654 And we'll get a surge in our ratings for a few days. And... 162 00:10:50,275 --> 00:10:51,735 I was gonna say that. 163 00:10:51,818 --> 00:10:54,608 May sweeps are imminent, let's not forget. 164 00:10:56,949 --> 00:11:02,409 And yes, yes. We can discuss who we're gonna be putting in Mitch's chair... 165 00:11:04,706 --> 00:11:05,706 today. 166 00:11:06,458 --> 00:11:08,998 But I am addressing America up top on my own. 167 00:11:09,670 --> 00:11:11,060 - Like we have a choice. - [pushes button] 168 00:11:11,088 --> 00:11:13,128 [Alex] I don't want anyone sitting in Mitch's chair. 169 00:11:13,507 --> 00:11:16,127 Not during this. That's mine. 170 00:11:24,977 --> 00:11:26,687 [sighs] 171 00:11:34,319 --> 00:11:35,699 I can't feel anything. 172 00:11:37,906 --> 00:11:39,736 Don't worry. I'll be with you. 173 00:11:40,242 --> 00:11:44,412 You'll get out there, and you'll feel it. You'll find it, like you always do. 174 00:11:46,164 --> 00:11:49,044 [phone vibrating] 175 00:11:52,504 --> 00:11:53,514 [vibrating continues] 176 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:04,810 [click] 177 00:12:12,858 --> 00:12:14,898 [exhales] 178 00:12:22,576 --> 00:12:25,656 [country music playing] 179 00:12:37,257 --> 00:12:40,217 [music fades out] 180 00:12:40,302 --> 00:12:41,352 - Bradley. - What? 181 00:12:41,428 --> 00:12:43,638 I'm telling you something. It's for your own good. 182 00:12:43,722 --> 00:12:44,722 What? 183 00:12:45,807 --> 00:12:46,807 You're awful. 184 00:12:48,143 --> 00:12:50,483 Blow me, Alan. Just because I push back? 185 00:12:50,562 --> 00:12:53,652 You don't push back. You incinerate. Everyone says it. 186 00:12:53,732 --> 00:12:55,192 You fight everyone on everything. 187 00:12:55,275 --> 00:12:58,735 Well, there's a lot of sloppy work done around here, mainly by you. 188 00:12:58,820 --> 00:13:00,820 You know that anchor opening on the late hour? 189 00:13:01,782 --> 00:13:02,992 They're giving it to Sarah. 190 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:06,290 Sarah? 191 00:13:07,287 --> 00:13:10,707 The world's only conservative lesbian who weirdly looks like Mary Hart 192 00:13:10,791 --> 00:13:13,071 and has also been at the channel three years less than me? 193 00:13:14,419 --> 00:13:16,589 People like her. It's not a crime, you know? 194 00:13:16,672 --> 00:13:17,672 Gotcha. 195 00:13:18,090 --> 00:13:21,970 Hey, just do yourself a favor. Try to be more agreeable, for Chrissake! 196 00:13:22,052 --> 00:13:23,682 I am fucking agreeable! 197 00:13:24,847 --> 00:13:28,227 Coal creates jobs! Coal creates jobs! 198 00:13:28,308 --> 00:13:31,138 Coal creates jobs! Coal creates jobs! 199 00:13:31,228 --> 00:13:33,978 Coal creates jobs! Coal creates jobs! 200 00:13:34,064 --> 00:13:36,484 No more coal! No more coal! 201 00:13:36,567 --> 00:13:38,497 - Is what used to be... - No more coal! No more coal! 202 00:13:38,527 --> 00:13:41,697 - No more coal! No more coal! - [phone vibrating] 203 00:13:41,780 --> 00:13:45,700 No more coal! No more coal! No more coal! 204 00:13:45,784 --> 00:13:48,584 Hey, I gotta take this. I got something going on at home. 205 00:13:48,662 --> 00:13:51,792 - No more coal! No more coal! - Mom, hold on. 206 00:13:51,874 --> 00:13:53,484 Hey, honey. You sound like you don't want to talk. 207 00:13:53,500 --> 00:13:56,960 Hold on, Mom. I'm doing my job at a protest right now. What's going on? 208 00:13:57,045 --> 00:13:58,915 A protest? Is everything safe? 209 00:13:59,006 --> 00:14:02,546 I'm at a coal mine. No, I'm safe. Is Hal okay? 210 00:14:02,634 --> 00:14:03,974 He's doing just fine. 211 00:14:04,052 --> 00:14:05,602 Mom, speak up. I can't hear you. 212 00:14:05,679 --> 00:14:09,469 You sound really busy. I just wanna let you know I brought your brother home. 213 00:14:09,558 --> 00:14:10,558 You did not. 214 00:14:10,642 --> 00:14:13,482 Don't take that tone. You sound like a bitch, honey. 215 00:14:13,562 --> 00:14:16,522 - I'll talk to you later. - No more coal! No more coal! 216 00:14:16,607 --> 00:14:19,897 - Joe! Jesus. Fuck. - No more coal! No more coal! 217 00:14:19,985 --> 00:14:20,985 Joe. Hey. 218 00:14:21,069 --> 00:14:22,819 - Over here. - Okay. God. 219 00:14:23,238 --> 00:14:26,198 - Yeah. Sorry about that. - Okay, Bradley, this is Jenna Macantire, 220 00:14:26,283 --> 00:14:27,523 - she's protesting mines. - Hey. 221 00:14:27,576 --> 00:14:30,596 This is Bob Stephens. His family's been in the mining business for generations. 222 00:14:30,621 --> 00:14:31,961 All right. I got it. 223 00:14:32,372 --> 00:14:35,582 I'm gonna need a wide shot, okay? And then we'll go on three and two, one. 224 00:14:35,667 --> 00:14:37,837 [grunting] 225 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:40,550 - Hey! You okay, Joe? - [Joe] Yeah. 226 00:14:40,631 --> 00:14:41,721 Hey. What are you doing? 227 00:14:41,798 --> 00:14:43,178 Let go of me, fake news bitch! 228 00:14:43,258 --> 00:14:44,258 - What? - Get off of me. 229 00:14:44,343 --> 00:14:45,453 What did you fucking call me? 230 00:14:45,469 --> 00:14:47,029 Called you a fake news bitch is what I called you. 231 00:14:47,054 --> 00:14:49,314 Oh, yeah? I'm fake news? What's the real news then? 232 00:14:49,389 --> 00:14:51,409 You tell me five facts about coal, and I'll let you go. 233 00:14:51,433 --> 00:14:52,703 I don't have to tell you shit, lady. 234 00:14:52,726 --> 00:14:55,656 You knocked down my cameraman. Otherwise I'm gonna have you arrested for assault. 235 00:14:55,687 --> 00:14:57,607 I bet you don't know jack shit about coal. 236 00:14:57,689 --> 00:14:59,379 You're just out here trying to raise some hell. 237 00:14:59,399 --> 00:15:00,439 Go! Tell me! 238 00:15:00,526 --> 00:15:01,526 Coal is a cheap fuel. 239 00:15:01,610 --> 00:15:03,530 [imitates buzzer] Wrong! What else? 240 00:15:03,612 --> 00:15:05,262 I don't know. It's easy to get for people. 241 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:06,660 Wrong! What else? 242 00:15:06,740 --> 00:15:08,430 It makes jobs for everybody. Everyone's happy. 243 00:15:08,450 --> 00:15:10,990 Yeah, so does death, okay? You think that's a good idea? 244 00:15:11,078 --> 00:15:12,598 - No, I don't... - If it's so positive, 245 00:15:12,663 --> 00:15:14,723 why do you think all these people are out here protesting? 246 00:15:14,748 --> 00:15:16,428 I don't know. Because they think it's dangerous or... 247 00:15:16,458 --> 00:15:17,708 Do you think it's dangerous? 248 00:15:17,793 --> 00:15:23,423 Do you even know what's in coal ash? Arsenic, copper, lead, mercury, uranium. 249 00:15:23,507 --> 00:15:26,587 That is some toxic shit. And what about jobs? 250 00:15:26,677 --> 00:15:28,677 How many jobs have been lost in the last ten years? 251 00:15:28,762 --> 00:15:29,682 - I don't know. - Huh? 252 00:15:29,763 --> 00:15:34,643 Thousands! Thousands of fucking families knocked on their asses. 253 00:15:34,726 --> 00:15:36,436 And it's just a big wheel that goes around. 254 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:40,070 Liberals add sanctions. Conservatives remove those sanctions. 255 00:15:40,148 --> 00:15:43,238 And they just keep fighting 'cause all they wanna do is hear themselves talk. 256 00:15:43,318 --> 00:15:45,648 And they all want to be right. And they all wanna win. 257 00:15:45,737 --> 00:15:49,237 And that's all they fucking care about. And there's a human cost! 258 00:15:49,324 --> 00:15:50,874 And it's exhausting! 259 00:15:51,201 --> 00:15:52,831 I'm exhausted! 260 00:15:52,911 --> 00:15:55,461 - Okay. Okay. Okay, Jesus. - [panting] 261 00:15:56,582 --> 00:15:57,622 Get off me. 262 00:15:59,126 --> 00:16:00,996 [panting] 263 00:16:04,423 --> 00:16:05,923 Don't knock over old men. 264 00:16:06,008 --> 00:16:07,838 I'm sorry, okay? I'm sorry. I'm sorry. 265 00:16:09,970 --> 00:16:10,970 Okay. 266 00:16:11,054 --> 00:16:13,274 - Okay, let's take it away. - I'm ready. I'm ready. 267 00:16:13,348 --> 00:16:15,268 Okay, are y'all ready? 268 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:19,610 In three, two, one. 269 00:16:19,980 --> 00:16:23,820 Hi. I'm Bradley Jackson at Lachlan Coal Mine, reporting to you today. 270 00:16:23,901 --> 00:16:27,321 This coal mine is reopening after closing four years ago 271 00:16:27,404 --> 00:16:31,034 due to declining coal demands and rising regulatory threats, 272 00:16:31,116 --> 00:16:33,366 costing this area thousands of jobs. 273 00:16:37,122 --> 00:16:38,372 It's time. 274 00:16:39,082 --> 00:16:40,082 [Alex] I'm ready. 275 00:16:46,173 --> 00:16:47,593 [exhales] 276 00:17:00,020 --> 00:17:01,360 [sighs] 277 00:17:06,818 --> 00:17:08,108 I revised the copy myself. 278 00:17:08,194 --> 00:17:10,414 I gave my copy. I know what I'm saying. 279 00:17:12,281 --> 00:17:13,781 [sighs] Yeah. 280 00:17:21,208 --> 00:17:23,128 - Mm. - Okay. Last looks. 281 00:17:27,506 --> 00:17:29,256 Thanks. [clears throat] 282 00:17:35,347 --> 00:17:37,137 Okay. There. Thanks. 283 00:17:38,725 --> 00:17:40,405 - Okay, clear. - [assistant] Check the time. 284 00:17:40,435 --> 00:17:41,685 [director] Stand by, A. 285 00:17:43,021 --> 00:17:45,771 Roll A. Eight seconds to you. 286 00:17:47,150 --> 00:17:48,150 Five... 287 00:17:48,610 --> 00:17:50,530 [woman] Four, three. 288 00:17:50,946 --> 00:17:53,656 - [theme song plays] - [director] Two. Start your move. 289 00:17:54,324 --> 00:17:55,334 Cue her. 290 00:17:56,076 --> 00:18:00,746 {\an8}Good morning. I'm bringing you some sad and upsetting news. 291 00:18:01,707 --> 00:18:05,707 {\an8}Mitch Kessler, my cohost and partner of 15 years, 292 00:18:06,545 --> 00:18:09,205 {\an8}was fired today for sexual misconduct. 293 00:18:10,299 --> 00:18:11,679 All right. Stay strong. 294 00:18:12,176 --> 00:18:16,176 First and foremost, I want to offer our sympathy and support to the women. 295 00:18:16,805 --> 00:18:21,975 We are devastated that this happened on our watch, and our hearts are with you. 296 00:18:22,477 --> 00:18:26,977 {\an8}And to you at home, I understand how you must be feeling 297 00:18:27,065 --> 00:18:32,445 because I and the whole team here at The Morning Show are feeling the same way. 298 00:18:32,863 --> 00:18:36,783 Shock, disappointment, disbelief. 299 00:18:37,117 --> 00:18:38,697 She's throwing me under the bus. 300 00:18:38,785 --> 00:18:41,655 And while I don't know the details of the allegations, 301 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:46,540 I understand that they were serious and that keeping Mitch on was not an option. 302 00:18:46,627 --> 00:18:48,687 I don't think we need to watch any more of this. Let's prep you for your... 303 00:18:48,712 --> 00:18:50,762 Do not touch that remote. 304 00:18:51,798 --> 00:18:55,838 [Alex] We know he was part of our family, of your families. 305 00:18:57,596 --> 00:18:59,466 We will all miss that person. 306 00:19:02,226 --> 00:19:04,556 But there are consequences in life. 307 00:19:05,395 --> 00:19:08,725 As a woman, I can say there often aren't enough of them. 308 00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:16,739 And while I will miss the Mitch I thought I knew with all of my heart... 309 00:19:20,661 --> 00:19:23,331 I am proud to work on a network 310 00:19:23,413 --> 00:19:28,253 and live in a country that upholds consequences. 311 00:19:29,169 --> 00:19:30,169 What a load. 312 00:19:30,712 --> 00:19:35,842 {\an8}So, please have patience with us as we find our footing in the next few days. 313 00:19:35,926 --> 00:19:37,046 {\an8}[Cory] She's on fire today. 314 00:19:37,135 --> 00:19:39,425 {\an8}We will bring you the news, as always. 315 00:19:39,513 --> 00:19:41,473 Too bad we can't always throw a crisis at her. 316 00:19:41,557 --> 00:19:43,237 - It turns her lights on. - We will share any information 317 00:19:43,267 --> 00:19:44,597 we have with you. 318 00:19:45,060 --> 00:19:50,730 {\an8}You are part of this family. And we will get through this together. 319 00:19:51,733 --> 00:19:52,943 {\an8}We'll be right back. 320 00:19:55,112 --> 00:19:56,492 [director] We're back in 30. 321 00:19:56,989 --> 00:19:58,239 It's good. Good. 322 00:19:58,323 --> 00:19:59,323 That was beautiful. 323 00:19:59,867 --> 00:20:02,327 [woman] Roll A. Back in two minutes. 324 00:20:02,411 --> 00:20:04,621 - [man] Drop down to 40%. Hold. - [sighs] 325 00:20:05,998 --> 00:20:07,518 - [man] Yeah, that's perfect. - [clears throat] 326 00:20:07,541 --> 00:20:08,981 - Here are some tissues. - No, I don't need it. 327 00:20:09,001 --> 00:20:10,421 - I'm good. - Okay. 328 00:20:10,502 --> 00:20:11,592 [clears throat] 329 00:20:11,670 --> 00:20:14,510 [chattering] 330 00:20:21,555 --> 00:20:22,755 [sighs] 331 00:20:26,810 --> 00:20:29,400 - [chattering] - [phone chimes] 332 00:20:35,277 --> 00:20:37,147 I bet you don't know jack shit about coal. 333 00:20:37,237 --> 00:20:39,947 You're just out here trying to raise some hell. Go ahead. Tell me. 334 00:20:40,032 --> 00:20:41,182 - [man] I don't know, coal... - [Bradley] What? 335 00:20:41,200 --> 00:20:42,950 - [man] Coal is a cheap fuel. - Shit. 336 00:20:43,035 --> 00:20:46,075 Bradley Jackson. Stop your ass right there. 337 00:20:46,163 --> 00:20:49,003 Why the hell am I hearing that you hired Sarah Oppenheimer 338 00:20:49,082 --> 00:20:50,672 for the anchor job on America On Point? 339 00:20:50,751 --> 00:20:53,711 Don't even. You know what everybody's talking about here today? 340 00:20:53,795 --> 00:20:56,005 Two things. Mitch Kessler is fired 341 00:20:56,089 --> 00:20:58,299 and Bradley Jackson lost her shit at the protest. 342 00:20:58,383 --> 00:21:01,553 Climb off me, Jones. How was I supposed to know people were filming me? 343 00:21:01,637 --> 00:21:03,257 What? Like it's not the 21st century? 344 00:21:03,347 --> 00:21:05,267 I was talking to him about the truth. 345 00:21:05,349 --> 00:21:07,559 You remember the truth? Journalism? 346 00:21:07,643 --> 00:21:11,153 We're newspeople, Jones. Listen to yourself. 347 00:21:11,647 --> 00:21:13,517 I gave you a shot. 348 00:21:13,607 --> 00:21:14,647 I know you did. 349 00:21:14,733 --> 00:21:16,283 When nobody else would. 350 00:21:16,360 --> 00:21:19,110 You've been bouncing around for years, and we both know why. 351 00:21:19,196 --> 00:21:21,366 - I don't wanna talk about that. - "Two-Fucks Jackson." 352 00:21:22,157 --> 00:21:26,157 I was very young. I got flustered. And that was ten years ago. 353 00:21:26,245 --> 00:21:28,655 You get too hot too fast, Bradley. 354 00:21:28,747 --> 00:21:33,667 I accidentally said "fuck." Okay? And then I got mad at myself and... 355 00:21:33,752 --> 00:21:36,552 Said "fuck" again, on live TV. 356 00:21:36,630 --> 00:21:37,710 [sighs] 357 00:21:37,798 --> 00:21:39,008 I remember. 358 00:21:39,091 --> 00:21:42,091 And there goes the ballad of Bradley Jackson. 359 00:21:44,054 --> 00:21:46,774 You know what? Find some other puppet. 360 00:21:47,182 --> 00:21:50,142 Find some other person that you can put slanted copy in front of them, 361 00:21:50,227 --> 00:21:53,977 that'll go to the coal mine protests, your school shootings, 362 00:21:54,064 --> 00:21:56,114 the pregnant lady that got hit by a truck. 363 00:21:56,191 --> 00:22:00,321 Find somebody else to be invisible for you, to deal with the world's heartaches 364 00:22:00,404 --> 00:22:02,994 and not have any fucking feelings about it! 365 00:22:03,073 --> 00:22:04,073 I quit! 366 00:22:05,534 --> 00:22:10,334 {\an8}Research shows that sexual harassment in the early stages of one's career 367 00:22:10,414 --> 00:22:13,584 {\an8}can lead to long-term psychological damage. 368 00:22:13,667 --> 00:22:19,127 {\an8}And specifically, what type of behavior or... or, uh, uh, harassment 369 00:22:19,214 --> 00:22:20,534 would cause that kind of long-term damage? 370 00:22:20,549 --> 00:22:22,129 [director] Stand by camera three. 371 00:22:22,217 --> 00:22:24,737 Jesus, Yanko. Could he be more uncomfortable talking about this? 372 00:22:24,761 --> 00:22:27,471 [sighs] Don't let Yanko talk. 373 00:22:27,556 --> 00:22:32,436 As you said, Dr. Marino, this affects so many of us. What would you say... 374 00:22:32,519 --> 00:22:35,769 You knocked down my cameraman. Otherwise I'm gonna have you arrested for assault. 375 00:22:35,856 --> 00:22:37,606 I bet you don't know jack shit about coal. 376 00:22:37,691 --> 00:22:40,691 You're just out here trying to raise some hell. Go ahead. Tell me. 377 00:22:40,777 --> 00:22:41,777 - I don't know... - What? 378 00:22:41,862 --> 00:22:42,862 Coal is a cheap fuel. 379 00:22:42,946 --> 00:22:44,816 [imitates buzzer] Wrong! What else? 380 00:22:45,407 --> 00:22:46,407 Hannah. 381 00:22:46,491 --> 00:22:47,491 Wrong! What else? 382 00:22:47,576 --> 00:22:49,796 You said you were looking for stories about strong women tomorrow. 383 00:22:49,828 --> 00:22:50,868 Check this out. 384 00:22:50,954 --> 00:22:53,684 [Bradley] If it's so fucking great, why are these people are out here protesting? 385 00:22:53,707 --> 00:22:56,137 - I don't know. They think it's dangerous. - Do you even know what's in coal ash? 386 00:22:56,168 --> 00:22:57,788 - Who is this? - Let me help you out. 387 00:22:57,878 --> 00:23:01,258 Bradley Jackson, some conservative correspondent for SENN. 388 00:23:01,340 --> 00:23:06,050 She's fucking funny, but also resonates some truth. 389 00:23:06,136 --> 00:23:08,636 And the weary voice of America speaks out. 390 00:23:09,806 --> 00:23:11,366 It's like a little piece of performance art. 391 00:23:11,391 --> 00:23:14,021 [Bradley] Thousands. Thousands of jobs have been lost. 392 00:23:16,313 --> 00:23:19,153 They can't do this to me. It's illegal. 393 00:23:19,650 --> 00:23:21,900 They can't just take my life away based on hearsay. 394 00:23:21,985 --> 00:23:24,755 They have documented complaints, Mitch. We have to deal with the reality... 395 00:23:24,780 --> 00:23:28,660 Documented complaints about what? That I had affairs? Since when is that a crime? 396 00:23:28,742 --> 00:23:32,452 No, no, no, no. No. I'm... I'm not proud of it, but what the fuck? 397 00:23:32,538 --> 00:23:34,458 I didn't invent extracurricular sex. 398 00:23:34,540 --> 00:23:36,000 What is happening here? 399 00:23:36,083 --> 00:23:41,213 The network that I gave 20 years of my life plus is now locking me out. 400 00:23:41,296 --> 00:23:42,546 Throwing me to the wolves. 401 00:23:42,631 --> 00:23:44,591 They won't even engage in a discussion with me? 402 00:23:44,675 --> 00:23:46,675 Listen, take it easy. Don't get all worked up... 403 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:48,890 "Don't get all worked up"? Are you kidding me? 404 00:23:48,971 --> 00:23:52,811 My life just ended for no good reason, and I should stay calm? 405 00:23:53,976 --> 00:23:57,016 You know what? I didn't rape anybody! 406 00:23:59,147 --> 00:24:03,027 I didn't fire anybody. I didn't jizz into a plant in front of somebody. 407 00:24:03,110 --> 00:24:06,410 You know what I did? I fucked a couple of PA's and assistants. 408 00:24:06,488 --> 00:24:09,738 Big fuckin' deal. They liked it. I mean, who are we kidding? 409 00:24:10,325 --> 00:24:13,745 Everything's changed, but they forgot to send me the memo. 410 00:24:13,829 --> 00:24:17,119 Since the dawn of time, men have used their power to attract women. 411 00:24:17,207 --> 00:24:20,627 And now let's bust Mitch Kessler's head over it. 412 00:24:20,711 --> 00:24:22,211 Mitch, let me make you a drink. 413 00:24:22,296 --> 00:24:25,216 I didn't hold a gun to anybody's head. It was consensual. 414 00:24:26,175 --> 00:24:27,755 Most of them came on to me. 415 00:24:27,843 --> 00:24:31,603 One of them actually told me that I taught her how to have good sex! 416 00:24:32,055 --> 00:24:37,935 And now, that stupid, comedy weather fuck is in my seat. No fucking way! 417 00:24:38,020 --> 00:24:42,440 Come on. Fuck you! Fuck you! 418 00:24:43,317 --> 00:24:44,317 God. 419 00:24:44,943 --> 00:24:47,113 You little motherfucker! 420 00:24:47,196 --> 00:24:48,606 God damn it! 421 00:24:49,865 --> 00:24:54,405 [grunting, screaming] 422 00:24:55,245 --> 00:24:56,245 [grunting] 423 00:24:58,123 --> 00:24:59,633 [grunts] 424 00:24:59,708 --> 00:25:02,208 - [clatters on floor] - [panting] 425 00:25:04,338 --> 00:25:05,628 Okay. 426 00:25:07,716 --> 00:25:10,966 We're gonna fight this. [panting] 427 00:25:11,053 --> 00:25:13,663 We're gonna come up with a plan, and we're gonna fight this. [sighs] 428 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:17,020 - [footsteps approaching] - Okay. Okay. 429 00:25:17,100 --> 00:25:19,020 [clears throat] 430 00:25:20,145 --> 00:25:23,815 I'm picking up the kids from school and taking them to the Hamptons. 431 00:25:25,192 --> 00:25:26,612 I'm divorcing you. 432 00:25:28,111 --> 00:25:31,951 I haven't liked you for a while anyway. 433 00:25:32,783 --> 00:25:34,163 Goodbye. 434 00:25:34,243 --> 00:25:35,873 Come on, Paige. 435 00:25:37,454 --> 00:25:40,124 [sighs] Fuck! 436 00:25:42,167 --> 00:25:43,497 [knocking] 437 00:25:44,670 --> 00:25:46,380 - Who is it? - [Chip] It's me. 438 00:26:02,354 --> 00:26:05,234 You did great. Yanko was a lot of work. It was a bad call from Cory. 439 00:26:05,315 --> 00:26:06,315 You think? 440 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:10,200 We better have our shit together when the network jerk-offs get here today. 441 00:26:11,405 --> 00:26:14,615 And I don't want that new guy from the entertainment division 442 00:26:14,700 --> 00:26:17,080 making the call about who sits in that chair next to me. 443 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:20,000 Because I have to carry their ass! 444 00:26:21,415 --> 00:26:23,285 The guy's a fucking moron. 445 00:26:23,959 --> 00:26:26,919 They should never have made him the head of the news division. 446 00:26:27,546 --> 00:26:31,506 [sighs] And I wanna know every idea of who they're going after for that chair. 447 00:26:31,592 --> 00:26:33,642 We're precarious enough in the ratings. 448 00:26:33,719 --> 00:26:34,719 Okay. I understand. 449 00:26:34,803 --> 00:26:36,893 Well, you better, 'cause this is all your fault. 450 00:26:36,972 --> 00:26:40,102 You are the EP. The show is slipping on your watch. 451 00:26:40,184 --> 00:26:41,734 And now that shit. 452 00:26:43,020 --> 00:26:44,700 You know I don't control everything, Alex. 453 00:26:44,771 --> 00:26:47,481 Well, you're supposed to. That's your job. 454 00:26:56,950 --> 00:26:58,450 [reporters shouting] 455 00:27:03,707 --> 00:27:06,417 All right, hot soup coming through. Hot soup coming through. 456 00:27:06,502 --> 00:27:08,092 [all shouting] 457 00:27:08,712 --> 00:27:10,302 I just wanna say this. 458 00:27:11,465 --> 00:27:14,425 As long as I am the president of the UBA news division, 459 00:27:14,510 --> 00:27:18,350 behavior such as that exhibited by Mitch Kessler will not be tolerated. 460 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:20,390 Out of respect for those who have suffered, 461 00:27:20,474 --> 00:27:22,484 I'll be making no further comment at this time. 462 00:27:23,018 --> 00:27:26,268 Let's get PR back on the phone. I need to know how our response is landing. 463 00:27:26,355 --> 00:27:30,275 I need writers and producers, just all senior staff in my office 464 00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:32,629 with ideas for how the fuck we're gonna get through these next two days. 465 00:27:32,653 --> 00:27:33,653 The bosses are saying... 466 00:27:33,737 --> 00:27:35,317 Jesus, Joel. Pick a side. 467 00:27:35,405 --> 00:27:36,405 I'm on your side. 468 00:27:36,490 --> 00:27:37,990 Of the fucking hallway. Jesus. 469 00:27:38,075 --> 00:27:41,575 Okay. They're saying they want this week to land somewhere between repudiation 470 00:27:41,662 --> 00:27:44,432 and navel-gazing, whatever the fuck that means. I have no idea what they're... 471 00:27:44,456 --> 00:27:46,056 I'll be back A.S.A.P. Can you survive without me? 472 00:27:46,083 --> 00:27:47,393 Yes. Text me as soon as you know. 473 00:27:47,417 --> 00:27:49,247 - Where was I? - Repudiation and navel-gazing. 474 00:27:49,336 --> 00:27:51,976 Data and Research. What the fuck? Why aren't they calling us back? Okay. 475 00:27:52,005 --> 00:27:53,685 We need that huddle. We need it right now. 476 00:27:53,715 --> 00:27:57,135 And lastly, just get the entire talent team up here, okay? 477 00:27:57,219 --> 00:28:00,319 We need to start preparing our long-term strategy. You're getting all this, right? 478 00:28:00,347 --> 00:28:02,427 Oh, I'm sorry. I wasn't listening. 479 00:28:02,516 --> 00:28:05,096 Oh, you know what? That is not funny. Fuck you and f... 480 00:28:06,061 --> 00:28:08,771 Cory. Uh, hey. 481 00:28:08,856 --> 00:28:10,606 Is, uh, now a good time? 482 00:28:10,691 --> 00:28:14,071 I wasn't expecting you till... Yes. Yeah. 483 00:28:14,152 --> 00:28:16,532 Well, you know. When the Exxon Valdez hits the reef 484 00:28:16,613 --> 00:28:19,163 and spills ten million gallons of your oil into the water, 485 00:28:19,241 --> 00:28:21,621 you kinda drop whatever you're doing and fly to Alaska. 486 00:28:21,702 --> 00:28:22,952 Of course you do. Yeah. 487 00:28:23,036 --> 00:28:25,246 And if I might exhaust the metaphor, 488 00:28:25,330 --> 00:28:28,080 you don't leave until you make sure 489 00:28:28,166 --> 00:28:32,456 that every last salmon and sea otter is scraped clean. 490 00:28:32,546 --> 00:28:37,176 So, we're gonna clean some fuckin' sea otters, Chip, right? 491 00:28:37,259 --> 00:28:40,719 And we're not gonna like it, and neither are the otters. 492 00:28:40,804 --> 00:28:44,224 But I'm gonna be with you, side by side, until we get it all done. 493 00:28:44,308 --> 00:28:47,478 No matter how long or how much soap it takes. 494 00:28:49,229 --> 00:28:52,229 - Well, I'm excited. - [chuckles] Makes two of us. Let's go. 495 00:28:52,316 --> 00:28:54,226 Miles to go before we sleep. 496 00:28:54,318 --> 00:28:57,118 I've already called marketing, and they're on their way down right now. 497 00:28:59,990 --> 00:29:03,040 [woman] We know you already discussed this with the network PR team, 498 00:29:03,118 --> 00:29:05,618 but they're worried about the network. 499 00:29:05,704 --> 00:29:07,224 - [Alex sighs] - We wanna focus on you. 500 00:29:07,247 --> 00:29:11,417 How will America see Alex Levy deal with the fall of Mitch Kessler? 501 00:29:11,502 --> 00:29:12,502 Oh, God. 502 00:29:12,586 --> 00:29:16,166 People are gonna wanna know what you did or did not know. 503 00:29:16,798 --> 00:29:20,388 Okay, we're gonna work on your follow-up statement in a minute. 504 00:29:20,469 --> 00:29:23,719 Your first one was a little too sympathetic towards Mitch. 505 00:29:23,805 --> 00:29:25,555 - I'm so... - I know you were close, 506 00:29:25,641 --> 00:29:27,081 - but you need to be careful. - Excuse me. 507 00:29:27,100 --> 00:29:28,100 Excuse me. 508 00:29:28,185 --> 00:29:32,855 All I said was that I will miss the person that I sat side by side with. 509 00:29:32,940 --> 00:29:34,940 That's just the truth. 510 00:29:35,025 --> 00:29:39,065 I expressed sympathy for the women, abhorrence for the predatory behavior. 511 00:29:39,154 --> 00:29:42,284 I am a journalist. You don't have to spoon-feed me this shit. 512 00:29:42,366 --> 00:29:46,116 This isn't just about protection. It's about opportunity. You know that. 513 00:29:46,912 --> 00:29:47,912 Yes, I know that. 514 00:29:47,996 --> 00:29:51,376 We're in the middle of a tough renegotiation. This can be good for us. 515 00:29:51,458 --> 00:29:54,208 I know, I know. I know that, okay. Okay. 516 00:29:54,294 --> 00:29:56,964 So, we're gonna hand out the decks we made, 517 00:29:57,047 --> 00:29:59,337 and we will walk through the five-tier response 518 00:29:59,424 --> 00:30:01,364 we are going to accomplish over the next few days. 519 00:30:01,385 --> 00:30:04,255 In particular at the big event in two nights. 520 00:30:04,346 --> 00:30:06,306 This is the worst timing ever. 521 00:30:06,390 --> 00:30:07,390 Alex. 522 00:30:10,519 --> 00:30:11,519 Please excuse me. 523 00:30:12,354 --> 00:30:14,024 - [chattering] - [Alex sighs] 524 00:30:15,482 --> 00:30:16,822 Oh. 525 00:30:16,900 --> 00:30:17,900 Hi. 526 00:30:19,236 --> 00:30:20,236 Oh. 527 00:30:20,654 --> 00:30:22,874 I'm so happy to see this face. 528 00:30:22,948 --> 00:30:26,288 Oh, my God. What an awesome surprise. Hi, honey. 529 00:30:27,661 --> 00:30:30,121 Oh, you didn't have to leave school to come and see me. 530 00:30:30,205 --> 00:30:35,125 Oh, actually, my class came into town for the day to see a play. 531 00:30:36,211 --> 00:30:37,501 Oh, that's okay. 532 00:30:37,588 --> 00:30:39,798 But, Mom, I'm so sorry. 533 00:30:41,633 --> 00:30:44,893 I can't believe it. I mean, maybe I just don't want to, but, like... 534 00:30:44,970 --> 00:30:47,180 - I know. - I've known him since I was conscious. 535 00:30:47,264 --> 00:30:49,184 I know. It's awful... 536 00:30:49,266 --> 00:30:50,726 - Yeah. - And I'm so sorry. 537 00:30:53,437 --> 00:30:57,517 Oh, God. Honey, can't you skip the play and just stay home with me 538 00:30:57,608 --> 00:31:01,858 and we can cuddle and we can make snacks and watch The British Cooking Show? 539 00:31:01,945 --> 00:31:05,155 Oh, just... anything to make me feel happy. 540 00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:06,280 [man] Hey. 541 00:31:06,700 --> 00:31:08,080 - Oh, hi. - Hey. 542 00:31:08,619 --> 00:31:11,039 - Hi, Dad. - Hey, honey. How are you? 543 00:31:15,459 --> 00:31:18,959 This big news, I'm... I'm really sorry. 544 00:31:20,672 --> 00:31:23,682 I was texting you all day. 545 00:31:24,301 --> 00:31:28,891 I know. I'm sorry. It's just the worst day of my entire life. 546 00:31:29,765 --> 00:31:34,095 So exhausted, and I still have these people in there. 547 00:31:34,186 --> 00:31:38,476 Al, Al. Why don't I just... I can stay. I could... 548 00:31:38,565 --> 00:31:41,765 I mean, I was gonna take Lizzy and her friends for dinner before the show, but... 549 00:31:41,818 --> 00:31:45,658 No. No, no, no. You guys go. I mean, I'm here all night, 550 00:31:45,739 --> 00:31:47,569 and then I have to go to bed, 551 00:31:48,492 --> 00:31:52,792 get up at 3:30 again and again. 552 00:31:53,330 --> 00:31:57,080 It's good. Go, live your lives. Looks good, you know? 553 00:31:57,167 --> 00:31:59,997 Okay. But text me before you go to bed. 554 00:32:00,087 --> 00:32:03,297 - I will. - And I'll be back on Friday for the event. 555 00:32:03,382 --> 00:32:04,382 Yes. Ugh! 556 00:32:04,466 --> 00:32:06,676 Yeah? It's all right. We're gonna get through it. 557 00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:07,970 - Yes. - I love you. 558 00:32:08,053 --> 00:32:09,223 [Alex] I love you so much. 559 00:32:10,597 --> 00:32:12,267 - Good night. - Good night. Have fun. 560 00:32:12,349 --> 00:32:13,349 Good night. 561 00:32:14,351 --> 00:32:15,351 [sighs] 562 00:32:16,895 --> 00:32:19,055 - Hey. - Yeah. No, I can't. 563 00:32:20,274 --> 00:32:21,284 Okay. 564 00:32:21,775 --> 00:32:23,315 Go, Jase. 565 00:32:24,528 --> 00:32:25,528 Bye, Al. 566 00:32:25,612 --> 00:32:26,612 Thanks. 567 00:32:29,199 --> 00:32:30,409 [exhales] 568 00:32:31,368 --> 00:32:33,078 [grunts, sniffles] 569 00:32:42,421 --> 00:32:43,461 [sobs] 570 00:32:52,848 --> 00:32:55,558 [country music playing] 571 00:33:08,197 --> 00:33:10,867 [music continues] 572 00:33:10,949 --> 00:33:13,699 Hey, honey. What a nice surprise. Just in time for dinner. 573 00:33:13,785 --> 00:33:15,065 - [switch clicks] - [music stops] 574 00:33:22,002 --> 00:33:25,802 Mom, Hal is an addict. He is bipolar, and he's an addict. 575 00:33:25,881 --> 00:33:28,931 Jesus, Bradley. Have to be so dramatic about everything? 576 00:33:29,009 --> 00:33:32,349 Just come sit down. We're having dinner. Hal, turn the music back on. 577 00:33:32,429 --> 00:33:33,469 Hal. 578 00:33:34,515 --> 00:33:35,985 You gotta listen to me this time, Mom. 579 00:33:36,016 --> 00:33:38,976 Are you just upset about that viral video of you yelling at that boy? 580 00:33:39,061 --> 00:33:41,861 I don't care about the video. And he wasn't a boy. 581 00:33:41,939 --> 00:33:45,529 Do not derail the conversation. Hal is an addict, and he needs help. 582 00:33:45,609 --> 00:33:48,239 He's not an addict. He just went through a rough spot. 583 00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:49,490 Mom, he is an addict. 584 00:33:49,571 --> 00:33:52,201 Hey, look, I'm... I am an addict, Mom. 585 00:33:52,658 --> 00:33:54,448 - I liked your video. - Thank you. 586 00:33:54,535 --> 00:33:55,655 But he's better now. 587 00:33:56,203 --> 00:33:58,003 He wasn't even there for two weeks. 588 00:33:58,288 --> 00:34:00,428 You just had him come home 'cause you didn't wanna be alone. 589 00:34:00,457 --> 00:34:02,537 - That is not true. - It's a little true, Mom. 590 00:34:03,293 --> 00:34:05,933 Do you know the mountains I had to move to get him into that place? 591 00:34:06,004 --> 00:34:07,654 Not to mention the amount of money I spent. 592 00:34:07,673 --> 00:34:09,683 - Can we just please have a... - Hey, Brad, Brad. 593 00:34:09,757 --> 00:34:10,967 I'm gonna pay you back. 594 00:34:11,051 --> 00:34:12,821 - I'll pay you back. - I don't need you to pay me back. 595 00:34:12,844 --> 00:34:15,644 I need you to be better. I need you to be safe. 596 00:34:15,722 --> 00:34:18,772 Do you have any idea how many decisions I have made in my life 597 00:34:18,851 --> 00:34:21,451 - just because I had to take care of you? - [mom] Bradley, stop it. 598 00:34:21,478 --> 00:34:23,658 How many relationships I've lost? How many jobs I've lost? 599 00:34:23,688 --> 00:34:26,108 - I'm sorry... - You are ruining dinner! 600 00:34:35,993 --> 00:34:37,293 [doorbell rings] 601 00:34:37,786 --> 00:34:39,246 Jesus. 602 00:34:40,539 --> 00:34:41,539 I'll get it. 603 00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:45,090 Just... every time. 604 00:34:47,337 --> 00:34:50,967 - Yeah? - Bradley Jackson. I've found you. 605 00:34:51,675 --> 00:34:52,795 What? 606 00:34:55,262 --> 00:34:56,262 Can I help you? 607 00:34:56,722 --> 00:35:00,232 Hannah Shoenfeld. Head booker for The Morning Show. 608 00:35:01,518 --> 00:35:03,898 You know you have over a million views on your video? 609 00:35:05,480 --> 00:35:06,940 What can I do for you? 610 00:35:07,357 --> 00:35:11,067 We wanna interview you about why the video is going viral. 611 00:35:11,403 --> 00:35:14,573 It's clearly touched a nerve. We'd like to book you for tomorrow. 612 00:35:14,656 --> 00:35:17,946 I've got us on a plane 90 minutes from now. We should get going. 613 00:35:18,035 --> 00:35:20,495 Wait. The Morning Show? 614 00:35:20,913 --> 00:35:25,633 The one with Alex Levy and Mitch Ke... That show with Alex Levy? 615 00:35:25,709 --> 00:35:26,709 The Morning Show? 616 00:35:26,793 --> 00:35:27,923 Mm-hmm. 617 00:35:28,003 --> 00:35:30,013 Yeah. Alex will interview you. 618 00:35:30,797 --> 00:35:34,797 What? Just because I lost my shit at a protest? 619 00:35:35,511 --> 00:35:38,141 Your words spoke to America. 620 00:35:38,222 --> 00:35:39,932 Oh, no. I don't... 621 00:35:40,015 --> 00:35:44,225 Bradley, some piece of you that is really you came through in that video. 622 00:35:44,311 --> 00:35:46,271 People are noticing. They want more. 623 00:35:50,192 --> 00:35:52,652 How the hell did you find me out here at my mom's house? 624 00:35:53,904 --> 00:35:57,074 We're The Morning Show. We can do anything. 625 00:35:58,450 --> 00:35:59,620 [man] I do everything right. 626 00:35:59,701 --> 00:36:01,891 Everything they've asked me to do in the last three years. 627 00:36:01,912 --> 00:36:03,512 They just don't know what to do with me. 628 00:36:03,914 --> 00:36:07,844 And they're making us see this popcorn shit? Fucking Gilmore Girls, The Musical? 629 00:36:07,918 --> 00:36:10,558 - Is the world so bereft of new ideas... - Don't act like you didn't know 630 00:36:10,587 --> 00:36:12,357 what The Twist was gonna be. I was in that meeting too. 631 00:36:12,381 --> 00:36:14,151 - You didn't have a gun to your head. - Why did I get a Master's in Journalism? 632 00:36:14,174 --> 00:36:16,594 What's the point of having a PhD in Political Science? 633 00:36:16,677 --> 00:36:18,397 Is this what Gabe comes home to every night? 634 00:36:18,428 --> 00:36:20,698 Why did they hire me if they're not gonna give me a shot at the chair? 635 00:36:20,722 --> 00:36:23,242 - Jesus. My feed is wall-to-wall Mitch. - God forbid there's a serious black anchor 636 00:36:23,267 --> 00:36:27,227 on The Morning Show. Not for the Norman Rockwell family of morning news. 637 00:36:27,312 --> 00:36:28,942 Tokenism at its finest. 638 00:36:29,022 --> 00:36:30,322 You are closer now to the job 639 00:36:30,399 --> 00:36:32,089 - than you were 24 hours ago. - They're making me jump through hoops 640 00:36:32,109 --> 00:36:35,529 watching the fucking Gilmore Girls sing about how tough upper-middle class life 641 00:36:35,612 --> 00:36:38,532 in Connecticut is while a bunch of idiot white dudes eat expensive food 642 00:36:38,615 --> 00:36:40,635 on the network's dime to discuss how to overlook me. 643 00:36:40,659 --> 00:36:41,659 Yeah. 644 00:36:44,288 --> 00:36:46,498 And what the hell kinda name is Lorelai anyway? 645 00:36:52,045 --> 00:36:54,585 So this is sort of getting you up to speed. 646 00:36:54,673 --> 00:36:57,183 Now, obviously, the hunt for a replacement 647 00:36:57,259 --> 00:37:00,719 for Alex is on the back burner, given the circumstances. 648 00:37:00,804 --> 00:37:02,474 Other fish to imminently fry. 649 00:37:02,556 --> 00:37:05,846 Exactly. But I wanted you to have the lay of the land here 650 00:37:05,934 --> 00:37:07,904 - just so you know where we're at. - Thank you. 651 00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:12,020 Who knows, maybe this whole thing will revitalize Alex. 652 00:37:12,107 --> 00:37:16,817 - I mean, today... pretty fucking great. - Yeah. 653 00:37:16,904 --> 00:37:20,574 When she does that, you know, she, like, reaches her arm down that camera 654 00:37:20,657 --> 00:37:24,407 and, like, connects with America, and that's when she's brilliant. 655 00:37:24,494 --> 00:37:29,884 Agreed. It's just that she's been "brilliant-light" the last five years. 656 00:37:29,958 --> 00:37:33,088 And it's shown in the ratings. And I don't know, man. 657 00:37:33,170 --> 00:37:35,300 Maybe she's bored or complacent with success. 658 00:37:35,380 --> 00:37:38,800 Who cares, really. And now, two of them. 659 00:37:38,884 --> 00:37:41,974 We get to find the new marriage for America to fall in love with. 660 00:37:42,054 --> 00:37:44,774 - It's kind of exciting. - Glad you're excited. 661 00:37:44,848 --> 00:37:46,428 We have to get well ahead of YDA. 662 00:37:46,517 --> 00:37:48,387 We can't stand a blow to the news division. 663 00:37:48,477 --> 00:37:52,307 Broadcast networks can't stand a blow to anything right now. [chuckles] 664 00:37:52,397 --> 00:37:54,017 - Yeah. - It's kinda funny 665 00:37:54,107 --> 00:37:56,857 how the entire world of broadcast 666 00:37:56,944 --> 00:38:01,374 could just fall off a cliff in a few years. 667 00:38:01,448 --> 00:38:04,658 Like, boom. Bang. Lights out. 668 00:38:05,702 --> 00:38:07,082 Unless we reinvent it. 669 00:38:08,205 --> 00:38:11,875 We're all gonna get bought out by tech unless something changes. 670 00:38:11,959 --> 00:38:12,959 I don't know. 671 00:38:13,043 --> 00:38:14,963 Tech or not, 672 00:38:15,045 --> 00:38:19,875 there will always be a need for reliable, quality journalism. 673 00:38:23,387 --> 00:38:27,807 People get their horrible news delivered to the palm of their hand 24/7, 674 00:38:27,891 --> 00:38:31,061 and they get it the way that they like it, colored the way they want it. 675 00:38:31,144 --> 00:38:33,114 And news is awful, 676 00:38:33,188 --> 00:38:38,278 but humanity is addicted to it, and the whole world is depressed by it. 677 00:38:38,360 --> 00:38:41,450 That's why what we really need on television right now, 678 00:38:41,530 --> 00:38:45,870 it's not news or fucking journalism. 679 00:38:45,951 --> 00:38:49,001 It's entertainment. This is just like during the Depression, 680 00:38:49,079 --> 00:38:51,429 when people wanted to watch Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dance 681 00:38:51,456 --> 00:38:54,206 on expensive sets and live in a dream world. 682 00:38:54,293 --> 00:38:56,383 Dream worlds are essential. 683 00:38:56,461 --> 00:38:59,671 Depressed people, they need escape, you know? 684 00:38:59,756 --> 00:39:04,046 How long do you think the network rode the sexual chemistry 685 00:39:04,136 --> 00:39:06,046 between Alex and Mitch? 686 00:39:06,138 --> 00:39:08,348 I mean, sure, people wanted them to be Mom and Dad, 687 00:39:08,432 --> 00:39:10,272 but people also like to be titillated, 688 00:39:10,350 --> 00:39:15,150 and there is some unspoken sexual fantasy to cohosts, right? 689 00:39:15,230 --> 00:39:16,570 I get it. I get it. 690 00:39:16,648 --> 00:39:18,608 Alex is like Mitch's widow now. 691 00:39:21,153 --> 00:39:24,283 She can't provide that, and I know you love her and she is your gal, 692 00:39:24,364 --> 00:39:27,914 but, you know, nobody wants to watch a widow get fucked. 693 00:39:28,410 --> 00:39:30,660 [laughs] Yeah. Um... 694 00:39:33,373 --> 00:39:35,003 Yeah, it's a cold world. 695 00:39:35,375 --> 00:39:37,915 - Well, it's just the world it is. - Mm. 696 00:39:41,715 --> 00:39:42,755 [clicks tongue] 697 00:39:42,841 --> 00:39:44,091 - Yeah. - Yeah. 698 00:39:45,511 --> 00:39:46,511 Good. 699 00:39:52,518 --> 00:39:53,768 Okay. 700 00:39:55,354 --> 00:39:56,444 Thanks. 701 00:39:57,523 --> 00:39:59,023 Oh, my God. 702 00:40:09,117 --> 00:40:11,537 [male anchor] Kessler and his partner, Alex Levy, 703 00:40:11,620 --> 00:40:14,330 had cohosted the show for 15 years. 704 00:40:14,414 --> 00:40:16,384 The two were such a celebrated institution 705 00:40:16,458 --> 00:40:19,208 {\an8}that journalists nationwide are left clueless 706 00:40:19,294 --> 00:40:22,054 {\an8}as to who could replace the dad of morning TV. 707 00:40:43,193 --> 00:40:45,243 [sighs] 708 00:40:46,530 --> 00:40:50,330 ["Young at Heart" playing] 709 00:41:16,727 --> 00:41:18,187 Fuck you, New York. 710 00:41:21,023 --> 00:41:22,023 [sighs] 711 00:41:26,361 --> 00:41:27,491 Come on. 712 00:41:30,115 --> 00:41:32,115 [no audible dialogue] 713 00:41:41,335 --> 00:41:42,535 [clatters on nightstand] 714 00:41:51,887 --> 00:41:53,137 Ohh. 715 00:41:53,722 --> 00:41:55,722 [no audible dialogue] 716 00:41:58,852 --> 00:41:59,852 [sighs] 717 00:42:01,563 --> 00:42:03,233 Can you please bring the car around? 718 00:42:03,315 --> 00:42:04,315 [man] Yes, ma'am. 719 00:42:04,733 --> 00:42:07,193 I'm gonna go in early. 720 00:42:21,416 --> 00:42:23,706 - [song fades out] - [chattering] 721 00:43:05,586 --> 00:43:06,876 [sobs] 722 00:43:14,928 --> 00:43:16,638 [sniffling] 723 00:43:36,867 --> 00:43:39,117 [exhales] 724 00:43:41,997 --> 00:43:44,537 Oh. [panting] 725 00:43:46,919 --> 00:43:47,919 [sighs] 726 00:43:56,595 --> 00:43:58,425 [sniffles, whimpers] 727 00:44:00,265 --> 00:44:02,515 [sighs, sobs] 728 00:44:08,565 --> 00:44:11,315 [sighs, sobs] 729 00:44:13,487 --> 00:44:16,027 [sobbing] 730 00:44:22,496 --> 00:44:24,326 Oh, God. 731 00:44:32,589 --> 00:44:36,049 [sniffles] Oh. [panting] 732 00:45:11,086 --> 00:45:12,646 [woman] So, it's great to have you here. 733 00:45:12,713 --> 00:45:15,233 Oh, and, by the way, I'm Mia Jordan, I'm gonna be your segment producer. 734 00:45:15,257 --> 00:45:16,587 Bradley. Nice to meet you. 735 00:45:17,009 --> 00:45:18,689 Oh, you want a... You hungry? Did you eat? 736 00:45:18,760 --> 00:45:22,680 No. I'm okay. I look forward to you whispering in my ear to stop fucking up. 737 00:45:22,764 --> 00:45:25,524 [laughs] 738 00:45:25,601 --> 00:45:27,101 You're a pro. I have no worries. 739 00:45:27,769 --> 00:45:31,319 Uh, by the way, have you been to The Morning Show studio before? 740 00:45:31,398 --> 00:45:33,728 No, but I've been in the business about 15 years, so... 741 00:45:33,817 --> 00:45:35,737 - Oh, wow. - It's kinda familiar. 742 00:45:36,570 --> 00:45:39,740 - Anna, this is Bradley. Bradley, Anna. - Hi there. Nice to meet you. 743 00:45:40,949 --> 00:45:42,869 You know, all studios are pretty much the same. 744 00:45:42,951 --> 00:45:48,501 Huge adrenaline, incredible intelligence, desperate ambition, huge egos. 745 00:45:48,582 --> 00:45:50,602 [Bradley] ...round and around, 'cause all they wanna do is hear... 746 00:45:50,626 --> 00:45:53,916 Guys, please, stop it. Give me a second, please, guys. 747 00:45:54,004 --> 00:45:55,264 I just wanna watch this. 748 00:45:55,881 --> 00:46:01,011 And there's a human cost! And it's exhausting! I'm exhausted! 749 00:46:01,094 --> 00:46:06,354 Yeah. Uh, there is no way that she did not know she was being filmed. 750 00:46:06,433 --> 00:46:07,853 - It's really hard to say. - Is it? 751 00:46:07,935 --> 00:46:10,185 It doesn't matter. That's not the story. 752 00:46:10,270 --> 00:46:13,270 Two million likes and counting. That's the story. 753 00:46:13,357 --> 00:46:15,787 Real or not, it struck a nerve. People wanna believe it's true. 754 00:46:15,817 --> 00:46:21,027 Yeah. Well, people are idiots. Am I right? That's all we've been proving lately. 755 00:46:21,114 --> 00:46:23,414 Okay, Alex, I know this has all been very hard for you. 756 00:46:23,492 --> 00:46:26,832 What is that supposed to mean? What? Do I look tired? 757 00:46:27,287 --> 00:46:30,367 No. No. You look great. I'm just saying you don't have to... 758 00:46:30,457 --> 00:46:32,457 - Do I look tired? - No. Promise. 759 00:46:32,543 --> 00:46:34,803 No, you don't look tired. Just get through today. 760 00:46:34,878 --> 00:46:38,668 Just do a pleasant little interview that will make America happy, okay? 761 00:46:38,757 --> 00:46:41,067 I'm worried about you. Just get through these next few days. 762 00:46:41,093 --> 00:46:42,263 [pats leg] 763 00:46:48,767 --> 00:46:50,477 Can I have my celery juice, please? 764 00:46:51,228 --> 00:46:52,438 Of course. 765 00:46:58,235 --> 00:46:59,645 - [door opens] - [sighs] 766 00:46:59,736 --> 00:47:01,316 [door closes] 767 00:47:01,405 --> 00:47:03,905 Oh! God, it pisses me off. 768 00:47:05,158 --> 00:47:07,118 Oh, fuck. 769 00:47:07,995 --> 00:47:09,035 [screams] 770 00:47:10,581 --> 00:47:11,671 Okay. 771 00:47:12,374 --> 00:47:13,424 Oh. 772 00:47:13,500 --> 00:47:16,380 I didn't buy a word of it. Not one word of it. 773 00:47:20,215 --> 00:47:21,925 [sighs] 774 00:47:24,428 --> 00:47:25,798 [exhales] 775 00:47:30,017 --> 00:47:31,017 Okay. 776 00:47:37,733 --> 00:47:38,863 Oh. 777 00:47:39,776 --> 00:47:41,856 [chattering] 778 00:47:43,864 --> 00:47:45,914 - Ready? - Yeah. I'm ready. 779 00:47:46,366 --> 00:47:47,906 Okay. Great. 780 00:47:52,581 --> 00:47:54,421 We're gonna have you sit right here. 781 00:47:55,125 --> 00:47:56,535 Okay. Thanks. 782 00:47:56,627 --> 00:47:58,087 [woman] Back in 30, everybody. 783 00:47:58,170 --> 00:47:59,210 Okay. 784 00:48:00,839 --> 00:48:03,629 - Hey. - Hi. 785 00:48:05,385 --> 00:48:07,095 - I'm so sorry. - [woman] Back in 20. 786 00:48:07,179 --> 00:48:08,219 What about? 787 00:48:08,722 --> 00:48:12,142 Just yesterday. That must have been so difficult for you. 788 00:48:12,976 --> 00:48:15,266 - 'Cause you worked together for so long. - I'm fine. 789 00:48:16,980 --> 00:48:18,190 [woman] Okay. 790 00:48:19,399 --> 00:48:22,859 - In five, four, three... - Over here? 791 00:48:22,945 --> 00:48:25,105 [director] Start your move. Cue her. 792 00:48:26,573 --> 00:48:28,663 {\an8}An unusual thing happened yesterday 793 00:48:28,742 --> 00:48:31,912 {\an8}at a coal mine protest in Hanover, West Virginia, 794 00:48:31,995 --> 00:48:36,995 {\an8}when a local reporter's camera operator was knocked over by an unruly protester. 795 00:48:37,417 --> 00:48:38,707 {\an8}Let's watch. 796 00:48:38,794 --> 00:48:42,764 {\an8}Thousands of families knocked on their asses. It's a big wheel that goes around. 797 00:48:43,173 --> 00:48:46,343 Liberals add sanctions. Conservatives remove those sanctions. 798 00:48:46,426 --> 00:48:50,056 And they just keep fighting. And they just keep going around and around and around. 799 00:48:50,138 --> 00:48:52,098 'Cause all they wanna do is hear themselves talk. 800 00:48:52,182 --> 00:48:54,302 And they all want to be right. And they all wanna win. 801 00:48:54,351 --> 00:48:57,901 And that's all they ♪♪♪♪ care about. And there's a human cost! 802 00:48:57,980 --> 00:49:01,230 And it's exhausting! I'm exhausted! 803 00:49:01,316 --> 00:49:02,986 [man] Jesus. Okay, okay, okay. 804 00:49:03,068 --> 00:49:04,068 [chuckles] 805 00:49:05,863 --> 00:49:09,283 {\an8}I am here with Bradley Jackson from SENN in Virginia. 806 00:49:09,366 --> 00:49:11,076 {\an8}Hello, Bradley Jackson. Welcome. 807 00:49:11,159 --> 00:49:13,619 {\an8}Hi. Thank you so much for having me. 808 00:49:13,704 --> 00:49:15,714 {\an8}You seem a lot more relaxed today. 809 00:49:15,789 --> 00:49:19,709 {\an8}Yeah, well, this is a whole lot nicer than a coal mine protest. I'm not gonna lie. 810 00:49:19,793 --> 00:49:24,513 {\an8}Well, so, what did happen that day? Why exactly were you so exhausted? 811 00:49:25,132 --> 00:49:29,552 Well, you know, life in general is just sort of exhausting. 812 00:49:29,636 --> 00:49:30,636 Mm. 813 00:49:31,180 --> 00:49:32,600 Um... 814 00:49:32,681 --> 00:49:38,561 but, as you know, we reporters, we see the way the world works, 815 00:49:38,645 --> 00:49:42,395 and sometimes you just want to get in there and educate people 816 00:49:42,900 --> 00:49:46,110 and stop them from constantly going in circles with their ideas. 817 00:49:46,195 --> 00:49:49,065 I mean, it's just so frustrating. It's sad. 818 00:49:49,865 --> 00:49:52,075 {\an8}So true. So true. 819 00:49:52,159 --> 00:49:58,499 {\an8}As reporters, we are trained to never let our personal emotions enter the story. 820 00:49:58,582 --> 00:50:01,382 {\an8}What happened yesterday that made you cross that line? 821 00:50:02,461 --> 00:50:04,841 Well, I wasn't even aware that I was being filmed. 822 00:50:04,922 --> 00:50:08,302 {\an8}I was setting up for my story, and my cameraman was knocked down by someone, 823 00:50:08,383 --> 00:50:10,763 {\an8}and something about seeing him struggling on the ground 824 00:50:10,844 --> 00:50:14,774 {\an8}made me want to address the person responsible, so I did. 825 00:50:15,265 --> 00:50:16,845 {\an8}Mm. 826 00:50:16,934 --> 00:50:20,234 {\an8}You know a peculiar amount about coal. 827 00:50:20,771 --> 00:50:22,021 Alex, be nice. 828 00:50:22,314 --> 00:50:25,904 Well, yes, I do. I do. 829 00:50:25,984 --> 00:50:28,574 I've actually covered a lot of coal mine protests, 830 00:50:28,654 --> 00:50:31,574 and I think it's important to know as much about the subject as possible, 831 00:50:31,657 --> 00:50:34,217 especially when people are literally fighting each other over it. 832 00:50:34,284 --> 00:50:37,964 {\an8}Yes, well, America has clearly connected to that message. 833 00:50:38,497 --> 00:50:39,867 {\an8}Why do you think that is? 834 00:50:40,499 --> 00:50:43,419 {\an8}You know, I think America is tired of Twitter fighting. 835 00:50:43,502 --> 00:50:46,842 {\an8}It's ignorant, and it's contributing to the dumbing down of our country. 836 00:50:47,256 --> 00:50:51,546 Parties have created a good side and a bad side for their own purposes. 837 00:50:51,969 --> 00:50:56,469 And once you villainize someone, there is nothing left but go to war with them. 838 00:50:57,474 --> 00:51:01,484 I know that you work at a conservative news outlet. 839 00:51:02,145 --> 00:51:05,225 What side of that argument do you personally fall on? 840 00:51:06,483 --> 00:51:08,653 {\an8}Um, the human side. 841 00:51:10,195 --> 00:51:11,655 {\an8}What does that mean? 842 00:51:12,489 --> 00:51:14,319 {\an8}It means I see both sides. 843 00:51:15,075 --> 00:51:18,115 {\an8}But in leadership, decisions have to be made. 844 00:51:18,203 --> 00:51:21,673 {\an8}You can't just have empathy for everybody and do nothing. 845 00:51:21,957 --> 00:51:22,957 [director] Take it two. 846 00:51:25,586 --> 00:51:27,916 Well, say you're president. What do you do? 847 00:51:29,173 --> 00:51:31,433 - Well... - Open or close the coal mine? 848 00:51:31,508 --> 00:51:33,928 I'm just here to deliver the news to America. 849 00:51:34,011 --> 00:51:36,351 That's all I ever wanted to do. 850 00:51:36,889 --> 00:51:38,769 So you're a die-hard reporter. 851 00:51:39,641 --> 00:51:43,691 I like to think that I am, yes. The truth matters to me. 852 00:51:44,271 --> 00:51:48,571 {\an8}What would you say to the idea that it's a reporter's sacred creed 853 00:51:48,650 --> 00:51:51,450 {\an8}to never let the story become about them? 854 00:51:51,862 --> 00:51:54,452 Jesus. Alex. What are you doing? Stop it. 855 00:51:55,282 --> 00:51:57,372 I would say I agree with that. 856 00:51:58,911 --> 00:52:00,951 And yet this has become about you. 857 00:52:02,748 --> 00:52:03,918 Ah, shit. 858 00:52:04,875 --> 00:52:07,535 As I said before, I didn't know I was being filmed. 859 00:52:07,628 --> 00:52:09,958 This wasn't part of my live coverage. 860 00:52:10,047 --> 00:52:12,127 {\an8}Well, there could be some cynical people 861 00:52:12,216 --> 00:52:15,296 {\an8}who might think that that was completely set up. 862 00:52:16,261 --> 00:52:17,471 {\an8}To what end? 863 00:52:18,597 --> 00:52:19,887 {\an8}You're here. 864 00:52:30,609 --> 00:52:35,279 Well, there are some non-cynical people, which I believe is most people, 865 00:52:35,948 --> 00:52:37,818 that believe the news is changing. 866 00:52:38,450 --> 00:52:41,660 And the news is changing because the people who deliver the news, 867 00:52:41,745 --> 00:52:46,665 who showed themselves as honest and decent and trustworthy, 868 00:52:47,167 --> 00:52:51,507 have in quite a few cases now proved themselves to be untruthful. 869 00:52:52,422 --> 00:52:56,392 And as a result, I think people are wanting more transparency in journalism. 870 00:52:56,802 --> 00:52:59,682 I think they want to know the person behind the facade. 871 00:53:00,138 --> 00:53:05,228 I think they want to trust that the person telling them the truth about the world 872 00:53:05,727 --> 00:53:07,307 is an honest person. 873 00:53:12,985 --> 00:53:14,105 Like you. 874 00:53:16,071 --> 00:53:21,831 Yes. Well, the truth is what we are all striving for. 875 00:53:21,910 --> 00:53:24,000 Yeah. It is. 876 00:53:24,830 --> 00:53:27,120 {\an8}Thank you, Bradley Jackson, for being with us today. 877 00:53:27,207 --> 00:53:29,327 {\an8}-Thank you so much. - Of course. 878 00:53:29,418 --> 00:53:33,208 {\an8}We will be right back with a surprise secret about vitamin D. 879 00:53:33,297 --> 00:53:35,497 - [woman] And we're out. - [director] Stand by to break. 880 00:53:35,841 --> 00:53:37,971 [woman] We're clear. Back in two minutes. 881 00:53:38,051 --> 00:53:40,141 - [sighs] - [Bradley chuckles] 882 00:53:41,763 --> 00:53:43,973 - You're good. - Thank you. 883 00:53:44,057 --> 00:53:46,057 Good luck in Ham-Hock, Virginia. 884 00:53:48,145 --> 00:53:49,685 Oh, there. Thank you. Okay. 885 00:53:50,105 --> 00:53:51,225 - It was great. - Yeah? 886 00:53:51,315 --> 00:53:52,315 - Yeah. - Okay. 887 00:53:52,399 --> 00:53:54,859 - You were awesome. - Thanks. All right. Thank you. 888 00:53:54,943 --> 00:53:56,073 [man] Nice work. 889 00:53:56,153 --> 00:53:57,203 Bye. 890 00:53:59,448 --> 00:54:02,158 Yeah? All right. 891 00:54:13,879 --> 00:54:16,759 [thunder rumbling] 892 00:54:41,031 --> 00:54:42,411 Fucking vultures. 893 00:54:46,495 --> 00:54:48,285 [sighs] 894 00:54:48,789 --> 00:54:50,579 [dog barking] 895 00:54:52,292 --> 00:54:53,292 [barks] 896 00:55:03,220 --> 00:55:05,180 [barking] 897 00:55:14,731 --> 00:55:15,821 [barking] 898 00:55:36,128 --> 00:55:38,258 - [thudding] - Holy shit. 899 00:55:38,338 --> 00:55:40,048 [clanging] 900 00:55:40,132 --> 00:55:42,722 Whosever in here, get out before I blow your head off. 901 00:55:42,801 --> 00:55:44,971 [Alex] Oh, fuck off, Mitch. It's me. 902 00:55:45,053 --> 00:55:47,063 - Oh. - [dog whimpering] 903 00:55:47,139 --> 00:55:50,019 - [Alex] Shit. [sighs] - [dog whimpers] 904 00:55:50,100 --> 00:55:51,140 Alex? 905 00:55:51,476 --> 00:55:53,826 I can't be seen by anybody, so I had my car drop me in the woods 906 00:55:53,854 --> 00:55:55,064 behind your house. 907 00:55:56,356 --> 00:55:58,226 - You came to see me. - No. 908 00:55:58,942 --> 00:56:02,322 I came to tell you that I am so mad at you, 909 00:56:03,280 --> 00:56:05,570 and I will never, ever get over it. 910 00:56:06,366 --> 00:56:07,486 You left me. 911 00:56:07,576 --> 00:56:10,116 Alone on the fucking Morning Show. You left me alone. 912 00:56:10,204 --> 00:56:11,374 [Mitch sighs] 913 00:56:12,164 --> 00:56:13,564 Because you had to fuck around on Paige 914 00:56:13,582 --> 00:56:16,632 because you didn't want to tarnish your little image and just get a divorce. 915 00:56:16,710 --> 00:56:19,170 Hello, pot. I'd like to introduce you to kettle. 916 00:56:19,254 --> 00:56:22,764 - How can you be mad at me about that? - Are you kidding me? You're so stupid. 917 00:56:22,841 --> 00:56:25,741 - You think I'm mad at you because... - Oh, Jesus, beat me up. Beat me up. 918 00:56:25,761 --> 00:56:28,601 You really think that that's what I'm mad about? You idiot. 919 00:56:29,097 --> 00:56:34,057 I'm mad at you because you're selfish. You're a self-indulgent asshole. 920 00:56:34,978 --> 00:56:37,518 And your philandering has fucked me. 921 00:56:37,606 --> 00:56:43,066 And I'm gonna lose everything, Mitch. There's no guarantees. Zero. 922 00:56:44,738 --> 00:56:48,408 Our star was built on chemistry, and you just blew it up. 923 00:56:48,992 --> 00:56:51,122 And why? Why did you do that? 924 00:56:51,203 --> 00:56:53,263 There had to have been a million and one women out there 925 00:56:53,288 --> 00:56:54,868 who would've gladly sucked your dick 926 00:56:54,957 --> 00:56:56,537 who didn't work on The Morning Show. 927 00:56:56,625 --> 00:56:58,035 - It's not my fault. - Oh, please. 928 00:56:58,126 --> 00:57:02,006 - They were consensual affairs, Alex. - Mitch, you're such a fucking moron. 929 00:57:02,089 --> 00:57:04,069 I think that you're jealous because of our history. 930 00:57:04,091 --> 00:57:07,891 - Your fucking ego. Oh, my God, Mitch. - 'Cause we had a thing. 931 00:57:07,970 --> 00:57:09,100 That fucking ego of yours. 932 00:57:09,179 --> 00:57:12,349 You really think that because of the two times you got on top of me 933 00:57:12,432 --> 00:57:15,732 meant that much to me that that's what I'm pissed about? 934 00:57:16,228 --> 00:57:20,728 You're so stupid. God. Oh. 935 00:57:26,572 --> 00:57:27,782 [sighs] 936 00:57:27,865 --> 00:57:30,235 [thunder rumbling] 937 00:57:32,369 --> 00:57:33,409 [sighs] 938 00:57:36,748 --> 00:57:38,918 You stole my life with this. 939 00:57:40,377 --> 00:57:44,007 You left me in the woods with a... pack of wolves. 940 00:57:45,007 --> 00:57:50,797 I live a really strange existence, Mitch, and it's isolated as shit. 941 00:57:52,139 --> 00:57:57,349 I gave up everything for this show. Any chance of having a normal life. 942 00:57:59,354 --> 00:58:01,984 And you just put me in a position of losing it. 943 00:58:04,693 --> 00:58:10,073 Everything. Of having nothing. Of having no one. 944 00:58:15,537 --> 00:58:19,877 You're my partner. Fifteen years my partner. 945 00:58:21,293 --> 00:58:25,673 And my only real companion, who knew my life in such vivid detail. 946 00:58:27,216 --> 00:58:28,926 Because you're... It's your life too. 947 00:58:30,260 --> 00:58:31,550 I'm so sorry. 948 00:58:33,514 --> 00:58:35,474 We lived a life that we're never gonna get back. 949 00:58:35,557 --> 00:58:37,177 And you're not my husband, 950 00:58:37,267 --> 00:58:40,227 and you're not my lover, and you're not my family, 951 00:58:40,312 --> 00:58:41,902 and now you can't be my friend. 952 00:58:41,980 --> 00:58:43,020 Why can't I be? 953 00:58:43,106 --> 00:58:45,356 Because what you did was wrong! 954 00:58:45,442 --> 00:58:50,282 Alex, you knew these people. You know that I didn't coerce anybody. 955 00:58:50,781 --> 00:58:52,121 This is Weinstein's fault. 956 00:58:52,199 --> 00:58:53,719 Please don't say that. It's so ignorant. 957 00:58:53,742 --> 00:58:57,002 Jesus, Alex. I didn't do anything wrong. I didn't. 958 00:59:02,167 --> 00:59:03,707 What happened to your TV? 959 00:59:05,087 --> 00:59:06,547 We had a disagreement. 960 00:59:26,316 --> 00:59:28,276 I'm sorry you're such an asshole. 961 00:59:30,904 --> 00:59:31,954 Me too. 962 00:59:34,032 --> 00:59:36,582 I wouldn't use those two words together if I were you. 963 00:59:37,536 --> 00:59:39,536 [chuckles] 964 00:59:44,501 --> 00:59:46,251 I have to go. I have to leave. 965 00:59:46,336 --> 00:59:48,256 No, don't. I don't want you to go. 966 00:59:49,131 --> 00:59:50,131 I have to go. 967 00:59:50,215 --> 00:59:53,295 - No, don't go. I want you to stay, please. - I have to go. No. 968 00:59:53,385 --> 00:59:54,505 I don't wanna be alone. 969 00:59:54,595 --> 00:59:58,635 Just stay for a little while. Alex, please, come on. This could blow over. 970 00:59:58,724 --> 01:00:01,604 - Oh, this is so never gonna blow over. - Alex. 971 01:00:02,853 --> 01:00:04,863 Alex, they were going to replace you! 972 01:00:06,773 --> 01:00:08,693 - What? - [sighs] 973 01:00:08,775 --> 01:00:13,695 [sighs] They came to me. They said YDA was nipping at our heels in the ratings. 974 01:00:15,032 --> 01:00:16,662 And they wanted to make a change. 975 01:00:18,243 --> 01:00:19,583 I don't believe you. 976 01:00:21,121 --> 01:00:22,751 You're just trying to fuck with my head 977 01:00:23,749 --> 01:00:25,749 because you're destroyed and you want me destroyed. 978 01:00:25,834 --> 01:00:28,384 - No, no. I wanna save you. - Oh. 979 01:00:28,462 --> 01:00:30,212 - Alex, don't go. - I don't believe you! 980 01:00:30,297 --> 01:00:33,087 Just stay! I've got a gun! 981 01:00:33,175 --> 01:00:35,175 Great! Have fun with that! 982 01:00:47,147 --> 01:00:48,767 [phone vibrating] 983 01:00:51,443 --> 01:00:52,863 Bradley Jackson here. 984 01:00:52,945 --> 01:00:56,445 This is Cory Ellison. I'm the president of the UBA network. 985 01:00:56,865 --> 01:00:59,405 I saw you on The Morning Show. 986 01:00:59,910 --> 01:01:01,950 How would you like to come meet me for a drink 987 01:01:02,037 --> 01:01:05,457 at the Archer Gray right now and talk about your future? 988 01:01:07,167 --> 01:01:08,417 "My future"? 989 01:01:08,502 --> 01:01:11,382 [chuckles] What is this, my big break?