1 00:00:04,129 --> 00:00:06,882 -[man] It's all set, ready to go. -[woman] Hold on. Wait for me. 2 00:00:06,965 --> 00:00:08,592 -Is Guy Fieri in the greenroom? -Mm-hmm. 3 00:00:08,675 --> 00:00:11,053 -Grab him. Don't let him go. -Got it. Straight to rerun or… 4 00:00:11,136 --> 00:00:13,055 -I wanted to hear from upstairs. -Go to The Twist! 5 00:00:13,138 --> 00:00:16,642 Alex, what you did is amazing but we need to deal with this. Let us in. 6 00:00:16,725 --> 00:00:18,644 -Twitter's going fucking nuts. -Oh, God. 7 00:00:18,727 --> 00:00:20,604 [sighs] Does the room feel like it's turning white? 8 00:00:20,687 --> 00:00:22,189 -[Isabella] Alex. Alex. -Oh, gosh. 9 00:00:22,272 --> 00:00:23,690 -Just one second, please! -[cell phone chimes] 10 00:00:23,774 --> 00:00:25,359 -[Sean] Open up. -[Alex] Those UBA fuckers, 11 00:00:25,442 --> 00:00:27,194 they're going to fight to keep their credibility, 12 00:00:27,277 --> 00:00:29,613 and that means some version of dragging us through the mud. 13 00:00:29,696 --> 00:00:31,573 Fred has to go. They have to understand that. 14 00:00:31,657 --> 00:00:32,658 We crossed a line, 15 00:00:32,741 --> 00:00:35,619 and they're not gonna do what we want them to do because of that. 16 00:00:35,702 --> 00:00:37,412 [Isabella] Alex, everything is gonna be fine. 17 00:00:37,496 --> 00:00:39,206 -We love you. -[exhales] Okay. Okay! Okay! 18 00:00:39,289 --> 00:00:41,500 -I have to let them in. -Okay. I understand. 19 00:00:41,583 --> 00:00:43,836 -Listen. I-- -Wait, wait, wait. Before you do, 20 00:00:43,919 --> 00:00:45,546 we have to stay together on this. 21 00:00:45,629 --> 00:00:47,673 And whatever you do, don't mention Hannah by name. 22 00:00:47,756 --> 00:00:48,757 She didn't want that. 23 00:00:49,758 --> 00:00:50,926 -Okay. -Okay. 24 00:00:51,009 --> 00:00:53,637 -[Bill] Alex, I will break down the door-- -Okay, okay, okay. 25 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:55,138 [Bill] Oh, my God. Thank God. 26 00:00:55,222 --> 00:00:57,975 -How are you? -Oh, my God. I just needed a second. 27 00:00:58,058 --> 00:00:59,226 -Amazing what you did. -We're fine. 28 00:00:59,309 --> 00:01:02,229 -Uh, where's the phone? Where's the phone? -Where's the phone? Get the phone. 29 00:01:02,312 --> 00:01:03,897 [Bill] Let's not say anything to anybody. 30 00:01:03,981 --> 00:01:06,066 -I'm not talking. -Open our mouths, we weaken our position. 31 00:01:06,149 --> 00:01:08,193 -Left, left. -So we're gonna keep our mouths shut. 32 00:01:08,277 --> 00:01:09,319 -[clamoring] -Alex! 33 00:01:09,403 --> 00:01:10,571 Wait, Brad. 34 00:01:10,654 --> 00:01:13,824 Just keep your phone on and near you, okay? 35 00:01:13,907 --> 00:01:16,535 -I'll-- I'll call you. -Yeah, no, I'll take care of it. Come on. 36 00:01:16,618 --> 00:01:18,579 -Give me my jacket. -Hold the elevator doors. Jim-- 37 00:01:18,662 --> 00:01:20,122 -Hold the doors. -[Bradley sighs] 38 00:01:20,205 --> 00:01:22,291 -[clamoring continues] -[footsteps departing] 39 00:01:28,922 --> 00:01:29,923 You're a dead man. 40 00:01:30,007 --> 00:01:31,508 Said the corpse. 41 00:01:32,926 --> 00:01:35,762 [chuckles] No. Wait… [clears throat] 42 00:01:36,471 --> 00:01:37,472 Um… 43 00:01:38,891 --> 00:01:39,892 You're firing me? 44 00:01:39,975 --> 00:01:41,685 You put Fred Micklen on administrative leave, 45 00:01:41,768 --> 00:01:42,769 and you're firing me? 46 00:01:42,853 --> 00:01:45,772 Did you not hear what was said on our airwaves this morning? 47 00:01:46,356 --> 00:01:48,650 We heard. Loud and clear. 48 00:01:48,734 --> 00:01:51,320 Uh, s-- What, do you not believe the victim? 49 00:01:51,403 --> 00:01:53,280 Or do you just not care? 50 00:01:53,363 --> 00:01:55,157 'Course we believe the victim. 51 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:59,036 We believe all victims, every last one of them, 52 00:01:59,119 --> 00:02:01,622 forever and ever until the end of time. 53 00:02:01,705 --> 00:02:03,874 And if we are proven correct in that belief, 54 00:02:03,957 --> 00:02:05,584 Fred will be terminated as well. 55 00:02:05,667 --> 00:02:07,544 But none of us were in those rooms, 56 00:02:07,628 --> 00:02:09,794 none of us can say with any certainty at this moment 57 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:11,798 what happened, except for Fred. 58 00:02:11,882 --> 00:02:13,842 That's because the other person, Hannah Shoenfeld, 59 00:02:13,926 --> 00:02:15,886 -died this morning. -E-- Except for Fred. 60 00:02:16,470 --> 00:02:19,598 Who steadfastly maintains his innocence. 61 00:02:19,681 --> 00:02:22,226 If we find evidence that any of that was true, 62 00:02:22,309 --> 00:02:24,102 we will extend zero tolerance. 63 00:02:24,186 --> 00:02:27,397 Okay, well, that's horseshit, but okay. 64 00:02:27,481 --> 00:02:31,235 Well, you can't terminate my contract without just cause, 65 00:02:31,318 --> 00:02:33,570 and all I did was give the truth some oxygen. 66 00:02:33,654 --> 00:02:36,448 The truth? Look, here's the truth. 67 00:02:37,074 --> 00:02:39,785 We suspect Fred might not be innocent, 68 00:02:39,868 --> 00:02:43,956 but we know you're guilty of taking over UBA's airwaves, 69 00:02:44,039 --> 00:02:48,043 of allowing wild allegations to be made against the CEO of the network, 70 00:02:48,126 --> 00:02:51,880 and of physically locking him out of his own control room. 71 00:02:53,382 --> 00:02:55,843 Which, by the way, is also a serious fire hazard. 72 00:02:55,926 --> 00:03:01,056 [chortles] The fire hazard. 73 00:03:01,139 --> 00:03:05,310 That was pirate television, and it has no place on our network. 74 00:03:05,394 --> 00:03:08,522 This really is the land that time forgot. 75 00:03:08,605 --> 00:03:09,940 All right. Well, I did my best, 76 00:03:10,023 --> 00:03:13,986 but I cannot drag you idiots kicking and screaming into the 21st century. 77 00:03:14,069 --> 00:03:17,489 You're just so caught up in ruling over your rotten little fiefdom 78 00:03:17,573 --> 00:03:20,701 that you don't even see the world that has sprouted up all around you. 79 00:03:20,784 --> 00:03:23,954 All right. Well, enjoy broadcasting your cave paintings 80 00:03:24,037 --> 00:03:27,040 to the last remaining savages who are still watching over-the-air broadcasting. 81 00:03:27,124 --> 00:03:28,125 The rest of the world, 82 00:03:28,208 --> 00:03:31,587 they've moved to the cloud, and it is fucking gorgeous up there. 83 00:03:32,588 --> 00:03:33,964 Cory, if you'll excuse us, 84 00:03:34,047 --> 00:03:36,216 we have a television network we need to fix. 85 00:03:36,300 --> 00:03:38,135 Well, get out that superglue. [chuckles] 86 00:03:39,595 --> 00:03:41,638 Do you really think that's what all this is about? 87 00:03:41,722 --> 00:03:43,390 Your little television network? 88 00:03:44,641 --> 00:03:48,979 This is a battle for the soul of the universe. 89 00:04:10,542 --> 00:04:13,170 ["Nemesis" playing] 90 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:44,761 [music ends] 91 00:05:45,846 --> 00:05:48,849 ["Return To Me" playing] 92 00:06:52,371 --> 00:06:55,999 [siren wailing in distance] 93 00:07:12,850 --> 00:07:14,309 [jazzy music playing] 94 00:07:21,733 --> 00:07:25,445 ♪ Maybe it's much too early in the game ♪ 95 00:07:26,029 --> 00:07:30,117 ♪ Oh, but I thought I'd ask you just the same ♪ 96 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:33,662 ♪ What are you doing New Year's ♪ 97 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:37,541 ♪ New Year's Eve? ♪ 98 00:07:39,084 --> 00:07:41,211 [cameraman] Great move. Widen out. 99 00:07:41,295 --> 00:07:43,422 And you didn't think we'd get her to sing. 100 00:07:43,505 --> 00:07:44,631 Mm-hmm. 101 00:07:45,215 --> 00:07:46,925 [Mia] Eric talked her into it. 102 00:07:47,467 --> 00:07:50,846 [Eric] ♪ Welcoming in the New Year ♪ 103 00:07:51,346 --> 00:07:53,807 [cameraman] Standby, camera two. Take it, camera two. 104 00:07:53,891 --> 00:07:55,392 Keep it fun, Bradley. 105 00:07:55,475 --> 00:07:59,563 -♪ Maybe I'm crazy to suppose ♪ -Camera two, zoom on Bradley. Take it. 106 00:08:00,230 --> 00:08:04,193 ♪ I'd ever be the one you chose ♪ 107 00:08:04,276 --> 00:08:08,071 -♪ Out of a thousand invitations ♪ -[cell phones chime, buzz] 108 00:08:08,155 --> 00:08:11,575 ♪ You'll receive ♪ 109 00:08:11,658 --> 00:08:14,870 Did you know that this is actually about making New Year's Eve plans way too early? 110 00:08:14,953 --> 00:08:16,622 All I know is we're gonna freeze our balls off 111 00:08:16,705 --> 00:08:19,291 -tomorrow night in Times Square. -♪ …stand one little chance ♪ 112 00:08:19,374 --> 00:08:22,794 ♪ Here comes the jackpot question In advance ♪ 113 00:08:22,878 --> 00:08:23,879 [mouthing words] Yes, we are. 114 00:08:23,962 --> 00:08:26,507 [both] ♪ What are you doing New Year's ♪ 115 00:08:26,590 --> 00:08:28,175 -Oh, shit. -[cell phone chimes] 116 00:08:28,258 --> 00:08:31,845 -[cameraman] Beautiful. Four. -♪ New Year's Eve? ♪ 117 00:08:31,929 --> 00:08:35,224 -[brass instrumental plays] -[cameraman] Two, ready? Take it, two. 118 00:08:35,307 --> 00:08:37,392 -[cell phones chiming] -[Stella] Yeah, I just saw. 119 00:08:37,476 --> 00:08:39,561 Another one bites the dust. 120 00:08:39,645 --> 00:08:42,981 Multiple current and former employees have come forward 121 00:08:43,065 --> 00:08:44,900 with allegations of emotional abuse 122 00:08:44,983 --> 00:08:46,610 and are calling for the public to… 123 00:08:46,693 --> 00:08:50,239 Times asking for a comment on one, Maggie Brener on three, said she'd hold. 124 00:08:50,322 --> 00:08:51,823 -Media Relations left a word. -[phone rings] 125 00:08:51,907 --> 00:08:53,867 They need to know what they're saying about Ray. 126 00:08:53,951 --> 00:08:57,120 Is he still on a scheduled vacation, or can we announce anything? 127 00:08:57,204 --> 00:08:58,539 And what's the board doing? 128 00:08:58,622 --> 00:09:02,042 Emergency meeting to discuss Ray's replacement for the evening news chair. 129 00:09:02,125 --> 00:09:03,126 Call back the Times, 130 00:09:03,210 --> 00:09:05,128 give me Maggie Brener first and assemble the team, 131 00:09:05,212 --> 00:09:07,464 Mia Jordan, Stella Bak, Vince Fontana, Legal, ASAP. 132 00:09:07,548 --> 00:09:09,049 [news anchor] Additionally, one of Marcus's former assistants… 133 00:09:09,132 --> 00:09:10,342 -Is she on? -[Kyle] She's on. 134 00:09:10,425 --> 00:09:12,386 …that when she requested time off to attend 135 00:09:12,469 --> 00:09:14,263 -her mother-in-law's funeral, Marcus… -Maggie, 136 00:09:14,346 --> 00:09:16,807 I hope we gave you enough time to include this in your book. 137 00:09:16,890 --> 00:09:20,853 ♪ What are you doing New Year's? ♪ 138 00:09:20,936 --> 00:09:26,233 ♪ What are you doing New Year's Eve? ♪ 139 00:09:31,613 --> 00:09:32,990 [Bradley laughs] 140 00:09:33,073 --> 00:09:34,533 All right, don't forget, 141 00:09:34,616 --> 00:09:38,370 Bradley and I will be hosting UBA's New Year's Eve Extravaganza 142 00:09:38,453 --> 00:09:41,164 tomorrow night live from Times Square. 143 00:09:41,248 --> 00:09:46,003 Andrew W.K., Drake, Lauren Alaina, actual musical guests. 144 00:09:46,086 --> 00:09:49,298 -No singing from us, thank goodness. -Hey, come on, I saw you having fun. 145 00:09:49,381 --> 00:09:50,966 Is that what fun looks like to you? 146 00:09:51,049 --> 00:09:53,218 Well, it looks like what you'll be seeing here on UBA 147 00:09:53,302 --> 00:09:54,887 -starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern… -That's right. 148 00:09:54,970 --> 00:09:55,888 …tomorrow night. 149 00:09:55,971 --> 00:10:00,392 -We hope you can ring in 2020 with us. -Eric and I will be looking for you. 150 00:10:00,475 --> 00:10:02,311 Now stay tuned for The Twist. 151 00:10:02,394 --> 00:10:04,813 -And we're out. Good job, you guys. -[crew cheers, applauds] 152 00:10:04,897 --> 00:10:06,648 -Whew! -[chuckles] 153 00:10:07,608 --> 00:10:08,609 Twitter's loving it. 154 00:10:08,692 --> 00:10:09,776 -Really? -I told you. 155 00:10:09,860 --> 00:10:12,321 All right, it was more fun than I thought. 156 00:10:12,404 --> 00:10:13,405 Oh, Jesus. 157 00:10:13,488 --> 00:10:14,823 Did you see this about Ray? 158 00:10:14,907 --> 00:10:17,659 -Emotionally abusing his staff? -What? 159 00:10:18,660 --> 00:10:20,495 -God. -No. 160 00:10:22,831 --> 00:10:23,832 [Bradley] Gayle. 161 00:10:24,333 --> 00:10:26,251 I pushed the issue, all right? 162 00:10:26,335 --> 00:10:27,920 This is coming from Mia? 163 00:10:28,003 --> 00:10:30,130 Mia wants to do "Nutrition in the New Year"? 164 00:10:30,214 --> 00:10:32,758 Well, I think it has less to do with "Nutrition in the New Year" 165 00:10:32,841 --> 00:10:36,136 and more to do with, you know, bumming everybody the fuck out. 166 00:10:36,220 --> 00:10:39,556 New Year's Eve and New Year's Day are two of the deadliest days of the year. 167 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:44,061 Alcohol consumption goes up, drug use rises, people die. 168 00:10:44,144 --> 00:10:46,188 It's a fact. I'm sorry it's a bummer. 169 00:10:47,439 --> 00:10:53,654 Okay, I was trying to give it to you easy, but, um, we weren't given an option. 170 00:10:55,113 --> 00:10:56,490 I'm gonna go talk to her. 171 00:10:56,573 --> 00:10:57,741 Bradley. 172 00:10:58,325 --> 00:11:00,285 Ratings are down. Pick your battles. 173 00:11:00,369 --> 00:11:02,162 You know, if they don't value me around here, 174 00:11:02,246 --> 00:11:05,374 I have a feeling there's gonna be an opening on the evening news very soon. 175 00:11:05,958 --> 00:11:07,334 That seems like a safe bet. 176 00:11:07,417 --> 00:11:08,544 And I seriously doubt 177 00:11:08,627 --> 00:11:10,921 Vince would tell me to do "Nutrition in the New Year" 178 00:11:11,004 --> 00:11:12,297 on the evening news. 179 00:11:14,049 --> 00:11:15,509 And by the way, Gayle, 180 00:11:15,592 --> 00:11:18,387 you told me all this singing and dancing and playing along 181 00:11:18,470 --> 00:11:20,681 was gonna buy me some freedom around this place. 182 00:11:20,764 --> 00:11:23,767 I mean, I dyed my hair, I hosted their celebrity bowling show, 183 00:11:23,851 --> 00:11:27,437 I-- I did stupid TikTok dances on TV. 184 00:11:27,521 --> 00:11:30,691 I did everything short of tattooing UBA on my ass, and for what? 185 00:11:30,774 --> 00:11:33,819 You've gotten to do most of the stories you wanted to do. 186 00:11:33,902 --> 00:11:34,945 [sighs] 187 00:11:35,028 --> 00:11:37,364 If we stay the course, people will catch up. 188 00:11:38,198 --> 00:11:39,408 I hope you're right. 189 00:11:40,868 --> 00:11:43,412 I'm gonna talk to Cory about the evening news. 190 00:11:43,495 --> 00:11:45,956 -He values integrity. -[Cory] We need to get out ahead of this. 191 00:11:46,039 --> 00:11:47,708 Bradley Jackson isn't gonna find out on Twitter 192 00:11:47,791 --> 00:11:49,376 that we're poaching her partner for evening news. 193 00:11:49,459 --> 00:11:51,003 When are we ready to make the switch with Eric? 194 00:11:51,086 --> 00:11:53,547 -[Richard] He's ready to close, almost. -[Cory] Well, close the deal. 195 00:11:53,630 --> 00:11:55,883 We were supposed to have time to ease her into this idea. 196 00:11:55,966 --> 00:11:59,928 You know, this is making my life difficult to fire him, so maybe we don't. 197 00:12:00,012 --> 00:12:03,724 Yelling at a PA isn't exactly the same thing as sexual assault. 198 00:12:03,807 --> 00:12:07,936 I had a boss throw a pineapple at my head when I was a PA, and here I am. 199 00:12:08,020 --> 00:12:10,981 We've heard that story before, Vince. This network needs to clean up its act. 200 00:12:11,064 --> 00:12:12,399 [Cory] Let me make this simple. 201 00:12:12,482 --> 00:12:16,278 The press release announcing Ray's firing and Eric's move to evening news 202 00:12:16,361 --> 00:12:17,237 is being drafted now, 203 00:12:17,321 --> 00:12:19,031 but we're not gonna release it till everything else is in place. 204 00:12:19,114 --> 00:12:20,282 The timetable has changed 205 00:12:20,365 --> 00:12:22,951 now that somebody has decided to leak the information to the press, 206 00:12:23,035 --> 00:12:24,995 so we have to move expeditiously. 207 00:12:25,078 --> 00:12:28,040 Let's just concentrate on who we're pairing with Bradley. 208 00:12:28,123 --> 00:12:30,292 Stellar. Our short list is down to Mickey and Aaron. 209 00:12:30,375 --> 00:12:33,170 -What the fuck happened to Miguel? -He declined. 210 00:12:34,046 --> 00:12:35,714 He-- He declined The Morning Show? 211 00:12:35,797 --> 00:12:37,841 He wasn't excited about working with Bradley. 212 00:12:40,093 --> 00:12:41,845 [Cory sighs] 213 00:12:42,429 --> 00:12:46,266 Listen, what about keeping Eric on TMS, moving Bradley to evening? 214 00:12:47,100 --> 00:12:50,062 -You know she loves her news hard. -[laughs] 215 00:12:50,729 --> 00:12:52,814 Okay, should we have the conversation about Bradley 216 00:12:52,898 --> 00:12:54,399 -that I think we're all thinking? -What? 217 00:12:54,483 --> 00:12:55,817 Is she really cutting it? 218 00:12:57,402 --> 00:12:59,363 [chuckles] That seems extreme. 219 00:12:59,446 --> 00:13:02,157 Ratings have been down. Her contract is up in a few months. 220 00:13:02,241 --> 00:13:05,035 Yeah, Bradley was poised to become some sort of feminist superhero, 221 00:13:05,118 --> 00:13:06,328 but she couldn't capitalize. 222 00:13:06,411 --> 00:13:08,163 No, wait. She refused to capitalize. 223 00:13:08,247 --> 00:13:11,041 Well, I kind of admire that she didn't just jump on the Me Too bandwagon 224 00:13:11,124 --> 00:13:13,752 and fill up her grocery cart with free prizes and fake goodwill. 225 00:13:13,836 --> 00:13:15,838 Yeah, but she went out of her way not to fill up her cart. 226 00:13:15,921 --> 00:13:17,631 She called that women's club out on the carpet-- 227 00:13:17,714 --> 00:13:18,882 For underpaying staff. 228 00:13:18,966 --> 00:13:20,300 Listen, you know I love Bradley, 229 00:13:20,384 --> 00:13:24,555 but she really needs the poise and polish and gravity of a seasoned anchor like Alex 230 00:13:24,638 --> 00:13:25,639 to balance her out. 231 00:13:28,433 --> 00:13:29,852 -Fine. -Okay then, 232 00:13:29,935 --> 00:13:31,728 we have a list of potential partner combinations 233 00:13:31,812 --> 00:13:34,356 -that are ready to go-- -What? No, I said fine. Fine, fine. 234 00:13:34,439 --> 00:13:36,441 -"Fine," what? -We get Alex back. 235 00:13:36,525 --> 00:13:38,610 -No, no. I didn't-- I didn't mean-- -[Stella] What? No. 236 00:13:38,694 --> 00:13:41,113 -I don't think that's an option. -Why, have you talked to her? 237 00:13:41,196 --> 00:13:43,824 Uh, she publicly left the show. It was a big deal. 238 00:13:43,907 --> 00:13:45,200 Did she personally tell you no? 239 00:13:45,284 --> 00:13:46,743 Yes, emphatically, 240 00:13:46,827 --> 00:13:48,704 when she left the show eight months ago. 241 00:13:48,787 --> 00:13:50,914 That's why we went out and spent all that money on Eric. 242 00:13:50,998 --> 00:13:54,376 But who else is a story like Alex is? 243 00:13:54,459 --> 00:13:55,711 Who else can distract us 244 00:13:55,794 --> 00:13:58,338 from the burning trash barge that we are currently floating 245 00:13:58,422 --> 00:14:00,299 right down the center of the city? No one. 246 00:14:00,382 --> 00:14:02,718 I don't know that bringing her back is the event that you think it is. 247 00:14:02,801 --> 00:14:04,219 She's a feminist icon. 248 00:14:04,303 --> 00:14:06,013 Maybe. But I also don't love the idea 249 00:14:06,096 --> 00:14:09,683 that she's another white woman as co-anchor, feminist icon or not. 250 00:14:09,766 --> 00:14:12,394 And especially one who admitted to doing a lot of questionable shit. 251 00:14:12,477 --> 00:14:14,855 And personally, I think Alex is done. 252 00:14:17,274 --> 00:14:21,570 [Alex] The thing people don't realize is that there is a cost to success and fame. 253 00:14:22,279 --> 00:14:24,615 There's a story by Hans Christian Andersen. 254 00:14:25,407 --> 00:14:28,994 A young woman becomes enamored with these fabulous red shoes 255 00:14:29,077 --> 00:14:31,663 that are more attention-grabbing and exciting 256 00:14:31,747 --> 00:14:33,916 than the humble brown shoes she wears. 257 00:14:33,999 --> 00:14:35,667 -[typing] -In a moment of bad judgment, 258 00:14:35,751 --> 00:14:38,837 she succumbs to their charms and wears them to church. 259 00:14:39,630 --> 00:14:42,549 And lo and behold, her feet start moving 260 00:14:42,633 --> 00:14:45,761 and she is dancing, and she can't stop. 261 00:14:46,428 --> 00:14:50,390 And she dances for hours and days and weeks 262 00:14:50,474 --> 00:14:52,643 until she is bloody and bruised 263 00:14:52,726 --> 00:14:56,605 from dancing like a whirling dervish through the countryside and towns, 264 00:14:56,688 --> 00:14:57,689 unable to stop. 265 00:14:58,315 --> 00:15:02,694 She finally dances so much and so hard, faster and faster, 266 00:15:03,445 --> 00:15:05,739 that she knows she is going to bleed to death. 267 00:15:06,865 --> 00:15:09,743 So in a desperate attempt to stave off death, 268 00:15:09,826 --> 00:15:12,788 she finally implores a woodcutter to cut off her feet. 269 00:15:13,372 --> 00:15:14,373 And he does. 270 00:15:15,082 --> 00:15:16,250 Then she dies. 271 00:15:17,084 --> 00:15:18,627 -[typing stops] -[sighs] 272 00:15:20,796 --> 00:15:21,839 [groans, mumbles] 273 00:15:21,922 --> 00:15:23,507 Times were different back then. 274 00:15:24,383 --> 00:15:27,427 And I'm sure there's some patriarchal message in this 275 00:15:27,511 --> 00:15:31,640 to women who wanted to step out of their role. 276 00:15:32,975 --> 00:15:36,687 However, I always took away from it as a kid-- 277 00:15:37,437 --> 00:15:39,731 and it probably says something about me as a kid-- 278 00:15:40,691 --> 00:15:43,902 is the idea that the world might have you running so hard 279 00:15:45,153 --> 00:15:49,908 that rather than running one step more, you would cut off your own feet. 280 00:15:49,992 --> 00:15:51,702 [whispers] Never… 281 00:15:51,785 --> 00:15:55,205 And I never-- I never forgot that image. 282 00:15:56,582 --> 00:15:59,960 I think success in the modern world demands a similar dance-- 283 00:16:00,502 --> 00:16:03,839 soul-sucking, grueling, never ending. 284 00:16:04,506 --> 00:16:07,092 -[whispering] Just wanted it to end. -And I just wanted it to end. 285 00:16:07,885 --> 00:16:10,804 I wanted it to end so I could begin to live. 286 00:16:11,597 --> 00:16:14,099 [inhales deeply, exhales] 287 00:16:17,686 --> 00:16:19,730 -I'll let you know how it goes. -[murmurs] 288 00:16:19,813 --> 00:16:21,398 Stay tuned for The Twist. 289 00:16:22,274 --> 00:16:24,067 [muttering] End manuscript. 290 00:16:26,195 --> 00:16:27,196 [sighs] 291 00:17:06,108 --> 00:17:07,152 [sighs] 292 00:17:08,153 --> 00:17:09,863 You want a hundred million a year to buy back 293 00:17:09,945 --> 00:17:11,906 the streaming rights for Hampton? 294 00:17:11,990 --> 00:17:14,867 [groans] Well, Bruce, normally I'd hate to be the bearer of bad news, 295 00:17:14,952 --> 00:17:16,993 but with you, somehow, I love it. 296 00:17:17,079 --> 00:17:20,457 We're not gonna renew the deal for Apocalypse 13. How's that? 297 00:17:20,540 --> 00:17:21,583 So if you wanna see it, 298 00:17:21,665 --> 00:17:25,671 you're gonna have to do like everybody else and subscribe to UBA Plus. 299 00:17:25,752 --> 00:17:28,298 And don't worry, there's a free trial if you can't swing the $7.99. 300 00:17:28,382 --> 00:17:31,134 [Bruce on phone] I guess anger issues are endemic over there. 301 00:17:31,218 --> 00:17:33,804 [chuckles] Nah, this isn't anger. 302 00:17:33,887 --> 00:17:36,265 You'll know when I'm angry. I'll make sure of that. 303 00:17:36,974 --> 00:17:39,726 -Kyle, who's holding on three? -That's Ivy. You told me to get her. 304 00:17:39,810 --> 00:17:41,603 No, tell her I'll call her back. I need Pete Freeman. 305 00:17:41,687 --> 00:17:44,147 Keep rolling through the call sheet. I need to get outta here soon. 306 00:17:44,231 --> 00:17:46,692 -Hey. Should I come back later? -[Kyle] Yeah, hi. Sorry… 307 00:17:46,775 --> 00:17:48,443 Hi. Uh, no, no. 308 00:17:48,527 --> 00:17:51,280 -[Kyle] Pete Freeman on two. -Uh, tell him I'll call him back. 309 00:17:51,363 --> 00:17:55,576 -Look what the cat dragged in. Hi. -[chuckles] Hey. 310 00:17:55,659 --> 00:17:57,077 [Cory sighs] Been a while. 311 00:17:57,160 --> 00:17:58,662 -Yeah, I've been a little busy. -Yeah. 312 00:17:58,745 --> 00:18:00,622 -Can-- Can you talk for a second? -Uh, yeah. 313 00:18:00,706 --> 00:18:01,832 -Oh, great. -Yeah. 314 00:18:03,292 --> 00:18:04,293 Thanks. 315 00:18:05,169 --> 00:18:07,087 [groans] What a morning. 316 00:18:07,171 --> 00:18:08,797 [groans] 317 00:18:08,881 --> 00:18:10,799 Are you gonna have to fire Ray? 318 00:18:10,883 --> 00:18:13,802 Well, I mean, I can't tell you that, but yes. 319 00:18:13,886 --> 00:18:18,056 So, who are you gonna get to replace him? 320 00:18:18,140 --> 00:18:21,268 Uh, yeah, I-- Um… [sighs] 321 00:18:23,103 --> 00:18:25,355 I don't-- I don't know. 322 00:18:25,439 --> 00:18:27,941 Um, in fact, if you find out, please tell me 323 00:18:28,025 --> 00:18:29,401 because I'm dying to know. 324 00:18:29,484 --> 00:18:31,612 -Well, you would be my first call. -I appreciate it. 325 00:18:32,237 --> 00:18:36,325 And if you can't find anybody good, there's always me. 326 00:18:36,408 --> 00:18:39,453 Well, I thank you for that selfless offer. 327 00:18:39,536 --> 00:18:40,662 [both chuckle] 328 00:18:40,746 --> 00:18:42,581 Okay, you owe me, buddy. 329 00:18:42,664 --> 00:18:46,710 Remember you were fired around here, don't forget. And I got you un-fired. 330 00:18:46,793 --> 00:18:48,253 I-- Uh, yep. 331 00:18:48,754 --> 00:18:52,299 -And obviously, I-- I thank you for that. -I'd do it again. 332 00:18:52,382 --> 00:18:54,801 I really need you on The Morning Show. I need that stability. 333 00:18:54,885 --> 00:18:57,638 When people turn on The Morning Show, they're gonna see Bradley Jackson. 334 00:18:57,721 --> 00:19:01,183 And by the way, you have been killing it this week. 335 00:19:01,266 --> 00:19:04,102 -Just this week? I mean… -Oh. Don't do that to me. 336 00:19:04,186 --> 00:19:06,647 [chuckles] No, I-- Look, I get it, 337 00:19:06,730 --> 00:19:10,609 and I know that the ratings have gone down a little bit since Alex left, 338 00:19:10,692 --> 00:19:12,444 and I'm not oblivious, 339 00:19:12,528 --> 00:19:15,113 I just think evening news, 340 00:19:15,197 --> 00:19:17,824 uh, it just might be a better fit for my talents. 341 00:19:17,908 --> 00:19:22,079 And Ray leaving creates this square hole that's perfect for a square peg. 342 00:19:22,579 --> 00:19:24,706 And I know-- I know that I would kill it. 343 00:19:24,790 --> 00:19:27,042 Oh, abso-- Of course you would. What are you talking about? 344 00:19:27,125 --> 00:19:28,961 You would absolutely crush that. 345 00:19:29,044 --> 00:19:32,756 But, you know, my problem is I like to fit square pegs into round holes… 346 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:34,508 [laughing] …'cause it's really hard, 347 00:19:34,591 --> 00:19:37,219 but when you can make it fit, like, perfectly, actually make it fit, 348 00:19:37,302 --> 00:19:38,971 it's magical. It's totally magical. 349 00:19:39,054 --> 00:19:42,891 Feels like magic. And not like magic tricks, like actual sorcery. 350 00:19:42,975 --> 00:19:45,936 And of course, of course the ratings took a dip there for a while, 351 00:19:46,019 --> 00:19:49,523 but that's what's gonna make the ta-da moment so exhilarating. 352 00:19:49,606 --> 00:19:51,650 So I can't move you before the ta-da. 353 00:19:57,281 --> 00:19:58,282 Okay. 354 00:19:58,365 --> 00:19:59,616 Okay. [chuckles] 355 00:19:59,700 --> 00:20:02,703 Well, you know, and I kinda feel like I've been finding my groove on the show. 356 00:20:02,786 --> 00:20:04,121 -[inhales deeply] Yeah. -And Eric, 357 00:20:04,204 --> 00:20:06,039 he and I just complement each other really well. 358 00:20:06,123 --> 00:20:08,333 Well, that's you, you complement anyone well. 359 00:20:08,417 --> 00:20:09,418 I don't know about that. 360 00:20:09,501 --> 00:20:12,880 I mean, I think he and I are a good match. It's much better than the last situation. 361 00:20:12,963 --> 00:20:15,591 Oh, come on, you and Alex, you had something special too. 362 00:20:15,674 --> 00:20:17,634 For five minutes. 363 00:20:17,718 --> 00:20:21,513 I mean, that's the most I ever felt like we had a relationship. [stammers] 364 00:20:21,597 --> 00:20:25,475 But, I mean, she left, and I-- I haven't even heard from her. 365 00:20:25,559 --> 00:20:26,977 Well, yeah. 366 00:20:27,060 --> 00:20:28,979 It was a hell of a five minutes. 367 00:20:29,062 --> 00:20:31,940 And who knows what would've happened if you'd had a chance to build on 'em. 368 00:20:33,066 --> 00:20:35,736 That's true. I guess we'll never know. [chuckles] 369 00:20:35,819 --> 00:20:37,404 Anyway, it's better this way. 370 00:20:37,487 --> 00:20:40,199 Well, I have learned never to say never. 371 00:20:40,282 --> 00:20:41,992 Except when I'm saying never to say never, 372 00:20:42,075 --> 00:20:44,036 in which case I say it twice in one sentence. 373 00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:46,788 [chuckles] I miss you. 374 00:20:50,250 --> 00:20:55,380 Yeah, you know, we got busy, a lot happened. 375 00:20:55,464 --> 00:20:58,050 Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, yeah. 376 00:20:58,717 --> 00:21:00,427 It feels like that was a million years ago. 377 00:21:00,511 --> 00:21:03,096 -[sighs] -And yet it was still 2019. 378 00:21:03,180 --> 00:21:04,681 Yeah, tell me about it. [snickers] 379 00:21:07,017 --> 00:21:11,313 And the Hannah stuff has, you know, been hard and on my mind. 380 00:21:12,689 --> 00:21:13,899 I-- 381 00:21:14,441 --> 00:21:15,442 [sighs] 382 00:21:15,526 --> 00:21:17,611 That stuff, I guess it just takes time. 383 00:21:20,030 --> 00:21:22,866 But we'll get there. We will. We'll get there. 384 00:21:23,825 --> 00:21:26,161 [on phone] Hi, this is Shirlee Alpert, from Horseheads. 385 00:21:26,245 --> 00:21:29,706 I want to nominate my grandson, Zack, for Hero of the Day. 386 00:21:29,790 --> 00:21:33,460 Yesterday at the park, he and a child he didn't know were eating candy canes, 387 00:21:33,544 --> 00:21:35,504 until the other child dropped his on the ground 388 00:21:35,587 --> 00:21:37,589 and started crying like the dickens. 389 00:21:37,673 --> 00:21:41,718 Well, Zack really has the Christmas spirit in him, we've made sure of that. 390 00:21:41,802 --> 00:21:44,221 And he offered to share his candy cane. 391 00:21:44,304 --> 00:21:46,515 I have got photos of the two of them licking it. 392 00:21:46,598 --> 00:21:48,559 I just thought it was the sweetest thing, 393 00:21:48,642 --> 00:21:51,061 and maybe you could do a story about that on the news. 394 00:21:51,144 --> 00:21:55,357 -My number is 607-433-2-- -[dial tone] 395 00:21:57,943 --> 00:21:58,777 It cut off. 396 00:21:58,861 --> 00:22:02,030 I know, we just missed it. It was right there. 397 00:22:02,114 --> 00:22:03,574 You want me to pursue it? 398 00:22:04,241 --> 00:22:05,534 It's sort of gross. 399 00:22:05,617 --> 00:22:07,077 Two kids licking one candy cane. 400 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:11,498 Yeah, but you know, kids need germs, kinda bolster the immune system. 401 00:22:11,582 --> 00:22:13,041 I say you track her down. 402 00:22:13,125 --> 00:22:15,460 It's gonna be six months before we do another Christmas story. 403 00:22:15,544 --> 00:22:18,422 Actually, that's not true around here, but you should track her down anyway. 404 00:22:22,259 --> 00:22:24,928 [whistling "Carol of the Bells"] 405 00:22:25,012 --> 00:22:27,264 Oh, my God. What are you doing here? 406 00:22:27,347 --> 00:22:28,599 -Hi. -Hi. 407 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:30,851 Mmm. 408 00:22:30,934 --> 00:22:32,811 I got done at the school and thought I'd swing by 409 00:22:32,895 --> 00:22:36,356 and see my very successful producer boyfriend. 410 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:37,649 -Really? Where is he? -Mm-hmm. 411 00:22:37,733 --> 00:22:39,026 -I'll tell him you're here. -You're funny. 412 00:22:39,109 --> 00:22:41,153 Well, I better be 'cause you're not dating me for my looks. 413 00:22:41,236 --> 00:22:43,405 -[chuckles] -How we doing on the New Year's plans? 414 00:22:43,488 --> 00:22:45,490 -Are we good? -Yeah, you think you can get away? 415 00:22:45,574 --> 00:22:50,162 Uh, I think so. This place runs itself. 416 00:22:50,245 --> 00:22:52,039 Hey. The phones aren't working. 417 00:22:52,706 --> 00:22:54,791 Um, have you called the phone company? 418 00:22:54,875 --> 00:22:55,959 The phones are out. 419 00:22:56,043 --> 00:22:57,085 Cell phone? 420 00:22:58,128 --> 00:22:59,713 Hmm. Mmm. 421 00:23:03,300 --> 00:23:05,511 -It doesn't like totally run itself. -[giggles] 422 00:23:05,594 --> 00:23:10,349 But turns out either it doesn't matter, or I don't care, 423 00:23:10,432 --> 00:23:12,476 -or I just wanna be with you. -Yeah? 424 00:23:12,559 --> 00:23:13,602 -Yeah. -Okay. 425 00:23:15,771 --> 00:23:16,772 I'll see you tomorrow then. 426 00:23:16,855 --> 00:23:19,483 -Oh, yeah, you'll see me tomorrow. -All right. Bye. 427 00:23:22,027 --> 00:23:24,029 [inhales deeply] 428 00:23:24,112 --> 00:23:25,864 [sighs] 429 00:23:25,948 --> 00:23:28,116 [Alex] Come on, baby. Oh, good boy. 430 00:23:29,576 --> 00:23:31,828 [breathing heavily] 431 00:23:34,248 --> 00:23:36,375 -[cell phone ringing] -[grunts] 432 00:23:39,503 --> 00:23:40,504 Did you read it already? 433 00:23:40,587 --> 00:23:43,757 I just finished it. It's really good. 434 00:23:47,636 --> 00:23:49,763 [stammers] So what's not working for you? 435 00:23:49,847 --> 00:23:52,015 Jesus, Alex, I said it's really good. 436 00:23:52,099 --> 00:23:53,100 [Alex] Yeah, okay, come on. 437 00:23:53,183 --> 00:23:57,437 I know what "really good" means on feedback, okay? 438 00:23:57,521 --> 00:23:59,314 It means "not great," "you didn't like it," 439 00:23:59,398 --> 00:24:01,191 "not out of the park," what? Don't bullshit me. 440 00:24:01,275 --> 00:24:03,777 Let's not go off the deep end here, okay? 441 00:24:03,861 --> 00:24:06,280 It's really good. That's not bullshit. 442 00:24:06,864 --> 00:24:09,074 You have lived an amazing life. 443 00:24:09,157 --> 00:24:12,786 You've brushed elbows with some of the most influential people on the planet. 444 00:24:13,412 --> 00:24:16,582 You've carved out a place as a woman in that business 445 00:24:16,665 --> 00:24:19,293 that few have even come close to. 446 00:24:19,376 --> 00:24:21,545 You started a UBA revolution. 447 00:24:22,379 --> 00:24:26,341 The events are all amazing. It's raw, it's real. 448 00:24:29,303 --> 00:24:30,929 S-- So-- So what's wrong? 449 00:24:31,013 --> 00:24:32,055 [sighs] 450 00:24:32,139 --> 00:24:36,852 I just think you need to go back and dig a little deeper in certain areas. 451 00:24:36,935 --> 00:24:39,438 Oh, my gosh! Come on. 452 00:24:40,147 --> 00:24:42,107 I talked about… [stammers] …uh, 453 00:24:42,691 --> 00:24:45,402 my insecurities and my divorce and-- I mean… 454 00:24:46,528 --> 00:24:47,529 About Mitch. 455 00:24:53,493 --> 00:24:55,162 I'm not interested in talking about Mitch. 456 00:24:55,245 --> 00:24:56,955 People are gonna be buying it for that. 457 00:24:57,039 --> 00:25:00,459 Nothing against you, but that shit sells books. 458 00:25:00,542 --> 00:25:05,339 And not only that, Alex, it's an important piece of a movement. 459 00:25:05,422 --> 00:25:07,341 Yeah, I know. I know the fucking movement. 460 00:25:08,884 --> 00:25:11,595 I've destroyed my entire career over the movement. 461 00:25:12,221 --> 00:25:14,223 Please don't make me go back in there. Come on. 462 00:25:14,306 --> 00:25:16,099 I'm saying this as a friend, Alex. 463 00:25:16,183 --> 00:25:18,227 We don't know what's gonna be in Maggie's book. 464 00:25:18,310 --> 00:25:20,020 [Alex groans] 465 00:25:21,438 --> 00:25:24,107 That sounds like you do know what's gonna be in Maggie's book. 466 00:25:24,191 --> 00:25:25,025 No, I don't. 467 00:25:25,609 --> 00:25:27,945 I know her editor, but she won't tell me. 468 00:25:28,028 --> 00:25:29,321 But whatever it is, 469 00:25:29,404 --> 00:25:32,491 this gives you the opportunity to go in there and respond 470 00:25:32,574 --> 00:25:34,159 without looking like you're responding. 471 00:25:34,243 --> 00:25:36,453 -To defend yourself. -Jesus! 472 00:25:36,537 --> 00:25:38,080 What am I defending myself about 473 00:25:38,163 --> 00:25:40,457 that I didn't already admit on national television? 474 00:25:40,541 --> 00:25:42,167 Alex, all I'm saying is, 475 00:25:42,251 --> 00:25:47,506 if there is any history with Mitch, any personal history, 476 00:25:47,589 --> 00:25:50,759 this is your chance to put your own narrative on it. 477 00:25:50,843 --> 00:25:52,010 Well, there isn't! 478 00:25:53,095 --> 00:25:55,097 [wind whistling] 479 00:25:55,180 --> 00:25:57,975 I'll go back and look at the manuscript 480 00:25:58,058 --> 00:26:03,480 and see if I can dig up any salacious bits about Mitch. 481 00:26:03,564 --> 00:26:06,024 Keep the, uh, sharks fed. 482 00:26:07,901 --> 00:26:10,279 Just think about what I'm saying, all right? You'll get there. 483 00:26:10,362 --> 00:26:12,698 Yeah, all right, Adelle. Thanks, bye. Bye. 484 00:26:13,866 --> 00:26:14,867 Fucking Mitch. 485 00:26:14,950 --> 00:26:16,493 -[siren blaring] -Mo-- Mommy, you-- 486 00:26:16,577 --> 00:26:18,745 you gotta stop pressing the button, okay, Mommy? [stammers] 487 00:26:18,829 --> 00:26:20,873 [speaks Spanish] 488 00:26:20,956 --> 00:26:23,542 The ambulance is coming because you're pressing the button, okay? 489 00:26:23,625 --> 00:26:24,835 It doesn't turn it off. 490 00:26:25,669 --> 00:26:27,880 But it-- Ma, it's not on until you press it. 491 00:26:27,963 --> 00:26:30,257 I promise you, no one's listening to your conversations 492 00:26:30,340 --> 00:26:32,259 -through your Life Alert, okay? -Yanko? 493 00:26:32,843 --> 00:26:35,888 [speaking Spanish] 494 00:26:35,971 --> 00:26:37,472 Okay, bye, bye. 495 00:26:37,556 --> 00:26:39,766 Oh, my God. So good to see you, Meredith. 496 00:26:40,350 --> 00:26:43,687 Oh, my God. It's-- It's been a while, yeah. 497 00:26:43,770 --> 00:26:44,771 Yeah. 498 00:26:46,607 --> 00:26:49,610 -Uh, have you heard anything from Claire? -Uh, yeah. 499 00:26:49,693 --> 00:26:53,530 -She's studying for her GRE. -Oh, wow. She's bouncing back. 500 00:26:53,614 --> 00:26:55,574 -That's so good to hear that. -Yeah. 501 00:26:55,657 --> 00:26:58,952 I think it was good for her to get away after all of that unpleasantness. 502 00:26:59,036 --> 00:27:01,288 Oh, yeah. No doubt. Yeah. 503 00:27:03,749 --> 00:27:06,668 -Uh, well, good seeing you. -So great seeing you. 504 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:11,507 When I talk to her next, I'll tell her that I ran into you. 505 00:27:11,590 --> 00:27:14,176 Sure, sure. Yeah. Take care. 506 00:27:15,636 --> 00:27:18,472 Hey, Yanko. What's the weather, man? 507 00:27:19,556 --> 00:27:22,684 Uh, well the earth's gonna crash into the sun, but, uh, 508 00:27:22,768 --> 00:27:24,603 tomorrow night you'll need a fucking sweater. 509 00:27:25,187 --> 00:27:27,856 [grunts, pants] 510 00:27:28,398 --> 00:27:29,399 F-- 511 00:27:30,317 --> 00:27:32,402 [grunts, pants] 512 00:27:34,821 --> 00:27:35,864 [shouts] 513 00:27:36,657 --> 00:27:38,534 [panting] Shit. Oh, God. 514 00:27:40,452 --> 00:27:41,537 Oh. 515 00:27:46,875 --> 00:27:50,087 Chopping wood. Alex. Hello. 516 00:27:52,798 --> 00:27:54,049 Cory Ellison? 517 00:27:55,843 --> 00:27:57,511 What the fuck are you doing in Maine? 518 00:27:57,594 --> 00:27:59,721 Well, what the fuck are you doing in Maine? 519 00:28:00,806 --> 00:28:03,642 -[Alex] You really do need something, huh? -Huh? 520 00:28:04,142 --> 00:28:07,271 And I can't imagine that it's anything that I have to give. 521 00:28:07,354 --> 00:28:09,189 I need you to come back for a year. 522 00:28:12,734 --> 00:28:14,945 Bradley's-- She's doing okay, but she's not testing great, 523 00:28:15,028 --> 00:28:16,738 and we're taking Eric for the evening news. 524 00:28:18,991 --> 00:28:20,742 Yeah. [sighs] 525 00:28:21,410 --> 00:28:22,411 Wow. 526 00:28:25,205 --> 00:28:26,415 Um, Bradley upset? 527 00:28:27,958 --> 00:28:28,959 Well, she will be. 528 00:28:29,710 --> 00:28:30,711 She will be. 529 00:28:30,794 --> 00:28:32,921 God, you know what? Same old UBA. 530 00:28:33,005 --> 00:28:35,382 -You-- You guys. -Alex, business is business. 531 00:28:35,465 --> 00:28:36,633 Those things don't change. 532 00:28:36,717 --> 00:28:40,095 My job is to ensure the stability of UBA. I do what I have to do. 533 00:28:40,179 --> 00:28:41,346 -Uh-huh. -Just to be clear, 534 00:28:41,430 --> 00:28:43,182 I'm not talking about coming back the same as before. 535 00:28:43,265 --> 00:28:46,393 I am talking about a whole new deal. 536 00:28:46,476 --> 00:28:47,936 You partner with the network. 537 00:28:48,020 --> 00:28:50,272 You become a powerful voice in the rebuilding 538 00:28:50,355 --> 00:28:52,774 and the rebranding of a-- a toxic empire that-- 539 00:28:52,858 --> 00:28:54,026 It-- It's gonna rise. 540 00:28:54,109 --> 00:28:57,404 It's gonna rise from the ashes like-- like Venus out of the clamshell. 541 00:28:57,487 --> 00:28:59,781 And you are Venus. 542 00:29:03,744 --> 00:29:04,870 I need you. 543 00:29:05,913 --> 00:29:08,749 UBA needs you. 544 00:29:11,668 --> 00:29:14,922 You were all we ever needed, and we were too stupid to realize it. 545 00:29:16,215 --> 00:29:18,884 Please come back to us, Alex. 546 00:29:20,469 --> 00:29:22,429 You are the only thing that can save us. 547 00:29:27,809 --> 00:29:29,102 [Alex sighs] 548 00:29:31,980 --> 00:29:35,067 I agree with every single thing you just said. 549 00:29:35,692 --> 00:29:37,653 Every single thing you just said. 550 00:29:38,362 --> 00:29:40,447 I j-- I can't come back. [chuckles] 551 00:29:40,531 --> 00:29:43,492 Not e-- Even if I wanted to come back, I just couldn't. 552 00:29:43,575 --> 00:29:45,994 I-I-- I would look flaky. 553 00:29:46,078 --> 00:29:47,829 -W-Wishy-washy. Mm-mmm. -No, no, no, no. 554 00:29:47,913 --> 00:29:50,666 When your new deal got announced, you would look smart as fuck. 555 00:29:55,629 --> 00:29:56,713 [chuckles] 556 00:29:57,297 --> 00:29:58,966 -[tapping] -I don't want to. 557 00:29:59,049 --> 00:30:01,718 -I don't want to. I'm done. I'm done. -[Cory sighs] 558 00:30:02,427 --> 00:30:05,013 You know what, Cory-- I think it's-- I think you better go. 559 00:30:05,806 --> 00:30:07,516 I mean, you're not a horrible person. 560 00:30:07,599 --> 00:30:09,810 I thoroughly enjoy you. 561 00:30:10,853 --> 00:30:12,938 I mean, maybe you are actually a horrible person, but-- 562 00:30:13,021 --> 00:30:15,023 but I-- I-- I still find you entertaining. 563 00:30:15,107 --> 00:30:17,067 You're a little-- You're a little crazy. 564 00:30:17,150 --> 00:30:20,612 -[sighs] -And it… it scares me. 565 00:30:23,574 --> 00:30:24,992 Look, I don't wanna harass you. 566 00:30:25,075 --> 00:30:27,119 -Uh… -Okay. 567 00:30:27,202 --> 00:30:28,704 I've said my piece. 568 00:30:28,787 --> 00:30:32,457 I'm begging you to come back to me, Alex Levy, on bended knee. 569 00:30:32,541 --> 00:30:35,627 And if you do, I will support this union at all cost. 570 00:30:35,711 --> 00:30:38,589 You will be my first priority, always. You have my word. 571 00:30:40,299 --> 00:30:42,968 I'm not coming back. I'm really happy. 572 00:30:43,051 --> 00:30:44,761 Okay, I'm just asking you to think about it. 573 00:30:44,845 --> 00:30:46,972 -I don't wanna think about it. -You can tell me tomorrow. 574 00:30:47,055 --> 00:30:49,641 -Think about it for a day. -I'm telling you no now. 575 00:30:49,725 --> 00:30:50,726 I don't want it. 576 00:30:50,809 --> 00:30:51,894 I hate it. 577 00:30:52,686 --> 00:30:55,314 I would rather die than go back there, okay? 578 00:30:55,397 --> 00:30:56,815 Well, think about it. 579 00:30:56,899 --> 00:30:58,317 Oh. 580 00:30:59,484 --> 00:31:00,527 [sighs] 581 00:31:01,612 --> 00:31:02,738 [sighs] 582 00:31:06,533 --> 00:31:07,701 [Ty] Oh, no, Yanko. 583 00:31:07,784 --> 00:31:10,579 Twitter user Simplybarnaby has taken issue with your weather report, 584 00:31:10,662 --> 00:31:12,206 -I'm afraid to say. -[Yanko] Oh, my God. 585 00:31:12,289 --> 00:31:13,624 He said, and I will quote him, 586 00:31:13,707 --> 00:31:17,669 -"@yankofloresuba owes me $500." -[Yanko laughs] 587 00:31:17,753 --> 00:31:21,423 "No rain in the Pacific Northwest? Well, tell that to my suede Ferragamo loafers." 588 00:31:21,507 --> 00:31:23,091 I am sorry about the shoes, Barnaby, 589 00:31:23,175 --> 00:31:25,886 but I think you need to take this one up with the spirit upstairs. 590 00:31:25,969 --> 00:31:27,804 Oh, so is that where Barnaby should send the bill? 591 00:31:27,888 --> 00:31:29,348 Well, he's definitely got deeper pockets. 592 00:31:29,431 --> 00:31:31,558 You take your life in your hands when you leave the house with suede loafers. 593 00:31:31,642 --> 00:31:34,645 Hey, Mia, you still need to approve the year-end clip package for tonight. 594 00:31:34,728 --> 00:31:36,563 Right, uh-- Donny, take it. 595 00:31:36,647 --> 00:31:38,190 -Where we going? -Joel's in the bullpen. 596 00:31:38,273 --> 00:31:41,026 And remember you have a one o'clock and you have a two o'clock. 597 00:31:41,109 --> 00:31:43,237 -What's my two o'clock? -Uh, your favorite head of news. 598 00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:44,488 -Hey, Joel. -[Lindsey] Hey, Mia. 599 00:31:44,571 --> 00:31:46,615 Can you weigh in on stories for tomorrow? 600 00:31:46,698 --> 00:31:48,700 -[Mia] I-- Ugh. -It'll only take a second. Pick two: 601 00:31:48,784 --> 00:31:52,246 "Pakistan issues health ID cards to trans people to reduce discrimination." 602 00:31:52,329 --> 00:31:55,832 "China investigates respiratory illness outbreak, sickening 27." 603 00:31:55,916 --> 00:31:58,460 And, "Eighty people in the Bahamas tested positive for tuberculosis 604 00:31:58,544 --> 00:32:00,003 in storm shelters after the hurricane." 605 00:32:00,087 --> 00:32:01,463 -Pakistan, Bahamas. -Thank you. 606 00:32:01,547 --> 00:32:04,842 -Walk with me. Rena, are you good? -[sighs] Yeah, I'm just walking. For two. 607 00:32:04,925 --> 00:32:07,135 Joel, give me what you got for the year-end review, quick. 608 00:32:07,219 --> 00:32:10,848 Okay. Uh, Mueller Report. Uh, perfect Ukraine call. 609 00:32:10,931 --> 00:32:11,932 Uh, impeachment-- 610 00:32:12,015 --> 00:32:14,393 Stick to the Trump highlights or that thing is gonna be four hours. 611 00:32:14,476 --> 00:32:17,354 -Non-Trump? -Uh, college admission scandal. 612 00:32:17,437 --> 00:32:18,689 Uh, Brexit. 613 00:32:18,772 --> 00:32:22,526 Uh, Notre-Dame burned down, Australia burned down, the Amazon burned-- 614 00:32:22,609 --> 00:32:24,987 Stop. Let's give the people some hope. 615 00:32:25,070 --> 00:32:27,239 Let's give me some hope. Did anything good happen? 616 00:32:27,322 --> 00:32:29,658 [Jeffrey] Uh, the US won the Women's World Cup. 617 00:32:30,367 --> 00:32:34,037 -Jesus, 2019 sucked! -Um, hey. 618 00:32:34,121 --> 00:32:35,998 I really don't wanna be this person, 619 00:32:36,081 --> 00:32:39,418 but do we need to include ourselves in a packet about 2019? 620 00:32:39,501 --> 00:32:42,129 Yeah, let's include Alex and Bradley's moment. 621 00:32:42,212 --> 00:32:43,630 Choose that clip wisely. 622 00:32:43,714 --> 00:32:47,259 Play it as a triumphant send-off to our departing hero, Alex Levy. 623 00:32:47,342 --> 00:32:49,428 No Mitch. At all. 624 00:32:49,511 --> 00:32:51,430 And what about the Hannah of it? 625 00:32:52,973 --> 00:32:56,476 Uh, dedicate the broadcast to Hannah. 626 00:32:58,437 --> 00:33:02,191 Archie was born this year, the royal baby. Uh, that's optimistic. 627 00:33:02,274 --> 00:33:04,651 -Mmm, babies are great! [chuckles] Yeah. -Right? 628 00:33:08,780 --> 00:33:10,365 Oh, hey. What are you still doing here? 629 00:33:10,449 --> 00:33:12,993 -You should be at home taking a nap. -Yeah, I will. I will. 630 00:33:13,076 --> 00:33:14,912 It's gonna be a long night. Get some rest. 631 00:33:14,995 --> 00:33:17,789 Hey, Mia, um, I've just been thinking, taking stock. 632 00:33:17,873 --> 00:33:21,627 And… [sighs] …I realize sometimes I can be difficult, 633 00:33:21,710 --> 00:33:23,462 but you have always looked out for me. 634 00:33:23,545 --> 00:33:25,923 And even when we were dealing with some crazy shit. 635 00:33:26,006 --> 00:33:27,925 And if I-- If I wasn't grateful enough, 636 00:33:28,008 --> 00:33:31,470 I just wanna let you know that I-- I am really grateful. 637 00:33:32,346 --> 00:33:33,931 And I just wanna say thank you. 638 00:33:36,308 --> 00:33:37,351 [Mia] Mmm. Oh. 639 00:33:38,310 --> 00:33:39,311 Mmm. 640 00:33:39,394 --> 00:33:40,479 I think he's the right call. 641 00:33:40,562 --> 00:33:42,147 He does well with our old and young demos, 642 00:33:42,231 --> 00:33:44,024 men and women, and non-gender conforming people. 643 00:33:44,107 --> 00:33:45,150 Yeah, Aaron is great. 644 00:33:45,234 --> 00:33:47,486 I don't know if he'll be enough to move the needle with the press. 645 00:33:47,569 --> 00:33:49,196 No, but you're not gonna have any issues with him 646 00:33:49,279 --> 00:33:51,657 like we've had with some of our other talent, you know? 647 00:33:51,740 --> 00:33:52,741 Aaron's solid. 648 00:33:53,784 --> 00:33:54,910 Let's hope so. 649 00:33:55,410 --> 00:33:56,745 We close down again today. 650 00:33:58,497 --> 00:34:00,958 But, hey, let me know before we announce officially? 651 00:34:01,041 --> 00:34:02,751 Okay, why? 'Cause Bradley still doesn't know? 652 00:34:03,794 --> 00:34:06,213 Yeah, mostly that. I'm gonna tell her after the broadcast tonight, 653 00:34:06,296 --> 00:34:08,340 so hold off any press until after I've told her. 654 00:34:08,422 --> 00:34:09,424 Okay. 655 00:34:10,007 --> 00:34:12,719 [siren wailing in distance] 656 00:34:12,803 --> 00:34:14,972 [crowd whistling, cheering] 657 00:34:31,737 --> 00:34:33,322 [Bradley] Check, check. 658 00:34:34,699 --> 00:34:36,784 Okay. All right, okay. Great. Thank you. 659 00:34:38,704 --> 00:34:39,705 Thank you. 660 00:34:40,455 --> 00:34:42,416 [cheering continues] 661 00:34:47,337 --> 00:34:48,463 [chuckles] 662 00:34:51,675 --> 00:34:54,178 [Bradley chuckles] This is crazy. It's so huge. 663 00:34:54,261 --> 00:34:56,679 I mean, it looks huge when you see it on TV from home, 664 00:34:56,763 --> 00:34:58,056 but when you're in the middle, 665 00:34:58,140 --> 00:35:01,059 it feels like this huge responsibility that everybody has fun. 666 00:35:01,727 --> 00:35:04,646 -Do you think we're gonna make it fun? -Um, I know I will. 667 00:35:04,730 --> 00:35:05,731 I don't know about you. 668 00:35:05,814 --> 00:35:07,858 -You are just something else. -I'm gonna make it fun. 669 00:35:07,941 --> 00:35:10,986 Hey, I've got a little something here, and I want to make a toast. 670 00:35:11,069 --> 00:35:12,404 -Okay. -To you. 671 00:35:12,487 --> 00:35:13,488 Uh-oh. 672 00:35:13,572 --> 00:35:15,699 Because you came in at a really difficult time 673 00:35:15,782 --> 00:35:17,826 and you just really pulled me through it. 674 00:35:18,327 --> 00:35:21,205 You've been, sincerely, an amazing partner, 675 00:35:21,288 --> 00:35:23,582 and I just-- I just wanna thank you. 676 00:35:26,627 --> 00:35:30,964 Means a lot. Honestly. And, uh, you've been a great partner too. 677 00:35:31,548 --> 00:35:34,301 -Well, here's to the year ahead for us. -All right. 678 00:35:34,384 --> 00:35:36,178 [air horn blows] 679 00:35:36,261 --> 00:35:38,555 -I got to? [scoffs] -Yeah. Go, go, go. 680 00:35:39,056 --> 00:35:40,182 -Quick. -When in Rome. 681 00:35:40,265 --> 00:35:42,434 Okay, we're back in seven seconds. Good show, everybody. 682 00:35:42,518 --> 00:35:44,645 Five, four, three. 683 00:35:44,728 --> 00:35:47,231 Camera two, get the both of them, two-shot. 684 00:35:47,314 --> 00:35:48,315 Onward and upward. 685 00:35:48,398 --> 00:35:51,026 -[fanfare plays on speakers] -It's December 31st, New Year's Eve, 686 00:35:51,109 --> 00:35:54,321 and all eyes are on Times Square in New York City 687 00:35:54,404 --> 00:35:56,907 as Baby New Year is starting to crown. 688 00:35:56,990 --> 00:36:00,702 But we have got a lot of fun in store for you before the ball drops 689 00:36:00,786 --> 00:36:03,622 and 2019 gives way to 2020. 690 00:36:03,705 --> 00:36:07,125 The excitement here is so thick you can hang your laundry on it. 691 00:36:07,209 --> 00:36:10,462 And why are we so excited, Bradley? Who are we gonna be seeing tonight? 692 00:36:10,546 --> 00:36:14,591 Well, we got performances by Drake, Ariana Grande, 693 00:36:14,675 --> 00:36:17,553 and the Radio City Rockettes. And that's just the beginning! 694 00:36:17,636 --> 00:36:21,431 We'll be checking in throughout the night with Daniel Henderson and Alison Namazi 695 00:36:21,515 --> 00:36:23,433 down on Bourbon Street, New Orleans. 696 00:36:23,517 --> 00:36:25,978 Ty Fitzgerald at the Hollywood & Highland complex 697 00:36:26,061 --> 00:36:27,396 in Los Angeles. 698 00:36:27,479 --> 00:36:29,982 Yanko Flores is gonna be down in the streets, 699 00:36:30,065 --> 00:36:32,234 and Penn & Teller from the strip in Las Vegas. 700 00:36:32,317 --> 00:36:34,611 So get ready. Figure out who you're gonna kiss. 701 00:36:34,695 --> 00:36:38,365 Because we've got four hours until the ball goes down. 702 00:36:53,338 --> 00:36:55,007 -Thank you. -You're welcome. 703 00:36:59,469 --> 00:37:01,555 Oh, God. 704 00:37:02,431 --> 00:37:03,432 Okay. 705 00:37:13,817 --> 00:37:16,862 Hi. How are you? Hello. 706 00:37:17,613 --> 00:37:18,614 Hi. 707 00:37:18,697 --> 00:37:20,574 [man] Is that her? 708 00:37:20,657 --> 00:37:21,658 [exhales] 709 00:37:22,409 --> 00:37:23,827 She showed up. 710 00:37:24,494 --> 00:37:25,954 [man] Oh, my God. It's Alex Levy. 711 00:37:26,038 --> 00:37:27,831 Oh, my God. It's Alex. Hi. 712 00:37:27,915 --> 00:37:29,499 [mouthing words] Hi. Hello. 713 00:37:30,083 --> 00:37:31,293 [mouths word] Hi. 714 00:37:31,376 --> 00:37:32,794 [guests chattering, laughing] 715 00:37:32,878 --> 00:37:33,879 [Aria] Alex? 716 00:37:33,962 --> 00:37:36,256 -[gasps] Hello. -I thought you were gonna be in New York. 717 00:37:36,340 --> 00:37:38,342 I know, I had a change of plans. 718 00:37:38,425 --> 00:37:40,802 Lizzy ended up having a party tonight at the place, 719 00:37:40,886 --> 00:37:44,598 and I just didn't wanna be the lone mom at a prep school party. [chuckles] 720 00:37:44,681 --> 00:37:46,475 -I'm so glad you're here. -Me too. 721 00:37:46,558 --> 00:37:49,228 A lot of the people you know from the book readings are here. 722 00:37:49,311 --> 00:37:50,854 -Yes! Oh, hi. -Yes. 723 00:37:50,938 --> 00:37:54,483 -Oh, also, Sylvia Portman is here. -Yes. 724 00:37:54,566 --> 00:37:56,443 -Sylvia-- Yes. -The psychic. 725 00:37:56,527 --> 00:37:58,111 -Right. -Her new book's coming out. 726 00:37:58,195 --> 00:37:59,780 -She's doing a signing at the shop. -Good. 727 00:37:59,863 --> 00:38:02,199 -She is doing readings for everybody. -Really? 728 00:38:02,282 --> 00:38:04,701 -Sure she'd give you one if you'd like. -Oh, fun. 729 00:38:04,785 --> 00:38:06,828 -Let's get you a drink. -Mmm, yes. 730 00:38:06,912 --> 00:38:09,748 [cars honking] 731 00:38:18,382 --> 00:38:19,800 What are we looking at here, Frank? 732 00:38:19,883 --> 00:38:21,468 I'd say maybe a half hour at this rate, 733 00:38:21,552 --> 00:38:24,221 -but it's just a guess. -[sighs] Got it. 734 00:38:24,304 --> 00:38:26,932 -Just sometime this year would be great. -[chuckles] Yes, sir. 735 00:38:27,015 --> 00:38:29,434 -[honking continues] -[sniffs, clears throat] 736 00:38:30,561 --> 00:38:31,562 [cell phone chimes] 737 00:38:36,900 --> 00:38:37,943 [sighs] Oh. 738 00:38:56,670 --> 00:38:58,172 [sighs] 739 00:39:01,925 --> 00:39:04,261 [line rings] 740 00:39:04,344 --> 00:39:05,846 [on voice mail] This is Alex. 741 00:39:05,929 --> 00:39:07,723 -Please leave a message. -[beeps] 742 00:39:09,266 --> 00:39:11,018 So there's this poem. 743 00:39:14,313 --> 00:39:17,774 [inhales] Okay. Mmm. All right. 744 00:39:18,775 --> 00:39:19,776 Ah. 745 00:39:20,611 --> 00:39:21,862 Your parents have passed on? 746 00:39:21,945 --> 00:39:25,032 Not that I'm aware of. Should I give 'em a call? 747 00:39:25,616 --> 00:39:27,284 [chuckles] 748 00:39:29,077 --> 00:39:32,080 -Ah, well, you have a child. -I do. 749 00:39:32,164 --> 00:39:33,290 A son? 750 00:39:34,291 --> 00:39:36,418 No, but I'll give you another guess. 751 00:39:38,212 --> 00:39:39,505 [breathes deeply] 752 00:39:39,588 --> 00:39:41,590 -[crowd cheering] -[Bradley] I know y'all are having fun, 753 00:39:41,673 --> 00:39:44,051 but New Year's Eve is just getting good. 754 00:39:44,134 --> 00:39:46,929 Ladies and gentlemen, Lauren Alaina. 755 00:39:47,012 --> 00:39:50,432 -[crowd cheers] -[upbeat pop music playing] 756 00:39:50,516 --> 00:39:51,808 Thanks. 757 00:39:52,434 --> 00:39:53,769 [Alaina] Put your hands together. 758 00:39:53,852 --> 00:39:56,563 Hey, slow down there. You got anything for me? 759 00:39:57,064 --> 00:39:59,733 Don't be crazy now. I know how much is in there. 760 00:39:59,816 --> 00:40:01,485 [Lauren Alaina singing "Road Less Traveled"] 761 00:40:02,152 --> 00:40:03,487 Mmm. Oh, my God. 762 00:40:03,570 --> 00:40:05,531 This is unreal. I mean, 763 00:40:05,614 --> 00:40:08,659 if I told my ten-year-old hot-mess self that this is what I'd be doing, 764 00:40:08,742 --> 00:40:10,619 she would've never believed me. 765 00:40:10,702 --> 00:40:13,205 But it's so fun. I'm so glad I'm doing it with you too. 766 00:40:13,288 --> 00:40:14,623 Isn't this magical? 767 00:40:14,706 --> 00:40:16,124 Bradley, I gotta tell you something. 768 00:40:16,208 --> 00:40:18,377 -Okay. -Look, I'm not supposed to tell you this, 769 00:40:18,460 --> 00:40:21,046 but I just don't feel right keeping it from you. 770 00:40:21,129 --> 00:40:22,130 You all right? 771 00:40:22,631 --> 00:40:24,550 And you're gonna find out soon, anyway. 772 00:40:25,300 --> 00:40:26,301 I'm leaving the show. 773 00:40:29,221 --> 00:40:32,391 Wait, are-- Did they fire you? 774 00:40:33,183 --> 00:40:35,269 -Look, I'll talk to Mia. -No, no, no, that's not it. 775 00:40:36,311 --> 00:40:37,521 They offered me evening news. 776 00:40:40,566 --> 00:40:41,567 Oh. 777 00:40:48,031 --> 00:40:49,032 Does everybody know? 778 00:40:50,701 --> 00:40:51,702 Yeah. 779 00:40:53,412 --> 00:40:54,496 I'm really sorry. 780 00:40:57,624 --> 00:40:59,168 [song fades] 781 00:41:03,130 --> 00:41:09,845 Well, this card shows a young man who is or will be very important in your life. 782 00:41:09,928 --> 00:41:12,890 Ooh, gosh. No one that I'm aware of. 783 00:41:12,973 --> 00:41:15,517 But you are in a serious relationship? 784 00:41:16,268 --> 00:41:17,561 No, I'm-- I'm not. 785 00:41:18,812 --> 00:41:23,483 You know, sometimes you have to be willing to just dig around a little deeper 786 00:41:23,567 --> 00:41:26,486 to let the cards reveal what they're trying to tell you. 787 00:41:27,112 --> 00:41:28,113 Oh. 788 00:41:28,697 --> 00:41:30,490 But, wait, I thought that was your job. 789 00:41:34,953 --> 00:41:38,081 -I don't wanna scare you. -I'm pretty sure that's impossible. 790 00:41:40,542 --> 00:41:42,878 Well, I know you don't believe in what I'm doing. 791 00:41:42,961 --> 00:41:45,589 [stammers] I kind of think you're right. 792 00:41:45,672 --> 00:41:46,882 I mean no disrespect. 793 00:41:46,965 --> 00:41:48,926 You know what? Let's just shake hands 794 00:41:49,009 --> 00:41:50,135 -and call it a night. -Okay. 795 00:41:50,219 --> 00:41:51,512 -That was fun. -That was fun. 796 00:41:51,595 --> 00:41:53,263 -Thank you. [chuckles] -Mm-hmm. 797 00:41:53,347 --> 00:41:57,100 To be honest, Alex, I feel a lot of resistance in you. 798 00:41:59,978 --> 00:42:02,689 What do you mean resistance? What am-- What am I resisting? 799 00:42:03,482 --> 00:42:06,777 I came for a drink, to see my neighbors, have some good cheer, 800 00:42:07,402 --> 00:42:09,363 what the fuck am I resisting? 801 00:42:10,864 --> 00:42:15,577 You are carrying around a paralyzing amount of guilt. 802 00:42:23,335 --> 00:42:24,503 No, I'm not. 803 00:42:25,254 --> 00:42:26,922 Is that what you're running away from? 804 00:42:32,302 --> 00:42:34,054 I'm not running away from anything. 805 00:42:41,812 --> 00:42:43,856 [rock music playing on speakers] 806 00:42:46,149 --> 00:42:47,150 -Hey. -Hey. 807 00:42:47,234 --> 00:42:48,777 -Have you seen him? -Seen who? 808 00:42:48,861 --> 00:42:50,320 Tell him I'm looking for him. 809 00:42:57,828 --> 00:43:00,831 Hey. It's going great so far. 810 00:43:00,914 --> 00:43:01,915 You're killing it. 811 00:43:01,999 --> 00:43:04,293 How about I take you out for a celebratory drink afterward? 812 00:43:04,376 --> 00:43:05,878 [Bradley] What happened to you? 813 00:43:06,753 --> 00:43:09,256 Well, um, a miracle named Bradley Jackson walked into my life? 814 00:43:09,339 --> 00:43:11,925 No, no, no. I mean, like, w-- Who the fuck are you? 815 00:43:13,218 --> 00:43:15,554 Because you're not the same person that I thought you were 816 00:43:15,637 --> 00:43:16,930 when all the Alex shit went down. 817 00:43:17,014 --> 00:43:18,015 What's going on, Bradley? 818 00:43:18,098 --> 00:43:19,808 -What's going on? -You lied to me. 819 00:43:19,892 --> 00:43:21,393 You put Eric in the evening news. 820 00:43:21,476 --> 00:43:24,688 And apparently, everybody here knows that except for me. 821 00:43:24,771 --> 00:43:27,900 Seriously? What the fuck, Cory? 822 00:43:29,026 --> 00:43:30,444 You're just gonna have to trust 823 00:43:30,527 --> 00:43:32,946 -that I have your best interests in mind. -My best interests in mind? 824 00:43:33,030 --> 00:43:35,574 If you had my best interests in mind, you would've told me the truth. 825 00:43:35,657 --> 00:43:37,826 Goddamn it, I'm doing the best that I can here. Okay? 826 00:43:37,910 --> 00:43:41,205 -[titters] This job is hard. -Oh, really? 827 00:43:41,288 --> 00:43:43,332 -Everybody's job is fucking hard. -It doesn't seem that way to you 828 00:43:43,415 --> 00:43:45,584 because I walk in and out of a room grinning like a Cheshire Cat. 829 00:43:45,667 --> 00:43:47,503 But it is fucking hard, 'cause when I took over, 830 00:43:47,586 --> 00:43:49,171 they didn't give me the keys to a new car, 831 00:43:49,254 --> 00:43:51,131 they gave me a raft that's so riddled with holes, 832 00:43:51,215 --> 00:43:52,841 and is so crudely patched over and over a-- 833 00:43:52,925 --> 00:43:54,510 There's not even a raft left. 834 00:43:54,593 --> 00:43:57,179 It's just a million patches, held together by a million more. 835 00:43:57,262 --> 00:43:59,806 And I know you know how that is because you're the patch 836 00:43:59,890 --> 00:44:02,142 that holds together another patch every morning at 7:00 a.m. 837 00:44:02,226 --> 00:44:06,688 And I am trying to conjure Noah's Ark out of thin air. 838 00:44:07,189 --> 00:44:09,483 And I-- Frankly, I think I'm doing a pretty decent job of it, 839 00:44:09,566 --> 00:44:11,109 -all things considered. -Are you? Really? 840 00:44:11,193 --> 00:44:13,946 Actually, a pretty great job of it. And I had hoped, frankly, you and I? 841 00:44:14,029 --> 00:44:16,573 We would be able to walk on together, two by two. 842 00:44:16,657 --> 00:44:18,575 Is this the part where I'm supposed to thank you 843 00:44:18,659 --> 00:44:20,869 for saving me from some sort of flood? 844 00:44:21,370 --> 00:44:23,705 Because you only have this job because of me. 845 00:44:26,458 --> 00:44:28,836 Man, you're just so certain you know how the world works, huh? 846 00:44:28,919 --> 00:44:31,713 You know, most people in the world don't give a fuck about anybody else. 847 00:44:31,797 --> 00:44:34,466 They don't care if you live or die. I'm not talking about you personally. 848 00:44:34,550 --> 00:44:36,510 Most people don't care if anybody lives or dies 849 00:44:36,593 --> 00:44:38,095 who doesn't answer to the name of "me." 850 00:44:38,178 --> 00:44:43,016 But you, you seem to think somehow that your friends, your fucking friends, 851 00:44:43,100 --> 00:44:44,560 and I am counting me here, 852 00:44:44,643 --> 00:44:47,062 -are somehow out to get you. -Oh, oh, let me clarify. 853 00:44:47,145 --> 00:44:48,313 You are not my friend. 854 00:44:48,397 --> 00:44:50,774 You could've been my friend, but that did not happen. 855 00:44:51,275 --> 00:44:52,985 And I am so glad it did not. 856 00:44:53,068 --> 00:44:56,488 Because all you had to do was be honest with me. 857 00:44:57,114 --> 00:44:59,908 But it turns out you're just the weasel that everybody said you were. 858 00:44:59,992 --> 00:45:03,078 It's just never occurred to you that I obviously, obviously, obviously 859 00:45:03,161 --> 00:45:04,246 can't tell you everything 860 00:45:04,329 --> 00:45:06,915 'cause you're so obsessed with telling the truth, 861 00:45:06,999 --> 00:45:09,501 I can't be sure any secret is safe with you. 862 00:45:09,585 --> 00:45:10,627 And also, by the way-- 863 00:45:10,711 --> 00:45:12,421 -So this is my fault? -Pretty much. 864 00:45:12,504 --> 00:45:14,464 'Cause I also can't tell you how people feel about you 865 00:45:14,548 --> 00:45:15,841 'cause your ego is too damn fragile 866 00:45:15,924 --> 00:45:19,011 to be able to process the information into something constructive. 867 00:45:19,094 --> 00:45:20,804 -Go to hell. -There you go, proving my point. 868 00:45:20,888 --> 00:45:22,973 -I told you the truth, proved my point. -You know what? 869 00:45:23,056 --> 00:45:25,100 Fuck you. My ball's about to drop. 870 00:45:28,228 --> 00:45:31,231 [rock music crescendos] 871 00:45:38,071 --> 00:45:40,824 Come on, man. [sighs] 872 00:45:42,784 --> 00:45:43,827 Fuck it. 873 00:45:46,622 --> 00:45:47,623 Okay. 874 00:45:49,333 --> 00:45:50,334 Jesus. 875 00:45:50,417 --> 00:45:52,419 [clattering] 876 00:45:58,300 --> 00:45:59,551 [sighs] 877 00:46:02,721 --> 00:46:03,722 Oh, shit. 878 00:46:12,856 --> 00:46:13,857 [sighs] 879 00:46:14,691 --> 00:46:17,152 [Cory on voice mail] There's this poem that I've been thinking of. 880 00:46:17,236 --> 00:46:19,196 Uh, I had to take a test on when I was in school. 881 00:46:19,279 --> 00:46:20,447 Most of it doesn't really apply. 882 00:46:20,531 --> 00:46:23,075 It's about the death of this guy's best friend and he's missing him. 883 00:46:23,158 --> 00:46:24,952 But there-- there's this one line. 884 00:46:25,035 --> 00:46:26,870 It keeps rattling around in my head. 885 00:46:26,954 --> 00:46:30,874 One line that specifically-- It reminds me of you, right now. 886 00:46:31,834 --> 00:46:36,213 "Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil." 887 00:46:36,880 --> 00:46:38,549 You are not mortal soil. 888 00:46:38,632 --> 00:46:40,133 Whether you like it or not. 889 00:46:40,217 --> 00:46:43,720 And you can't just throw away non-mortal soil. That's a sin. 890 00:46:43,804 --> 00:46:46,306 And, I know, you think you're meant to slow down. 891 00:46:46,390 --> 00:46:47,766 I don't think that's right. 892 00:46:48,600 --> 00:46:50,978 You have yet to do your greatest work. 893 00:46:51,979 --> 00:46:52,980 [exhales shakily] 894 00:46:53,063 --> 00:46:55,607 That non-mortal soil's more fertile than it's ever been. 895 00:46:55,691 --> 00:46:56,692 I believe that, Alex. 896 00:46:56,775 --> 00:46:59,403 And somewhere inside yourself, I think you believe that. 897 00:47:02,072 --> 00:47:04,825 -[whimpers, sniffles] -So, if I am right, 898 00:47:04,908 --> 00:47:09,162 I need you to call me back in the next hour and tell me you agree. 899 00:47:09,246 --> 00:47:12,207 -[sighs] -And if I'm wrong, 900 00:47:12,291 --> 00:47:14,585 well, go and have a drink and a laugh at my expense 901 00:47:14,668 --> 00:47:17,462 -and enjoy your new year. -[chuckles, sniffles] 902 00:47:17,546 --> 00:47:18,839 [sighs, sniffles] 903 00:47:18,922 --> 00:47:20,883 [breathing shakily] 904 00:47:23,844 --> 00:47:27,389 And here it is, the great countdown! Count with us. 905 00:47:27,472 --> 00:47:29,308 -Sixty. -Fifty-nine. 906 00:47:29,391 --> 00:47:30,809 [Eric laughing] Fifty-eight. 907 00:47:30,893 --> 00:47:32,477 -[Bradley] Fifty-seven. -[Eric] Fifty-six. 908 00:47:32,561 --> 00:47:34,313 -[cell phone ringing] -[Bradley] Fifty-five. 909 00:47:34,396 --> 00:47:36,064 [Eric] Yanko, what are you doing there, man? 910 00:47:36,148 --> 00:47:38,066 -[Bradley chuckles] -[ringing continues] 911 00:47:38,150 --> 00:47:40,277 -He's counting. -He's counting down there? Okay. 912 00:47:40,360 --> 00:47:42,696 All right, I hope he's not bothering you. 913 00:47:42,779 --> 00:47:43,780 Alex? 914 00:47:44,364 --> 00:47:46,700 -Hi. Hi. -[Cory] Hi. Did you get my message? 915 00:47:48,619 --> 00:47:49,620 [sniffles] I did. 916 00:47:49,703 --> 00:47:50,704 [crowd clamoring] 917 00:47:50,787 --> 00:47:52,539 -And? -And? 918 00:47:53,165 --> 00:47:54,416 It was really nice. 919 00:47:54,958 --> 00:47:56,877 -You okay? -[sighs] 920 00:47:59,546 --> 00:48:01,673 -I'm g-- I'm great. -Okay, listen. 921 00:48:02,174 --> 00:48:04,134 You know we wanna be in the Alex Levy business 922 00:48:04,218 --> 00:48:05,219 no matter what, Alex. 923 00:48:05,302 --> 00:48:08,430 And I know you got a million problems that are more important than mine. 924 00:48:08,514 --> 00:48:11,308 Our deal fell through on Eric's replacement. 925 00:48:11,391 --> 00:48:12,851 We're in a hell of a bind. 926 00:48:12,935 --> 00:48:14,645 You've done The Morning Show, you've graduated. 927 00:48:14,728 --> 00:48:16,104 You've earned the right to move on. 928 00:48:16,188 --> 00:48:18,482 -[crowd cheering] -Could you please… 929 00:48:20,108 --> 00:48:21,568 come back and fill in… 930 00:48:23,195 --> 00:48:26,949 until you're ready to launch your new prime-time show? 931 00:48:27,032 --> 00:48:29,076 [weeps, sighs] 932 00:48:30,536 --> 00:48:31,745 [sniffles] 933 00:48:34,206 --> 00:48:38,210 [clears throat] Okay, listen, Cory? Let's talk tomorrow, okay? 934 00:48:38,961 --> 00:48:42,756 I will call you tomorrow. Alex, you won't be sorry. 935 00:48:46,301 --> 00:48:47,719 Cory, can I trust you? 936 00:48:48,387 --> 00:48:49,471 [crowd] Six. 937 00:48:49,555 --> 00:48:51,431 [all] Five. Four. 938 00:48:52,140 --> 00:48:53,308 -Three. -Yes. 939 00:48:53,392 --> 00:48:56,019 -[all] Two. One. -[crowd cheers] 940 00:48:56,103 --> 00:48:58,939 [both] Happy New Year! 941 00:48:59,022 --> 00:49:01,233 -[party horns blowing] -[all cheering] 942 00:49:01,316 --> 00:49:05,612 ["Auld Lang Syne" playing] 943 00:49:05,696 --> 00:49:06,989 [fireworks popping] 944 00:49:07,072 --> 00:49:09,157 -["Auld Lang Syne" continues] -[guests shouting] 945 00:49:10,158 --> 00:49:12,077 [cheering, exclaiming] 946 00:49:16,081 --> 00:49:18,250 -[audio fades] -[music continues] 947 00:49:57,831 --> 00:50:01,960 [music continues] 948 00:50:59,142 --> 00:51:00,477 [music ends] 949 00:51:00,561 --> 00:51:03,438 [cell phone ringing] 950 00:51:04,940 --> 00:51:06,525 [Stella] Uh, hey, what's up? 951 00:51:06,608 --> 00:51:09,570 Kill the deal with Aaron. I'll explain tomorrow. 952 00:51:09,653 --> 00:51:13,240 It's a new year, Stella. Things are looking up. 953 00:51:13,323 --> 00:51:15,367 [crowd cheering] 954 00:51:29,756 --> 00:51:30,757 [woman sneezes] 955 00:51:30,841 --> 00:51:33,010 Ah, fuck! 956 00:51:33,594 --> 00:51:35,721 ["New York, New York" playing]