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Originally Posted by fatso

Sorry to bump an old thread, but I finally finished the Newsroom earlier this week.

I'm with Daradon. I thought the last 3 episodes weren't very good. I thought the finale in particular was pretty weak... just too pollyanna for me, particularly with everything working out for everyone. I chuckled when one of the characters even remarked the same.

All in all I thought it was a pretty uneven show.

I'm not that familiar with Sorkin but I'm not as big a fan of his dialogue as most. Every single character is the same in the way they talk: quick-witted, hyper articulate, a touch condescending, and speaking at the same clip. It works for some characters - Will McAvoy and the Jane Fonda character for example. It doesn't work for all. It's also odd that almost every character seems to think they reside on some higher, insightful ground. Again, it works for some characters, but they can't all be like that.

I actually didn't mind the romance aspects. I think those are inevitable in workplace dramas. I think the reason it felt overloaded though was again because of the character similarities.

Casting was a bit off as well I thought. Some were unpredictably good - Emily Mortimer and Sam Waterston for example. Some were (un)predictably bad - Olivia Munn and Allison Pill for example.

Despite all this, it was worth a watch I thought. I like that they tried to do something different as a format and as a theme.

I felt Olivia Munn was one of the greatest surprises of the whole show. I thought her comedic timing was great.