08-29-2013, 12:30 PM
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That was the best episode of either season, hands down.
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09-15-2013, 11:05 PM
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#182
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Wow what a brutal finale. Almost all relationship stuff and little news stuff. So much talent being wasted on network TV level material.
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09-15-2013, 11:06 PM
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#183
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Wow what a brutal finale. Almost all relationship stuff and little news stuff. So much talent being wasted on network TV level material.
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Wait...tonight is the FINALE?!?! No more episodes for like...a while? Serious?!?
I gotta stop with the Red Bull at 10pm.
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09-15-2013, 11:17 PM
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#184
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Last ten minutes were pretty stomach churning. It was gross.
I still do enjoy the show though. I'm okay with the relationship stuff as nothing but news stuff with no background on the characters would be brutal.
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09-16-2013, 03:13 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
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Wow, that was a bit of a let down after the good episodes concerning Genoa.
And yeah, the last ten minutes were sickeningly goofy.
Happy about Will and MacKenzie though. And hopefully that prevent some of their stupid back and forth banters about where they stand on each other.
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09-16-2013, 03:37 AM
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I haven't watched the season finale yet. I'll be doing that on Monday night.
I came across this on Wikipedia, while reading the episode guide.
So perhaps what you guys watched was the "last" episode. Highly doubt it.
...I hope! 
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09-16-2013, 08:17 PM
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#187
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No show has wasted more talent than the newsroom. What a terrible terrible television show.
Edit. I posted this just after the Sloan thing.
Now Maggie and Jim and Jeff Daniels and Mac....oh god, this show is effing terrible, like 2/10.
Edit. holy crap, then the big climax at the end in the newsroom and the announcement.....wow, simply terrible.
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09-16-2013, 11:08 PM
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#188
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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With half the office pining for or banging the other half, the show portrays the only "honest" news organization in the US as the most unprofessional work environment possible. That finale was just so bad
The only hope I have for this show now is that with most of the characters now indeed banging instead of just pining and arguing, maybe the relationship crap will take a back seat. But more likely is that Jim will find some other woman to go after and Maggie will act like she doesn't care but secretly does until they have their penultimate moment and declare their love for each other and get married in the series finale
Christ what a waste of a good premise
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09-16-2013, 11:54 PM
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#190
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I'm not sure if you're using "haters" in a derogatory way but this show is utter crap and if it wasn't on HBO it wouldn't even register on people's radar.
It talks down to it's audience, it's characters seem completely unmotivated for all of their actions. The biggest story line of the year was basically pinned on a parachuted non-main character so they were easily scapegoated and the rest of the newsroom staff could get off without any fault.
And finally, Sorkin used the laziest plot device on the planet of the "evil mastermind" to explain the whole thing away. you see, it wasn't sloppy journalism, or a bad lead, no it was a plan devised by some 8th tier character to bring down ACN. Give me an effing break.
That scene between maggie and jim "when did you first notice me" literally made me want to puke.
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09-17-2013, 09:39 AM
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This is absolutely necessary and I couldn't be more glad they did it. This show is so frustrating at this point. I don't think any show, ever, has fit the phrase "wasted potential" more perfectly (unless I suppose you count those cancelled too early). The cast is outstanding, the central characters - Mack, Will, Charlie - are all fundamentally strong and relatable, and are certainly well played. This show could be so unbelievably good, and worse still it has many moments throughout that DEMONSTRATE how unbelievably good it could be. That Jane Fonda scene where she rejects the resignations is one of the best scenes I have ever seen on TV by any actor, I'm serious. It's got to be top 30.
And then you have this last episode, where they manage to shoehorn into one episode, nominally about the freaking PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, relationship storylines about Jim and Lisa, Jim and his new e-girlfriend, Jim and Maggie, Maggie and Lisa, Sloan and Don, and obviously Will and Mack. I'm fine with this relationship stuff. Josh and Donna from TWW? That was maybe the best love story I've ever seen on TV. Why? Because it took 7 years to develop. Even the shorter term stuff like Will and Kate Harper or Sam and Leo's daughter were good; they didn't feature themselves. If you're doing an episode and you feel you need to devote some screen time in that week to the development of a romantic relationship, PICK ONE RELATIONSHIP! Not five!
I will keep watching because it's Sorkin, and TWW is my favourite show of all time, period. Which makes this even more frustrating for me. I just don't understand how he's getting this so wrong when there's so much there to do right.
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09-17-2013, 11:35 AM
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#192
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Join Date: Feb 2004
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Originally Posted by corporatejay
I'm not sure if you're using "haters" in a derogatory way but this show is utter crap and if it wasn't on HBO it wouldn't even register on people's radar.
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I didn't mean it in a deragatory way at all. There are people who hate the show and that's cool.
I find the show entertaining, and yeah, maybe if it weren't on HBO, I wouldn't have given it a look, but I did and got hooked and I have fun with the show. I don't take it too seriously. I don't watch the show for political bias or opinion and I certainly don't watch the show for newsroom activity accuracy. I know the show is over the top, I know it can get quite corny, but I don't mind it at all. It's goofy fun. I like watching the fast paced Sorkin dialogue despite the fact that no group of people on Earth talk like that.
I wouldn't put it in my top 5 shows nor do I think it's all that well done, but I'm not going to lie and say I'm not entertained by it.
I like it, lots of people don't and that's cool as well.
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09-22-2013, 09:25 PM
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#194
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Location: Calgary, Alberta
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Seriously, they gotta drop the cheesy romance and put more focus on solid drama. Clean that up and the show could work so much better.
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09-22-2013, 11:03 PM
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#195
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Maple Ridge, BC
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Daniels performance is probably the best thing about the newsroom but he shouldn't have beaten out Cranston, Hamm or Spacey.
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09-23-2013, 12:02 AM
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#196
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Freakin' awesome.
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01-13-2014, 03:12 PM
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#199
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Season 3 will be the last. Crappy, I really like the show.
At least they gave Sorkin the axe before he started production so he can end it properly.
http://www.tv.com/shows/the-newsroom...-138964639321/
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01-13-2014, 03:45 PM
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#200
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Well that sucks.
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