The Newsroom

[Daradon]

^^^ No no no. It's after the Africa trip but BEFORE the lawsuit and lawyers talking to the characters. All those conversations with the lawyers are a flash forward, everything else is in sequence. Maggie going completely off the rails still is yet to happen. Well, it's in the process of happening.

The timeline is fine. But yeah, it was a little confusing right at the beginning. Mostly because they didn't really show the immediate aftermath of Maggie and Jim coming back from their respective trips. Nor did they say 'three months later' or something like that.

As for what happened to Sloan, guys like that definitely deserve what he got and more. But if he was such a porcupine to do what he did to her in the first place, I would think he would sue her for assault after that. Course, they could still go down that road if they want. Though I don't think they do.

[rohara66]

Still really enjoying this show.... good cliffhanger this past week, can't wait for next weeks episode now.

[RedMileDJ]

I was surprised that Will was dating the girl from the tabloid paper.

When did that happen? I know they buried the hatchet after she damn-near almost destroyed his career and reputation, but now they're banging?

[Senator Clay Davis]

That happened at the end of I wanna say episode 4, but yeah that was a pretty cringe worthy scene where Mac calls Nina to talk about the message Will left for Mac when he was high last season, except she's with Will so she lies about it.

Decent episode last week but again the relationship stuff has to die a fiery death. Just eliminate Jim and Maggie and this show still has great potential.

[RedMileDJ]

I say keep Jim, but lose Maggie. Yes the relationship crap needs to die.

[FanIn80]

Jim's fine, Maggie is really annoying though.

[RedMileDJ]

I found this on my Twitter timeline. Not sure of the source.

Eric Alper (@ThatEricAlper) tweeted at 10:39 PM on Thu, Aug 22, 2013:

Aaron Sorkin confirms HBO has now offered him the opportunity to make a third season of The Newsroom.

https://twitter.com/ThatEricAlper/st...67316687917056

[VANFLAMESFAN]

Zero relationship stuff in that episode.....hope the haters enjoyed that one.

That was very entertaining stuff tonight. No episode for two weeks.

[Nehkara]

What an awesome episode... love this show.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Of course its a great episode when the focus is the news stuff. That has been our rallying cry all along. No one gives a #### about forced relationship melodrama.

[The Goon]

Loved watching as every piece of the puzzle fell down around the team. Damn you, Jerry Dantana!

[smoothpops]

Originally Posted by VANFLAMESFAN

Zero relationship stuff in that episode.....hope the haters enjoyed that one.

That was very entertaining stuff tonight. No episode for two weeks.

Maybe i'm nit picking here, but the show really sucks at subtlety. Will goes to (pointedly) watch football, and all of a sudden Mac is super interested in shot clocks...hmmm i wonder where that is going to lead /s
The show does that and the bad relationship stuff almost every episode. If the news stuff wasn't so well done, i'd gladly drop this show. If sorkin fixed that, this show could be epic.
On a positive note, this show does an unreal job at keeping the timeline and taking the viewer along for the ride.

[Nehkara]

Originally Posted by smoothpops

Maybe i'm nit picking here, but the show really sucks at subtlety. Will goes to (pointedly) watch football, and all of a sudden Mac is super interested in shot clocks...hmmm i wonder where that is going to lead /s
The show does that and the bad relationship stuff almost every episode. If the news stuff wasn't so well done, i'd gladly drop this show. If sorkin fixed that, this show could be epic.
On a positive note, this show does an unreal job at keeping the timeline and taking the viewer along for the ride.

I disagree with this.

This happens to me all the time. Something is niggling at the back of my brain and I can't quite figure it out and it just keeps bugging me and everything reminds me of it, but I can't quite get it... until I do.

[rohara66]

I was losing it last night cause my pvr errored so had to wait till tonight haha.

Great episode again.

[RedMileDJ]

Regarding the TV:

Spoiler!

When the time came for the interview, and he insisted the TV be left on, I remember turning to my wife and saying "and that's how they'll figure out it's fake...that genoa didn't happen."

Called it! Serious, other people must have pieced that together as well.

But it was still interesting to see the series of events happen, and watch things fall apart around them.

I didn't see the dude setting Charlie up like that. That caught me off guard!

[rohara66]

Originally Posted by Red-Mile-DJ

Regarding the TV:

Spoiler!

When they first watched the cut with red team 1 I was positive the screen skipped (and I assumed the game and the time clock). And then as soon as last weeks episode confirmed the report was going to be proved false I had it figured it out as well. But even then there were still the other sources.

[MoneyGuy]

Just watched it; absolutely amazing episode. I was spellbound.

[19Yzerman19]

You know why that episode really kicked ass? Jane Fonda. What a scene.

[Flash Walken]

Originally Posted by 19Yzerman19

You know why that episode really kicked ass? Jane Fonda. What a scene.

"Liona, are you stoned?"

Also liked how the billionaire media tycoon and the top corporate lawyer are old pals, "Lee" "Becca".

Best episode of the series aside from maybe the first one. I hope these are the re-write episodes.

[Kavvy]

So maybe they said this, or we will never find out, but I want to know 2 things:

1. Who is Will's source and is it the same person?
2. What did the general actually say that was cut out. I know it is moot at this point in the storyline, but his character was intresting and I would be intrestred in hearing what he actually said from "if we used chemicals weapons, here is how we would have..."