All language subtitles for The.Morning.Show.2019.S03E05.1080p.HEVC.x265-MeGusta

["Nemesis" playing]

[siren wails]

- [Mia] Uh, we're live in two.
- [Bradley] Okay, okay.

Okay. Um, Alison's got chills.
Marshall's covering B cam,

but I don't know if he can do it.
And Joel has a throat tickle.

[sighs] Geez. Do you have any good news?

Um...

- Hey, six feet, six feet.
- Oh. I'm sorry.

- Hi, Julia.
- [Julia] Oh, good morning.

- Morning.
- [Mia] Uh, Alex's fever broke.

- That's great. When is she coming back?
- Yeah.

Uh, Stella wants Alex and Chip
to keep doing their thing.

- Really?
- Yeah. How are things on your end?

I mean, I guess I'm fine.

I'm doing my own hair and makeup.
I'm getting dressed in the green room.

I've been okay for the past two weeks.
I think I'm in the clear.

Oh, okay.
Uh, Stella says you're good to go.

[sighs] Thank you. You're my hero.

- Yeah. Keep saying it. Okay.
- [chuckles]

[Mia] You look like a dream.

Really? I feel pretty ragged. [sighs]

Hi, Laura.

Morning, Bradley.

Oh, uh, I made some changes
to the Cuomo copy.

There was a new executive order
last night.

Got it. What else?

Have a great show.

- Always do.
- [Julia] Five,

- four, three, two.
- Marshall, is your camera even on?

Good morning. It's Wednesday, March 25th,

and the 2020 Summer Olympics
have officially been postponed.

Okay. Bill Simpson just quit,
and he's moving to Costa Rica.

Who?

He's the EVP of scripted.
You know, the, uh, smart one.

He's-- He's pissed 'cause I canceled
all the pilots that he just green-lit.

Well, what else could you do?

You know no one's gonna step foot
on a film set right now.

Well, he's dead to us,
and I need your help.

- Yeah, I'm a little busy.
- We're desperate for content.

The Donner Party cast, they're stuck
on location with a food shortage.

Oh, you're kidding.

And Sorkin won't release
his Kissinger biopic to UBA+.

- Why did you green-light that?
- Self-hate.

- That tracks.
- I need you to talk to him.

- You're gonna owe me.
- Okay, good. You can put it on my tab.

Did you see Alex's thing
has over two million streams?

- Everybody stops to watch a house on fire.
- Do you want me to put it out?

Put it out? No.

I want you to hit the street
with a gas can and see what lights up.

We need stakes. We need spectacle.

We need the-- the undeniable essence
that is Alex fucking Levy.

- I'll be back.
- [stammers]

Oh. [chuckles]

[Laura] The fridge is full.

The wine is chilled.
I'm just missing one thing. [chuckles]

- Toilet paper?
- Actually, yeah. I need that too.

- Hey. Look who's here.
- Hey, Brad--

Oh, Laura.

Hi, Cory.

- [whispers] Call me later, okay?
- Yeah. I'll call you back. Bye.

Okay. Was the show okay?

Yeah, good stuff. Good stuff.

So what's up?

Oh, I'm just checking in.
Um, have you got enough food?

Do you want a dog, or a kitten or
some other kind of animal companion?

- [chuckles] I'm good.
- Okay.

Um, I checked with BA, and they're happy
to put you in an apartment.

Well, I really appreciate that, but, um,
I'm actually checking out of the hotel.

Oh, okay. Good. Where you goin'?

Montana.

Uh, Laura and I have been talking,
and it's just much safer out there,

and, um-- [stammers] I'll be remote and--

Unless, of course, you need me here.

No, no, no, no, no.
That makes sense. Makes sen--

It'd be good for ratings, you know. Good.
[stammers]

You know none of this
has anything to do with... you know,

what happened between you and I with Hal.

That, um-- That was just, like--
That was a crazy night,

and it was just-- We were-- We weren't--

We were going a little bit
out of our minds, weren't we?

Um, yeah, right. Right. Uh, were we?

[Cory stammers]

I was.

Oh. Yeah. Okay.

Um-- [stammers] How is Hal?

So much better. Thank you.
Yeah, he's with my mom now, you know.

That's great.

Thank you for asking.

Um, hope you see a moose.

[chuckles]

["As the World Caves In" playing]

How was your day?

- Shitty.
- You said that yesterday.

[kisses]

[giggles]

- I missed you too.
- [Mia moans]

[kissing]

[indistinct]

[both laughing]

[partner moans]

[both kissing, moaning]

[music stops]

- Hi.
- Hi. [chuckles]

- [moaning, kisses]
- [grunts] I'm gonna go get some water.

No, no, no, no, no. Don't go.
Too soon. Too soon. Stay.

I'd get you water. Do you need water?

No. But can we have, like, champagne?

- Well, I got that too, honey.
- Really?

You came to the right house. Yes.

Yeah, I knew I came to the right house.

- Now, we don't have to work till tomorrow.
- [chuckles] Okay.

So we could spend the whole day in bed
if we wanted to.

Oh, my God. Can we?

You know, people will speculate.
They always do.

I mean, I'm in a pod with you
during the pandemic.

It's a little more than that.

Does it bother you?

Um, no. I don't know. Uh--
Our personal relationship is our business.

Okay. So we just won't say anything
about it on air.

Okay.

- Okay.
- [chuckles]

- Oh, you have a little--
- Hmm.

[both moan]

- Okay. Time to-- Time to work. [chuckles]
- Okay. Time to work.

[breathes deeply]

- Salma?
- Cory.

[chuckles, grunts]
Are we doing masks, no masks?

What's the policy today?

I don't watch the news.

Well, why don't we leave them on?
Till we get to know each other better.

Right. Better safe than sorry, huh?

Can't wait to show you this house.

I love this place. I think you will too.

But I've got five more to show you,
if this is not the one.

[Cory] Okay. Wow, big lot.

UBA+ must be doing very well.

You're a subscriber.

I will be, if you buy through me.

[chuckling] Okay.
Well, fair warning, I'm a little picky.

[Salma] Good.
I've got all the time in the world.

Yeah, I-I-I understand but-- [sighs]

By the time that I get there
and I quarantine,

then Mother's Day will be over.

And then I have to come back here
and quarantine again.

Yeah, but, Brad, we both know that if
you wanted to, you could make it work.

Hal, that's not fair.

I'm-- I'm sorry. I'm not trying to
make you feel guilty. I swear to God.

I'll be there as soon as
the restrictions lift, okay?

Just take care of Mom and--
and text me anytime.

Okay.

- Are you good?
- Yeah. I love you.

- I love you too.
- [cell phone beeps]

[sighs]

How's he doing?

Hmm. Yeah. Seems like he's doing
pretty good.

My mom is still going to church,
and he's not wearing a mask at Costco.

Our education system is broken.

You know Hal and I
went to the same schools.

Yeah, but only one of you
learned about science.

That's my family.

I'm sorry. I didn't mean it.
It was a joke. Really.

No, I know you don't like where I'm from,
but I have a lot of that world in me,

and--

I need you to understand or--
or attempt to understand,

if you're gonna love me.

[inhales deeply, blows] I'm judgy.

Mmm, a little bit.

Or I'm doing the mommy thing,
which is awful.

It's probably about my own childhood.

Or maybe I'm just an asshole.

[laughs]

But yes, I want to try.

Hold on. Is this compassionate engagement
around our traumas?

Is this an adult conversation?

Definitely a lesbian conversation.

- [chuckles] Followed by chocolate.
- [Laura laughs]

- No, I want chocolate too.
- Nope. It's only for bisexuals.

- It's my house. I get the chocolate.
- [laughs]

I'm really happy with you.

- [producer 1] Eight seconds to you.
- [producer 2] Stand by for live feed.

- [producer 1] Five, four, three...
- I'm really happy with you too.

- ...two. Start your move. Cue her.
- I want people to know that.

So what? Make it official?

[Mia] Bradley. Bradley, you're on.

Right.

- Good morning. It's May 14th.
- Fifteenth.

Fifteenth. Sorry, y'all.

Babe, you gotta make some stronger coffee.

Oh, no. I need you at half speed
when we go for our run later.

[chuckles]
Well, tomorrow I'm gonna make the coffee.

[mouthing words] No.

- [gasps] I make good coffee.
- [stammers] I didn't say anything.

[Salma] People will talk about this house.

They're gonna want to know
about the man who lives inside.

[Cory] I love it. [sighs]

So picture this. You just closed
the biggest deal of your life.

[Cory chuckles]

[Salma] You've got
the perfect bottle of wine, two glasses.

There's two glasses?

I'm not gonna make you drink alone.

Oh. I see. You're-- You're here now too.

[Salma] Just wanna make sure you're happy
with your purchase.

You do this with all your clients?

No, Cory. You're special.

Hmm. I've been, um... [clicks tongue]
...thinking about you.

What have you been thinking?

That I wanna get to know you.

Maybe you'd let me cook you dinner.

What if I want more than dinner?

Can I see you?

[stammers] I mean, can I really see you?

Hi.

Hi.

[protesters chanting, clamoring]
No justice! No peace!

No fucking police!
No justice! No peace! No fucking police!

It's great, but we can't use it on TMS.

Even if we bleep it?

We need personal stories.

Interviews with protesters talking about
why they're marching

and what it means to them.

Okay. Well, I can be on the ground
in Minneapolis by tomorrow.

Eric's already on the ground.

[stammers, sighs]
What's your take on this, Mia?

[stammers] How are you feeling?

I agree with Stella. Uh...

- Sit tight, we'll get you some footage.
- [Bradley] Okay.

[protesters chanting]
George Floyd! George Floyd!

- George Floyd!
- George Floyd!

- No justice! No peace!
- No justice! No peace!

[clamoring continues]

Hey, Fancy Face.

[protesters chanting] When? Now.
When? Now.

[partner] Was just gonna run the shower.
You wanna jump in with me?

Sorry.

- What's wrong?
- [sniffles]

André, do you think this country
will ever change?

[scoffs]

'Cause I spent my day arguing over

what protest footage
our middle-class, mostly white audience

would be willing to watch
without changing the channel.

Then air it all. Let 'em squirm.

Okay. Yeah. I can't.

Why not? The only way change happens
is when people see it for themselves.

[breathes shakily]

I've seen him die, like, 20 times.

They're killing him,
he's calling out for his mama.

They're all just standing around,
letting it happen.

[sobs] God, I just--

- [sobbing] Oh, God.
- [André] Hey.

Hey, hey. I'm here.

[sobbing]

- Oh, God.
- [kisses]

It's been a fucking week.

[André inhales deeply] No shit. [chuckles]

[breathes shakily]

People are stuck at home.
Their only friend is the TV,

and we got nothing to show them
because everything is shut down.

Okay. Chip has a new pitch every week,
and Eric wants to do more.

- Just increase my budget and I can be--
- Hey, I can't.

No one will loan to us
since the Hannah Shoenfeld suit.

The vultures, they're circling right now,
and I'm telling ya,

they see that stock drop, they're gonna
swoop down and eat our livers.

What about, like,
more interviews with Alex?

Uh, people love that. For Alex Unfiltered.

Great. That's one show.

- People love those interviews.
- We got the Mitch Kessler documentary.

- What else do we have?
- I can talk to the director.

She'd let us air that. Um...

that silence is deafening.

You really want to give him
more airtime right now?

Well, it shows him in a different light.

- He's regretful. He's repentant.
- [sighs]

[stammers]

And it would drive traffic to UBA+.

In the middle of these protests?

I think the American public can hold
more than one idea at a time.

Cory, people are dying.

They're getting shot and suffocated.

Watching Mitch meditate on his sins
in some fancy Italian villa,

that feels tone-deaf.

Fine, then get me something else
and make it cheap.

[Cory sighing]

What is it?

Oh. I need five billion dollars. [grunts]

That's all?

[chuckles]

There's money all over this shoreline.

I mean, David Koch, Larry Page.
Most of 'em stay holed up in their houses.

You don't even see them.
But sometimes they come out to play.

Do you know Paul Marks?

I thought he lived on the floor
of his factory.

He bought up here a few years ago.

I hear it's hard to get his attention.

[interviewer] CEO pay is 278 times higher
than the average worker.

[Paul] Did you have a question
or are you asking me to comment

on the general state
of the American economy?

[interviewer]
I'm asking if you think that's ethical.

Well, upwards of a billion people
will die in our lifetime

due to the effects of man-made climate
destruction. Do you think that's ethical?

- That's a separate issue.
- I think it's the only issue,

and it's something
I'm actively working on.

So, a billion people are gonna die,
but you wanna bitch about my paycheck?

The richest 1% emit twice as much CO2
as the bottom 50% of the world.

Well, I'd say you're missing the forest
for the trees,

but I don't think you'd appreciate
the irony of that statement.

But congratulations, you know a fact.

I think we're done here.

[Alex] Have you been able to spend
any time with your families?

It's been 41 days since I've been home
with my husband and daughter.

- [sirens wail]
- [people chatter]

We walk with death.
I've never seen anything like this.

- My God, it's like a war zone.
- [nurse 2] Yeah.

[Alex] And yet, we provide our soldiers
with protective gear,

and here you guys are fighting people
for masks.

- [nurse 1] And ventilators, an-and beds.
- Yes.

[nurse 2] Our zip code has
the highest rate of COVID in the state.

Our patients can't afford
to stay home from work or isolate.

She's really good.

Everyone's just trying to survive.
But it's really hard.

How can we help you?
What is it that you need?

M-Maybe they'll give her Evening News.
I hear Eric's leaving.

[Laura] It could be you.

You should talk to Stella.

- [Alex] ...you are giving and sacrificing...
- Okay. Yeah.

Jackie and Roberta,
thank you for taking this time today and--

Oh, Emma called.

Still okay for her and Sam
to come stay with us?

- Yeah, sure.
- You sure?

I mean, I wish we were going out
instead of them coming in, but yeah.

Okay.

- [Bradley] Your friends.
- Mm-hmm.

- [Alex] ...talking to us.
- [Roberta] Thank you for talking to us.

[Laura, Sam, Emma chattering]

[cell phone rings]

Oh, thank goodness. Talk to me
while I cut a million strawberries.

Uh, hey. [stammers] Listen to me.
Um, Mom has COVID.

- For how long?
- Um... [indistinct]

Okay. Look, I can get on a flight,
and I'll be there by tomorrow.

No. Just stay where you are.
I don't need you getting sick too.

Then I'll have, like, two people
with COVID in the house.

I've-- I gave her Tylenol.

- Her fever's not that bad.
- Oh, my gosh.

Put the little oxygen thing
on her finger. I'm watching it.

Okay. Can you put her on the phone?
I want to talk to her.

[inhales deeply] She's asleep.
Just-- It's okay.

Just-- I got this. Take a breath.

[breathes deeply]
I just-- I feel like I should be there.

No, you shouldn't.
'Cause she needs to rest,

and you'll just get her all riled up. And
then that wouldn't be good for anybody.

Okay, Hal. Just please wear gloves
an-an-and masked all the time, okay?

- It's gonna be all right.
- And tell her not to smoke. Okay?

I promise.

An-And if anything changes, just call me,
text me anytime.

- Morning or night. Do you hear me?
- I'll be right back.

Brad, you are always coming to the rescue.

No, I-I can be there really fast.

Trust me. I love you.

- Okay. I love you. [sighs]
- I'll talk to you later.

My mom has COVID.

- Oh, my God.
- And I don't know where she got it,

and I'm sure she wasn't wearing a mask,
so don't even ask me. I don't know.

Do you wanna go to her?

Yeah. I feel like I should.

But then I talked to Hal,
and he doesn't think there's any point.

And then I might get sick and then--
[sighs]

Okay. Um, I can call my cardiologist.

She knows people at Johns Hopkins.

If Hal can get your mom to Baltimore,
she can get better care.

I wish she would.
I-I wish she would call her own doctor.

[stammers] You don't understand.

That's just... [sighs]
...just not how my family works.

He's gonna keep calling me.
If anything happens, I-I'm gonna go.

- Of course.
- Like that, I gotta go.

I understand that.

[typing]

[cell phone beeps]

[Bradley] Okay. Hi, hi, hello.
No. Singer. Yes. Madonna.

- [Emma chuckles]
- [Sam mutters]

Uh, movie, movie. Okay. Oh. Actress.
What are you doing?

[grunts]

What's this? What is that?

West Side Story? I don't know.

Wait. Oh. Uh, Pulp Fiction!

Wait, wait. Time, time, time.

- Liza Minnelli!
- [Sam] Cabaret. [laughs] That was amazing.

[Emma] It was so obvious. I knew it.

[Sam] I was totally transported
to Weimar Germany.

- I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
- [Emma] Hmm. Your turn.

- It's okay, babe.
- Okay.

- [Sam] Okay.
- Sam, it's your turn.

Take it easy on me, okay?

[cell phone rings]

I gotta take this.

- Hey.
- [Emma] Driving Miss Daisy. [laughs]

Yeah. Uh, I can't hear you.

Hal, I can't hear you. Slow down. W-What?

- [Emma] Well, here's to you.
- What?

Oh, my God. [sobs] Oh, my God. [sobs]

[sad music playing]

[sobbing]

I'm not buying out points.

You can offer 20 cents
on the dollar and get back to me.

Kyle, what's next?

Bradley Jackson's mom died.

[groans, clicks tongue]

[Kyle] Do you want to call her?

Uh, sorry.

Um...

Send her flowers,
but from the whole UBA family.

- [Cory] Thank you.
- [Kyle] Okay.

[sighs]

[music continues]

[sniffles]

[sniffles]

There are now 102 active wildfires burning
across the West.

- A federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled...
- Over four million acres...

- ...that Governor Tom Wolf's...
- ...have been destroyed.

...executive orders to control
the spread of the virus

were unconstitutional
and a violation of individual rights.

Good morning. It's Friday, September 18th.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died. She was 87.

Appointed by Bill Clinton in 1993,
she was a champion of human rights

and an icon of the court.

Here's a brief
retrospective of her extraordinary life.

[music stops]

You want me to make you something else?

I wanna go out to a restaurant.

I wanna eat real food
and order a real drink and see people.

We could sit outside.

Bradley, I-- [scoffs] I can't. I'm sorry.

You should talk to someone.

Who do you want me to talk to, Laura?
Your therapist?

How about a therapist?

What's a therapist
gonna fucking say to me?

That it's not my fault
that my drug-addicted mother died?

It's not your fault.

Whatever. You hated her anyway.

I never met her.

You didn't have to.

- You hated everything she stood for.
- [sighs]

[stammers] And I stopped talking to her
because I could feel it every time.

That's not fair.

But it's true.

Oh, my God.

Bradley, I am trying to support you.

I'm trying to be here for you, okay?

And I-- I can't help you
if you don't try to process this.

Okay, let's process it, Laura.

You know what I fucking think?

I think you like to dress me up,

a-and-- and parade me around
for your fancy fucking New York friends.

- I'm like your little white trash pet.
- What?

I think you don't even really like me.

I think that it makes you feel better
about yourself,

because you're actually an elitist snob
who hides out at the edge of the world

- so she doesn't have to deal...
- Fuck you.

...with real people. Fuck you.

You must be so filled with spite,
it just corrodes your insides.

Think you're happy
when people like my mom die,

because they had-- they get COVID
'cause they're uneducated,

or they're hicks, or they're just not
as fucking smart as you.

You know what I think?

I think there's a little part of you
that's actually relieved.

You're glad she's gone.

You just don't have the guts
to admit it, Bradley.

And you need to grow the fuck up.

You need to grow up
and stop blaming me for all your shit.

You can't just dump all your stuff on me!

Fucking be proactive and stop rewriting
some sort of history, Bradley.

Your mother was a piece of shit.

You're the first person
to tell everyone about it.

[exhales sharply]

[Stella] Okay.

It's an impossible situation,
and I don't put any of this on you.

We're number two. It's on me.

I should have
pulled Bradley off a month ago.

She keeps asking to go on assignment.

It's pretty clear that she doesn't
wanna be on TMS.

[Mia] What about Laura?

At this point, they're a package deal.

If Laura's on air without Bradley,

that's all anyone's
gonna be thinking about.

Oh, yeah.

Alex is willing to come back part-time.
We can rotate guest hosts.

Maybe Yanko. He's wanted this forever.

We should start chasing someone now.

And just so it's on the record,
I think it should be a woman of color

at the teacup,
preferably someone under 40.

Like Chris Hunter.

Yeah, she's killing it
in her guest segments.

We'll probably lose Alison
if we go that way.

Yeah.

Hey... there's one more thing.

[Paola] All right, take your time.

[Mitch] Anyway, you asked
what I thought I did wrong.

Uh, I fucked up.

Obviously.
I shouldn't have done any of it.

Have you seen this?

- [Mitch] I didn't want to be this person.
- The Mitch Kessler interview. Wild.

I didn't want to hurt anyone.

I didn't want people to think
I was the kind of person

that could hurt someone.

- And now one of those women is dead.
- Turn it off.

- Fucking douchebag.
- Hannah Shoenfeld.

- And that should have never happened--
- André, turn it off.

That's just...

Sorry.

Did he, um...

No.

We were together. I was in love with him.

I thought he was in love with me.

Say something.

[clicks tongue, inhales deeply]
Why are you still there?

It's my job.

He's gone. I'm not.

I'm still here. I'm still there.
I have people there.

It may be hard to believe,
but some of us care about

staying in a place,
trying to make it better.

[breathes shakily]

[André scatting]

♪ Darling, you got to let me know ♪

♪ Should I stay or should I go? ♪

[grunts, sighs]

♪ If I go, there will be trouble ♪

[inhales shakily, sighing]

You ever tried Worcestershire sauce?
I'm gonna make a cheese toastie.

- You want a cheese toastie?
- Are you drunk?

Very. [exhales deeply]

Did you go to a bar?

No. I went to three.

- [sniffs, humming]
- [sighs]

[breathing heavily]

[exclaims, breathing heavily]

[groans]

[breathing heavily]

[sighing]

Asshole.

Mia!

If you leave this apartment--

if you risk exposing anybody else
to your fucking shit,

I swear to God
I will never fucking forgive you.

Selfish asshole.

[breathing heavily]

Stella needs somebody on the ground,
right up to the certification,

so I'll be in DC until January.

Will you let me know that you're safe?

You're not coming back, are you?

Maybe it's just not our time.

[car door closes, engine starts]

[André sighing]

[phone buzzes]

[breathing shakily] Hey.

Hey, so AP called
about an assignment. [sighs]

Oh, okay. Where?

Afghanistan. It could be two weeks.
It could be two months. I don't know.

Are you gonna take it?

I'll leave your keys with the doorman.

[breathes deeply]

[sniffs]

[groans, exhales shakily]

[phone buzzes]

[breathes deeply, clears throat]

[sighs]

[chuckles]

["You Make Me Feel" playing]

[Kate] Man. Pandemic is fucking weird.

[inhales deeply]
Do we dance? I think we dance.

Nope, nope. Not worth getting COVID.

Fuck social distancing.
Let's go to, like, an actual club.

You know, and take our chances.

You don't think we're a little too old
for the underground scene?

What? I am not old.

- How is your dad? [chuckles]
- Yeah, he's actually old.

You know, he still sends me
a holiday card every year?

Yeah, he always liked you
because you tolerated his endless stories.

Mmm, he liked me because I tolerated
your intense ass for four years.

[Stella chuckles]
Stanford was intense, not me.

- I'm way less intense now. Seriously.
- I don't know.

I eat real food. I sleep.
You know, sleep is my self-care.

- Wow, really?
- Yeah.

No more Red Bull
with Addy sprinkles for breakfast?

- Oh, no. [chuckling]
- Mmm.

Oh, you're a-- a big,
fancy newsperson now.

[chuckles] Yeah, whatever.

- How's Hyperion?
- Oh, it's okay.

Kind of feels like one of those moments
where I could just pick up and leave,

- and no one would say shit.
- Mmm.

What would you do instead?

Oh, I don't know.
Open up a café. Bomb an oil refinery.

You're gonna stop programming rockets?
Come on. [chuckles]

No, I just need a change, you know.

- Any change.
- Uh-huh.

Let me know if you hear of something cool.

Uh, yeah, there's nothing at UBA.
It's a hiring freeze.

- I wasn't asking you for a job.
- Sorry.

I'll keep my ears open.
Stuff will open up for you.

Thank you.

You know, I don't--
I don't blame you for what you did.

Really. Leaving Paul Marks
and doing the corporate thing.

I really don't.

Sometimes... [sighs] ...I wonder
what my life would have been like

if I had done the same thing.

Would I regret it?

Yeah.

My clothes would be better though.

[chuckles]

[Cory] The company also exam--

uh, examined five hours
of afternoon cable in three days.

In 20-- Stella?
Stella, are you with me here? Stella?

- Stella, hi. This is, uh, important. Good.
- Sorry.

Um, so how bad is it?

Budgets are up 30% across the board.

It is existential.

- Fuck me.
- Oh, you know what?

Maybe he'll refuse
to leave the White House,

and the Secret Service boys will have to
drag him out by his tiny little feet,

- 'cause people would watch that.
- Wait.

[stammers] Come on, you don't really think
that they're gonna--

Oh, that there's a, um--

an armed militia that's roving the streets
of DC ready to overturn the election?

Do you have Internet?

I should call Bradley.

Oh, yeah. How is she doing?

Um, she says she's fine, but I don't know.

And-And, uh, I'm starting to worry
that I shouldn't have sent her there.

[Donald Trump]
We don't have free and fair elections.

And you know what else?
We don't have a free and fair press.

[Bradley breathing deeply]

[Trump] Our media is not free.
It's not fair.

It suppresses thought,
it suppresses speech,

and it's become the enemy of the people.

It's become the enemy of the people.

[protesters chanting, clamoring]

It's the biggest problem we have
in this country.

[Bradley] Yeah, yeah, I'm inside.

I don't know,
I-- I got separated from my crew.

I'm just gonna-- I have to go.
I'm gonna film by myself.

[Trump]
And we're gonna have to fight much harder,

because you're sworn
to uphold our constitution.

[protesters clamoring]

Now it is up to Congress to confront
this egregious assault on our democracy.

- And after this...
- Stop the steal! We're stopping the steal!

- We're taking it back!
- We're going to walk down--

- [protesters] USA! USA!
- We're going to walk down.

Anyone you want, but I think right here,
we're going to walk down to the Capitol.

And we're going to cheer on
our brave senators...

[shouting]

[groaning] Fuck. Goddamn it.

...and we're probably not going to be
cheering so much for some of them.

- [breathing heavily]
- Because you'll never...

- [groaning]
- ...take back our country with weakness.

You have to show strength,
and you have to be strong.

[officer 1] It's a restricted area!

[protester 1] Gonna pay now, you traitor!
What you gonna do, huh?

- [grunts]
- Where you going?

- [gasps]
- [officer 2] Let's go!

[grunting, groaning]

[protester 2] Get off me!

[grunting]

[breathing heavily]

[Bradley gasps]

[breathes deeply]

[swallows, breathes shakily]

- [Hal] Hey.
- Don't. Don't.

What? [breathes shakily]

Just say something
before I lose my mind. What, Hal?

- I didn't know it was gonna be like that.
- You don't know?

What the fuck are you doing here, Hal?
Why did you even come here?

I... [grunts] ...had some b-buddies
that were coming--

- Those your buddies?
- I knew that you were gonna be here.

I-- I was-- I was coming to see you.

We haven't seen each other in a year.

You have any idea what it is like
trying to get clean on Zoom

or stuck in that house
cleaning Mom's shit out?

Because you weren't there.

It drives you crazy.

Oh, that's crazy? This is fucking crazy.

I was just trying to get out of there.
All I wanted to do was leave, Brad,

but then he-he grabbed me.

You assaulted a police officer.

- [stammers]
- That is a felony, Hal.

And I caught you doing it
on fucking camera.

[breathing shakily]

Cheryl's pregnant.
[breathes shakily] I'm gonna be a dad.

- What? What did you say?
- [sniffs]

Cheryl's pregnant. I'm gonna be a dad.
She's gonna have a baby.

- I'm gonna have a baby.
- Oh, my God.

What do I do? Y-Y-You have--
You have to help me.

- What-What am I supposed to do?
- [sighs] Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

[sniffling, sobbing]

[Bradley] Okay, okay, okay.

- [breathes shakily, sighs]
- [sobbing]

Okay, let me think.

Wait, w-w-- Who knows you were here?

Where did you tell Cheryl you were going?

Uh... [sniffles]
...uh, she thinks I went camping.

- Okay. You have to get out of here.
- [sniffles]

You're-You're gonna take a--
You're gonna take a bus,

- and you-- and you were never here.
- Brad.

- And I never fucking saw you.
- Brad. [stammers]

Give me your phone.
Have to get rid of your phone.

[breathing heavily]

And you have to go!
Right now. [breathing heavily]

- Thank you. [sniffles]
- Goddamn it, Hal, just get out of here.

And-And, Hal, don't call me.
And don't text me.

Do you understand?

[door closes]

[grunting, groaning on video]

[grunting]

[sighs]

[protesters chanting]
Stop the steal! Stop the steal!

[exhales deeply] This is incredible.

I want Evening News.

[Bradley] At 12:53 p.m.,
the outer perimeter is breached.

[doctor] As the vaccine hits your system
you may experience

dizziness, confusion, fever.

[Bradley] A crowd infiltrates the Capitol

and engages in a standoff
outside the Senate Chamber.

[doctor] Your immune system is gonna
detect the foreign mRNA,

and it's going to marshal all its
resources it can to combat it. [sighs]

[Bradley]
Violence erupts almost immediately,

as staffers barricade themselves
in offices.

[doctor] You're likely to be exhausted,
dissociated even, for a few days.

[Bradley] Imagine, complete chaos within
the walls of this monument to democracy.

[protesters clamoring]

Stop the steal. Stop the steal!
Stop the steal! Stop the steal!

USA!

Stop the steal!

[doctor] Reach out to my office
to set up your second shot.

Congratulations.

No one knows where to go or what to do.

[Paul breathing heavily]

[Cory] You ever worry about sharks?

[breathes heavily] Yeah,
I don't bother them, they don't bother me.

Ah, 400 million years.
That's how long they've been here.

I don't know.

There were sharks in that ocean
before there were rings around Saturn.

Humans, we're just a blip.

Showed up yesterday,
almost certainly be gone tomorrow.

All we have is today. My money is on them.

- You live around here?
- Yeah, I just bought a place.

I figure I got 50 years
before the ocean swallows it up.

[laughs] Should have bought a boat.

Well, you know, I tried to build an ark,
but supply chain. [chuckles]

Paul Marks. And you are?

I'm Cory Ellison.

Oh, right. UBA, right? Yeah.

Exactly. Have you ever thought about
getting into media?

I hate television.

- Boy, you'd fit right in.
- [chuckles]

Nice to meet you, Cory.
See you around. [groans]

- [chuckles]
- [doorbell rings]

[chuckles]

- [Bradley] Can I come in?
- Yeah. [chuckles]

Wow. [chuckles]

- You want some water or-- [stammers]
- Uh, no. Um, I'm good.

I, uh-- Wow,
is this how you spent your pandemic?

[scoffs] Something like that. [sighs]

- Wow. It's beautiful.
- Thanks.

[sighs] This mask is driving me crazy.

So, I-I'm assuming you got a copy of
the subpoena today?

Oh, that made my week. [chuckles]

I mean, don't you love getting mail
from the FBI?

It's so polite. It's so civilized.

It's a hell of a lot better than
when they kick in your door at 4:00 a.m.

and drag you out by the pj's.

Yeah, Cory, uh, we have to protect
our journalistic independence.

[stammers] Uh, okay, yeah.

[clears throat] Normally I would
totally agree with you on that,

- but this is a, uh-- Not in this case.
- Cory.

I spoke with the special agent in charge.
[inhales deeply]

There was a police officer
who was assaulted

in the hallway of the Capitol.

No witnesses, no video.

And based upon your reporting,

they think you were nearby
when it happened,

and there might be something useful
on your footage.

Hey, you could be a hero.
Hell, I might even be a hero,

supporting the great cause of democracy,
et cetera, et cetera.

I know you have principles,
but this is an extraordinary situation.

Uh... [sighs] ...I deleted the footage.

And they're gonna know,
'cause the footage cuts out in the hallway

right as the police officer
comes out of the door. And--

Because?

Hal-- Hal is on it.

Hal. Hal was at the Capitol?

And they're gonna see the footage, Cory.
[breathes shakily]

And they're gonna know what I did.

And-- [breathes shakily]
And they're gonna wanna talk to me.

Bradley, we put you on Evening News.

Do you understand?

This--
This jeopardizes the entire network.

I know.
[inhales sharply, sighs] I'm sorry.

[breathes shakily] I'm really sorry. I--

Hal's the only person I have left.

And he says he didn't want
to hurt anybody,

and I didn't know what to do. [stammers]

[smacks lips, inhales deeply]

[sighs]

I'll have our lawyers
reach out to the FBI,

and the Feds can have the--

the video that was already aired
and that's it.

Um... journalistic independence, as you say.

Thank you.

I just--

I'd like for you to leave now.

["As The World Caves In" playing]

And... [stammers] ...I don't wanna hear
another fucking word about this, ever.

[assistant murmurs]

[grunts]

[Gayle] You ready?

Yeah.

[Gayle] Have a good show.

Thank you.

Sound check.

Great.

Five, four, three, two...

Good evening.

I'm Bradley Jackson,
and this is the UBA Evening News.

[song continues]