All language subtitles for The.Morning.Show.S04E04.Love.the.Questions.XviD-AFG

What's up, baby? How you doing, honey?

Thanks for coming.

You good? Yeah, you look good.

You like my drip?

Yeah, baby. It's all for you.

It is all…

for you.

Hey, baby, I gotta say something.

I fell so hard for you the day we met.
I mean, so hard.

The other thing I wanted to say was that…

Oh, no, baby. I'm gonna give…
I'm gonna give you the world.

I'm gonna give you everything.

What I'm not gonna do is…

Ariana, will you marry me?

It's a lot of confetti.

I mean, that's… There's a lot of confetti.

It's the perfect amount of confetti.
You got this.

Can you just… Let's just…
Girls, just one more time from the top.

I kept moving my hips
on the seven instead of the eight.

And then do we lose the confetti cannons?

It… It feels like
an either or with the doves, right?

- It's sorta--
- No, she's gonna love the doves.

- The doves are beautiful.
- Yeah?

- How about you just take a moment?
- Yeah?

Like, save some energy for the show?

Yeah, you're right. Yeah.

No, Ariana's gonna be here soon. Yeah.
And we're all saying the same thing?

It's a segment about dating, right?
No confusion. Everyone's on board?

Trust me, she has no idea what's coming.
She's gonna be in the green room.

- Yes, sir.
- Sorry to interrupt,

but one of the birds is dead.

- It's a dove release rescue.
- Uh-huh.

They have a lot of trauma.

It happens.

Wow, it's a…
No trauma-free doves available?

Jesus. Why don't you just…
just try and keep the other ones alive?

I mean, you know, the last thing I need
is to get canceled by PETA.

You know what I'm saying? So…

Let me help you
see what we can do about it.

- How's he doing?
- Terrified.

I don't know how
we're gonna do this without Mia.

Jesus take the wheel.

Hi, it's Mia Jordan.

Leave a message.

Hi, Mia. It's me again.

Can we please talk?

It's Yanko's big day,

and I know that you wouldn't want
to miss that, so, you know.

Only took him 50 years to find love.

Will you just please call me back?

Hi.

What?

Dad, what… what are you doing here?

There's something I have to talk
to you about.

Good.

I'll make you coffee.

- Jesus.
- Dad, what's…

Please tell me what's going on.
You're really starting to make me nervous.

- What the hell did you tell her?
- Excuse me?

That student journalist. You did see her?

- Yes.
- Do you realize what you've done?

Dad, what happened?

The university paper is printing a piece

saying that 30 years ago
when I published my first book,

I plagiarized someone else's ideas.

- They are asking me to comment.
- Oh, my God.

Alexandra, why is it that
whenever you get involved,

everything goes tits up?

Dad, you asked me to do that interview.

I asked for family anecdotes!

Fun stuff!

What exactly did you tell her?

- I don't know. I said…
- Come on!

- I said you would make a great dean.
- What else?

I… Oh, God.

- It was such a chaotic day…
- She can't even remember.

…and we were in the car… I said that…
Wait. I said that you were…

I said that you were disciplined.

I said that you were--

- So, you have nothing to do with this?
- Of course I don't.

No! I… Why would I say anything like that?

I mean, that's not even true.

I mean, is it true?

I've checked three times.
They're not here.

Yeah, the depositions are gone.

- They've been erased from the UBN server.
- Shit.

And there was nothing on Wolf River
in the archives.

Why am I not surprised?

Okay, we have to find this lawyer
who's been trying to help these people.

He'll have copies of the depositions

and whatever else we need
on this chemical company.

Yeah, that's a good idea.
Let me see what I can do.

I'd love to hear his take on all this.

- Bradley?
- Yeah, yeah.

I was just saying
I'll try to track him down.

Yeah. Hey, I gotta go.

- But listen, if these were erased then…
- Yeah. No, I know.

- It means this is fucking real.
- Yeah. I'll call you later.

Hey.

- Are you in here?
- Hi.

Oh, hey.

- Nice dress.
- Thanks.

Bradley?
Do you need something? Bradley?

Oh, my gosh. Shit.
That's my… That's my microphone.

I'll just turn it off.

- Can I?
- Yeah.

- What are you doing here?
- Came to see you.

Also business affairs.

Mostly you.

- We should not be doing this.
- I know, right?

- I have to go.
- Okay.

Okay. Yeah.

Wanna hang out later?

- Maybe.
- Maybe?

Okay, fine. I do.

- Anyone have eyes on Bradley?
- Look, I have to go. I have to go.

- I have to go. Okay.
- Okay.

When I was writing my book,
I was mentoring a young doctoral student,

trying to help him clarify
his very muddled thoughts.

Now they're accusing me
of stealing those ideas.

That's not plagiarism.

That's paying attention,
being engaged with the world.

If the allegations are not true,
then you would just have to push back.

- How would I do that?
- Interrogate the accusation.

- Write a defense of your work.
- Oh, no, no.

Alexandra, we know the optics here.

Aged, white, male professor
gets his just deserts.

If it takes an outright lie to…

bring me down, then so be it.

The ends justify the means.

The university will have to also do their…
their own investigation.

And they'll find the claims are unfounded,

but by then I will have lost the deanship.

Okay, Dad, you know what?

Why don't I just reach out to Justice
and I will get a sense of things,

hopefully before
they publish this article.

Well, I would deeply appreciate that.

Sorry. Technical difficulties.

Okay, are you ready?

Am I ready?

- I am packing heat here.
- We are two minutes out.

I am locked and loaded.

- Looks amazing.
- Thank you. Yeah.

Oh, look, I got my

- azabache bracelet on and everything.
- Bradley, your mic's off.

Yeah. Yeah, my abuelita,
she used to say it wards off the evil eye.

- Oh, yeah?
- I don't believe in that woo-woo shit,

but also I'm not trying to get cursed,
you know what I'm saying?

- Totally.
- Yeah.

Okay, how do I look? Is my makeup okay?

What?

- Okay, come on. Spill it.
- What?

- No, it's nothing.
- No, it's something.

- It might be somebody.
- Love is in the air.

All right. That's enough about that.

- That's enough.
- Who is ready to get engaged

on national television?

Oh, God. Let's get this ring on a finger.

- Thirty seconds out.
- Hey. Do you want the--

- Overconfidence.
- Yeah.

- Who's tapping?
- I thought it was the other one.

- You got this.
- Standby.

- I got this.
- Five…

- I got this.
- Four…

- I got this.
- Three…

Welcome to The Morning Show.

And boy, do we have a show for…
for you today, we have lots of surprises.

- Somebody might even dance.
- That's a…

- We don't know about that. Okay?
- You're not gonna wanna miss it.

Alex Levy.

I can't believe
you're actually calling me.

Hi, Justice.

I just wanted to say thank you so much

for your help the other day
during that protest.

You know, there was just a few things
that I meant to say

about my father that, you know,
we didn't get to

- because everything got--
- This is about the plagiarism?

Well, I just think

it's important for you
to have a full picture of who he is.

Look, the piece goes up
on the website today.

Technically, it's too late
to make any changes,

but my editor owes me a favor.

- I can make it happen.
- Really?

If you can find me something at UBN.

You are head of talent, right?

- Wait, I'm sorry…
- Just something reasonable in Evening.

Like a field producer?

No, no. I'm so sorry.

No, that is…
that's not how this works.

You have to earn your place.

I am earning my place.

I did the research
and now I am recognizing an opportunity.

It's what any good journalist would do.

- That's from your first book by the way.
- I know what fucking book it's from.

If you could let me know by lunchtime,
that would be great.

You…

Hello?

Little shit. What a little shit.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

The season finale of Waltz to Win,
it premieres this Friday, only on UBN+.

You got a pick? You got a favorite?

I keep wondering when I'm
gonna get this guy to audition.

Tell that to my girlfriend.

I will.

Yeah, but I hear
she's around here somewhere.

Yeah, she might be.

We shall see.

Coming up after local news and weather,
why your mattress may be spying on you.

- And we're out. Two minutes!
- Two minutes?

Two minutes, people.

Hey, Yanko. Where are you going?

Checking on Ariana. Julia said,
"Two minutes." Gonna be two seconds.

- Holy shit. You made it, baby.
- Hi.

- You good? Yeah?
- Oh, yes.

Okay. Oh, good, good, good.

Isabella gave you
the questions for the dating game.

- Yes.
- Yeah. Of course.

Let me just…

"What's your go-to Starbucks order?

What's your partner's
dream vacation destination?"

I thought this was meant
to wake America up,

not lull them back
into a peaceful slumber.

Or I could just ask about
your favorite porn genre.

Is it still squirting
or have you broadened your horizons?

So you're good? You're good, you're good.
You need a mic.

Okay, so I'll get sound to come in,
and we'll work on that.

What's up?

What? Nothing, baby. What? Nothing. What?

Talk to me.

Well, I had three cups of coffee and it's…
and it's Morning Show.

- They got me running around--
- It's going to be great.

We're gonna do our little segment,

they will crown us
the Taylor and Travis of morning TV

and then we can go to my mom's place

so she can tell me that the camera
really does add ten pounds.

- Deal?
- Deal.

Okay.

- I love you.
- Yeah?

- I'm very lovable.
- Yes, you are.

- Okay, I gotta go.
- Okay.

All right, all right.

I'm sorry, but it looks like the lawyers
will be another 15.

Would you like anything? Coffee? Water?

Thanks, I'm good.

Miss it?

This old thing? Nah.

Where's my brilliant protégée?

I thought she'd be hiding in a cake,

ready to jump out
and congratulate me on my deal.

Stella's at an AI conference.

You're stuck with me.

How are you?

- You were a little on edge the other day.
- Now I'm right as rain.

And I'll be even better
when we get this deal signed.

Tell me…

your vision.

You want me to act out my movie for you?

Not your movie.

UBN.

What would you do
if you were in the chair again?

First, you gotta fix the public perception
problem around the merger.

It's been almost two years
and people still say "UBA" and not "UBN."

And Stella doesn't do enough press,

so people think she's in the chair
as a diversity hire, a DEI gesture,

who can't really cut it,
and that is not the case.

This whole AI thing…

Most people, they don't understand
what the fuck AI really is.

The ones that do think it's creepy.

UBN, it needs to focus
on live sports and big movies.

That is the only way
that you are gonna pay for real reporting.

If you're into that kinda thing.

You know, you have a film division,
but it's basically on life support.

You need awards
to attract more and bigger talent.

The Nolans, the Zendayas, an Oscar
or at least a Golden fucking Globe.

Hence the project
that Stella is buying from me.

And frankly, Celine,
I got three more where that came from.

You give me the money
and I will build you a film studio,

an incubator for billion dollar
Barbie blockbusters.

And, you know, arty shit,
so Miles can network at the Gotham Awards.

I forgot how much you talk.

People like my voice, Celine.

Competence is soothing.

- Hi. They're ready for you now.
- Great.

Bring on the redlining.

Tell them he'll be there in a minute.

What's the rush?

Let me show you
what we've done with this place.

Great.

I like making lawyers wait.

We're gonna have his mom on standby,
as soon as Ariana says yes.

He has no idea so be prepared
for him to start crying.

Is this gonna be like when he sang
"Copacabana" with Barry Manilow?

Probably not that bad.

Does anyone have eyes on Yanko?

Sorry.

Hey, I can't talk. I'm at the Teacup.

- I'm in your dressing room.
- What?

Can I just have two minutes?

Yanko can do this Paralympics segment
without me.

- Where are you going?
- I'll be right back.

We're herding cats on crack.

What? What? Bradley.

Aren't we on in, like, now?

- Chip, what the fuck?
- Bradley,

I looked up the lawyer from Wolf River,
and you're not gonna believe this shit.

In 2019, Eagle News ran a series
of negative stories about him--

- Okay, wait. Slow down.
- Sorry.

The lawyer, it's a guy
named Kenneth Stockton, okay?

Eagle ran a bunch of stories
about his firm.

They said Cancer Valley wasn't real.

Stockton's cases,
they were a bunch of hoaxes.

They said he was just trying to get rich

gouging the chemical company, right?

Wait, did… Who told you this?
Did he tell you this?

Bradley, he's dead.

- Wait, what?
- He committed suicide.

Oh, my God.

And after he died,
the stories fucking stopped.

No more class action lawsuit. Nothing.

It was like Wolf River…

it went away, like it never existed.

Yeah, we have to find out who gave
the dirt to Eagle on Stockton.

Whoever smeared him.

Get this out of the hallway.
We don't want Ariana to see it.

- Hey.
- How are you doing?

Everything going good so far?

- What?
- Well, guess who I just ran into.

Who?

- I--
- Hi.

- Alex, hi.
- Hey.

What are you doing here?

We're working on a story.

- Together?
- Yeah.

For how long?

Since I got here.

So, the entire time?

And you didn't think
you should mention that to me?

5,000 Paralympians

and officials will parade
through Place de la Concorde

- and Champs-Élysées…
- Bree?

If Bradley's not parked in the Teacup
in the next 60 seconds,

I'm telling accounting
you've been putting brunch on the P card.

…and the games will be
universally accessible…

2024 isn't just a banner year for…

Bradley, 60 seconds.

Listen, Alex,
I'm sorry. I'll explain it all later.

What is this all-important story?

It's something UBA covered up.

They killed it when we were both here.

Right under our noses.

Killed what?

Well, well, well,
if it isn't Bradley Jackson.

Reason my colorist is damn near
impossible to book.

- What do you want?
- What, no small talk?

- Why? Are we friends?
- Ashley, we're ready.

Okay, I have 30 seconds.

I-In 2019, y'all ran some stories

about an environmental lawyer
out of Wolf River, Ohio.

His name was Kenneth Stockton.

I just need the source.

Kenneth Stockton?

Name rings a bell,
but I'd have to ask around.

- Can you do that please?
- Hold on, what do I get?

That incident outside UBN.

Sirens. Mayhem. I want the scoop.

I wasn't there. I can't help you.

Then come on my show
and bring your patriot brother on Zoom.

You know I'm never gonna do that.

All right, then I guess
you don't really need my help.

Sarah!

- Ten seconds.
- Fuck.

This is all from your private collection?

They were gathering dust
in the warehouse.

Oh, wow.

Celine, you could bail out a bank
with this one.

If only it could pay for Stella's AI.

Every CEO chases their white whale.

Stella's got AI. I had UBA+.

Your white whale wasn't UBA+,
it was Bradley Jackson.

That right?

She's not exactly your type.

The sincere all-American girl.

Does she live in a little house
on the prairie?

Don't think so.

And I think you'd be surprised.

But like I said the other day,
that won't be an issue.

- We're good.
- A ceasefire?

We came to an understanding.

There's something different about you.

Are you in love, Cory?

What are we doing out here?

You wanna show me the art
or do you wanna show me off?

I thought you liked an audience.

Our colleague and friend, Chis Hunter,
is currently on the road,

so we'll be checking in with her tomorrow,
along with a very special Olympic guest.

- Yeah, and we miss her, huh?
- Yeah, we do.

We do, we do.
But Chris has not forgotten about us.

In fact
here's an important message from her

as part of our series, Living Well.

So many of us are living in a state
of emotional dysregulation.

And why wouldn't we be?

The world is a stressful place…

- Thank you.
- Val, sorry, excuse me.

I know you're angry…

You went behind my back.

- I trusted you.
- I had to.

Whatever this story is,
it got shut down in this building.

And your source is Claire fucking Conway?

Who's running around New York City
with an eco-extremist group.

Listen, I don't…

- Can we talk about this later?
- Fine.

Claire is in town?

- Yeah.
- I'm guessing you spoke to her?

Briefly.

Well, is she okay? I mean, like,
how did she seem?

Different.

- You okay?
- It's a sign, isn't it? It's a sign.

I mean, today of all days.

Sorry…

So, what's it all for?

Landing the Olympics.
Building your empire.

Is it your family?

You wanna prove you're worthy,
get back into their good graces.

I'm here by choice.

I don't need them.

If you are gonna dump Stella
and make me CEO,

I just wanna understand
what kind of master I'm serving.

Cory. That position is not for you.

Forget about the deal you came in for.

Forget Stella's offer.

Think bigger.

Bigger as in the studio
I just pitched you.

Start with $200 million.
We'll see how you do.

But a Board President
can't turn a movie deal into a studio,

only a CEO can.

Oh, fuck. You wanna be CEO too.

Board President and CEO. Celine Dumont.

Even I didn't try that.

I need what you have on Stella.

Tell me how you're leveraging her.

As soon as she's out,
you get your 200 million.

Sorry.

I can't help you.
My soul's already spoken for.

You know the world isn't waiting
for your comeback, Cory.

It wants you to fail.

To see you humiliated.

Either you let it bury you for good,

or you fight back
and claim it as your trophy.

Good luck with your film.

If you ever actually make it.

Or has this famous dick of yours
finally gone soft?

Donald Trump's trial continues today.

- Are you seeing this?
- Yeah.

Yeah, whatever information you can get me.

I'm being told by the desk…

- Fuck.
- What's happening?

Breaking news.

A commercial flight going from JFK to LAX,

about 20 minutes after takeoff
there was a loud bang

and smoke filled the cabin.

- Mechanical or terrorism?
- We don't know yet,

but people on the plane
are live-tweeting their good-byes.

- Shit.
- Do we go live with this?

- If the plane goes down over New Jersey--
- Just stick to the schedule,

but prep as if we're pivoting
to the plane,

and get everyone we have in DC
on the line in case it is terror related.

FBI, National Security.

We'll figure it out,
just everybody needs to get moving.

Okay, people,
load the breaking news animation.

Standby for either Yanko's proposal
or a plane crash.

You need to see this.

Some woman's laying in the aisle,
she's not moving!

I don't want to die!

Oh, my God. Is the door just gone?

We need to cover this.

Bradley, Yanko,
there's been an incident on a plane.

TBD if it's terrorism,
but we're going with it.

Kill the next package, cut to commercial,
and I'll brief you at the desk.

- Hey.
- Hey.

Run down to research.
We need to know who's on that plane.

It's the flight out of JFK,
it's all over socials.

Tell them to DM anyone even
remotely related to a passenger.

Their cousin, mailman,
their high school bully,

it doesn't matter, as long as they're
willing to go on air and look sad.

What the fuck?
Where the fuck is the bird handler?

I want to lead with the Instagram feed.

It's live, it's emotional, it puts
our audience right in the middle of it.

Do we need to get consent
from the girl's parents?

Oh, God. We show kids dying in war zones
all the time without parents' consent.

- It's fucked up.
- And fucked up brings eyeballs.

Okay. How many
passengers are on board?

220. Including a high school
basketball team.

- Jesus.
- Any fatalities?

- None confirmed.
- What about injuries?

- Yes, but we don't have a number yet.
- Okay.

And Yanko, you don't wanna follow this.
Trust me.

Oh, no. Hold on. What…

What if we lose the dancers and the doves?

- I can make it quick.
- No more doves.

- Yanko.
- No, Alex.

If the plane… If it crashes, America's…

They're gonna wanna see something
positive, and something hopeful.

So I should do it today.

I'm sorry.

Who are we interviewing?

We're working on it, but we're out
to anyone who has a POV on this,

but whoever we get,
you're not gonna have any time to prep.

Okay, stay in my ear
and we'll do it together.

And if I get in your way or step on you,

just give me a signal, pull your hair.

Got it.

I mean, it's… You know, it's just…

It's just so unreasonable
and so narrow-minded.

Come on, come on.
I need this yesterday.

- Over there.
- I need an updated script for Yanko.

This will be sound up
full on next. Got it?

- Scripts.
- Thank you.

Thank you.

And in five. Four. Three.

Welcome back to The Morning Show.

We're bringing you urgent,
developing news.

A commercial aircraft

- traveling between JFK…
- Ready two.

- …and LAX…
- Go two.

- …has suffered an in-flight emergency.
- Ready camera one.

Leaving the fate of 220 souls aboard
hanging in the balance.

Yeah, it's a… it's currently unknown
whether the incident

is a mechanical failure
or perhaps terror related,

but we do have confirmation
the aircraft is attempting to return

to JFK in the hopes
of an emergency landing.

This is what we do know so far.

The captain is Rachel Hughes,
we're chasing a photo.

Hold on. We're working on it.

Where's our guy from the Department
of Transportation?

- What's his face?
- I'm on with the affiliate.

His office says he's in Turks
or Caicos. Is that one place or two?

I don't care,
just get him in front of a camera.

Get someone in front of a camera

who could actually be useful,
not these crisis whores.

And someone tell the Crypt Keeper
I know he's excited for airtime,

but if he wants to actually make it on TV,
he can't be so happy.

People are going to die.

- Wait, they are? Like, actually?
- I don't fucking know!

Okay, who are we talking to?
What's going on?

We've got an expert in aviation disasters.
9/11, the Challenger explosion.

He's written books on both
and he's got a PhD in aeronautics.

We'll take it. Patch him in.

Bradley, Yanko,
we have a live beeper for you.

Coming in three, two…

We're joined by Dr. Steven Miller,
an author with a PhD in aeronautics.

Dr. Miller,
thank you so much for being with us.

Can you give us
a sense of what's going on?

Any idea of what's
happening with this plane?

I can say with confidence

that the people on board
have nothing to worry about.

And what makes you say that?

Because there is no plane.
The footage you're seeing is doctored.

Oh, my God.
You've gotta be fucking kidding me.

No, you gotta cut the beeper.

Layla.

You've got to cut the beeper.
Cut the beeper!

- …sworn interest to control…
- Cut the beeper.

- Cut the beeper!
- Sorry about that.

- He's dumped. Handled.
- Dr. Miller?

Jesus, how did that happen?

It seems we've lost him.
We'll get him back.

Just fill in the time until we
find something else to fill it with.

Okay, just we need to fill.
Layla, we need to--

I need everyone who
doesn't need to be in here out. Now.

Oh, hey.

Hi, Chip.

You guys need a hand?

You wanna go on air
and scream fuck 20 times?

Well, if you think it'll help.

We just need to find somebody
who knows what's happening to this plane,

so any of your old contacts and… anything.

- I got you. Two minutes. Two minutes.
- Thank you, Chip.

Isaac Rivera, thank you so much for
taking the time to speak with us today.

Sorry to be here
under these circumstances.

He's been at Boeing for 30 years,
Quality Manager.

You were a Quality Manager
at Boeing for three decades.

We did 40 planes a month,
but every year they wanted it done faster.

Ask him about
the redesign, the bigger engines.

So you were there when
Boeing changed the engine design?

They were losing ground to Airbus.

They told us to retrofit the planes.

- Put in a whole new system.
- I see.

You can't say that it's a new system,

because then the airlines
have to retrain their pilots.

Those crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia,

those were both new Boeing planes.

Do you think the lack
of training was a factor

in the plane crashes
in Indonesia and Ethiopia?

Those pilots were blamed
for killing those people.

- We've got someone from JFK.
- But they were flying a plane…

We've got a guy from JFK.

…they did not understand,
just to save the bottom line.

Hold the guy from JFK. She's got it.

So what do you think is
happening with this plane now?

It's gotta be something mechanical.
A loose bolt, a compressor stall.

Would any of those things
affect an emergency landing?

The biggest worry, you don't want to land
the plane with too much fuel in the tank.

One thing goes wrong then…

- Hey, take a look at this.
- This is a truly harrowing situation.

Thank you so much for
taking your time with us today.

- We really appreciate…
- They're watching TMS.

- …your perspective, Mr. Rivera.
- Live.

We're gonna take a short break.

More with this
developing story when we return.

How did we get this footage?

Some of the kids sent them to
their families who sent them to us.

Are we still in touch with the families?

Yeah.

And in five, four, three…

Loved ones of these passengers,
please continue to reach out to us.

We're posting your
messages as fast as we can here.

If you're just joining us,
we've confirmed that one of the exit doors

has blown off the side of the aircraft…

That's dark as fuck.
Your plane door blows off,

you're seconds away from being
sucked into the sky at 12,000 feet

and you're watching your family say
goodbye to you on the back of a headrest.

Horrible ad for your airline.
Incredible ad for your airline's Wi-Fi.

Hang on. We have an update.

The plane is on approach to JFK.
Switching to the affiliate.

We're getting word from the JFK tower
that the plane is on final approach.

- So we are gonna switch to our affiliate…
- My, God.

…who's on the scene.

Yeah, we're gonna go live right now,
folks. It's been a white-knuckle morning.

And now the question is

can Captain Hughes get
this plane on the ground safely?

And these strong cross-winds
unfortunately aren't gonna help.

A note to everybody watching,
we just want to let you know

that we are live
so viewer discretion is advised.

All right, listen up, team.
Coming in in three, two…

Requesting runway 139.

0.50 at 28 knots. Sign one, runway left.

Front vehicle, landing heavy.
Request runway right.

Copy that. Free to land, runway right.

Cleared to land, runway right.

- Gonna hold on.
- Okay.

It looks like…

Yes.

They are on the ground.

Emergency vehicles are standing by.

Extraordinary effort by Captain Hughes.
Absolutely.

And the crew. Our affiliate is
gonna be following the story.

Obviously, there's still
so many questions to be answered.

And before we go
I just wanna say one thing.

That this is a time for us
to think about,

the people in our lives
that mean the most to us.

And every moment is precious.

And we thank you for joining us.

Thanks. Thank you. I appreciate it.

Is it bad that I'm only eating the icing?

No, I think you deserve it
after what just happened.

You did great today.

No, I fucked up.

And if we have to do the show this
short-staffed,

we're gonna keep screwing up.

You think Mia will come back?

God, I hope so.

If not, watch them fucking hire Chip.

No, thank you.

It is not easy in the control room, is it?

- It's brutal. It's really brutal.
- Yeah.

Yeah, well, you did okay.

Alex, hi.

- Sorry, but your dad called again.
- Hey.

No. No, no. No, thanks.

- Not now. Sorry.
- Oh, okay.

What does Lord Vader want?

Nothing. It's just a…

- Alex.
- Just… Chip, just leave it.

I thought you didn't talk to him?

I don't. I don't talk to him.

You don't? Okay. You…
'Cause do you remember how he took

your ex-husband's side in
your divorce mediation.

- Yes. Chip, I get it.
- And that was--

I know, it was terrible.

Listen, I forgot I wanna say
congratulations on your documentary.

- Thank you.
- It's really, really good.

You deserve
all the success that's coming your way.

That means a lot.

Did you notice the interview scene,

I shot it in that old diner we used to go

- to with the blintzes, you know?
- Oh, yeah.

That was so… Right. At the…

You didn't watch it.

Well, I did read The New Yorker review,

and it was lovely.

Sorry, I've been a little busy.

You know.

Trying to save this fucking company.

For reasons that I will never understand.

I know.

Alex, good luck.

Thanks.

Hey, baby. I'm sorry.
Sorry our segment got pushed.

- Today was just…
- No, no. Don't worry. You killed it.

Thanks. I'm sorry.

- Can I see it?
- See what?

The ring.

- No. Come on, you knew?
- Of course I knew.

Oh, Jesus.

We could just run down to City Hall,
make it legal.

Then we could come back here and do it
again on air for ratings or whatever.

I just wanna save it, you know,
for another day when I…

when I can really surprise you.

- Oh, honey. Oh, honey, no.
- No.

- No, no, no. It's fine.
- No.

It's fine. I'm serious, it's fine.

No, it's okay.

- I'll be waiting. It's fine.
- I'm sorry. I'm sorry, babe.

I love you.

- Yeah?
- You okay?

- Oh, God, yes.
- Great work.

Seat of our pants, like the old days.

I'm sorry I didn't tell you about
the story, I…

- I li… didn't know how--
- Yes, you did.

You know how to tell me.

You just didn't wanna tell me
'cause you knew what I was gonna say.

I have to do this, Alex.
I know you don't understand.

No, I understand. I understand completely.

I also understand that
I am trying to hold together

the last shred of the Fourth Estate
with chewing gum and duct tape

and you come in like
a fucking Molotov cocktail to blow it up.

This story matters.

People are still getting sick, Alex.

We have to help them.

It's gonna make a huge difference--

Save it. Save the speech.

No, it's gonna change people's lives.

You are not doing this for those people.

This is about your mistakes.

This is about your lies.

This is about your ego.

Period. Come on.

Maybe there's something to
that, but if UBA was involved,

if there was a cover-up,
don't you wanna know about that?

Isn't that why you did all of this?

The merger. The cleaning of house.
To try and make this place better?

So people like Fred and Paul
don't get to decide what the story is.

You can't clean a house
that you're about to tear down.

Well, the story is gonna come out,
whether you like it or not.

Claire has this information,
if we bury it,

she's just gonna take it somewhere else.

Fuck me.

And now we can't say we didn't know
because you and me and this conversation.

We're part of the cover-up.

The truth always comes out, you know that.

Isn't it better that
we're the ones telling it?

Here's what's gonna happen. Source it.

- Okay. Yes. Yes.
- Find a paper trail.

You have to get at least
two people on the record.

I can do that.

And you have one week to find
something verifiable and then that's it.

- Wait. Hold on. One week?
- That's it.

That's not enough time.

All right. Two. Two weeks.

You got two weeks,
and then I'm shutting it down.

Okay. Thank you.

I just have one more thing
I need help with.

Are you kidding me?

Ashley at Eagle News has
something I need for the story,

and she wants a trade for it
and I don't have anything.

- Oh, boy.
- Yes.

If it isn't the auteur himself.

- Nice to see you, Chip.
- Yeah. Yeah, you too.

I-- I did not expect to see you back here.

Does…

Does Bradley know you're here?

Why, did she say something?

No. No, no, no, I just…

So you're making movies.
You got a thriller in post or something?

Yeah. Well, we still
have a couple of weeks to shoot.

You know, the set pieces,
the pricey stuff.

It's taking a minute.

I got really lucky with my documentary.

We actually have a bunch of
distributors circling the rights.

Might even get
a theatrical release, God willing.

You're like, "Oh, it's just a movie."
You know?

And then all of a sudden you
realize your entire existence

depends on whether you have a deal or not.

And it's just crazy. You know.

It's fucking crazy.

Hey, sorry, I gotta run, but…

let's get a drink.

I'll give you a call, okay?

- That sounds good.
- All right.

Cory.

I hope you brought me something.

What?

Stella and Miles are having an affair.

I didn't wanna tell you. I'm sorry.

Thank you…

Cory.

I'll…

get into your deal soon.

Okay.

What do you got for me?

Do you know about Extinction Revolt?

Wait, they target you too?

Alex has a file on them,
but she's not gonna run it.

So you're saying
that Alex Levy and woke media

are covering up a story 'cause it's gonna
make those climate wackos look bad?

Listen, Alex isn't part of this story.

Keep her clean of it.

Deal. Send me the file,
I'll send you your source.

Okay. Okay.

I so hope this was worth it.

- Oh, my God. You were so good.
- Really? Was it?

- You did so great.
- Oh, thank you, honey.

- Guess what?
- Yeah?

We can do the proposal on Tuesday.

I have the dancers,
I have a dove with no trauma.

It's gonna be fucking amazing.

Let's just…

Maybe hold for now
because I might want to do it in private.

- But, you know… But thank you though.
- Yeah.

- It's really sweet. Okay?
- Okay. You sure?

I'm sure. But thank you.

Oh, hey. Did you…

Did you hear anything
about Claire being in town?

Claire Conway?

Yeah.

I don't think so.

No, it's just… Never mind.

- Forget it. Thank you.
- Cake?

I'm good. Thank you.

Hey, your call with the head of
the fellowship program is set for 1:30.

Okay, thank you.

Justice's work is pretty strong.

Yeah. I know. It really is.

Okay.

Alexandra, what news?

Hey, Dad. So, I spoke to Justice.

Good. And?

And they are not gonna change the story.

Dad, they were trying
to blackmail me for a job.

And I'm sorry, I just… I cannot do it.

And I know this situation
is really difficult for you.

My career is falling off a cliff,
and all you can offer me are platitudes.

I'm sorry.

More fool me for hoping you could
come up with anything consequential.

Well.

Hey. Did you get it?

It's Earl. He gave Eagle News
the dirt on the lawyer.

His company name is all over the report.

- Jesus. I--
- Wait, wait, wait.

- Hold on. Earl who?
- Earl. Earl. C-Cory's fixer.

Shit. Wait.

Wait, if Cory was behind
the smear campaign…

Fred pushed Bethanne out…

And he brought in Cory to kill the
fucking story and do God knows what else.

- Yeah.
- Fuck.

It's Cory.

It's Cory.

It's Cory.

Oh, my God.

Great job today. You were amazing.

- Killer.
- Aw, thanks. You too.

There's cake. Buttercream frosting.

I'm all good.

I'll see you later.

Hi.

Hey.