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- Morning, Mia.
- Good morning, Rena.
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Well, well, well, America,
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it's been a wild two weeks
for our friends at UBA.
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Thousands of hacked emails.
It's like Christmas everyday.
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I don't know about you,
but I live to search ubaleaks.com
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for my daily drip-drop of
their embarrassments.
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This is one day's worth of our liabilities
for the hack? It looks like War and Peace.
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Page 85 of the unreleased emails.
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Well, Earl. You spoil me.
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Just call me Tolstoy.
Let me know what you wanna do with that.
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You're welcome, Cory.
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For what?
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Boosting your stock price.
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That tends to happen with companies
I'm rumored to be acquiring.
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Well, I'd say it's more than a rumor.
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That's news.
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Well, here's more news.
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Your original offer works for me.
At the price you first pitched.
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Let's get this done.
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- What about your board?
- Leave that to me.
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Pull the trigger.
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Guys, we gotta... We gotta... I'm sorry.
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We gotta rethink these selfies.
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Look at... I don't care what app
you're on. You're on Tinder,
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420 Singles, Kingsnake After Dark.
We can't be doing this.
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- Angles, people. This, really?
- Yes. Come on.
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- No one's hot for your under chin.
- And why do guys think this works?
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- I don't understand why they...
- I have no idea.
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Well, Chris how...
How did your husband break through?
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Not on an app,
but you know, it's a long story.
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Please, highlights.
Give us the highlights.
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You got a minute.
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Okay. Um, for you.
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- Yes.
- 8:55 version.
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I'm at my first Olympic trials,
and there's a guy.
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He's cute, and he has these eyes.
And I'm like, "Don't look at me like that,
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you're making me nervous."
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Anyway. He reps my nemesis,
who's competing with me for Nike.
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Wow.
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And they only wanna sign
one American in track and field.
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So, I'm in my hotel room,
and I get a surprise delivery.
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Tiffany blue dunks in my size.
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- Those are sneakers.
- Gosh.
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And there's a note with Marcus's number,
and it just says, "You're it."
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Wow.
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- What can I say, the man can close.
- And...
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- That's ex... So impressive.
- Yeah. Yeah. Or...
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Or he's just looking to connect.
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And now it's time to connect you
to The Twist right after this break.
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And we're clear.
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Cut to commercial.
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Great show, everybody.
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Connect?
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- Connect, connect.
- I know you mean, like, as people.
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- You know... Exactly. Nice segue.
- I do. That's very sweet.
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- We did that.
- Moving to The Twist package.
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- God.
- Here you go.
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- Thank you, dear.
- You were right.
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Those dating pics were tragic.
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I know.
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Not everybody can find love
in their boss's apartment.
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I like that smile.
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We just gained another 30,000 on YDA.
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Shut up. Who knew getting hacked
would put us back on top?
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Hey, Layla. Post these numbers
at the next segment meeting.
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We could all use the morale boost.
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- Layla, can you hear me?
- Look at Eagle News.
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Missteps of a top talent at UBA,
when the real drama
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- is from their hate speech.
- Turn that up.
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And the struggle for racial equality
at UBA just took another step back.
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We've just received a cache of emails
and found a doozy.
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Cybil Reynolds, legend of the industry
and UBA board president,
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referred to The Morning Show
co-anchor, Christina Hunter,
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as Aunt Jemima in an email
about her hiring.
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Yeah, you heard that right. Aunt Jemima.
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Kyle, get me legal.
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Call Leonard and set up a dinner
for us tomorrow night,
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and then get me Chris.
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Hello?
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I found the email.
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Cybil's talking to the rest of the board
about Q3 financials in 2020,
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and she's pissed that UBA spent so much
money on a two-year deal with Chris.
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Somebody points out that Chris
would still be making less than Bradley
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when she was hired.
"We got her at a steal.
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After all, Chris is popular enough
to be on cereal boxes."
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- I don't see what's so bad.
- It's in Cybil's reply. She wrote back,
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"Aunt Jemima was on cereal boxes too...
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And no one's buying her anymore."
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- Mia...
- Buying her? What is wrong with Cybil?
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- Did Chris leave yet?
- Cory called her to his office.
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You can go on in.
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Chris. Hi.
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Never been up to this floor. It's classy.
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Yeah. Right?
The decor. Top-notch.
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- You want a painting?
- What?
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God. Stupid joke.
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- Sorry. How are you?
- I'm still catching my breath.
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Yeah.
Listen, I know you don't know Cybil,
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but she has been a fixture here
for a long time.
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But in any house, fixtures need replacing.
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I see.
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You don't want me to sue.
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Of course, we don't want it
to get to that point.
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My team's already working on how
to make it right with you.
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Favored nations with Bradley, of course.
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A bonus in recognition of
your terrific work.
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But I would love to keep this in-house.
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We should do the news,
not be the news. Right?
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We'll get back to you
by the end of the day.
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Thank you for, stopping by.
I wanted you to know how valued you are.
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And I think I'm learning how much.
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You're hiding.
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Thanks for meeting me.
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Yeah.
We'll have to make this quick.
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Gotta get back to my full-time job
at the teacup.
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Thank you for honoring your commitments.
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Of course.
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I'm wondering about how people
are reacting around the building.
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You mean what Cory's doing?
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Well, if I had to guess I assume
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he's having his lawyers
draw up a statement.
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Yeah, I figured as much. So, just...
You haven't heard anything else?
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I'm not... I'm not a spy, Cybil.
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I don't need a spy, Alex.
I need an advocate.
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I don't know what to tell you.
It's all right there in black-and-white.
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Yes, I know how it looks.
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I asked you here so we could figure out
the fastest way out of this.
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I'm sorry. We?
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Well, what if you interviewed me
on Alex Unfiltered?
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Wow. Um, why?
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I would like to speak on my own behalf.
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I just don't think that going on
television right now is the thing to do.
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Are you telling me I need media training
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after 45 years at the network
my grandfather founded?
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I never said that. I'm just saying this
is a lot trickier
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than talking about UBA's stock price.
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I was thrilled when we hired Chris.
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Yes, she was inexperienced,
but it was the right thing to do.
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This is... This is...
This is ridiculous.
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It's a complete misunderstanding.
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Yeah, well,
whether it's a misunderstanding or not,
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I-I just I don...
I don't want any part of it. I just don't.
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You? Of all people.
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What is that supposed to mean?
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You know they all wanted you gone.
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Cory, Fred. All of them.
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I had your back,
because I know what it's like
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when a bunch of men
decide a woman's sell-by date.
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I had your back,
and now you need to have mine.
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If I go down for this,
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do you think whoever replaces me
is going to care about you
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or what you want?
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Let's face it.
It'll be Cory or one of his toadies.
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And how has Cory
looked out for you so far?
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Yes. I know, Cybil.
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I have actually felt your support
over the years.
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It's funny how now all of a sudden
it becomes about sisterhood
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and solidarity,
because now you need something.
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Alex, this is how the world works.
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- Wow.
- You know that.
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I have no angle here.
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I just want a chance
to set the goddamn record straight.
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I've given my life to this place.
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I won't be canceled over this.
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It happens to the best of us.
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You only breathe like that...
when you're anxious.
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Babe, it's gonna blow over, I promise.
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But you gotta get your sleep.
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3:30 is right around the corner.
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Look, it's Cybil's family's company.
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You can understand why she'd try to,
like, use us to bail her out.
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Come on. UBA's been
a publicly traded company for decades.
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We don't belong to her.
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Besides, everything on TV,
it gets canceled sooner or later.
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I don't know why Cybil
should be any different.
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She's not gonna stay quiet.
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Well, let her get loud.
That doesn't mean we have to
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put a resident daughter of
the confederacy on Alex Unfiltered.
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Cory, trust me.
I am not crazy about this idea at all,
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but that tired statement from the suits,
that just makes us look worse.
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Cybil has an NDA. She's not gonna
be able to tell her story to anyone,
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and this has to be addressed
and we're the only ones who can do it.
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- Period.
- Okay. How's Chris doing?
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She seemed fine at the show today,
but I can't imagine she is.
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I mean, from what I could see,
she was a total pro.
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Yeah. She was great.
She came in, she did her job.
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She didn't wanna talk about it,
which I completely understand,
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because it's our mess to clean up.
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- It's not her mess.
- The mess is already cleaned up.
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We issued a statement. I'm not sure
why you guys wanna chum the waters.
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I'm not excusing what Cybil did,
but I understand the ask.
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Sounds like she wants a chance
to defend her reputation.
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What about UBA's reputation?
Let her go on Eagle News.
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I... I don't care about the NDA.
I'll waive it.
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This is not gossip. This is newsworthy,
and everybody is talking about it.
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If we ignore it, how do we look?
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Also, Cory, isn't this, like, your thing?
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Like, the ratings, the whole circus?
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I... I don't like being leveraged
by someone who I know
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is gonna be playing shuffleboard
in Boca in a week.
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She is a dead man walking.
Her own board won't even talk to her.
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Sorry, Cory,
but there is a solid argument here.
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An interview on Alex Unfiltered would
show that we're taking this seriously.
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And given how UBA covered up
Mitch Kessler's behavior,
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not to mention the racial issues
around that behavior,
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our best move is
to get ahead of this ourselves.
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Fine, but I'd like to see first cut.
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And, if it's a circle jerk,
we're not airing it.
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Wha... Circle jerk? Ex... What?
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Is it just me, or is he in a hurry
to bury the body?
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The fuck?
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Rena, come here.
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- What am I looking at?
- Salaries from the hack website.
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It's not just Chris being lowballed,
it's all of us. Well, maybe not all of us.
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So, you're saying it's a pattern.
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Wait, what? Seriously?
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I've been digging through the data dump
from the hack. It ain't pretty.
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- My God.
- This is crazy.
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All the junior staff have had racist shit
said and done to us forever,
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but now everybody cares
because it's Chris?
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This is bullshit.
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I swear to God,
what's the point of even working here?
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Layla, can we review copy
for tomorrow in my office?
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- Whoa.
- I'm gonna...
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Here's a copy for tomorrow.
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Forget the copy.
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What's going on, Layla? Help me out.
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First those god-awful performance reviews,
and now this?
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It took the leak of an email
about a famous person,
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a rich and famous person,
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to make anyone care about the inequality
that's baked into this place.
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- And we're pissed.
- How pissed?
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You might not have a staff by tomorrow.
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Okay. Thank you for your honesty.
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I-I appreciate it.
236
00:20:07,749 --> 00:20:11,336
Hey, Stella, we need an all-hands.
237
00:20:12,629 --> 00:20:14,381
All right, everybody.
Thank you for coming.
238
00:20:16,717 --> 00:20:20,887
We know that Cybil Reynolds' email,
and some unfortunate pay inequities
239
00:20:20,888 --> 00:20:23,140
have made a lot of you upset,
and rightfully so.
240
00:20:23,932 --> 00:20:26,100
We've all been through a lot.
241
00:20:26,101 --> 00:20:28,728
We just wanted to get everybody together
and talk about it.
242
00:20:28,729 --> 00:20:33,232
Talk about what The Morning Show
can do to make things right. Anybody?
243
00:20:36,028 --> 00:20:37,612
They're all looking at me, aren't they?
244
00:20:37,613 --> 00:20:39,822
Well, they're not not looking at you.
245
00:20:39,823 --> 00:20:44,369
Yeah, so anyone, anyone can talk.
Talk about how you feel. Um...
246
00:20:46,121 --> 00:20:48,164
- You're free to say anything...
- That's right.
247
00:20:48,165 --> 00:20:49,332
Without fear of reprisal.
248
00:20:49,333 --> 00:20:53,711
- Management will not retaliate, okay?
- Right, this is a completely safe space.
249
00:20:53,712 --> 00:20:55,214
All right, fuck it.
250
00:20:55,756 --> 00:20:58,424
Of course,
you can't fire us for speaking out.
251
00:20:58,425 --> 00:20:59,635
But you know what you can do?
252
00:21:00,260 --> 00:21:03,513
Ice us out of assignments,
pass us over for promotions,
253
00:21:03,514 --> 00:21:07,850
make it so unpleasant that we'll quit
on our own. That way you stay clean.
254
00:21:07,851 --> 00:21:10,686
Okay, Layla, I am not going
to let that happen to you.
255
00:21:10,687 --> 00:21:13,022
But where's Cory? Where's Cybil?
256
00:21:14,274 --> 00:21:17,110
They're not here
because they don't have to be here.
257
00:21:18,237 --> 00:21:21,656
Look, they're betting that we're either
going to just shut the fuck up
258
00:21:21,657 --> 00:21:24,451
and, you know, remain in our place.
259
00:21:25,244 --> 00:21:28,330
All the talent that comes in here
who's Black and vocal,
260
00:21:29,289 --> 00:21:32,625
they either quiet down or they leave.
261
00:21:32,626 --> 00:21:35,419
Julia... remember our place?
262
00:21:35,420 --> 00:21:37,213
Really? You're amazing
at what you do.
263
00:21:37,214 --> 00:21:39,799
Why would you play
into the hands of people
264
00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:41,634
who want you to see yourself as a victim?
265
00:21:41,635 --> 00:21:43,886
I mean, you don't see
how disempowering that is?
266
00:21:43,887 --> 00:21:45,680
I don't think I was doing that, Yanko.
267
00:21:45,681 --> 00:21:47,849
All right, look. Guys...
bottom line, race...
268
00:21:47,850 --> 00:21:49,725
First of all, it's a fiction, okay?
269
00:21:49,726 --> 00:21:51,894
And it's being weaponized,
okay? We all know that.
270
00:21:51,895 --> 00:21:56,482
Do we? Do we all know that?
I'm not sure...
271
00:21:56,483 --> 00:21:58,276
We're having the wrong conversation, okay?
272
00:21:58,277 --> 00:22:00,111
- Well, we're...
- Can I speak now?
273
00:22:00,112 --> 00:22:02,530
- I mean... is it safe?
- Go ahead. Yeah.
274
00:22:02,531 --> 00:22:04,657
All we're doing, Mia, right now
is checking boxes.
275
00:22:04,658 --> 00:22:07,118
We're checking boxes,
we're scoring diversity points
276
00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:10,037
on some spreadsheet, for what?
So that we can all feel better?
277
00:22:10,038 --> 00:22:12,164
I mean, the thing that
we were railing against,
278
00:22:12,165 --> 00:22:14,125
adjudicating on the basis of skin color...
279
00:22:14,126 --> 00:22:18,045
I mean... and if that thing
alone isn't screwed up on so many levels,
280
00:22:18,046 --> 00:22:21,591
then we're also being forced to choose
one racial identity when we're all mutts.
281
00:22:21,592 --> 00:22:26,012
Look at me. No, I mean, I pass
for Sephardic Jew, I pass for Persian,
282
00:22:26,013 --> 00:22:27,346
I pass for Armenian.
283
00:22:27,347 --> 00:22:29,307
But because both my parents,
they're from Cuba,
284
00:22:29,308 --> 00:22:31,517
you're gonna tell me now
that I'm just brown?
285
00:22:31,518 --> 00:22:35,271
- Yanko, aren't you third-generation Cuban?
- Yes, but you're missing the point.
286
00:22:35,272 --> 00:22:36,647
No... Laugh all you want.
287
00:22:36,648 --> 00:22:39,150
It's true. You're right, it's funny, but...
I'll get you a better example.
288
00:22:39,151 --> 00:22:40,151
- Alex.
- What?
289
00:22:40,152 --> 00:22:42,111
No, let's say that,
that you spit in a tube,
290
00:22:42,112 --> 00:22:44,405
and you find out
that your great-grandfather is Black.
291
00:22:44,406 --> 00:22:46,616
Okay,
would that all of a sudden make you Black?
292
00:22:46,617 --> 00:22:47,658
He's got a point.
293
00:22:47,659 --> 00:22:48,869
My God.
294
00:22:52,581 --> 00:22:54,665
If you were to send your DNA
to one of those places,
295
00:22:54,666 --> 00:22:57,710
and you find out today
that great-grandfather's Black,
296
00:22:57,711 --> 00:23:00,505
all of a sudden, Alex Levy, she's Black?
Is she Black?
297
00:23:00,506 --> 00:23:02,340
Yanko, you're turning this into a stunt.
298
00:23:02,341 --> 00:23:05,009
I'm pointing out the absurdity of this.
You don't see that? Wh...
299
00:23:05,010 --> 00:23:07,553
- Come on. You know it's not helping.
- What? No.
300
00:23:07,554 --> 00:23:08,888
- At all.
- It... It's the wokeness.
301
00:23:08,889 --> 00:23:10,649
That's what's not helping, Alex.
302
00:23:11,099 --> 00:23:13,601
Would you do...
Take this over, and I'll be right back.
303
00:23:13,602 --> 00:23:15,186
- I'm worrying...
- Yeah. Keep talking.
304
00:23:15,187 --> 00:23:17,897
We're,
getting ourselves derailed here.
305
00:23:17,898 --> 00:23:20,441
We are all well-meaning and, um...
306
00:23:20,442 --> 00:23:22,194
Chris, wait.
307
00:23:24,071 --> 00:23:25,591
What was the point of that back there?
308
00:23:26,698 --> 00:23:29,158
I thought it would help
to talk it out in the open.
309
00:23:29,159 --> 00:23:31,578
Before you put Cybil on Alex Unfiltered?
310
00:23:32,746 --> 00:23:35,039
Show what a friend she is to brown people?
311
00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:36,666
That decision's above my pay grade.
312
00:23:36,667 --> 00:23:39,418
Sounds like we both
need higher pay grades then.
313
00:23:39,419 --> 00:23:40,628
Yeah.
314
00:23:42,881 --> 00:23:46,467
Don't let Cybil
or this whole corporate machine
315
00:23:46,468 --> 00:23:48,135
make you doubt your worth.
316
00:23:48,136 --> 00:23:50,576
I never doubted my worth.
I just didn't know other people did.
317
00:23:52,474 --> 00:23:53,641
I'm not one of those people.
318
00:23:53,642 --> 00:23:56,228
Then why haven't you found me
a new anchor producer?
319
00:23:57,187 --> 00:23:59,105
It's been hard
to attract high-level producers.
320
00:23:59,106 --> 00:24:00,482
I can't imagine why.
321
00:24:14,121 --> 00:24:17,708
- What happened to the meeting?
- I ended it. We weren't getting anywhere.
322
00:24:18,417 --> 00:24:20,376
How's Chris?
323
00:24:20,377 --> 00:24:22,128
How would you be
if you were her right now?
324
00:24:22,129 --> 00:24:24,964
Yeah, we're gonna have a lot of
shitty days until this goes away.
325
00:24:24,965 --> 00:24:26,925
Will it, though? Go away?
326
00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:30,845
Wringing our hands
over one email from Cybil
327
00:24:30,846 --> 00:24:32,973
is like trying to put
a Band-Aid on cancer.
328
00:24:33,682 --> 00:24:36,100
And, Stella, by the way,
it was our fucking job to know
329
00:24:36,101 --> 00:24:38,811
that Chris and a hundred other people
were being lowballed
330
00:24:38,812 --> 00:24:40,189
in the name of budget cuts.
331
00:24:40,939 --> 00:24:44,192
And I'm the one who has to look at Julia
and Layla and everybody else
332
00:24:44,193 --> 00:24:48,112
who's overworked, underappreciated,
underpaid on my watch.
333
00:24:48,113 --> 00:24:50,281
But yeah.
No, don't look over there, you know?
334
00:24:50,282 --> 00:24:53,951
Keep the show lean and mean.
Do more with less. Get creative.
335
00:24:53,952 --> 00:24:55,286
Win the fucking ratings war.
336
00:24:55,287 --> 00:24:57,288
Sleep in your office,
if that's what it takes.
337
00:24:57,289 --> 00:25:00,834
'Cause that is what it takes
to keep the lights on during a pandemic.
338
00:25:01,668 --> 00:25:03,878
To literally keep the lights on
during a hack.
339
00:25:03,879 --> 00:25:06,214
How fucked up is it, Stella,
340
00:25:06,215 --> 00:25:10,219
that I'm supposed to be running
the machine, and I am a goddamn cog?
341
00:25:11,428 --> 00:25:14,556
Maybe UBA is a plantation,
just with dental insurance.
342
00:25:16,850 --> 00:25:18,769
- Yeah, you're right.
- I know I'm right.
343
00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:22,021
But what does that say about me,
that I'm still here?
344
00:25:22,022 --> 00:25:26,360
We're getting out of here.
We're getting drunk tonight.
345
00:25:27,486 --> 00:25:31,155
- Stella, no. I don't have time.
- Do not make me pull rank.
346
00:25:31,156 --> 00:25:32,323
That's an order.
347
00:25:32,324 --> 00:25:33,574
We're getting out of here,
348
00:25:33,575 --> 00:25:36,744
and we're drinking
until we can't see straight.
349
00:25:36,745 --> 00:25:41,458
And I'm expensing all of it,
and we're inviting Chris.
350
00:25:43,460 --> 00:25:45,211
- Now tell me, what color is it?
- Red.
351
00:25:45,212 --> 00:25:48,214
Red. Good job, Naima.
352
00:25:48,215 --> 00:25:52,260
Here, here. There you g... Hey!
What color is this?
353
00:25:52,261 --> 00:25:56,682
- Orange.
- Orange! So amazing.
354
00:25:57,558 --> 00:25:59,851
Wh... You know what's next?
355
00:25:59,852 --> 00:26:01,894
You getting ahead of me?
356
00:26:01,895 --> 00:26:05,064
Wow. Look at this. Green.
357
00:26:05,065 --> 00:26:08,235
What's that? Hey! High-five, high-five.
358
00:26:10,195 --> 00:26:12,115
Okay, you're being ridiculous.
Get off the floor.
359
00:26:14,074 --> 00:26:15,658
"How has your week been, honey?"
360
00:26:15,659 --> 00:26:18,870
"Well, I had to read
a racist email about me,
361
00:26:18,871 --> 00:26:21,831
sent by someone I met exactly once.
362
00:26:21,832 --> 00:26:24,709
Then our CEO offered me ho money
363
00:26:24,710 --> 00:26:26,502
- to stay quiet.
- Stop.
364
00:26:26,503 --> 00:26:29,672
And some reporter asked me
what I was gonna do about all of this.
365
00:26:29,673 --> 00:26:33,968
And then my Black boss told me
that I should keep calm and carry on."
366
00:26:33,969 --> 00:26:36,388
So you wanna quit?
367
00:26:38,307 --> 00:26:39,724
You know I don't quit anything.
368
00:26:39,725 --> 00:26:42,144
I mean, you've put in enough time.
369
00:26:42,644 --> 00:26:44,812
The Morning Show
wasn't supposed to be forever.
370
00:26:44,813 --> 00:26:47,024
Come here, come here.
371
00:26:48,108 --> 00:26:49,359
You know, we were fine.
372
00:26:49,860 --> 00:26:52,028
We had enough in endorsements
to tide us over,
373
00:26:52,029 --> 00:26:56,657
- and I let you talk me into this job.
- Whoa, whoa, I didn't talk you into this.
374
00:26:56,658 --> 00:26:58,743
I told you I felt like
they were lowballing me,
375
00:26:58,744 --> 00:27:01,204
- and you said we shouldn't push it.
- No, no, no, no,
376
00:27:01,205 --> 00:27:02,622
I'm not gonna let you blame me for this
377
00:27:02,623 --> 00:27:04,415
because these white folks
have lost their minds.
378
00:27:04,416 --> 00:27:06,000
We should've taken them
for every dime they had.
379
00:27:06,001 --> 00:27:07,877
- And now we can.
- No.
380
00:27:07,878 --> 00:27:10,964
You sue once,
you are forever the woman who sues.
381
00:27:12,090 --> 00:27:13,341
Yeah?
382
00:27:19,848 --> 00:27:20,932
I'm sorry.
383
00:27:20,933 --> 00:27:23,060
- If that's a reporter...
- I'll handle it.
384
00:27:26,605 --> 00:27:28,189
It's Alex.
385
00:27:28,190 --> 00:27:30,484
- Yeah, okay.
- Mommy will be right back.
386
00:27:32,152 --> 00:27:33,946
This better not take long.
387
00:27:37,074 --> 00:27:38,367
I'll take care of her, baby.
388
00:27:41,370 --> 00:27:42,579
- Alex.
- Hi.
389
00:27:43,121 --> 00:27:46,123
I'm sorry to drop by unannounced.
390
00:27:46,124 --> 00:27:47,416
I actually did try to announce,
391
00:27:47,417 --> 00:27:50,170
but you weren't picking up your phone
or answering your texts.
392
00:27:51,380 --> 00:27:53,048
- It's fine. Come in.
- Great.
393
00:27:54,466 --> 00:27:55,467
Hey, Marcus.
394
00:27:55,968 --> 00:27:57,469
Hey, Alex. Good to see you.
395
00:28:16,697 --> 00:28:19,533
Veal marsala, amazing.
396
00:28:20,242 --> 00:28:21,784
I do feel bad for the baby cows,
397
00:28:21,785 --> 00:28:23,744
spending their all-too-short lives
caged up,
398
00:28:23,745 --> 00:28:25,538
never knowing the hellscape
that awaits them.
399
00:28:25,539 --> 00:28:27,248
It tugs at the heartstrings, really,
400
00:28:27,249 --> 00:28:32,420
but here, the veal marsala...
it tests the limits of my sympathy.
401
00:28:32,421 --> 00:28:35,798
Let's cut the shit, Cory.
Why am I so far uptown?
402
00:28:35,799 --> 00:28:39,178
Leonard, you know there's
a world beyond the Upper East Side.
403
00:28:39,678 --> 00:28:42,972
Yes, which is why I live on
the Upper East Side.
404
00:28:44,099 --> 00:28:45,933
We needed a little privacy,
405
00:28:45,934 --> 00:28:49,562
away from prying eyes
and the hot takes of, reporters.
406
00:28:49,563 --> 00:28:53,941
So, what's the board thinking about,
Paul's offer,
407
00:28:53,942 --> 00:28:56,611
now that Cybil's email has been leaked?
408
00:28:56,612 --> 00:28:58,821
We're over the moon.
409
00:28:58,822 --> 00:29:02,992
I mean, racial scandals.
Great for business.
410
00:29:02,993 --> 00:29:04,077
Point taken.
411
00:29:05,245 --> 00:29:07,122
Let's dispense with pleasantries.
412
00:29:07,789 --> 00:29:10,708
I opposed your appointment as CEO.
413
00:29:10,709 --> 00:29:13,378
Since then, you've had some wins.
414
00:29:14,379 --> 00:29:18,800
But you thrive on chaos,
and I don't and neither does UBA.
415
00:29:19,384 --> 00:29:21,093
With that said, of course, I would,
416
00:29:21,094 --> 00:29:25,349
support Mussolini if he brought me
a deal from Paul Marks.
417
00:29:26,016 --> 00:29:28,810
Never took you for a fascist, Leonard.
418
00:29:29,811 --> 00:29:32,773
But you don't have the votes yet.
419
00:29:33,315 --> 00:29:35,441
I can't publicly support you.
420
00:29:35,442 --> 00:29:38,070
Do you really think Cybil
is the best the board can do?
421
00:29:40,989 --> 00:29:43,784
Well,
that non-answer is all the answer I need.
422
00:29:44,409 --> 00:29:48,454
And if Cybil is gone,
someone will have to take over.
423
00:29:48,455 --> 00:29:51,499
Nature abhors a vacuum.
424
00:29:51,500 --> 00:29:53,793
I've sat on a lot of boards, Cory.
425
00:29:53,794 --> 00:29:59,633
And if the headache you'd give me
is half the aneurysm you've given Cybil,
426
00:30:00,342 --> 00:30:01,552
then I'm not interested.
427
00:30:02,803 --> 00:30:05,222
Did you know my father was a binman?
428
00:30:06,139 --> 00:30:07,932
I'm sorry, a binman?
429
00:30:07,933 --> 00:30:09,559
Whatever you call them here.
430
00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:13,104
Sanitary worker, rubbish collector.
431
00:30:13,105 --> 00:30:19,151
I watched him spend
his entire adult existence waist-deep
432
00:30:19,152 --> 00:30:22,029
in the putrid detritus
of other people's lives,
433
00:30:22,030 --> 00:30:27,994
and he did it without complaint
so that I wouldn't have to be a binman.
434
00:30:27,995 --> 00:30:32,082
I have never been a binman.
I won't start now.
435
00:30:32,666 --> 00:30:36,211
So, Cory,
either you clean up your own mess,
436
00:30:37,379 --> 00:30:39,298
or you get the fuck out of the way.
437
00:30:45,846 --> 00:30:48,848
- Another round? Yeah!
- Hell yeah.
438
00:30:48,849 --> 00:30:51,350
Your chest is blowing up.
439
00:30:51,351 --> 00:30:52,518
What?
440
00:30:52,519 --> 00:30:55,647
Your bra. Someone's calling your bra.
441
00:30:56,815 --> 00:31:00,610
- I bet it's Chris.
- Tell her to get her ass down here.
442
00:31:00,611 --> 00:31:02,445
It's Bradley.
443
00:31:02,446 --> 00:31:05,323
Does she want her white guilt assuaged?
444
00:31:05,324 --> 00:31:08,242
I know she means well,
but after Yanko's genealogy lesson...
445
00:31:08,243 --> 00:31:12,121
I can't do another
after-school special with the talent.
446
00:31:12,122 --> 00:31:14,415
Sorry, Bradley Jackson.
447
00:31:14,416 --> 00:31:16,918
Yanko.
448
00:31:18,128 --> 00:31:20,254
Remember when he punched
that guy in the street?
449
00:31:20,255 --> 00:31:21,631
Yes, I do.
450
00:31:21,632 --> 00:31:27,386
Okay, I know I'm not allowed
to say it because of toxic masculinity,
451
00:31:27,387 --> 00:31:29,306
but that was hot.
452
00:31:29,806 --> 00:31:31,058
It was kinda hot.
453
00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:34,435
Yanko can be problematic
454
00:31:34,436 --> 00:31:36,312
- and also hot.
- And also hot.
455
00:31:36,313 --> 00:31:37,855
- Did we say that out loud?
- No.
456
00:31:37,856 --> 00:31:39,775
Is my phone listening?
457
00:31:45,072 --> 00:31:46,197
I'm getting more drinks.
458
00:31:46,198 --> 00:31:48,242
Hi, can I... Yeah, thanks.
459
00:31:48,825 --> 00:31:49,825
Hey.
460
00:31:50,244 --> 00:31:52,412
Wait, is that... is that Kyle?
461
00:31:53,705 --> 00:31:54,831
God, it is.
462
00:31:58,001 --> 00:31:59,919
I'm gonna go talk to him
and find out what Cory's up to.
463
00:31:59,920 --> 00:32:01,046
- No! You can't...
- Yes.
464
00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:07,385
- Kyle? My God.
- Stella?
465
00:32:07,386 --> 00:32:09,178
- Come on. Bring it in.
- Hi. Hi.
466
00:32:09,179 --> 00:32:10,555
- Hi...
- What's up?
467
00:32:10,556 --> 00:32:12,474
- This is crazy.
- Yeah.
468
00:32:13,225 --> 00:32:14,892
Cory's meeting with the board right now.
469
00:32:14,893 --> 00:32:17,103
He doesn't give a shit
about reforming UBA.
470
00:32:17,104 --> 00:32:20,691
He's at war with Cybil, and we...
We're just pawns.
471
00:32:22,818 --> 00:32:25,862
- What?
- I am a pawn. You're in the game.
472
00:32:25,863 --> 00:32:28,114
What? What is that supposed to mean?
473
00:32:28,115 --> 00:32:30,157
Cybil is your girl, right?
474
00:32:30,158 --> 00:32:32,118
Or, I don't know...
475
00:32:32,119 --> 00:32:33,536
Wait, what?
476
00:32:33,537 --> 00:32:37,290
You think that I'm protecting her,
that I'm... that I'm complicit in this?
477
00:32:37,291 --> 00:32:40,169
Stella, I'm confused,
why are you taking her side?
478
00:32:41,003 --> 00:32:44,046
It's like you're attaching yourself
to power wherever it is.
479
00:32:44,047 --> 00:32:45,382
That's not my style.
480
00:32:46,133 --> 00:32:47,592
Cybil may have issues,
481
00:32:47,593 --> 00:32:52,555
but at least she's not trying to sell us
to Paul Marks like Cory is.
482
00:32:52,556 --> 00:32:56,476
Well, Paul may be another overlord,
but at least he's writing checks.
483
00:32:57,227 --> 00:33:00,397
Aren't you tired of everybody
in the C-suite crying poor?
484
00:33:06,945 --> 00:33:07,946
What?
485
00:33:08,739 --> 00:33:09,906
What aren't you saying?
486
00:33:09,907 --> 00:33:13,660
Paul and I, we used to work together.
487
00:33:14,411 --> 00:33:16,954
We have a history,
and it's not a good one.
488
00:33:16,955 --> 00:33:19,165
- Did he... Did he do something...
- No, no...
489
00:33:19,166 --> 00:33:21,418
it's nothing like that.
He's too smart.
490
00:33:22,002 --> 00:33:23,795
If there's one thing about Paul...
491
00:33:27,341 --> 00:33:28,341
he's ruthless.
492
00:33:30,344 --> 00:33:32,304
- Did you tell Cory?
- He doesn't care.
493
00:33:33,472 --> 00:33:35,515
And who can you trust in that building?
494
00:33:35,516 --> 00:33:37,350
The only way UBA can sell trust
495
00:33:37,351 --> 00:33:41,104
is by putting it in all caps
under Alex Levy's face on a billboard.
496
00:33:45,442 --> 00:33:47,486
You came.
497
00:33:48,737 --> 00:33:50,571
Looks like I missed a fun night.
498
00:33:50,572 --> 00:33:53,741
- Hey.
- Hey, Chris, how are you holding up?
499
00:33:53,742 --> 00:33:56,452
Yeah, I look like I'm in
the witness protection program, so...
500
00:33:56,453 --> 00:33:57,954
Do you want to duck into someplace quiet?
501
00:33:57,955 --> 00:33:59,873
- I mean, there's a...
- I'm done with quiet.
502
00:34:00,916 --> 00:34:03,752
I want to interview Cybil on TMS.
503
00:34:06,797 --> 00:34:08,966
- Really?
- Alex and I talked about it,
504
00:34:10,132 --> 00:34:11,134
and it should be me.
505
00:34:14,888 --> 00:34:15,889
Okay.
506
00:34:17,014 --> 00:34:18,765
- Only do this if you are sure.
- Yeah.
507
00:34:18,766 --> 00:34:20,685
You don't have anything to prove here.
508
00:34:20,686 --> 00:34:21,727
I know.
509
00:34:21,728 --> 00:34:26,525
And trust me, the last thing I wanna do
is talk to Cybil, but I'm gonna do it.
510
00:34:28,068 --> 00:34:30,986
Hey, imagine the ratings.
511
00:34:30,987 --> 00:34:33,196
The ratings, yes.
512
00:34:33,197 --> 00:34:35,241
Absolutely not. She's not doing it.
513
00:34:35,242 --> 00:34:38,744
Alex Unfiltered is one thing,
but nobody is tuning into
514
00:34:38,745 --> 00:34:41,205
The Morning Show's version
of Obama's "Beer Summit".
515
00:34:41,206 --> 00:34:44,207
If he couldn't make it work,
we sure as hell can't.
516
00:34:44,208 --> 00:34:48,338
I love the Hail Mary, but no.
517
00:34:48,839 --> 00:34:52,466
I love Hail Marys too.
I especially love a Hail Mary
518
00:34:52,467 --> 00:34:55,178
where a network's CEO leaks
an embarrassing email
519
00:34:55,179 --> 00:34:58,514
to knock out his board chair and,
you know,
520
00:34:58,515 --> 00:35:02,686
casually weaponizes 400 years of racism
to close a deal with a billionaire.
521
00:35:24,666 --> 00:35:26,876
That's quite the accusation, Stella.
522
00:35:26,877 --> 00:35:28,586
Before you tell me I'm wrong,
523
00:35:28,587 --> 00:35:30,923
just know that your left eye twitches
when you're lying.
524
00:35:34,134 --> 00:35:36,720
You let this get away from you, Cory.
525
00:35:40,182 --> 00:35:45,394
No, no, no. Nope, I can't do it.
I cannot go on The Morning Show.
526
00:35:45,395 --> 00:35:47,563
Cybil, you have to do this.
527
00:35:47,564 --> 00:35:51,776
It's what Chris wants,
and she deserves to have her say too.
528
00:35:51,777 --> 00:35:56,614
It's time for you to stop behaving
like some fragile white woman.
529
00:35:56,615 --> 00:35:58,075
I'm fragile?
530
00:35:58,784 --> 00:36:00,661
Could you have survived the '70s?
531
00:36:02,746 --> 00:36:05,582
We are aware that you're formidable.
532
00:36:11,630 --> 00:36:18,220
I keep running it back in my mind over
and over and over.
533
00:36:20,222 --> 00:36:21,764
I can't believe I wrote that.
534
00:36:23,559 --> 00:36:28,772
I... I would never
undermine another woman at work.
535
00:36:31,024 --> 00:36:33,359
- Why would I do that?
- I don't know.
536
00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:36,696
And I think you're just gonna have
to answer that on TMS.
537
00:36:36,697 --> 00:36:39,533
Why? They've... They've decided who I am.
538
00:36:40,117 --> 00:36:43,119
And you watch, after-after I'm gone,
539
00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:46,623
- they'll all pretend that...
- solved the problem.
540
00:36:47,583 --> 00:36:50,459
And they'll still just cross
to the other side of the street
541
00:36:50,460 --> 00:36:52,004
if they see a person of color.
542
00:36:53,088 --> 00:36:56,466
I would...
I would not say that part on air.
543
00:36:56,967 --> 00:36:58,051
God.
544
00:36:59,344 --> 00:37:01,138
I made a joke.
545
00:37:03,891 --> 00:37:05,266
A tasteless joke.
546
00:37:05,267 --> 00:37:09,437
And now that joke is my legacy?
547
00:37:09,438 --> 00:37:11,356
My family's legacy?
548
00:37:12,232 --> 00:37:17,403
Eighty years of all that we built
is just wiped out by a...
549
00:37:17,404 --> 00:37:19,697
By a thoughtless email?
550
00:37:19,698 --> 00:37:22,742
Cybil, it's so much more than one email.
551
00:37:22,743 --> 00:37:28,706
You paid a Black woman less than
a white woman for the exact same job.
552
00:37:28,707 --> 00:37:33,044
And I understand that you don't think
that this is reflective of who you are,
553
00:37:33,045 --> 00:37:37,716
but this is your chance to own it,
and you're gonna redefine it.
554
00:37:40,594 --> 00:37:43,721
Still to come,
we'll follow up with Marge and Kathy,
555
00:37:43,722 --> 00:37:47,350
identical twins reunited after
a chance run-in
556
00:37:47,351 --> 00:37:49,602
at the Cider Days pie eating contest.
557
00:37:49,603 --> 00:37:51,521
Can you imagine that? You're just sampling
558
00:37:51,522 --> 00:37:53,231
a slice of strawberry rhubarb and then,
559
00:37:53,232 --> 00:37:54,649
- wham, your twin.
- I know.
560
00:37:54,650 --> 00:37:56,943
It's competitive eating,
it's full of surprises.
561
00:37:56,944 --> 00:37:58,402
Up next,
562
00:37:58,403 --> 00:38:01,113
a conversation about race
in corporate America
563
00:38:01,114 --> 00:38:03,658
with UBA Board Chair, Cybil Reynolds,
564
00:38:03,659 --> 00:38:08,080
and our very own Chris Hunter.
We'll be right back after this break.
565
00:38:08,580 --> 00:38:09,872
And we're clear.
566
00:38:09,873 --> 00:38:11,624
- My God. Fucking tough pivot.
- God.
567
00:38:11,625 --> 00:38:13,376
- No shit.
- Holy... Jesus Christ.
568
00:38:13,377 --> 00:38:15,670
And Chris has... Chris has got
a lot of guts, taking this on.
569
00:38:15,671 --> 00:38:17,130
Yeah, she does. She sure does.
570
00:38:18,090 --> 00:38:19,799
Okay. We're three minutes out.
571
00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:22,718
You're gonna stay on point.
Remember to breathe, right?
572
00:38:22,719 --> 00:38:25,221
Remember, it's a four-minute segment,
573
00:38:25,222 --> 00:38:27,390
and they might go just a little longer.
574
00:38:27,391 --> 00:38:30,476
Well, the great thing about
a live broadcast they have to cut away
575
00:38:30,477 --> 00:38:32,520
- to commercial at some point, so...
- Gotta pay those bills.
576
00:38:32,521 --> 00:38:33,563
It'll be all right.
577
00:38:33,564 --> 00:38:35,773
Just wanna do a touch-up
before you head out there.
578
00:38:35,774 --> 00:38:37,483
Those lights can be harsh.
579
00:38:37,484 --> 00:38:39,694
I was thinking we'll do a quick contour
right at the cheekbone.
580
00:38:39,695 --> 00:38:42,405
- Thank you.
- A little color. Don't wanna wash you out.
581
00:38:42,406 --> 00:38:45,032
And listen,
you control the answers.
582
00:38:45,033 --> 00:38:46,576
She does not control the answers.
583
00:38:55,252 --> 00:38:58,130
One...
584
00:38:59,047 --> 00:39:01,091
two...
585
00:39:03,802 --> 00:39:05,261
three.
586
00:39:07,055 --> 00:39:10,225
Hey. Hello, babe.
587
00:39:10,976 --> 00:39:12,352
This is not a race.
588
00:39:16,481 --> 00:39:17,482
You're gonna be great.
589
00:39:19,067 --> 00:39:20,319
You were born great.
590
00:39:21,069 --> 00:39:22,571
What if I embarrass myself?
591
00:39:24,781 --> 00:39:26,824
What if I do this and all anyone sees
592
00:39:26,825 --> 00:39:31,495
is an angry Black woman beating up on
a defenseless little white lady...
593
00:39:31,496 --> 00:39:33,080
- That's not gonna happen.
- And...
594
00:39:33,081 --> 00:39:36,168
You got Mia in your ear
and me right offside.
595
00:40:03,278 --> 00:40:04,279
Come on, girl.
596
00:41:01,628 --> 00:41:03,212
- Dear, would you hold this?
- Yep.
597
00:41:03,213 --> 00:41:05,674
- Ms. Reynolds, come with me please.
- Thank you.
598
00:41:17,060 --> 00:41:19,140
- Okay, watch your step.
- Thank you.
599
00:41:26,445 --> 00:41:27,738
God Almighty.
600
00:41:28,238 --> 00:41:30,406
Let's make sure we don't have
any audible delay.
601
00:41:30,407 --> 00:41:32,241
Copy that. No delay.
602
00:41:32,242 --> 00:41:34,118
Good to go for audio. No delay.
603
00:41:34,119 --> 00:41:36,955
Check.
Okay, everyone, let's keep this tight.
604
00:41:37,873 --> 00:41:40,626
Jim, I want you to stay closer.
605
00:41:55,557 --> 00:41:56,642
You got this, Chris.
606
00:41:58,352 --> 00:42:02,105
And in five, four, three...
607
00:42:05,275 --> 00:42:06,275
Welcome back.
608
00:42:06,693 --> 00:42:09,737
A few days ago,
a racially insensitive email surfaced
609
00:42:09,738 --> 00:42:11,907
from UBA board president, Cybil Reynolds.
610
00:42:12,824 --> 00:42:18,329
The email contained comments about me.
I haven't spoken out in public until now.
611
00:42:18,330 --> 00:42:21,999
And here to join me as I do so is
the woman who wrote those comments.
612
00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:24,919
UBA board president, Cybil Reynolds,
thank you for being here.
613
00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:26,213
Thank you for having me on.
614
00:42:26,839 --> 00:42:30,758
Now I know there was some furor,
well deserved,
615
00:42:30,759 --> 00:42:34,387
over the statement that UBA
issued some days ago.
616
00:42:34,388 --> 00:42:39,016
Um, it was inadequate,
to say the very least.
617
00:42:39,017 --> 00:42:44,523
The mistake was mine and mine alone,
and I'm here to apologize in person.
618
00:42:45,691 --> 00:42:50,112
Chris, I'm...
I am deeply sorry for what I said.
619
00:42:50,696 --> 00:42:53,447
Even in the heat of
a contentious hiring decision,
620
00:42:53,448 --> 00:42:56,784
nothing can excuse what I said.
621
00:42:56,785 --> 00:42:58,745
You mean calling me Aunt Jemima?
622
00:42:59,872 --> 00:43:02,248
I didn't exactly call you Aunt...
623
00:43:02,249 --> 00:43:04,334
Um, I-I wanna set the record straight.
624
00:43:05,043 --> 00:43:09,839
You know that Aunt Jemima was on boxes
of pancake mix and not cereal, right?
625
00:43:09,840 --> 00:43:12,008
I guess I know that now.
626
00:43:12,009 --> 00:43:16,387
But this is about more than
just an offhand comment.
627
00:43:16,388 --> 00:43:20,391
The irony of your joke is that
the Pearl Milling Company
628
00:43:20,392 --> 00:43:24,395
used the image and likeness of
a Black woman to sell a brand,
629
00:43:24,396 --> 00:43:26,814
I'm sure, with no profit participation.
630
00:43:26,815 --> 00:43:30,776
My question is what brand
am I helping UBA to sell, in your eyes?
631
00:43:30,777 --> 00:43:35,531
Look, words matter. Actions matter more.
632
00:43:35,532 --> 00:43:40,245
And UBA has been sorely inactive
when it comes to equity and inclusion.
633
00:43:40,829 --> 00:43:44,582
Now, the board isn't involved
with day-to-day operations.
634
00:43:44,583 --> 00:43:48,003
We leave that to
the capable leadership of our CEO.
635
00:43:49,338 --> 00:43:55,468
But when that leadership falters,
I have a duty to step in.
636
00:43:55,469 --> 00:43:58,055
Don't you fucking dare.
637
00:43:59,223 --> 00:44:00,431
She firing shots at Cory?
638
00:44:00,432 --> 00:44:01,934
He deserves them.
639
00:44:02,434 --> 00:44:04,185
I'm not sure you're answering my question.
640
00:44:05,104 --> 00:44:06,979
But let's talk about stepping in.
641
00:44:06,980 --> 00:44:08,314
What would that look like?
642
00:44:08,315 --> 00:44:11,610
Do you even think it's possible
to win back the trust of UBA's employees?
643
00:44:12,110 --> 00:44:15,030
You know something? I do.
644
00:44:16,198 --> 00:44:17,406
I do think it's possible.
645
00:44:17,407 --> 00:44:22,203
And it'll start with a dialogue
between UBA employees and the board.
646
00:44:22,204 --> 00:44:28,167
From now on... you all will
have a voice at every single board meeting.
647
00:44:28,168 --> 00:44:30,169
Now is the time for transparency.
648
00:44:30,170 --> 00:44:31,672
That's great to hear, truly.
649
00:44:32,840 --> 00:44:35,551
In the interest of transparency,
650
00:44:36,385 --> 00:44:41,264
was I hired for a permanent
anchor position because I am Black?
651
00:44:43,684 --> 00:44:45,393
Obviously not. No.
652
00:44:45,394 --> 00:44:47,103
But you see my confusion, right?
653
00:44:47,104 --> 00:44:51,440
Because you used
a clumsy racist comment...
654
00:44:51,441 --> 00:44:53,568
to complain about my hiring.
655
00:44:53,569 --> 00:44:56,280
Did you think I wasn't qualified,
was that it?
656
00:44:57,614 --> 00:45:00,616
Well...
now in point of fact, at that time,
657
00:45:00,617 --> 00:45:02,827
I did not believe you were qualified.
658
00:45:02,828 --> 00:45:05,037
let me rephrase.
659
00:45:05,038 --> 00:45:06,455
You were untested.
660
00:45:06,456 --> 00:45:08,165
Well, that's not exactly true.
661
00:45:08,166 --> 00:45:11,294
Were you aware that I was cue tested...
662
00:45:11,295 --> 00:45:15,507
more than any other person who
has ever anchored this show?
663
00:45:16,091 --> 00:45:18,426
That I had to have eight different
approval meetings
664
00:45:18,427 --> 00:45:21,637
in addition to the strategy discussions
about my hair?
665
00:45:21,638 --> 00:45:23,014
I was unaware.
666
00:45:23,015 --> 00:45:25,349
And I still found time to,
667
00:45:25,350 --> 00:45:30,813
spend weekends with four former anchors,
developing my on-air skills.
668
00:45:30,814 --> 00:45:33,816
- Well, now that-that is impressive.
- That's very admirable.
669
00:45:33,817 --> 00:45:36,277
That aside,
I don't understand why you used
670
00:45:36,278 --> 00:45:38,571
a racialized image when discussing me.
671
00:45:39,740 --> 00:45:41,116
Is that how you see me?
672
00:45:42,284 --> 00:45:45,329
Is that how you see us?
673
00:45:56,590 --> 00:46:02,094
Would you want your entire career
reduced to one unthinking,
674
00:46:02,095 --> 00:46:04,430
bone-headed thing you said in an email?
675
00:46:04,431 --> 00:46:07,099
Haven't you ever said
anything...
676
00:46:07,100 --> 00:46:10,520
that later you came to regret
when speaking casually?
677
00:46:10,521 --> 00:46:13,189
You're in
a leadership position at this network.
678
00:46:13,190 --> 00:46:14,733
And on your watch,
679
00:46:15,275 --> 00:46:20,280
you let employees of color
be systematically devalued.
680
00:46:21,532 --> 00:46:23,283
Is that something to be casual about?
681
00:46:23,867 --> 00:46:25,618
Donny,
tell the camera to push in on Cybil,
682
00:46:25,619 --> 00:46:28,371
- and keep pushing until I see her pores.
- We're supposed to break.
683
00:46:28,372 --> 00:46:30,414
- You want me to cut...
- No. No.
684
00:46:30,415 --> 00:46:33,501
Okay. Camera two, push in. Closer.
685
00:46:33,502 --> 00:46:34,586
No.
686
00:46:36,255 --> 00:46:38,714
I was careless,
and there isn't any excuse.
687
00:46:38,715 --> 00:46:41,300
But you-you have to understand.
688
00:46:41,301 --> 00:46:44,888
We don't just give this opportunity
to anyone.
689
00:46:45,514 --> 00:46:49,934
Anyone who sits in that chair
has to be grateful...
690
00:46:49,935 --> 00:46:51,019
I sh...
691
00:46:51,603 --> 00:46:52,646
There it is.
692
00:46:53,772 --> 00:46:54,772
I should be grateful?
693
00:46:54,773 --> 00:46:58,485
Well,
that-that your job is so very hard to get.
694
00:47:02,739 --> 00:47:06,784
I want to say,
as for UBA as an institution,
695
00:47:06,785 --> 00:47:08,703
going forward, I think we've...
696
00:47:08,704 --> 00:47:13,791
We should move on from this climate
where racial divisions are exploited.
697
00:47:13,792 --> 00:47:15,961
But that's every climate though,
wouldn't you say?
698
00:47:19,131 --> 00:47:20,382
Um...
699
00:47:20,966 --> 00:47:22,301
Shit.
700
00:47:24,803 --> 00:47:29,223
But yes,
we will move on from institutional racism
701
00:47:29,224 --> 00:47:30,517
right after this break.
702
00:47:31,476 --> 00:47:32,477
Keep it here.
703
00:47:33,270 --> 00:47:35,898
And we're out. Wow.
704
00:47:39,526 --> 00:47:40,777
Is that, um...
705
00:47:44,781 --> 00:47:46,575
Right. Of course, of course.
706
00:47:52,915 --> 00:47:54,541
- Ready?
- Thank you.
707
00:47:58,086 --> 00:48:00,797
My God.
708
00:48:01,590 --> 00:48:04,092
Let's go.
709
00:48:05,010 --> 00:48:08,722
That was a crash and burn.
710
00:48:10,349 --> 00:48:11,390
Mia, it's Cory.
711
00:48:11,391 --> 00:48:14,353
- What? Seriously?
- I'll take it. It's fine.
712
00:48:17,022 --> 00:48:18,147
What can I do for you, Cory?
713
00:48:18,148 --> 00:48:21,734
Well, I just wanna say congrats
on that great segment.
714
00:48:21,735 --> 00:48:25,071
And by the way,
we'll eat the cost of delaying that break.
715
00:48:25,072 --> 00:48:27,156
I'll make it up to the advertisers
at upfronts.
716
00:48:27,157 --> 00:48:28,324
Yeah, I have no doubt.
717
00:48:28,325 --> 00:48:30,702
Just let me know when
those ratings numbers come in.
718
00:48:33,830 --> 00:48:35,373
Layla,
719
00:48:35,374 --> 00:48:38,335
aren't you gonna congratulate Chris
on a great segment?
720
00:48:39,086 --> 00:48:40,336
Me? Why?
721
00:48:40,337 --> 00:48:43,506
That's what anchor producers do.
Now get going.
722
00:48:43,507 --> 00:48:45,258
You're not serious.
723
00:48:45,259 --> 00:48:46,343
It's long overdue.
724
00:48:47,386 --> 00:48:48,387
Go.
725
00:48:49,096 --> 00:48:51,806
You got it. Congratulations.
726
00:48:55,602 --> 00:48:56,727
Folks,
727
00:48:56,728 --> 00:49:01,190
there are train wrecks and then there's
whatever that was on The Morning Show.
728
00:49:01,191 --> 00:49:04,903
Cybil Reynolds didn't just step in it,
she danced a foxtrot.
729
00:49:05,904 --> 00:49:10,575
With that, I call our vote
of no confidence to order.
730
00:49:10,576 --> 00:49:13,620
All those in favor,
please raise your hand.
731
00:49:42,149 --> 00:49:45,151
Kyle, get me Paul Marks now.
732
00:49:45,152 --> 00:49:46,819
And I don't care if he's back on
that rocket,
733
00:49:46,820 --> 00:49:49,947
and I don't care if that rocket
has reached Jupiter.
734
00:49:49,948 --> 00:49:51,949
You will charter me transport to Jupiter.
735
00:49:51,950 --> 00:49:55,912
You'll get me... an
UberComet, whatever the hell that is.
736
00:49:55,913 --> 00:49:58,122
My friends in the assistant mafia
say he's in SoHo.
737
00:49:58,123 --> 00:49:59,957
Well, that's closer.
738
00:49:59,958 --> 00:50:01,502
Yeah, I'll get the driver.
739
00:50:10,427 --> 00:50:12,221
Hey, thank you so much for coming.
740
00:50:13,138 --> 00:50:14,389
Well, enjoy your evening.
741
00:50:15,432 --> 00:50:17,642
- Cory.
- Amanda.
742
00:50:17,643 --> 00:50:19,393
You got some pep in your step.
743
00:50:19,394 --> 00:50:22,104
Recharged after sleeping
in your coffin all day?
744
00:50:22,105 --> 00:50:25,441
You and your power suit never disappoint.
745
00:50:25,442 --> 00:50:27,652
This event is private.
746
00:50:27,653 --> 00:50:33,574
While I'm intrigued by your new, um,
bouncer cosplay, but Paul's expecting me.
747
00:50:33,575 --> 00:50:35,701
If he were expecting you,
I'd know about it.
748
00:50:35,702 --> 00:50:41,542
I know that you're paid to be Paul's
guard dog, but don't toy with me, Amanda.
749
00:50:42,334 --> 00:50:44,253
I'm not a fidget spinner.
750
00:50:45,921 --> 00:50:48,257
- Cory.
- Nice to see you, Paul.
751
00:50:49,591 --> 00:50:51,384
Do we have something on the books?
752
00:50:51,385 --> 00:50:52,969
- No.
- Cybil's out.
753
00:50:52,970 --> 00:50:55,847
We got the votes. Path is clear.
754
00:50:55,848 --> 00:50:58,350
I'll take it from here.
755
00:50:59,142 --> 00:51:00,143
Copy.
756
00:51:01,770 --> 00:51:03,396
Look, Cory,
I appreciate you coming by,
757
00:51:03,397 --> 00:51:05,815
but does this-this deal
have to be this hard?
758
00:51:07,734 --> 00:51:10,611
Are you telling me you got to
where you are by doing easy deals?
759
00:51:10,612 --> 00:51:13,906
I wanted to buy a legacy media company.
760
00:51:13,907 --> 00:51:18,870
Legacy media means brand safety.
UBA is no longer safe. It's a shit show.
761
00:51:18,871 --> 00:51:21,747
UBA is number one again, Paul.
762
00:51:21,748 --> 00:51:25,210
Yeah, well, any car crash
is gonna gather a lot of eyeballs.
763
00:51:25,794 --> 00:51:28,463
But here's the thing about car crashes.
They're fuck ups.
764
00:51:29,298 --> 00:51:31,007
They're mistakes. They're accidents.
765
00:51:31,008 --> 00:51:34,302
And I know you look at your fuck ups
as opportunities,
766
00:51:34,303 --> 00:51:35,386
but I got an idea for you.
767
00:51:35,387 --> 00:51:37,848
Maybe you don't fuck up
in the first place.
768
00:51:38,515 --> 00:51:39,974
Where else are you gonna go?
769
00:51:39,975 --> 00:51:42,435
NBN,
is that who you're meeting with in there?
770
00:51:42,436 --> 00:51:46,815
I have options.
UBA, no longer one of them.
771
00:51:47,941 --> 00:51:49,401
Thanks for coming by.
772
00:51:49,425 --> 00:51:51,425
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