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Fred, what happened?
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{\an8}Good morning. Mitch Kessler,
my cohost and partner of 15 years,
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{\an8}was fired today for sexual misconduct.
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My on-air partner, my TV husband,
is a sexual predator now?
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I didn't rape anybody!
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Hannah, you said you were looking
for stories about strong women tomorrow.
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Well, check this out.
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Yeah?
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You know you have over
a million views on your video?
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We wanna interview you
about why the video is going viral.
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The Morning Show?
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I'm exhausted!
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{\an8}You seem a lot more relaxed today.
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{\an8}Yeah, well, this is a whole lot nicer
than a coal mine protest,
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{\an8}I'm not gonna lie.
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I think people want to trust
that the person
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that is telling them the truth
about the world is an honest person.
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This is Cory Ellison.
I'm the president of the UBA network.
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How would you like to come
and meet me for a drink
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and talk about your future?
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Alex, they were going to replace you.
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- What?
- He came to me.
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They said they wanted to make a change.
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Bradley Jackson. Thank you so much for
coming to meet me on such short notice.
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Come on. You're the head
of two divisions of a network.
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You don't have to pretend to appreciate me
dropping everything to show up.
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- Mmm.
- You expect that, right?
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I'll have bourbon on the rocks. Thanks.
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So, what's this about?
Late night meeting at a hotel...
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Oh.
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No, you see, sorry,
I'm one of those strange guys
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who only likes sleeping with women
who are actually attracted to him.
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So, no, I'm not hitting on you.
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- You see that woman over there?
- Yeah.
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That's Cecily.
She's my New York assistant.
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I'm sleeping with her.
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Okay.
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That was a joke.
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Ha-ha.
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I'm not worried. I don't scare easily.
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- Well, that's abundantly clear.
- Thank you.
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- Thank you.
- I guess they know you here.
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Yeah, I come here a lot.
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So, Bradley, what is your story?
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- My story?
- Yeah.
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Who knows? I mean, it's probably
the same as a lot of people's stories.
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Kid grows up in the country
around a bunch of cows and cornfields
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and dreams of a life that's less about
manure and more about ideas,
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things that matter.
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Only to grow up and realize
manure matters a whole lot.
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Actually, I don't think that's
the same as a lot of stories at all.
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- What's your story?
- Um...
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I'm probably
not supposed to ask you questions
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'cause you're technically important,
but... What the hell? You know?
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Wow, being "technically important"
is about the best description
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of a network executive I've ever heard.
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What is my story? Smart kid,
dad left, I took care of my mom,
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I vowed to own the world one day
and kick everyone's ass into submission.
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How's that working out for you?
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Pretty well, actually.
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Well, cheers to that.
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Hell, yeah.
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So, what do you want from me?
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Do you treat every business meeting
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like you're being interrogated
by an enemy camp?
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If you're even a little smart, you know
that's what all business meetings are.
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Then why aren't you further along in your
career at this point, if you're so savvy?
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"At this point"? You mean I'm too old
to be the young, feisty journalist?
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I should have landed somewhere
more substantial by now?
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Maybe.
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You're incredibly smart,
you're interesting,
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you've got that "it" thing we're always
looking for in this business.
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What is it? What's held you back?
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I don't know.
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I mean, probably what you see
as something "fresh" in me
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is probably what held me back.
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I don't think like other people.
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I say whatever I mean. I don't play games.
I don't fit the mold.
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What mold is that?
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Any mold, really.
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Oh, right. A weirdo.
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- What?
- I don't mean that in a bad way.
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You just wanted to meet me in person
to see if I was crazy or not.
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I can see why you do good interviews.
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Thanks, I do.
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So,
aside from wondering if you were crazy,
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here's the other reason that
I wanted to meet you:
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I think we might be able to use you as
a field correspondent on The Morning Show.
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What, you might be able to?
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Well,
I've looked into your past a little bit.
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You have moved jobs a lot. You have
a bit of a colorful local history...
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Okay, Two-Fucks Jackson is...
I can explain that...
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"Two-Fucks" what?
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- What?
- What? No, I said it first.
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No, I was just kidding.
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I definitely wanna hear
about Two-Fucks Jackson.
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But right now...
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right now I'm just trying to decide
if I should give you a chance.
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I wanna use this Mitch Kessler scandal
to reinvent ourselves.
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I want smart people
with fresh perspectives.
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Are you offering me a job right now?
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Well,
I don't wanna step on my producer's toes,
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but I have arranged a meeting for you
with Charlie Black tomorrow.
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He's the executive producer
of The Morning Show.
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- I know who he is.
- Course you do.
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Can you be ready for a 9:30 meeting
tomorrow morning?
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I can do that.
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- Good.
- Mm.
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Thank you for this.
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That's it? I don't get to hear
about Two-Fucks Jackson?
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Another night. I gotta start prepping.
I take my work really seriously.
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- I knew I liked you.
- Hey.
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You don't know me.
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Jason.
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What are you doing here?
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You cannot just
come over like this anymore.
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Alex, for fuck's sake,
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I have had our daughter on the phone,
freaking out,
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asking if I know where you are.
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Okay, well, here I am.
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I'm home, and I'm fine.
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I'll call Lizzy, and
I'll tell her that I'm fine. Thank you.
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Where have you been?
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I was just... I couldn't sleep.
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I couldn't sleep,
so I just went for a walk in the park.
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You went for a walk in the park
in the middle of the night?
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- Yeah.
- In the rain?
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Well...
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- What is going on with you, Alex?
- What...
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- Are you okay?
- Yes. I'm okay.
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I went for a walk
in the middle of the night.
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When else can I go for a walk in the park
without anybody bothering me?
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Why are you looking at me like that? I...
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Please, I've had the worst day of my life.
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I haven't had a chance to process
anything. So I went for a fucking walk.
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- Okay, okay. Good. Yes.
- It's fine.
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I will see you tomorrow night
for the event.
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The fucking event.
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Yes. I'm looking forward to it as well.
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- Are you?
- Yeah. Good night.
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Okay.
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Oh, fuck.
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Oh, God.
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I pushed all your calls
because after the show
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you'll meet with the UBA PR team
to review your speech for tonight.
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- They reviewed that last week.
- It's from Fred's office.
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Can't wait to see you get that award.
I just got a new dress for it.
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I can't wait to see it.
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Hair and makeup at your house at 3:00.
I put it in your calendar.
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I don't care if it came
from Fred's office.
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I know what I wanna say,
and I don't need them rewriting it today.
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Please go call them.
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You can't blame them for being
a little nervous about your speech.
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This is the first time you're in public
since this whole thing happened.
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Wait. What? You mean you think accepting
an award for leadership in journalism
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two days after my cohost of 15 years
is fired for predatory behavior is touchy?
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That event is gonna be a roomful
of vultures waiting for you to fuck up...
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Why are you stressing me out like this?
Honestly.
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Why don't you just give me a stroke
by 7:00? Then I won't have to go.
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I need to get out of this!
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I understand. But I...
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- I need this.
- Okay.
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Hey, Sarah.
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Did you call me at 4:00 this morning?
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I just woke up
and saw this message flashing.
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Yeah.
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Okay... I need to ask you something.
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In your opinion,
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the way that the network has been dragging
their feet on closing my new deal...
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does that suggest...
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anything unusual going on?
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Like what?
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Um, like, um...
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them trying to replace me?
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Or thinking about replacing me?
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Well, it's never a good thing.
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But it doesn't necessarily mean
anything like that.
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The good news is you have them
by the short hairs now.
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They need you in a big way.
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Mm-hmm.
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Okay, you gotta get that deal closed. And
I want every single thing we asked for.
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Are you all right?
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I'm fine. I'm fine.
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Why does everyone keep asking me that?
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I just want what I asked for.
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And the most important thing
is cohost approval.
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Sarah, I just need to be able
to control the narrative
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so that I'm not written out of it.
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Alex, why are you afraid of this
all of a sudden?
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It's just a feeling.
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But it is really, really important.
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Cohost approval.
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You gotta push that through.
And I mean it.
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Get that.
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And I wanna hear the minute
that you hear back from them
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and not when you feel that I can hear it.
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Okay?
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Okay.
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Yeah. Right.
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I never sent a message
that I thought was inappropriate.
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These women who have come forward
did think it was inappropriate.
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Do you think that that's valid?
Do you think their response is valid?
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Of course.
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But these women never complained to me
about this behavior.
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Yes, but you were their boss.
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You were in a position of authority.
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Do you think that you created
an environment
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where they felt comfortable
coming forward?
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Hey. What are you... No, no.
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- We can't do this here.
- But, Daddy, I want it now.
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- Come on, no.
- Give it to me, Daddy.
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- Please, Daddy.
- Come on, no Veruca Salt today. Not here.
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- Come on.
- Give me what I want. Give me...
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- Oh!
- Claire.
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- You don't get to say no, remember?
- Claire, please.
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You want me to stop,
you're gonna have to use the safe word.
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Okay, "climate change."
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Huh.
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- You are serious.
- I am. I'm dead serious. All right?
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Okay. Come on.
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No locked doors, okay? You know
how bad that would look with you...
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Couldn't we be having
a private conversation?
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- Come on.
- You know, I need advice about my career.
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You don't need a locked door for that.
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You don't need a locked door
except for one thing.
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You know you and I are something
different from... Right?
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I know that, and you know that.
Nobody else would know that.
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Come on, we have to be so fucking careful.
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Or we go to HR right now
and just tell 'em.
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Well, that would be mortifying.
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I mean, what would it look like?
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You mean that I'm having
a serious relationship
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with a woman half my age who is the PA?
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You think that might seem bad?
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What are you saying?
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- Hey. What's up? Good morning.
- Morning.
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- You ready for me?
- Yeah, of course. Come on in.
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Come on and get...
Thank you. You can leave that here.
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Oh, yeah. Of course.
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Thanks for researching the volcano info.
I really appreciate that.
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Yeah, cool. Let me know if anything else
erupts that you need me to do research on.
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- Will do. You got it.
- Good.
243
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But more importantly,
and most importantly,
244
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we want to ensure
a safe working environment
245
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for everyone who works
on The Morning Show.
246
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No one here knew what
was going on right under our noses.
247
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The next few weeks are gonna be rough.
We are clearly in triage.
248
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We need to be stabilized
by the time sweeps start. That's in...
249
00:16:00,252 --> 00:16:01,795
- Three weeks.
- Right.
250
00:16:02,462 --> 00:16:04,798
I won't lie to you, we are in a bad place.
251
00:16:04,882 --> 00:16:06,175
Jobs, the show,
252
00:16:06,717 --> 00:16:09,553
the network itself
literally hang in the balance.
253
00:16:09,636 --> 00:16:12,222
- It's not, though.
- These guys, Your Day, America...
254
00:16:13,015 --> 00:16:15,058
Dangerously close to us in the ratings.
255
00:16:15,475 --> 00:16:18,228
And that isn't bullshit, that is ad money.
256
00:16:18,979 --> 00:16:21,690
Ad money that supports this network,
supports your jobs...
257
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supports your families.
258
00:16:24,776 --> 00:16:28,405
We're gonna be working round the clock at
the network to find America's new family,
259
00:16:28,488 --> 00:16:32,868
and I expect all and everything
from each one of you in the meantime.
260
00:16:33,702 --> 00:16:36,747
Great, thank you so much, Fred.
All right, everybody, let's get to it.
261
00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:43,545
Where are we with her deal?
262
00:16:43,629 --> 00:16:46,423
She's holding on cohost approval.
But we're handling it.
263
00:16:46,507 --> 00:16:48,175
Jesus. She's delusional.
264
00:16:49,092 --> 00:16:52,179
Start putting together a list of names,
men who can sit next to Alex for now
265
00:16:52,262 --> 00:16:55,390
and also work with someone younger
once she's gone.
266
00:16:55,474 --> 00:16:58,018
Maybe a couple of women too,
for optics in case it leaks.
267
00:16:58,101 --> 00:17:01,813
Couple of days ahead of you. The list
is already in progress. Anything else?
268
00:17:04,733 --> 00:17:06,902
You know,
when you were assigned the news division,
269
00:17:07,528 --> 00:17:10,364
we didn't know we would be facing
the biggest crisis in our history.
270
00:17:12,074 --> 00:17:14,576
Some people would say
maybe you should have.
271
00:17:16,787 --> 00:17:18,038
I know what you're doing.
272
00:17:18,579 --> 00:17:22,041
The fact that you just started here
doesn't give you the leverage you think.
273
00:17:22,125 --> 00:17:25,753
I'm not looking for leverage, Fred,
I'm just stating the obvious.
274
00:17:25,838 --> 00:17:28,674
It would have been better if we knew,
so we could have stopped it.
275
00:17:30,342 --> 00:17:32,928
But we didn't know. Right?
276
00:17:35,973 --> 00:17:37,099
Right.
277
00:17:47,609 --> 00:17:49,820
- Fucker.
- Hey, I got something good.
278
00:17:49,903 --> 00:17:50,904
Yeah? What's up?
279
00:17:50,988 --> 00:17:55,909
I got some insider info. YDA booked
one of Mitch's victims for next week.
280
00:17:55,993 --> 00:17:58,203
- Who?
- Ashley Brown.
281
00:17:58,287 --> 00:18:00,539
Ashley in sound tech?
Jesus, it's been a while.
282
00:18:00,622 --> 00:18:02,165
You think you can get her back here
after all that?
283
00:18:02,249 --> 00:18:04,293
I'm gonna pull out all the stops.
284
00:18:04,376 --> 00:18:07,629
I know this is huge for us. You have no
idea what I already did to get this info.
285
00:18:07,713 --> 00:18:10,007
You know what? Please don't tell me that.
I really don't want...
286
00:18:10,090 --> 00:18:11,884
Okay, fine.
I found it in a fortune cookie.
287
00:18:11,967 --> 00:18:14,845
Sorry. You're right.
This is obviously huge.
288
00:18:15,679 --> 00:18:19,057
YDA can't be booking one of our victims
for a million fucking reasons.
289
00:18:20,726 --> 00:18:22,144
Do whatever you have to do.
290
00:18:22,227 --> 00:18:23,228
I'm on it, boss.
291
00:18:23,312 --> 00:18:24,897
- Rena.
- Yes?
292
00:18:25,814 --> 00:18:28,317
Where is today's schedule?
293
00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:29,401
I'm looking for it...
294
00:18:29,484 --> 00:18:31,528
You mean this one that says
"today's schedule"?
295
00:18:32,362 --> 00:18:34,573
- Yes. Fuck you very much.
- No problem.
296
00:18:34,656 --> 00:18:35,824
Thank you.
297
00:18:36,533 --> 00:18:38,994
"Seven..." Why are we doing this in sev...
298
00:18:39,077 --> 00:18:40,704
Rena, can you get Mia?
299
00:18:40,787 --> 00:18:42,789
Only seven fucking minutes to do this...
300
00:18:42,873 --> 00:18:44,124
Hey, how you hanging in there?
301
00:18:44,208 --> 00:18:46,752
Um, I can't feel my body
I'm so stressed out.
302
00:18:46,835 --> 00:18:50,047
I'm like a brain floating in space
with a phone in my hand.
303
00:18:50,130 --> 00:18:53,258
That sounds about right. Listen,
I want you to meet Bradley Jackson today.
304
00:18:53,342 --> 00:18:57,596
Wait. Bradley Jackson who did the show
yesterday? What the hell for?
305
00:18:57,679 --> 00:19:00,474
We're gonna be grooming
some new people, trying different things.
306
00:19:00,557 --> 00:19:02,809
It is a good time to start
grooming some new people,
307
00:19:02,893 --> 00:19:05,437
and I think she'd be a good correspondent,
possibly.
308
00:19:06,688 --> 00:19:09,775
Yeah. No, I understand it's always good
to be grooming people, but...
309
00:19:10,275 --> 00:19:12,152
I mean, right now?
310
00:19:12,236 --> 00:19:15,531
Plus, you saw her viral video, right?
I mean, a correspondent? I don't...
311
00:19:15,614 --> 00:19:17,783
I did see it.
312
00:19:17,866 --> 00:19:19,952
I saw it,
and so did five million other people,
313
00:19:20,035 --> 00:19:22,371
because it was incredibly
fucking entertaining.
314
00:19:22,454 --> 00:19:25,165
She also went toe-to-toe with Alex Levy.
315
00:19:25,249 --> 00:19:28,961
Not easy to do.
We need to open our minds, Chipper.
316
00:19:29,044 --> 00:19:31,880
Come on. What's worked in the past
isn't working now.
317
00:19:32,756 --> 00:19:35,300
My office set it for 9:30.
Let me know how it goes.
318
00:19:37,719 --> 00:19:39,137
- Great.
- Good.
319
00:19:45,269 --> 00:19:46,270
Yep.
320
00:19:50,315 --> 00:19:51,358
No.
321
00:19:53,652 --> 00:19:55,237
Push back.
322
00:19:57,489 --> 00:20:00,158
No coanchor approval.
323
00:20:02,077 --> 00:20:03,495
It's never gonna happen.
324
00:20:09,585 --> 00:20:13,547
No. We're still on schedule. I'm gonna get
your car to take you for your mani-pedi.
325
00:20:13,630 --> 00:20:15,048
- Okay, good.
- You like Julie, right?
326
00:20:15,132 --> 00:20:16,550
- Yeah, she's fine.
- She does great work.
327
00:20:16,633 --> 00:20:19,178
And is Lizzy all set for after school?
328
00:20:19,261 --> 00:20:22,181
Yes, she is. She's gonna meet you there
and she's very excited.
329
00:20:22,264 --> 00:20:23,265
Okay, good.
330
00:20:23,348 --> 00:20:24,391
- Last looks!
- Hi, good morning.
331
00:20:24,474 --> 00:20:25,642
Revised pages. Here.
332
00:20:25,726 --> 00:20:27,644
- Sarah calling. Now? No?
- Thank you.
333
00:20:27,728 --> 00:20:28,729
- Sorry?
- Here's Sarah.
334
00:20:28,812 --> 00:20:30,147
Oh, yes, now.
335
00:20:30,856 --> 00:20:32,649
Sorry. Thank you.
336
00:20:33,108 --> 00:20:36,195
Hey, Sarah, I'm just about to go on air.
Did they cave?
337
00:20:36,278 --> 00:20:38,113
No. They're sticking to their guns.
338
00:20:38,530 --> 00:20:41,074
No cohost approval.
339
00:20:41,658 --> 00:20:43,660
I'm gonna call you back after the show.
340
00:20:46,371 --> 00:20:47,664
Can you hold that?
341
00:20:58,550 --> 00:20:59,885
Alex, where are you going?
342
00:20:59,968 --> 00:21:01,261
Alex, do you need something?
343
00:21:02,137 --> 00:21:03,680
- Is everything okay?
- I'm all good.
344
00:21:04,973 --> 00:21:07,643
- Okay, well, he can't go from...
- Hey.
345
00:21:07,726 --> 00:21:09,436
What are you doing?
We're live in 90 seconds.
346
00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:12,022
I need to talk to Chip.
I need to talk to you.
347
00:21:12,105 --> 00:21:14,358
What is happening? 'Cause you're supposed
to be on the air in, like, a minute.
348
00:21:14,441 --> 00:21:16,818
- Yeah, listen. Hey, hey...
- What?
349
00:21:16,902 --> 00:21:20,572
I need your word that
you will wrap up my negotiation.
350
00:21:20,656 --> 00:21:21,698
I know you're scared, okay.
351
00:21:21,782 --> 00:21:23,825
The whole Mitch thing has turned
everything upside down...
352
00:21:23,909 --> 00:21:26,411
Can I... Why does no one get this?
353
00:21:26,495 --> 00:21:29,581
The Mitch days... They're over, all right?
354
00:21:29,665 --> 00:21:32,835
I would like hands-on control
from this point on.
355
00:21:32,918 --> 00:21:35,420
- I want cohost approval.
- Mm-hmm.
356
00:21:35,504 --> 00:21:38,048
Otherwise, I'm not going on the air.
357
00:21:40,676 --> 00:21:43,178
Let's walk to the stage. We'll just walk.
358
00:21:43,262 --> 00:21:44,680
- We can walk.
- We'll walk, okay?
359
00:21:44,763 --> 00:21:46,890
But I'm not going on air
unless you promise me.
360
00:21:46,974 --> 00:21:48,559
- Can I explain something to you?
- Sure.
361
00:21:48,642 --> 00:21:50,269
You pulling this stunt,
with the network right now,
362
00:21:50,352 --> 00:21:51,728
is not gonna make them
promise you anything.
363
00:21:51,812 --> 00:21:53,647
It's gonna make them think
you are fucking losing it.
364
00:21:53,730 --> 00:21:57,734
Well, maybe you have to lose it sometimes
to get people to take you seriously.
365
00:21:59,361 --> 00:22:01,154
I've known you 15 years, Chip.
366
00:22:01,613 --> 00:22:04,658
We came up the ranks together.
For better, for worse.
367
00:22:05,284 --> 00:22:07,286
Lately it's been for worse, but whatever.
368
00:22:08,579 --> 00:22:12,040
You are the only person that I know
that can push this through for me.
369
00:22:12,958 --> 00:22:14,793
And I know if you promise me,
you'll do it.
370
00:22:15,335 --> 00:22:17,171
So, you've gotta promise me, Chip.
371
00:22:18,088 --> 00:22:19,339
Thirty seconds, guys.
372
00:22:20,007 --> 00:22:23,886
I am trying to protect you, but you
are putting me in an impossible situation.
373
00:22:23,969 --> 00:22:26,471
I can't promise you
I can push this through! I can't. I just...
374
00:22:26,555 --> 00:22:29,474
You got Alison and Yanko. Let them go on.
375
00:22:29,558 --> 00:22:30,601
I'm not going on.
376
00:22:31,018 --> 00:22:34,229
And I don't want you to protect me,
I'd like you to respect me.
377
00:22:34,646 --> 00:22:36,440
What, did you read this on a card?
What are you...
378
00:22:36,523 --> 00:22:37,482
Twenty seconds.
379
00:22:37,774 --> 00:22:39,318
I'm ready to fill in.
380
00:22:40,027 --> 00:22:42,404
- There, Alison. There you go.
- No.
381
00:22:43,030 --> 00:22:45,407
They're...
They're gonna think you are crazy.
382
00:22:45,699 --> 00:22:47,159
I'm not going on air.
383
00:22:47,242 --> 00:22:48,785
Ten seconds.
384
00:22:48,869 --> 00:22:50,662
Nine...
385
00:22:52,164 --> 00:22:53,290
eight...
386
00:22:54,291 --> 00:22:55,375
seven...
387
00:22:56,084 --> 00:23:00,297
All right, I promise... Fine, fine!
Go! Sit, butt in chair!
388
00:23:00,380 --> 00:23:05,052
Five, four, three, two...
389
00:23:07,137 --> 00:23:09,723
Good morning. I'm Alex Levy.
390
00:23:09,806 --> 00:23:11,266
And I'm Daniel Henderson.
391
00:23:11,350 --> 00:23:13,727
And here are our top stories.
392
00:23:22,361 --> 00:23:24,571
Hey, Bradley Jackson.
393
00:23:25,322 --> 00:23:27,824
Uh, have a meeting with Charlie Black.
394
00:23:28,492 --> 00:23:30,827
Does he go by Chip, or Charlie, or?
395
00:23:30,911 --> 00:23:33,622
Well, Charlie is his professional name,
but he does go by Chip.
396
00:23:33,914 --> 00:23:36,625
Okay, okay. Well,
then I have a meeting with Charlie Chip.
397
00:23:41,964 --> 00:23:44,174
Hey. Hey, Chip, you looking for me?
398
00:23:44,258 --> 00:23:46,760
Uh, yeah. Can you walk with me?
399
00:23:47,177 --> 00:23:49,638
Second day in the anchor chair,
I think it went pretty well.
400
00:23:49,721 --> 00:23:51,348
I'm really excited about The Twist today.
401
00:23:51,431 --> 00:23:53,350
- Can I give you some advice?
- Sure.
402
00:23:53,433 --> 00:23:55,727
- There are opportunities opening up here.
- Yeah.
403
00:23:55,811 --> 00:23:57,813
You know what Mitch had going for him?
404
00:23:57,896 --> 00:24:01,441
He was that guy you didn't mind being
stuck at the DMV next to, you know.
405
00:24:01,525 --> 00:24:04,528
Easygoing, light touch,
smart, yes, but easy.
406
00:24:04,611 --> 00:24:06,029
Now, I think you're great.
407
00:24:06,113 --> 00:24:08,574
Probably the best real journalist
we have in the building.
408
00:24:08,657 --> 00:24:10,784
But I overheard you having
this debate in the hall.
409
00:24:10,868 --> 00:24:13,662
I know how you feel about
the Gilmore Girls musical
410
00:24:13,745 --> 00:24:17,374
being neo-pro-life rights propaganda,
and I get it.
411
00:24:17,457 --> 00:24:19,751
All I'm gonna say is,
don't fucking say it.
412
00:24:19,835 --> 00:24:22,504
That shit is not gonna get you
the coanchor chair, okay?
413
00:24:22,588 --> 00:24:24,381
You got a lot going for yourself
in this race.
414
00:24:24,464 --> 00:24:27,426
The brass is looking at everybody closely.
415
00:24:27,509 --> 00:24:29,928
Don't ruin it for yourself
by being too serious, okay?
416
00:24:30,012 --> 00:24:34,057
Try being a little... softer.
A little more accessible, you know?
417
00:24:35,767 --> 00:24:37,603
You telling me to be less black?
418
00:24:37,686 --> 00:24:39,730
Jesus, that's what you just heard?
Really, Daniel?
419
00:24:39,813 --> 00:24:41,315
- That's basically what you're saying.
- Fuck...
420
00:24:41,398 --> 00:24:44,693
You don't even know you're saying it. This
is what I had to deal with my whole life.
421
00:24:44,776 --> 00:24:47,905
Don't be smarter than other people. Don't
come off too strong, too opinionated.
422
00:24:47,988 --> 00:24:49,865
Daniel, that's not being black.
423
00:24:49,948 --> 00:24:52,492
It's being fucking Morning Show,
Daniel, okay?
424
00:24:52,576 --> 00:24:56,038
Jesus, I'm on your side here. This has
nothing to do with you being black.
425
00:24:56,872 --> 00:24:58,874
That's what you guys always say.
426
00:25:00,375 --> 00:25:01,793
Shit, okay. You know what?
427
00:25:01,877 --> 00:25:04,379
Just do yourself a favor
tonight at the event.
428
00:25:04,463 --> 00:25:06,757
Press the flesh. Schmooze the executives.
429
00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:08,759
Pretend you're the dad
that everybody wants
430
00:25:08,842 --> 00:25:10,886
and don't go after
the beloved Gilmore Girls.
431
00:25:10,969 --> 00:25:13,805
Hey, hey, this chair could be yours.
432
00:25:15,557 --> 00:25:16,767
Okay?
433
00:25:17,267 --> 00:25:19,561
- I hear you.
- Thank you.
434
00:25:19,853 --> 00:25:21,855
- Thank you. Thank you.
- You're welcome. You're welcome.
435
00:25:21,939 --> 00:25:23,106
Yes.
436
00:25:23,190 --> 00:25:24,316
The coal woman is here.
437
00:25:25,817 --> 00:25:27,736
Jesus.
Do we have to do this meeting right now?
438
00:25:27,819 --> 00:25:29,780
Like I don't have a million
more important things to do.
439
00:25:29,863 --> 00:25:31,907
Is Cory Ellison fucking this woman or...
440
00:25:32,324 --> 00:25:34,785
Fucking waste of time. That's it.
441
00:25:34,868 --> 00:25:38,705
I wanna thank you for taking the time to
see me. I know you've got a lot going on.
442
00:25:39,456 --> 00:25:41,416
Sure, it's no problem. Not busy at all.
443
00:25:41,500 --> 00:25:43,710
- Ah, I looked at your reel. It was good.
- Thank you.
444
00:25:43,794 --> 00:25:47,130
I noticed you have moved around
last couple of years.
445
00:25:47,214 --> 00:25:50,926
Three years at SENN,
then BDC six months before that...
446
00:25:51,009 --> 00:25:54,096
Yeah, yeah. I understand.
I've been some places.
447
00:25:54,596 --> 00:25:57,391
But really, I'm looking for a platform
where I can get my ideas across.
448
00:25:57,724 --> 00:26:01,270
- Speaking of which, I brought some today...
- Wait, I'm sorry. What do you mean ideas?
449
00:26:01,353 --> 00:26:03,939
I've worked up some stories I think
would be good for The Morning Show.
450
00:26:04,022 --> 00:26:06,650
I'm sorry. I'm maybe a little confused.
451
00:26:07,192 --> 00:26:10,112
You're interviewing to be a correspondent,
right? Not a producer.
452
00:26:10,195 --> 00:26:13,657
'Cause correspondents normally just
present the ideas that producers wrote.
453
00:26:13,740 --> 00:26:16,785
Yeah, I like to do my own producing,
454
00:26:16,869 --> 00:26:20,372
and I think I have some stories
that would do really well on TMS.
455
00:26:20,455 --> 00:26:22,124
So, why don't I just jump in?
456
00:26:22,207 --> 00:26:23,417
Sure, yeah. Okay.
457
00:26:23,500 --> 00:26:25,752
So,
there's a mom-and-pop store in Chicago.
458
00:26:25,836 --> 00:26:28,005
It's about to be replaced by a Target.
459
00:26:28,088 --> 00:26:30,632
The historical society
is trying to block it.
460
00:26:30,716 --> 00:26:31,800
But here's the twist.
461
00:26:31,884 --> 00:26:34,928
The mom and the pop are angry
at the historical society
462
00:26:35,012 --> 00:26:37,639
because they're getting in the way
of them amassing a small fortune.
463
00:26:37,723 --> 00:26:40,517
So, I have a source on the inside
that can tell me...
464
00:26:40,601 --> 00:26:42,019
It's okay. I get the concept.
465
00:26:43,645 --> 00:26:46,899
Okay, well, college admissions.
Not the diversity angle...
466
00:26:46,982 --> 00:26:48,108
Fuck me.
467
00:26:50,694 --> 00:26:51,695
- Sorry.
- College admissions.
468
00:26:51,778 --> 00:26:54,364
But not the diversity angle,
the money angle.
469
00:26:54,448 --> 00:26:55,741
No.
470
00:26:55,824 --> 00:26:57,492
No? Okay, um...
471
00:26:59,161 --> 00:27:02,456
You know, right here in New York City
they are trying to dedicate a memorial
472
00:27:02,539 --> 00:27:05,918
to the immigrants who died
in the Triangle Fire in 1911.
473
00:27:06,001 --> 00:27:07,878
And the thing about dedicating it
this summer...
474
00:27:07,961 --> 00:27:09,880
You said 1911?
475
00:27:10,214 --> 00:27:12,382
Yeah, that's when it happened, 1911.
476
00:27:13,425 --> 00:27:14,676
Okay.
477
00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:18,096
I don't know how to say this without being
rude, but you're wasting your time here.
478
00:27:18,180 --> 00:27:19,556
Your stories aren't right for us.
479
00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:22,976
It's not even ostensibly what you're here
to discuss anyway, so...
480
00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:25,270
The stories aren't right for you?
481
00:27:25,354 --> 00:27:27,439
I'm... I'm sorry.
482
00:27:27,523 --> 00:27:30,734
Were you even listening? 'Cause you look
like you were distracted the entire time.
483
00:27:30,817 --> 00:27:32,653
You didn't even ask me a question.
484
00:27:32,736 --> 00:27:34,571
How are they not right for you?
485
00:27:34,655 --> 00:27:36,990
Are you... You're being serious right now?
486
00:27:37,741 --> 00:27:38,825
Yeah.
487
00:27:38,909 --> 00:27:39,993
Okay.
488
00:27:40,494 --> 00:27:43,539
They're not interesting.
This meeting is over.
489
00:27:43,956 --> 00:27:46,375
Oh. You mean
they're not interesting to you?
490
00:27:46,458 --> 00:27:49,044
- Have you seen your show lately, sir?
- Please.
491
00:27:49,127 --> 00:27:53,006
I'm sorry, but this week alone,
I think I saw twins who met on Bumble,
492
00:27:53,090 --> 00:27:57,135
a woman got busted for selling
fake emotional support animal licenses.
493
00:27:57,219 --> 00:28:01,306
And how many ice-cream flavors
are there really? Need I go on?
494
00:28:01,390 --> 00:28:02,808
No, you need to leave.
495
00:28:02,891 --> 00:28:05,352
- Your show sucks.
- Thank you! Thank you.
496
00:28:05,435 --> 00:28:06,603
It's barely news.
497
00:28:06,687 --> 00:28:09,690
You have downgraded it to try and get
some of the Your Day, America audience,
498
00:28:09,773 --> 00:28:10,983
to your own detriment.
499
00:28:11,275 --> 00:28:13,193
You really think this is gonna
help you get a job?
500
00:28:13,277 --> 00:28:14,987
The stories that I brought you are good.
501
00:28:15,070 --> 00:28:17,364
They're human, they're political,
they're engaging.
502
00:28:17,447 --> 00:28:20,200
The Triangle Fire story
is so timely right now,
503
00:28:20,284 --> 00:28:22,160
with immigration issues that are going on.
504
00:28:22,244 --> 00:28:26,290
I'm sorry if lives of teenage immigrant
girls burning alive in a sweatshop
505
00:28:26,373 --> 00:28:28,041
holds no current value to you,
506
00:28:28,125 --> 00:28:30,127
but it might lead you to do
an actual news story
507
00:28:30,210 --> 00:28:33,422
about the sweatshops that exist
all over the city right now.
508
00:28:33,505 --> 00:28:37,509
But God forbid you do that at Morning
Show. It's not feel-good bad news, is it?
509
00:28:37,593 --> 00:28:39,219
You want me to call security?
That's what you want?
510
00:28:39,303 --> 00:28:41,513
- Why? Are you scared of me?
- I want you to leave!
511
00:28:41,597 --> 00:28:45,350
You know what? People like you are
the reason broadcast news is what it is.
512
00:28:45,434 --> 00:28:49,271
Thanks for your time, Chip Charlie Chip.
Whatever your fuckin' name is.
513
00:28:49,354 --> 00:28:51,023
You sound like an ice-cream flavor.
514
00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:55,110
Hey, why don't you put that
in your hard news exposé?
515
00:28:58,780 --> 00:29:00,073
What the fuck?
516
00:29:38,403 --> 00:29:42,449
I'm gonna be straight with you, Mitch.
Financially, this is gonna be tough.
517
00:29:42,533 --> 00:29:44,743
It's okay. It's fine.
I can tighten my belt a little...
518
00:29:44,826 --> 00:29:46,620
It kind of goes beyond that.
519
00:29:46,703 --> 00:29:49,957
UBA is not going to pay out
the rest of your contract.
520
00:29:50,290 --> 00:29:51,708
- They said that?
- Yes.
521
00:29:51,792 --> 00:29:54,378
Legal sent a violation of contract
document this morning
522
00:29:54,461 --> 00:29:55,754
that made it very clear.
523
00:29:55,838 --> 00:29:59,341
How can I be in violation of my contract?
524
00:30:00,008 --> 00:30:01,009
It was consensual.
525
00:30:01,969 --> 00:30:04,429
- All I can say is that for the...
- Lisa, it was consensual.
526
00:30:04,513 --> 00:30:08,433
For the foreseeable future,
you're not gonna have any income.
527
00:30:08,517 --> 00:30:10,060
Okay.
528
00:30:11,478 --> 00:30:12,521
All right.
529
00:30:13,230 --> 00:30:14,940
Well, what do you propose I do?
530
00:30:15,023 --> 00:30:17,484
You're gonna have to start making choices.
531
00:30:17,568 --> 00:30:22,322
You got the Southampton house, the Aspen
property, your New York apartment. Which...
532
00:30:22,406 --> 00:30:25,075
I'm not giving up that apartment.
533
00:30:25,158 --> 00:30:29,496
You could probably keep it going
at this level for two years, tops.
534
00:30:29,580 --> 00:30:34,251
How is that even possible?
I've made more money than God. Right?
535
00:30:34,334 --> 00:30:36,336
God didn't violate his morals clause.
536
00:30:36,420 --> 00:30:39,131
Morals clause, really?
537
00:30:39,214 --> 00:30:41,091
Oh, wow!
538
00:30:41,175 --> 00:30:42,509
Fuck.
539
00:30:42,593 --> 00:30:44,595
That. What a crock of shit.
540
00:30:44,678 --> 00:30:46,096
Morals clause!
541
00:30:46,972 --> 00:30:49,183
These people back up the Brinks truck
542
00:30:49,266 --> 00:30:53,687
and give you everything that
you've always wanted except for one thing:
543
00:30:53,770 --> 00:30:56,231
there's gonna be a morals clause
in your contract.
544
00:30:56,315 --> 00:30:59,276
Okay. Well, you're not an idiot.
545
00:30:59,359 --> 00:31:02,571
And everybody's telling you they
won't trigger it. They never trigger it.
546
00:31:02,654 --> 00:31:04,489
That's not even...
They're just covering their asses.
547
00:31:04,573 --> 00:31:07,367
And these guys? You've known them forever.
548
00:31:07,451 --> 00:31:12,789
You have worked with them. And they
more than approve of your behavior.
549
00:31:12,873 --> 00:31:15,959
It's fine with them,
as is evidenced by the fact
550
00:31:16,043 --> 00:31:20,714
that they just gave you the most lucrative
deal in the history of morning news.
551
00:31:20,797 --> 00:31:22,674
And you don't want
to be that guy who says,
552
00:31:22,758 --> 00:31:26,178
"No, take the morals clause out, then I'll
sign it," 'cause that sends a bad message.
553
00:31:26,261 --> 00:31:27,971
You know what a morals clause is?
554
00:31:28,722 --> 00:31:30,849
It's a moving fucking target!
555
00:31:30,933 --> 00:31:32,726
It's anything they want it to be!
556
00:31:33,018 --> 00:31:35,771
Yeah? It's as the wind blows.
557
00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:42,861
Oh, wow.
558
00:31:42,945 --> 00:31:45,614
Mitch, I'm your business manager,
not your lawyer.
559
00:31:48,617 --> 00:31:51,328
Morals clause. Morals clause.
560
00:32:01,588 --> 00:32:02,798
Rapist!
561
00:32:04,007 --> 00:32:06,593
What did you say to me?
What did you call me?
562
00:32:07,386 --> 00:32:10,764
Don't walk away from me. You're calling me
a ra...? I'm not even accused of rape.
563
00:32:10,848 --> 00:32:13,100
Sexual misconduct
is what I'm being accused of.
564
00:32:13,183 --> 00:32:15,352
Don't you wave your fucking hand at me!
565
00:32:16,019 --> 00:32:18,313
Have a nice day, you fucking asshole.
566
00:32:35,873 --> 00:32:37,040
Yes?
567
00:32:37,124 --> 00:32:39,084
Hi, Ashley. I'm Hannah Shoenfeld.
568
00:32:39,168 --> 00:32:40,377
I'm with The Morning Show.
569
00:32:40,460 --> 00:32:44,590
Don't worry. It's nothing bad. We think
it's great you want to tell your story.
570
00:32:44,673 --> 00:32:46,133
Then why are you here?
571
00:32:46,550 --> 00:32:49,178
Can I come in?
I promise I'll be real quick.
572
00:32:49,261 --> 00:32:53,056
- I really don't think that's a good idea.
- Five minutes. You can time me.
573
00:32:55,309 --> 00:32:56,894
Look, you have a story to tell.
574
00:32:56,977 --> 00:33:00,189
The entire country needs to hear it,
and we want to give you the platform.
575
00:33:01,023 --> 00:33:02,566
On The Morning Show?
576
00:33:02,649 --> 00:33:04,067
Yes.
577
00:33:04,151 --> 00:33:06,153
Why would I ever go back there?
That place is...
578
00:33:06,236 --> 00:33:10,449
The scene of the crime. I know. And going
back, that takes real fucking courage.
579
00:33:10,866 --> 00:33:13,619
Which you have. Or you wouldn't
be speaking out in the first place.
580
00:33:14,620 --> 00:33:18,582
Look, I find stories for a living.
That's what I do.
581
00:33:18,665 --> 00:33:21,960
And when I look at you,
I can see that story.
582
00:33:22,503 --> 00:33:25,088
The brave woman knocked back
by a powerful man,
583
00:33:25,172 --> 00:33:27,591
reclaiming her power on national TV.
584
00:33:28,050 --> 00:33:31,887
But if you go on YDA,
that's not the story that'll be told.
585
00:33:32,554 --> 00:33:35,849
Yes, it is.
It doesn't matter where I tell it.
586
00:33:36,683 --> 00:33:39,478
I am done with this conversation.
I'm not going back there.
587
00:33:41,230 --> 00:33:42,773
Do I have to call security?
588
00:33:42,856 --> 00:33:44,358
Fine. I'll leave.
589
00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:48,654
But it does matter where you tell it.
590
00:33:50,155 --> 00:33:51,865
You're making a huge mistake.
591
00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:54,201
Why?
592
00:33:54,284 --> 00:33:58,247
Because this is television,
not a women's studies seminar at Vassar.
593
00:33:59,081 --> 00:34:02,918
A lot of people watching are gonna
have ignorant, knee-jerk reactions.
594
00:34:03,001 --> 00:34:04,962
How you tell the story
is the whole fucking ball game.
595
00:34:05,045 --> 00:34:08,340
And if you do it on YDA,
you'll be the angry woman.
596
00:34:11,301 --> 00:34:12,553
Why?
597
00:34:12,636 --> 00:34:16,931
Because YDA's our enemy, and everyone
who watches these shows knows it.
598
00:34:17,266 --> 00:34:21,436
They'll see you as a bitch,
scorned by a powerful network,
599
00:34:21,520 --> 00:34:23,813
rejected by a powerful man,
600
00:34:23,897 --> 00:34:26,400
bitter about her career, her life,
601
00:34:26,942 --> 00:34:28,485
looking for a payback,
602
00:34:28,569 --> 00:34:30,654
desperate to hurt the people who hurt her,
603
00:34:30,737 --> 00:34:34,574
manipulated by a rival show that
just wants to fuck over their opponent,
604
00:34:34,658 --> 00:34:36,577
trotted out like a piece of meat,
605
00:34:36,659 --> 00:34:38,996
and then discarded
when you aren't needed anymore.
606
00:34:39,996 --> 00:34:41,873
And then it's done, and nobody cares.
607
00:34:41,956 --> 00:34:43,333
On to the next story.
608
00:34:43,958 --> 00:34:48,589
No, I can't do this.
I mean, I shouldn't be doing this at all.
609
00:34:48,672 --> 00:34:50,966
Yes, you should.
610
00:34:52,717 --> 00:34:54,386
But if you are gonna do it...
611
00:34:55,469 --> 00:34:59,766
if you are gonna blow the whistle on Mitch
Kessler for being the predator he is...
612
00:35:00,851 --> 00:35:03,729
you have to have the balls
to do it in his own house.
613
00:35:05,022 --> 00:35:06,857
It won't mean anything otherwise.
614
00:35:11,737 --> 00:35:13,405
Come on The Morning Show.
615
00:35:14,990 --> 00:35:16,783
Come back to the killing floor.
616
00:35:17,784 --> 00:35:20,120
Show everyone you have the nerve...
617
00:35:21,246 --> 00:35:23,373
but especially him.
618
00:35:33,592 --> 00:35:34,676
Thanks.
619
00:35:39,932 --> 00:35:41,517
- Hello?
- Hello, Bradley.
620
00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:44,436
This is Cecily from Cory Ellison's office.
621
00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:47,564
Cory would like for you to be at the
Leadership in Journalism event tonight.
622
00:35:47,981 --> 00:35:49,399
It's black-tie.
623
00:35:50,192 --> 00:35:53,028
That's really nice,
but I'm headed to the airport.
624
00:35:53,111 --> 00:35:56,156
We'll take care of rearranging
your flight.
625
00:35:56,240 --> 00:35:58,242
A car will pick you up at your hotel.
626
00:35:58,325 --> 00:36:01,453
Okay, I didn't pack anything I could wear
to a black-tie event.
627
00:36:01,537 --> 00:36:03,664
We're sending a few gowns over.
628
00:36:04,331 --> 00:36:06,250
Okay, Cecily, I'm confused.
629
00:36:06,333 --> 00:36:10,003
I had a meeting with Chip Charlie Black,
and it did not go well.
630
00:36:10,087 --> 00:36:11,922
I'm pretty sure he's not hiring me.
631
00:36:12,005 --> 00:36:14,716
All I know is Cory asked me to call you.
632
00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:18,136
So, between you and me, I'd show up.
633
00:36:20,848 --> 00:36:22,891
Okay, yeah. I'll be there.
634
00:36:22,975 --> 00:36:24,059
Fantastic.
635
00:36:36,572 --> 00:36:38,991
Go around the side.
Get the shot. Come out this side.
636
00:36:43,036 --> 00:36:46,915
- Why are you here?
- Is he going back on air?
637
00:36:46,999 --> 00:36:48,709
What's the latest news on Mitch?
638
00:36:52,671 --> 00:36:53,755
Hey, Mitch.
639
00:36:56,300 --> 00:36:57,968
To what do I owe this pleasure?
640
00:36:58,427 --> 00:37:01,430
Is it already time
for my chemical castration?
641
00:37:01,722 --> 00:37:03,682
No,
I got that slotted in for next Thursday.
642
00:37:03,765 --> 00:37:05,100
Oh, yeah.
643
00:37:05,184 --> 00:37:08,604
Maybe we can fit it in between my tar and
feathering and being burnt at the stake.
644
00:37:09,104 --> 00:37:10,439
You got it.
645
00:37:10,856 --> 00:37:14,026
And by the way, fuck you.
646
00:37:17,362 --> 00:37:19,239
Mitch, you gotta stop calling reporters.
647
00:37:20,115 --> 00:37:22,743
Looks like somebody got
an illegal wiretap kit for Christmas.
648
00:37:22,826 --> 00:37:24,494
No, somebody got slipped the information
649
00:37:24,578 --> 00:37:27,456
that Mitch Kessler has been calling
reporters all over New York City
650
00:37:27,539 --> 00:37:30,417
looking for someone to tell
his side of the story.
651
00:37:31,084 --> 00:37:33,712
What the fuck, Mitch?
I mean, you know you can't do that.
652
00:37:33,795 --> 00:37:36,298
You're toxic,
and you're gonna be for a while, so...
653
00:37:36,381 --> 00:37:40,552
How long do I have to sit around
while I take my punishment like a man?
654
00:37:42,054 --> 00:37:45,599
I don't know. I don't know what the
half-life is on this, but it's not a day.
655
00:37:45,891 --> 00:37:47,226
It's years.
656
00:37:47,309 --> 00:37:49,269
So, you need to hibernate.
657
00:37:49,353 --> 00:37:52,898
I have covered enough of these stories
over the past couple of years
658
00:37:52,981 --> 00:37:56,068
to know that when the Me Too mob
comes knocking at your door
659
00:37:56,151 --> 00:37:57,152
you have two choices.
660
00:37:57,236 --> 00:38:02,699
You can either be contrite
and cry puddles of crocodile tears
661
00:38:03,033 --> 00:38:07,454
and pray till you're blue in the balls
that it'll just magically disappear,
662
00:38:07,538 --> 00:38:09,540
or you can fight back.
663
00:38:10,916 --> 00:38:13,252
And that's what I intend to do, Chip.
664
00:38:13,877 --> 00:38:15,838
I think that's my best course of action.
665
00:38:16,171 --> 00:38:17,798
I'm going to hire a new attorney,
666
00:38:17,881 --> 00:38:20,467
I'm going to get my face out there,
667
00:38:20,926 --> 00:38:23,720
and I'm not gonna hide in shame.
668
00:38:24,930 --> 00:38:26,014
It's gonna work.
669
00:38:26,473 --> 00:38:30,727
Do not show your face tonight.
Do not do that to Alex.
670
00:38:30,811 --> 00:38:32,229
My tux is pressed.
671
00:38:32,813 --> 00:38:34,773
- I can't unpress my tux.
- Yeah.
672
00:38:34,857 --> 00:38:38,360
So, I'm going. And those goddamn
two-faced New York reporters...
673
00:38:39,111 --> 00:38:42,573
I'm gonna walk in and look those
motherfuckers in their beady little eyes,
674
00:38:42,656 --> 00:38:45,993
and I'm gonna say,
"I'm here. I can see you."
675
00:38:46,076 --> 00:38:47,661
Mm-hmm. Yeah, that's suicide.
676
00:38:47,744 --> 00:38:50,330
And by the way, did I see you yelling
at some woman on the street?
677
00:38:50,414 --> 00:38:53,041
Because it's on Twitter.
You can't fucking do this shit, man!
678
00:38:53,125 --> 00:38:55,210
I have to fight back!
679
00:38:55,669 --> 00:38:58,630
I'm not going to let somebody
slander me again in public.
680
00:38:58,714 --> 00:39:01,425
I get it! You're angry! You're upset!
You're defensive, okay?
681
00:39:01,508 --> 00:39:06,346
But I'm telling you, you are way
too emotionally volatile to walk in there
682
00:39:06,430 --> 00:39:08,473
and make a convincing argument, okay?
683
00:39:08,557 --> 00:39:11,059
And you need to drop this innocent act,
at least in front of me.
684
00:39:11,143 --> 00:39:14,646
I am as innocent
as any straight, middle-aged man there is.
685
00:39:14,730 --> 00:39:17,274
The only problem is,
that seems to be illegal these days.
686
00:39:17,608 --> 00:39:19,902
This is McCarthyism, you know it.
687
00:39:19,985 --> 00:39:20,986
Everybody knows it
688
00:39:21,069 --> 00:39:24,114
but people just don't have the intestinal
fortitude to say it out loud.
689
00:39:24,198 --> 00:39:27,576
I'll say it. We're being too fast to judge
men in the court of public opinion.
690
00:39:27,659 --> 00:39:29,036
I agree with you, okay?
691
00:39:29,119 --> 00:39:31,830
The whole Me Too movement
is probably an overcorrection
692
00:39:31,914 --> 00:39:33,498
for centuries of bad behavior
693
00:39:33,582 --> 00:39:35,918
that more enlightened men
like you and me had nothing to do with.
694
00:39:36,001 --> 00:39:40,672
But, Mitch, do you really want
a detailed probe into your private life?
695
00:39:41,131 --> 00:39:42,966
You think that's gonna exonerate you?
696
00:39:43,926 --> 00:39:46,470
- At first they came for the rapists.
- What are you...
697
00:39:46,553 --> 00:39:49,264
And I did not speak up
because I am not a rapist.
698
00:39:50,140 --> 00:39:52,518
And then they came for the powerful men,
699
00:39:52,601 --> 00:39:55,229
and you did not speak up
because you are not a powerful man.
700
00:39:55,312 --> 00:39:57,314
But what are you going to do
701
00:39:57,397 --> 00:40:01,777
when they come for the ordinary, everyday,
run-of-the-mill creep like you, Chip?
702
00:40:03,695 --> 00:40:05,697
Who's gonna be left to speak up for you?
703
00:40:06,907 --> 00:40:07,991
Um...
704
00:40:08,534 --> 00:40:10,202
I'm gonna go now, okay?
705
00:40:12,538 --> 00:40:14,748
Do not show up tonight.
706
00:40:14,831 --> 00:40:16,917
Stop talking.
707
00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:20,712
Start fucking listening,
and do it from home.
708
00:40:21,922 --> 00:40:23,632
Who leaked this to the Times?
709
00:40:24,591 --> 00:40:26,301
Stop talking, Mitch.
710
00:40:28,345 --> 00:40:31,223
And who did you have to blow
to keep your job?
711
00:40:33,767 --> 00:40:37,062
All right. See you in a couple of hours.
712
00:40:44,152 --> 00:40:48,115
I need this. I need my makeup
so I can look like a princess all night.
713
00:40:49,491 --> 00:40:52,369
That's not gonna fit. I need my mints.
I need my phone,
714
00:40:52,452 --> 00:40:56,081
and I need my eye drops, none of which fit
in this teeny little thing!
715
00:40:56,540 --> 00:40:57,791
I can take your phone.
716
00:40:57,875 --> 00:41:00,836
Why would you take my phone?
That's ridiculous, Jason.
717
00:41:00,919 --> 00:41:02,421
You're getting worked up about nothing...
718
00:41:02,504 --> 00:41:05,465
Really? About nothing?
I'm sorry. I need all this stupid shit.
719
00:41:05,549 --> 00:41:07,384
Alex, it's fine. Let me just... Give me...
720
00:41:07,467 --> 00:41:10,220
- I said I would get it. I can shut it.
- Jesus Christ.
721
00:41:10,304 --> 00:41:11,221
Thank you.
722
00:41:11,305 --> 00:41:12,306
- Mom?
- What?
723
00:41:12,389 --> 00:41:14,308
- It's gonna be okay.
- No, it's not, honey.
724
00:41:14,391 --> 00:41:15,976
Okay, it's just an event.
725
00:41:16,059 --> 00:41:18,478
Really? Just an event?
Only with the worst timing ever.
726
00:41:18,562 --> 00:41:21,481
I would rather stick daggers
into my eyeballs!
727
00:41:21,565 --> 00:41:23,609
- Alex. Alex.
- What?
728
00:41:23,901 --> 00:41:28,280
How about you pretend to have
food poisoning and just don't go?
729
00:41:28,363 --> 00:41:30,032
I cannot do that.
730
00:41:30,449 --> 00:41:33,785
Everyone in there will know that I'm
lying, that I'm uncomfortable and afraid.
731
00:41:33,869 --> 00:41:37,372
That I'm afraid of what's gonna happen
to me on the show in the wake of Mitch.
732
00:41:37,456 --> 00:41:40,459
Everyone in there is press.
They think they know everything.
733
00:41:41,668 --> 00:41:43,462
Half of them hate me
because I'm too successful,
734
00:41:43,545 --> 00:41:45,631
and the other half hate me
because, I don't know,
735
00:41:45,714 --> 00:41:48,050
their hearts are at home in a fucking jar!
736
00:41:48,133 --> 00:41:50,135
Oh, God!
737
00:41:51,762 --> 00:41:53,680
Oh, Jesus, I can't cry!
738
00:41:54,348 --> 00:41:55,933
Jesus!
739
00:41:56,391 --> 00:41:57,559
Oh, God.
740
00:41:58,060 --> 00:42:00,521
- No, stop it, stop it!
- Mom.
741
00:42:00,604 --> 00:42:03,440
- Yeah, well, you can't go out like this.
- I know that!
742
00:42:05,484 --> 00:42:07,361
- Alex, Alex!
- Ms. Levy! Right here!
743
00:42:08,737 --> 00:42:09,780
Hi.
744
00:42:13,825 --> 00:42:15,035
- Okay?
- Yep.
745
00:42:15,118 --> 00:42:20,249
Let's go do this fucking event
so I can go home and just die.
746
00:42:40,853 --> 00:42:42,354
I really appreciate it.
747
00:42:47,401 --> 00:42:50,070
Hey, Alex.
Congratulations on being honored tonight.
748
00:42:50,153 --> 00:42:51,697
- Thank you.
- How does it feel?
749
00:42:51,780 --> 00:42:55,409
It's so meaningful to be honored
by such prestigious company,
750
00:42:55,492 --> 00:42:59,121
and I'm thrilled to be here to support
quality journalism in this day and...
751
00:42:59,204 --> 00:43:03,500
May I just add The Morning Show
is very important.
752
00:43:03,584 --> 00:43:06,503
It's iconic and beloved,
and it is about real journalism
753
00:43:06,587 --> 00:43:08,380
and no one person can change that.
754
00:43:08,463 --> 00:43:11,341
We will survive this disgrace,
755
00:43:11,425 --> 00:43:14,386
and we're gonna help America
get through it like a family.
756
00:43:14,469 --> 00:43:15,470
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
757
00:43:18,182 --> 00:43:19,474
Hey, let's get a picture.
758
00:43:21,685 --> 00:43:25,147
You forgot the part about how I'm the one
that will be pulling America through this.
759
00:43:25,230 --> 00:43:26,857
Well, I think that was implied.
760
00:43:26,940 --> 00:43:28,233
Mm.
761
00:43:28,317 --> 00:43:30,277
You think a lot is implied.
762
00:43:31,153 --> 00:43:34,615
That's where you hide.
In the implications.
763
00:43:37,743 --> 00:43:38,911
I'm really honored.
764
00:43:40,996 --> 00:43:41,997
Who are you?
765
00:43:42,080 --> 00:43:44,124
Being this personable is exhausting.
766
00:43:44,208 --> 00:43:46,460
I don't think
I can keep doing it for much longer.
767
00:43:46,543 --> 00:43:49,129
Let me take you to the bar
and give you a minute to be an intense,
768
00:43:49,213 --> 00:43:51,340
overly educated, sexy grouch, huh?
769
00:43:51,423 --> 00:43:54,968
I'm feeling good. I'm starting to feel
like I might really have a shot at this.
770
00:43:55,052 --> 00:43:56,637
Keep pressing that flesh.
771
00:43:58,847 --> 00:44:00,224
Hey, Cory?
772
00:44:00,641 --> 00:44:04,895
So, your friend... Bradley Jackson,
bit of a train wreck.
773
00:44:04,978 --> 00:44:07,814
You're gonna be sorry if you go down
this road. I'd like to report otherwise,
774
00:44:07,898 --> 00:44:09,399
but that's my gut feeling.
775
00:44:11,401 --> 00:44:12,653
Fine.
776
00:44:13,111 --> 00:44:14,404
Okay, good.
777
00:44:18,700 --> 00:44:20,327
Mom, did Hal go to his meeting?
778
00:44:20,410 --> 00:44:23,247
He was supposed to call me after,
and I haven't heard a word from him.
779
00:44:23,330 --> 00:44:26,834
I don't know. He's not home yet.
He left about 1:00 to go to it.
780
00:44:26,917 --> 00:44:28,627
He's been out for seven hours?
781
00:44:28,710 --> 00:44:31,630
Well, he said he was gonna
go by Brandon's afterwards.
782
00:44:32,214 --> 00:44:34,132
Mom, you can't let him see Brandon.
783
00:44:34,216 --> 00:44:36,009
That's like putting heroin
right in front of him.
784
00:44:36,093 --> 00:44:37,803
Bradley, I'm worried now.
785
00:44:37,886 --> 00:44:40,305
I'll call you later.
I just have to do one stupid thing
786
00:44:40,389 --> 00:44:43,016
and then I'm gonna come home,
and I'll deal with this myself.
787
00:44:43,100 --> 00:44:44,810
Okay, I gotta go. All right, bye.
788
00:44:45,477 --> 00:44:47,354
- Hey!
- Glad you could make it.
789
00:44:47,437 --> 00:44:49,356
I'm going to show you to your seat.
790
00:44:49,439 --> 00:44:51,191
You got demoted to usher?
791
00:44:51,275 --> 00:44:53,819
No, I just moved you to a different table.
It'll be fun.
792
00:44:53,902 --> 00:44:57,531
Well, it is thrilling to be here
to support Alex Levy tonight,
793
00:44:57,614 --> 00:45:00,742
even though our shows are ratings rivals.
794
00:45:00,826 --> 00:45:03,203
I mean, when it comes to supporting
women in this business,
795
00:45:03,287 --> 00:45:05,873
we're all in the same boat.
796
00:45:06,164 --> 00:45:08,542
What happened to her was humiliating.
797
00:45:08,625 --> 00:45:11,545
I could never show up
at an event like this.
798
00:45:11,628 --> 00:45:13,922
I mean, to work with a sexual predator...
799
00:45:14,381 --> 00:45:16,383
I don't know what I would do.
800
00:45:16,466 --> 00:45:18,135
Thank God that's not me.
801
00:45:22,848 --> 00:45:24,725
- This is my mom.
- Hi.
802
00:45:24,808 --> 00:45:27,060
- Congratulations. Very nice to meet you.
- Thank you. Real nice to meet you.
803
00:45:27,144 --> 00:45:29,479
For the Gram. It's a boomerang.
804
00:45:29,563 --> 00:45:31,481
It is, yeah. That's so cute.
805
00:45:31,565 --> 00:45:32,649
That's fine. It was great.
806
00:45:32,733 --> 00:45:35,152
- Hi, thank you for coming.
- You look gorgeous.
807
00:45:35,235 --> 00:45:36,570
Thank you, so do you.
808
00:45:36,653 --> 00:45:39,406
Congratulations. How are you, honey?
Good to see you.
809
00:45:40,574 --> 00:45:43,493
We should probably take a seat.
810
00:45:45,662 --> 00:45:47,247
- Thank you.
- There we go.
811
00:45:47,331 --> 00:45:48,498
Okay, and you guys are here.
812
00:45:48,582 --> 00:45:51,668
- Yeah. Lizzy's there, and that's where...
- Okay. And you're here.
813
00:45:53,003 --> 00:45:54,463
- I think that's Chip, right?
- I think so.
814
00:45:54,546 --> 00:45:57,049
Chip. Come here.
815
00:45:57,132 --> 00:45:58,926
- What?
- Hi.
816
00:45:59,510 --> 00:46:01,553
- That your seat?
- Yeah. Why?
817
00:46:01,637 --> 00:46:02,971
There's two extra seats here.
818
00:46:03,805 --> 00:46:06,642
Do you think that they forgot
to take away Mitch and Paige?
819
00:46:06,725 --> 00:46:08,977
I hope that's the worst
of our problems tonight.
820
00:46:09,061 --> 00:46:11,021
Why? Why do you say that?
What are our problems?
821
00:46:11,104 --> 00:46:12,731
Nothing, don't worry. I got it.
822
00:46:12,814 --> 00:46:14,316
Chip, you have to...
823
00:46:14,399 --> 00:46:16,985
Hi, gang. You remember Bradley Jackson?
824
00:46:21,073 --> 00:46:22,658
Here's your seat.
825
00:46:22,741 --> 00:46:24,493
This can't be right.
826
00:46:24,576 --> 00:46:27,663
Last I checked
I was the head of the network. It's right.
827
00:46:28,121 --> 00:46:29,790
- Oh, my God.
- Have a seat.
828
00:46:34,628 --> 00:46:35,629
Okay.
829
00:46:35,963 --> 00:46:36,964
Hey.
830
00:46:47,224 --> 00:46:49,852
I'm not with him, with him,
to be very clear.
831
00:46:50,269 --> 00:46:52,521
Well, that's good news for you.
832
00:46:53,856 --> 00:46:55,691
I actually don't even know
what I'm doing here.
833
00:46:56,525 --> 00:46:58,318
Well, that makes two of us.
834
00:46:59,194 --> 00:47:00,988
I didn't wanna bother you. The...
835
00:47:01,947 --> 00:47:05,659
- What are you doing at this table?
- I don't know. Cory Ellison sat me here.
836
00:47:08,662 --> 00:47:09,663
Okay.
837
00:47:10,330 --> 00:47:11,957
- Double? Got it.
- Mm-hmm.
838
00:47:16,128 --> 00:47:21,008
Cory, did we not just, moments ago, talk
about how Bradley Jackson is a disaster?
839
00:47:21,091 --> 00:47:22,634
- We did. That's correct.
- Mm-hmm.
840
00:47:22,718 --> 00:47:26,054
So why is she sitting at that table
over there with our people?
841
00:47:26,471 --> 00:47:29,766
I just thought it might be a good
little wake-up call for Alex.
842
00:47:32,311 --> 00:47:33,604
- I see.
- Hmm.
843
00:47:55,292 --> 00:47:57,002
Take me home, please.
844
00:48:10,057 --> 00:48:11,058
Oh.
845
00:48:11,141 --> 00:48:12,726
- Alex.
- Hi.
846
00:48:12,809 --> 00:48:15,229
Congratulations. You look gorgeous.
847
00:48:15,312 --> 00:48:17,689
Thank you, Audra. Thank you.
848
00:48:18,106 --> 00:48:22,069
And I'm so sorry about everything.
849
00:48:22,152 --> 00:48:25,405
Why, Audra? I didn't fuck anyone.
850
00:48:28,033 --> 00:48:29,493
Looking forward to your speech.
851
00:48:29,576 --> 00:48:31,245
Thank you.
852
00:48:33,830 --> 00:48:35,082
Oh, God.
853
00:48:44,591 --> 00:48:48,512
Look, I know it's weird that
I'm at the table with you guys. I...
854
00:48:49,555 --> 00:48:52,641
I don't know what Cory's doing,
but I feel really stupid,
855
00:48:53,058 --> 00:48:56,895
and I feel like I've been thrown around
like a yo-yo by these guys all day.
856
00:48:58,313 --> 00:48:59,648
What guys?
857
00:49:01,316 --> 00:49:04,111
Cory Ellison. I met with him last night
858
00:49:04,194 --> 00:49:08,448
and he wanted me to meet Chip Black
about a correspondent position today,
859
00:49:08,532 --> 00:49:14,329
and now I'm here, for what reason, I don't
know, and then they sat me at your table.
860
00:49:14,413 --> 00:49:17,708
He sat you at my table to fuck with me.
861
00:49:18,458 --> 00:49:19,835
Me fuck with you?
862
00:49:19,918 --> 00:49:21,753
- I don't think so. That's just funny.
- Mm-hmm.
863
00:49:21,837 --> 00:49:24,798
Yeah, it's funny. They're funny.
864
00:49:25,591 --> 00:49:26,675
Um...
865
00:49:27,009 --> 00:49:28,594
Let me ask you a question.
866
00:49:28,677 --> 00:49:30,387
- Yeah?
- Why did you stay?
867
00:49:31,680 --> 00:49:33,682
- Stay where?
- At the table.
868
00:49:35,058 --> 00:49:39,438
If it was so uncomfortable for you,
why didn't you leave?
869
00:49:40,564 --> 00:49:43,400
You're an adult, you have agency.
Why did you stay?
870
00:49:48,655 --> 00:49:51,742
I don't have the right to tell
the head of the network to fuck off.
871
00:49:53,076 --> 00:49:54,369
I'm a nobody.
872
00:49:55,120 --> 00:49:56,455
I'm not you.
873
00:50:06,673 --> 00:50:10,052
Well, hello, Alex.
Are you ready for your big speech?
874
00:50:13,388 --> 00:50:17,267
You know what, Cory? Let's just
cut through the second-party bullshit.
875
00:50:17,351 --> 00:50:20,103
I know we're supposed
to go through our agents and legal
876
00:50:20,187 --> 00:50:22,481
and stab each other off-screen,
877
00:50:22,564 --> 00:50:24,316
but I just wanna say this to your face.
878
00:50:26,401 --> 00:50:29,780
I'm not closing without cohost approval.
879
00:50:33,242 --> 00:50:35,661
Well, I'm sorry to hear that,
because you're not getting it.
880
00:50:36,495 --> 00:50:38,830
We're not breaking precedent.
881
00:50:39,331 --> 00:50:41,959
I'm not putting the network at risk
for future deals.
882
00:50:46,129 --> 00:50:47,548
Then I'll walk.
883
00:50:50,843 --> 00:50:53,470
Then walk, Alex.
884
00:50:54,137 --> 00:50:55,764
I don't want you to be unhappy.
885
00:51:00,352 --> 00:51:03,856
By the way, we bought this award for you.
886
00:51:29,798 --> 00:51:34,136
Alex Levy is synonymous with integrity.
887
00:51:34,219 --> 00:51:36,930
She embodies the vital role
of our profession,
888
00:51:37,014 --> 00:51:42,186
not just in the politics of the nation
or the business of the nation,
889
00:51:42,269 --> 00:51:46,481
but in the everyday lives
of the American people.
890
00:51:46,565 --> 00:51:49,401
Ladies and gentlemen,
the star of The Morning Show
891
00:51:49,484 --> 00:51:54,531
and this year's recipient of the
Leadership in Journalism Award, Alex Levy!
892
00:51:54,948 --> 00:51:56,366
Come on up. Whoo!
893
00:52:34,279 --> 00:52:38,617
Thank you. Thank you, Maggie,
for those kind and beautiful words,
894
00:52:38,700 --> 00:52:41,620
and thank you to
the New York Media Foundation
895
00:52:41,703 --> 00:52:45,082
for this tremendous, tremendous honor.
896
00:52:45,499 --> 00:52:49,253
But first, I want to take this opportunity
897
00:52:49,336 --> 00:52:55,050
to apologize to all of the women
who were victimized at The Morning Show.
898
00:52:56,176 --> 00:53:00,264
I am so deeply sorry that we did not see
what was happening,
899
00:53:00,347 --> 00:53:04,643
and truth be told, it feels a bit strange
900
00:53:04,726 --> 00:53:09,439
to be accepting an award
for leadership in journalism
901
00:53:09,523 --> 00:53:13,360
when apparently this was going on
right under our noses.
902
00:53:14,695 --> 00:53:15,696
To that end,
903
00:53:16,280 --> 00:53:20,284
I would like to dedicate
this award to those women.
904
00:53:27,583 --> 00:53:29,501
And secondly, secondly,
905
00:53:30,127 --> 00:53:34,590
this is gonna be a new era
for The Morning Show
906
00:53:34,673 --> 00:53:39,928
and for women, for all women,
and unheard voices.
907
00:53:40,929 --> 00:53:44,808
Things are going to be
quite different from now on.
908
00:53:46,185 --> 00:53:51,565
So, I have some exciting news
to share with all of you tonight.
909
00:53:52,107 --> 00:53:53,317
Get out your phones.
910
00:53:55,485 --> 00:53:58,155
I would like to take this moment
911
00:53:58,238 --> 00:54:02,576
to announce my new Morning Show cohost...
912
00:54:03,702 --> 00:54:05,162
Bradley Jackson.