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{\an8}Journalist,
author and a vital force for change,
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{\an8}Alex Levy will forever
be remembered as an icon.
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{\an8}From her many years on The Morning Show
to her Emmy-winning hit Alex Unfiltered,
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{\an8}Alex brought us closer to the world
and to each other.
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You've all meant a lot
to me over the years,
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and I want to thank you for that
from the bottom of my heart.
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I look too perky.
Don't you think I look too perky?
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Like, "Oh, my God. She's dead."
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- Yeah. I'll find some alts.
- You agree, right?
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- Yeah.
- You guys, this obituary shit is morbid...
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- I know.
- ...and it is unnecessary.
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You're going up in a suborbital rocket
for, like, 13 minutes.
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You're not gonna have time
to finish your peanuts.
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I would not put it past Cory
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to blow me up on live TV just
for the ratings. Son of a bitch.
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But then what would he do for Sweeps Week?
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Guys, honestly, how maiden is this voyage?
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I mean, they do test these rockets, right?
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No, they don't test them.
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They just kinda staple them together
and blow 'em up into space.
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Of course, they test them, okay?
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You're going up with the guy
who built the thing.
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You don't think he wants
to come back in one piece?
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I hope so. I don't know.
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Oh, my God. Okay.
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The guy has multiple NASA contracts.
It is going to be fine, Alex.
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That's what they said to the crew
of the Challenger.
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- Oh, boy, here we go. Really?
- And Apollo 1.
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- Okay.
- And 13.
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Thirteen came back.
I mean, they had Tom Hanks, but still.
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Cory, it's Alex.
Why are you avoiding me? Question mark.
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Fucker.
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- Alex.
- Yes?
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- We're ready for you.
- Oh, God. Good.
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- Esther. Let's do Esther.
- Let's do it.
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{\an8}I am joined today
by acclaimed psychotherapist Esther Perel,
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{\an8}best-selling author, speaker and host
of the podcast Where Should We Begin?
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- So happy to have you here.
- Thank you. Pleasure to be here.
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So, two years after the world shut down
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{\an8}and we are all just barely getting back
on our feet.
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{\an8}Esther, you speak to a lot of couples.
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{\an8}What is everybody feeling right now?
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Are you sneaking out of your own bed?
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I must be off my game.
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Sorry, I'm late.
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So, no lunch?
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I gotta go to work.
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You got anything to eat?
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Advil?
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You were more fun last night.
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I gotta be there soon.
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Okay.
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We haven't just had a physical lockdown.
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We are in an emotional lockdown,
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and we have been surviving
and now we are wanting to be thriving.
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But for that, we need to fully experience
the difference between not being dead
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and being actually alive.
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"Not being dead."
And how do we-- How do we do that?
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How do we get back to feeling alive?
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I don't even know what that looks like.
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It's different for every person.
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So let me ask you, Alex,
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how would you complete the sentence
"I feel most alive when..."?
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What would you say?
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- When I'm working on something...
- Right.
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...that I feel very passionate about,
I feel very alive.
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- Right. And you feel immersed and engaged...
- Yes.
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...and curious and present
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- and able to take risks.
- Right.
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So, my question to you is,
why only at work?
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I mean, when is the last time
that you allowed yourself
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that kind of immersion and intensity
but with another human being?
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Okay.
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Are you sure this is safe?
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What if someone sees your story
and knows it's me?
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No, please understand,
we will completely conceal your identity.
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I promise you no one will recognize you.
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But people have to know
what's going on in Texas, Luna.
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It's just, I can't express
how important it is right now.
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I have to go next week.
It's the only time I can get off work.
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No problem.
I'll see you in a few days, okay?
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Okay.
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- Bradley.
- Cory.
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How are you?
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I'm good. Yeah. Busy.
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You got the speech ready for tomorrow?
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Well, shitty first draft, but yes.
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Well,
we will all be there to cheer you on.
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- Great. I'm on in an hour.
- Right.
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- Yeah.
- Kill the people.
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Okay.
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Did you see the revised copy
on the flood in Australia?
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Yeah. Did we get a confirmation
on the death toll?
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Government says 21 dead at least, but they
finally declared a national emergency.
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That's confirmed?
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- Yeah.
- Okay. Got it. Thank you.
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- Good evening, everyone.
- Hey, Bradley.
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- Let's have a great show.
- Good evening.
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- Sound check?
- Ten seconds, guys.
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Three, two, one.
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Can you hear me?
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Yes. I can hear you, Gayle.
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- Okay, clear. Four, three, two.
- Have a good show.
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Welcome to the UBA Evening News.
I'm Bradley Jackson.
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{\an8}President Biden spoke
with Chinese President Xi Jinping today
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{\an8}as the US navigates China's ties to Russia
amid the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
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Too hot?
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- Nope. What doesn't kill you...
- Almost kills you.
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I was solo climbing on Annapurna
a few years back.
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Oxygen tank failed.
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Weather rolled in, should've buried me.
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Wait, don't tell me. You survived?
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Came across these other climbers,
they had a spare tank.
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They gave me their spare tank.
I put their kids through college.
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Well, fuck yes. That's a good story.
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That's people who need people,
and that could be us, Paul. You and me.
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You got to admit,
it would make a great press release.
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While everyone was doomscrolling
under the covers during COVID,
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two guys, they cross paths
at high tide in the Hamptons
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to forge the biggest media deal
in a decade.
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So now you're thirsty?
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Well, I literally am thirsty. Yeah.
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But, hey, my kimono is open.
So are my pores. Where are we on this?
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What do you mean? I'm ready to close.
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You're the one
that's holding this thing up.
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It's time to either dance or fuck off.
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Well, meet my price.
I'm ready to go to the prom.
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- I wanna wear my crown.
- Your number's inflated.
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Says the fucking rich guy.
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UBA's on the bubble. COVID saved your ass,
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and I am offering a 20% premium
on top of market value,
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and you're lucky to get that.
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You are lucky to get me 'cause I built
a goddamn pyramid during a pandemic.
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That's undeniable, and so am I.
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You started a streaming platform
at the beginning of a global lockdown.
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Care to speculate what might happen
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when the world decides it's time
to get back to business?
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Well, I'm starting with launching
the first female journalist into space.
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- Haven't you heard?
- I'm launching her. It's my rocket.
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She's my journalist.
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Come on. Think about it.
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You got America's sweetheart
on the maiden voyage of Hyperion One.
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She's gonna make space
as safe and appealing
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as a warm Cinnabon and a cup of Folgers.
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What is it-- What is this Alex Levy magic?
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Can you explain this to me?
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She's a survivor. That's it. And that's
what people want to see right now.
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I mean, she got the broken marriage,
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she got the predation
of the creepy coanchor,
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and then she suffers through a biblical
plague on live TV to become the one human
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that people can actually relate to in this
shit show of a so-called democracy.
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I did not discover Alex,
but I did bring her back from the dead.
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So, to your question,
Alex Levy is Lazarus,
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and that makes me Jesus.
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Except I'm in more houses
seven days a week.
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Well, I hate to break it to you, Jesus,
but here's your problem.
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You're overleveraged.
No more loaves and fishes for you.
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You need a miracle, and, buddy, I'm it.
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{\an8}And tomorrow morning, we will watch
Alex Levy as she continues training
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{\an8}for next week's historic journey
on the maiden voyage of Hyperion One.
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{\an8}Alex and Hyperion founder, Paul Marks,
will reach the edge of space
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{\an8}on Wednesday, March 16th
live on The Morning Show.
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{\an8}It's all a part of celebrating
Alex's two incredible decades here at UBA.
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I know.
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We've got to stop waking up this early.
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It's the absolute worst. It's awful.
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- Hey, Mel.
- Hey. Morning, Alex.
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Yeah. Well, the race is the fun part.
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- It's the training that sucks.
- Yeah.
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You're living at the gym.
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{\an8}- Uh-huh.
- There's no social life, no vacay...
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{\an8}- Right, yeah.
- ...no bacon.
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{\an8}- Wait, did you say, "No bacon"?
- No.
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- Like what-- Like ever? No--
- No.
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I lost a race after a grand slam breakfast
at Denny's.
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Never again.
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Well, I don't know
if that's the bacon's fault.
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- Camera two, stay with Chris.
- Alex!
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Take camera two.
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The worst part about training
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{\an8}- is that you're never in the mood.
- Oh, well.
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{\an8}- Okay. All right.
- Yeah. You're too tired. Sore.
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{\an8}- Dehydrated.
- Okay.
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{\an8}- Okay. Very clear.
- Yeah, all right. Cringe. We g-- Got it.
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{\an8}- We get it. Thank you.
- You know what I mean.
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- Okay. Well, that's a perfect segue...
- We're moving on. Moving on.
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- No, it's a horrible segue.
- ...but we're gonna roll with it.
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- Yes. Oh, my God.
- And speaking of rolling, the space chair.
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- There she is.
- Center up Alex.
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{\an8}- Look at that.
- Take it, two.
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{\an8}- Root canal flashbacks.
- Widen out. Wider.
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{\an8}- My little baby.
- Wow.
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{\an8}- Go, Jim.
- I've been training all week.
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{\an8}I didn't know, but when you're in space,
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{\an8}- you have to really use your core...
- Standby, camera three.
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{\an8}...and just, kind of, like, tuck it--
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{\an8}Miss Olympian, there we go.
Hello, gold medal.
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{\an8}I like it.
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{\an8}That's good. Just go with it.
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{\an8}- Do you like it?
- I like it a lot.
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{\an8}- Okay.
- Yeah. Houston, we're ready for liftoff.
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{\an8}Listen, if you wanna trade places,
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{\an8}I will gladly keep your anchor chair nice
and warm while you go orbit into space.
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{\an8}Oh, no.
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{\an8}- That one's starting to feel broken in.
- That's what I thought.
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{\an8}- All right. Okay. While they do...
- Oh, God. I almost had her.
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{\an8}- ...they-- musical chairs, Leigh...
- I almost had her.
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...can you tell us what the--
the weather's like for the launch?
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Yeah. Musical chairs is right, Yanko.
All right.
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- So, West Texas is gonna see clear skies
- Stay with her on one.
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and warm weather for the next few days.
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{\an8}- So, Alex...
- Yes?
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{\an8}...you'll have a great view
from that capsule.
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Yeah. Enjoy that.
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All right. Let's take a look here at...
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Can't possibly like each other that much.
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Don't be jealous.
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I'm not.
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I just wanna crush 'em.
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Hey, Lizzy. Mom. Remember me?
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I gave birth to you.
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Just checking in about Texas again.
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And I can still get you a ticket.
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I know you're very busy,
but if you wanna come...
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I love you.
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- There she is.
- Hey, stranger.
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- Hi.
- How's the new apartment?
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It's so good.
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Did you get that rug?
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Yes, I did, and you were right.
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- It looks fabulous.
- I can't wait to see it.
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- Yeah. Well, come over sometime.
- I know.
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I mean that you're the one
with the crazy schedule.
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Hello. Kettle.
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Okay. We're gonna make a plan.
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- Yep. Uh-huh.
- I have this machine.
237
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You push a button,
and a cappuccino comes out.
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No.
239
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- I have one of those.
- You do?
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Yes. I call it Chip.
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How is the training going? Is that crazy?
242
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Are you ready to defy gravity?
243
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My God. I've been trying
to defy gravity for 15 years.
244
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I'm nervous. Yeah, I'm nervous.
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You're gonna be great.
246
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Do you know I had to actually
cut together my own obit package?
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Literally, your whole life cut down
to 90 seconds to a Beach Boys cover.
248
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They won't pay
for an original Beach Boys song?
249
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No, there's budget cuts.
250
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Okay. Anyway, I'm coming over.
251
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- See you later.
- You better.
252
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- Hey. How you doin', Kyle?
- Alex!
253
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Look at that. The doctor is in. How nice.
254
00:14:53,352 --> 00:14:56,438
Hey. Rest and relaxation.
Check back in in two weeks.
255
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Hey, Cory, does your phone not work?
256
00:15:00,317 --> 00:15:01,985
Alex, I'm a little busy right now.
257
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Oh, come on. You know what? You said we
would finish our conversation last week,
258
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and here I am chasing you down.
Come on. Where's the love, Cory?
259
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Come on.
260
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I got you a ride on a spaceship.
261
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A chance to commune
with fragile planet Earth.
262
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David Attenborough would strangle
a snow leopard to have your seat.
263
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And good news, by the way,
I'm coming along with you.
264
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Paul just extended an invitation.
265
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Do I sense a little bromance
with Mr. Billionaire?
266
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Well, he likes me.
What can I tell you? Some people do.
267
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All right. I'm serious about this, Cory.
268
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I saved your precious UBA+ ass
269
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with my blood, my sweat and my tears
and everything else that came
270
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- out of my body when I had COVID.
- Alex, I'm profoundly grateful for all
271
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- of your bodily fluids, but--
- Okay.
272
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Well, let me then just speak Cory
for a second.
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How many ad dollars do you think
I have brought into this company
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in the 20 years that I've been here?
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Little tricky to estimate.
276
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Yeah. Well, I thought so. So that's why
I had Doug give it a whirl. It's about--
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about two billion.
278
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Doug.
279
00:16:07,718 --> 00:16:09,595
Well, agents do love a round number,
don't they?
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I need to be a real partner.
281
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I need to have a say
in the future of this place, okay?
282
00:16:14,683 --> 00:16:17,477
I've been out there
in the real world for the last two years,
283
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and I know what people want.
284
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Oh, come on. People don't know
what they want until we puree it,
285
00:16:21,148 --> 00:16:23,609
spoon it up and make airplane sounds.
286
00:16:24,693 --> 00:16:26,361
Okay. Well, here's what I want.
287
00:16:26,361 --> 00:16:28,071
Double my development slate,
288
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profit participation
and a seat on the board.
289
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- Alex.
- You know that it's time.
290
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I have earned this, Cory. Come on.
291
00:16:41,418 --> 00:16:47,674
Yeah.
What you are asking is unprecedented.
292
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I am unprecedented.
293
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I'm all over this network,
and I want to stay all over this network.
294
00:16:55,390 --> 00:16:57,351
But I will be very clear
with you right now.
295
00:16:57,351 --> 00:16:59,978
I'll go elsewhere, if things don't change.
296
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Alex, I hear you,
297
00:17:06,484 --> 00:17:10,196
and I'm going to make you very,
very happy.
298
00:17:10,196 --> 00:17:11,573
Don't fuck me on this, Cory.
299
00:17:12,532 --> 00:17:14,910
God, I'll kick your ass
out of that shuttle so fast,
300
00:17:14,910 --> 00:17:17,621
you'll be like Clooney in Gravity.
Just poof. Gone.
301
00:17:18,121 --> 00:17:19,248
See ya, Cory.
302
00:17:27,923 --> 00:17:28,924
Morning.
303
00:17:29,550 --> 00:17:30,676
Nice of you to join us.
304
00:17:31,343 --> 00:17:32,344
Space question.
305
00:17:32,845 --> 00:17:36,390
Massive star runs out of fuel,
can't support itself. What happens?
306
00:17:37,057 --> 00:17:38,141
Becomes a black hole.
307
00:17:38,725 --> 00:17:41,228
Hey. Nerd. Correct.
308
00:17:41,228 --> 00:17:44,273
Sorry I am late.
I was waylaid by our resident astronaut.
309
00:17:44,273 --> 00:17:49,278
So why am I getting angry calls
from all of our network division heads
310
00:17:49,278 --> 00:17:51,864
complaining about
your cost cutting measures?
311
00:17:51,864 --> 00:17:54,616
Have you ever had a happy call
from a network division head?
312
00:17:54,616 --> 00:17:59,454
You are cannibalizing the company
to feed UBA+ and drowning us in debt.
313
00:17:59,454 --> 00:18:01,373
No. It's really more of a misting,
314
00:18:01,373 --> 00:18:04,877
a gentle sprinkling to keep us cool
on a warm summer day.
315
00:18:05,586 --> 00:18:08,088
We can make it work
in the news division for now.
316
00:18:08,088 --> 00:18:10,257
But I want to sit down
and look at next quarter's projections
317
00:18:10,257 --> 00:18:12,217
because they're worse than we thought.
318
00:18:12,217 --> 00:18:14,011
And at some point
there's gonna be a mutiny.
319
00:18:14,011 --> 00:18:16,180
You know,
we can sit around counting beans or--
320
00:18:16,180 --> 00:18:18,891
But you know,
wouldn't it be more fun to plant them,
321
00:18:18,891 --> 00:18:22,436
grow a beanstalk
and turn UBA+ into a giant?
322
00:18:23,270 --> 00:18:24,271
The giant dies in the end.
323
00:18:25,147 --> 00:18:26,773
We hold the line.
324
00:18:27,566 --> 00:18:29,568
This is a rough patch.
We'll get through it,
325
00:18:29,568 --> 00:18:32,654
but we can't burn through
any more of our reserves.
326
00:18:32,654 --> 00:18:35,199
Stella, actually,
I wanna look over those numbers
327
00:18:35,199 --> 00:18:36,700
sometime this week.
328
00:18:36,700 --> 00:18:39,786
I need to manage
the expectations of the board.
329
00:18:41,496 --> 00:18:44,374
So, what did Alex want?
330
00:18:45,501 --> 00:18:47,169
Too much, as usual.
331
00:18:49,546 --> 00:18:53,091
I like to imagine Cybil on an ice floe
drifting away toward the horizon,
332
00:18:53,091 --> 00:18:54,635
getting smaller and smaller.
333
00:18:54,635 --> 00:18:57,012
She's right about one thing.
Our financials are shit.
334
00:18:57,513 --> 00:18:58,597
Do we need to talk about layoffs?
335
00:18:58,597 --> 00:19:00,265
Well,
don't fire up your LinkedIn just yet.
336
00:19:00,265 --> 00:19:02,434
- Where are you off to?
- Bradley.
337
00:19:04,061 --> 00:19:06,313
- And what does she want?
- Too much, as usual.
338
00:19:10,275 --> 00:19:12,277
With the jacket or without the jacket?
339
00:19:12,277 --> 00:19:13,570
Definitely jacket.
340
00:19:13,570 --> 00:19:15,072
- Come in.
- Hey.
341
00:19:15,072 --> 00:19:16,156
Hey.
342
00:19:17,074 --> 00:19:17,991
Nice dress.
343
00:19:18,617 --> 00:19:20,327
I don't know. Too much boob?
344
00:19:21,620 --> 00:19:23,163
No, not with the jacket.
345
00:19:23,163 --> 00:19:25,332
- Yeah. That's what I was thinking.
- Yeah.
346
00:19:26,750 --> 00:19:28,377
Could we just have just a minute?
347
00:19:28,377 --> 00:19:29,461
- Yeah. Sure.
- Thank you.
348
00:19:29,461 --> 00:19:30,671
Thanks.
349
00:19:32,214 --> 00:19:35,467
So, I'm guessing this is bad news.
350
00:19:36,301 --> 00:19:37,302
What is it?
351
00:19:38,345 --> 00:19:40,931
You're gonna have
to punt the abortion piece.
352
00:19:40,931 --> 00:19:42,349
- What?
- I'm sorry.
353
00:19:44,101 --> 00:19:47,229
Medical abortions skyrocketed
during the pandemic.
354
00:19:47,229 --> 00:19:49,022
The pills are the next front, Stella.
355
00:19:49,022 --> 00:19:51,400
We have to be leading this conversation.
356
00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:54,403
Yeah. We covered SB4 and SB8.
357
00:19:54,903 --> 00:19:56,989
And everybody knows
you're not neutral on this issue.
358
00:19:56,989 --> 00:19:59,074
Why? Because I have
a personal experience with it?
359
00:19:59,074 --> 00:20:01,535
That means I can't report on it?
That doesn't make any sense.
360
00:20:01,535 --> 00:20:04,037
Like-- Yanko is a gun owner.
361
00:20:04,037 --> 00:20:06,373
Does that mean he can't report
on school shootings?
362
00:20:06,373 --> 00:20:08,000
You know it's not the same thing.
363
00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:10,627
If you cross the line
and break local laws,
364
00:20:10,627 --> 00:20:14,882
you leave UBA open to a lawsuit,
to advertiser boycotts.
365
00:20:14,882 --> 00:20:16,717
We can't afford it. I'm sorry.
366
00:20:17,759 --> 00:20:18,635
I really am.
367
00:20:19,553 --> 00:20:20,554
Wow.
368
00:20:21,930 --> 00:20:24,391
You know, we were supposed
to change things, weren't we?
369
00:20:24,892 --> 00:20:26,518
You and me. That's why they brought us in.
370
00:20:27,436 --> 00:20:30,147
When I came in, they called me an upstart.
And then you started, and they said,
371
00:20:30,147 --> 00:20:32,566
"You're gonna love her.
She's such a disrupter."
372
00:20:32,566 --> 00:20:35,319
We were supposed to shake things up
at UBA, and now look at us.
373
00:20:35,319 --> 00:20:37,905
Three years later, we're just status quo.
374
00:20:38,697 --> 00:20:42,951
"Kill this story. Tweak that copy.
You can't say that on network television."
375
00:20:43,577 --> 00:20:47,998
Honestly, what the fuck, Stella?
It's like death by a thousand cuts.
376
00:20:47,998 --> 00:20:51,919
Bradley, because of who you are,
where you come from,
377
00:20:51,919 --> 00:20:54,296
you can speak to both sides
of the country.
378
00:20:54,296 --> 00:20:57,841
There isn't another news anchor in America
who can do that right now.
379
00:20:58,675 --> 00:21:02,930
And if this next election is contested,
we need our viewers to trust you.
380
00:21:04,056 --> 00:21:07,017
All of them.
That's what I'm trying to protect here.
381
00:21:10,646 --> 00:21:11,647
Got it.
382
00:21:43,679 --> 00:21:45,347
- You look amazing.
- Bradley.
383
00:21:45,347 --> 00:21:47,391
- All right. Thank you.
- Can I get one more?
384
00:21:47,391 --> 00:21:49,643
- One more before you go.
- Thank you, Yanko.
385
00:21:51,144 --> 00:21:52,312
You look amazing.
386
00:21:52,312 --> 00:21:53,564
This way, Bradley.
387
00:21:54,648 --> 00:21:56,358
Thank you, Yanko.
388
00:22:02,531 --> 00:22:03,991
Bradley, one more shot, please.
389
00:22:03,991 --> 00:22:05,868
Hey, can I get a big smile.
390
00:22:13,125 --> 00:22:14,126
You came.
391
00:22:15,127 --> 00:22:16,503
It's the woman of the hour.
392
00:22:16,503 --> 00:22:18,589
- Congratulations.
- Thank you.
393
00:22:19,423 --> 00:22:21,133
I thought you hated these things.
394
00:22:21,133 --> 00:22:23,552
Well, I hate manufactured awards.
395
00:22:23,552 --> 00:22:26,513
But this one is actually
about the integrity of our job.
396
00:22:26,513 --> 00:22:28,473
And I thought it would be good
397
00:22:28,473 --> 00:22:31,810
to see each other,
since we run in the same circles.
398
00:22:33,604 --> 00:22:35,480
You know, it doesn't have to be weird.
399
00:22:36,231 --> 00:22:37,524
Between us, I mean.
400
00:22:38,358 --> 00:22:39,943
I'm not mad or anything.
401
00:22:40,652 --> 00:22:41,820
Why would you be?
402
00:22:42,487 --> 00:22:45,741
If you had stayed in Montana,
none of this would be happening tonight.
403
00:22:46,241 --> 00:22:50,078
I don't know. I feel partially
responsible for your meteoric success.
404
00:22:51,830 --> 00:22:52,873
Right.
405
00:22:54,166 --> 00:22:55,000
What?
406
00:22:55,709 --> 00:22:59,630
You didn't want me to stay.
You made that very clear.
407
00:23:00,631 --> 00:23:02,633
So that's the story you're going with?
408
00:23:02,633 --> 00:23:05,385
Story? No, excuse me, Laura.
This is not a--
409
00:23:05,385 --> 00:23:07,846
You pushed me away.
You didn't wanna be there with me.
410
00:23:07,846 --> 00:23:10,432
You wanted to be here with all of this.
411
00:23:11,308 --> 00:23:14,561
- If that's what you think that's what--
- Bradley, Laura. Can you two--
412
00:23:14,561 --> 00:23:15,646
Do you mind?
413
00:23:19,191 --> 00:23:21,777
Smile. People are watching.
414
00:23:23,195 --> 00:23:25,030
That's great. Thank you so much.
415
00:23:27,074 --> 00:23:29,701
Well, I always knew you were
bigger than morning television.
416
00:23:30,744 --> 00:23:32,287
You're on morning television.
417
00:23:32,287 --> 00:23:36,208
YDA has nothing to do with what happened
between us. You know that, right?
418
00:23:36,708 --> 00:23:39,503
Can you excuse me? I'm empty.
419
00:23:52,140 --> 00:23:53,559
I believe acceptance speeches
420
00:23:53,559 --> 00:23:56,562
are typically delivered
while standing upright.
421
00:23:57,855 --> 00:24:01,191
I'm not in the mood for this right now.
422
00:24:01,191 --> 00:24:05,070
Okay. This is just your boss wanting you
to have your moment.
423
00:24:05,070 --> 00:24:06,280
Is that what it is?
424
00:24:06,780 --> 00:24:08,740
Maybe just slow your roll
until after the--
425
00:24:08,740 --> 00:24:13,912
- I don't need you up my ass right now.
- Okay. No more bubbles.
426
00:24:13,912 --> 00:24:17,082
- Don't manage me. Do not.
- Bradley.
427
00:24:17,082 --> 00:24:19,710
I know Stella told you
about the Texas story.
428
00:24:20,294 --> 00:24:23,463
I spent months developing contacts
down there.
429
00:24:23,463 --> 00:24:26,800
News is Stella's department.
430
00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:28,218
But she told you.
431
00:24:28,218 --> 00:24:30,762
She tells me a lot of things.
That doesn't mean I interfere.
432
00:24:30,762 --> 00:24:32,639
Would you interfere if we were together?
433
00:24:35,392 --> 00:24:36,727
Is that what it would take?
434
00:24:48,447 --> 00:24:53,660
Bradley Jackson is a straight
shooter, and in these divisive times,
435
00:24:53,660 --> 00:24:56,788
her commitment to the truth matters
more than ever.
436
00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:02,961
On January 6th, 2021,
our democracy hung in the balance.
437
00:25:04,004 --> 00:25:06,006
We watched on television screens
438
00:25:06,006 --> 00:25:10,093
as violence broke out
at our most revered institution.
439
00:25:11,011 --> 00:25:16,892
But Bradley Jackson didn't watch.
Bradley was there... inside the Capitol.
440
00:25:18,810 --> 00:25:20,938
Separated from her crew in the chaos,
441
00:25:21,438 --> 00:25:23,565
armed with nothing more than
her cell phone,
442
00:25:24,566 --> 00:25:29,154
Bradley captured some of the most
indelible images we have of that day.
443
00:25:30,405 --> 00:25:34,701
And that's the thing about Bradley.
For her, it's always personal.
444
00:25:36,245 --> 00:25:40,582
And that passion for chasing a story
makes her one of the most trusted voices
445
00:25:40,582 --> 00:25:44,628
in television and the highest-rated
network evening news anchor.
446
00:25:46,046 --> 00:25:49,591
She is my inspiration.
She is my good friend.
447
00:25:50,884 --> 00:25:55,264
And it is my absolute honor
to present Bradley Jackson
448
00:25:56,265 --> 00:26:00,561
with the American Alliance
of Journalists First Amendment Award.
449
00:26:17,828 --> 00:26:18,829
Okay.
450
00:26:20,956 --> 00:26:21,957
Okay.
451
00:26:33,844 --> 00:26:35,345
Thank you, Alex.
452
00:26:37,472 --> 00:26:40,434
It's been a whirlwind three years.
453
00:26:43,478 --> 00:26:48,275
And, you know, one thing I've learned
as a journalist, and this is important,
454
00:26:50,027 --> 00:26:52,529
there will always...
455
00:26:54,323 --> 00:26:59,995
always be someone
who tries to silence you.
456
00:27:08,712 --> 00:27:10,005
Don't let them.
457
00:28:12,776 --> 00:28:13,944
- Hi.
- Hi.
458
00:28:14,570 --> 00:28:17,239
That was a very nice speech. Thank you.
459
00:28:19,491 --> 00:28:21,827
Yours was short.
460
00:28:24,705 --> 00:28:25,789
Yeah.
461
00:28:28,166 --> 00:28:29,710
There's this woman in Texas.
462
00:28:30,419 --> 00:28:35,215
And she crosses over the border
every single month into Mexico
463
00:28:35,215 --> 00:28:40,929
to get abortion pills for women who cannot
drive hours to the nearest clinic.
464
00:28:40,929 --> 00:28:44,099
She's doing work that really matters,
465
00:28:44,099 --> 00:28:46,435
and I can't report on it.
466
00:28:48,395 --> 00:28:49,605
You can't report on it,
467
00:28:49,605 --> 00:28:53,108
or you can't go down there
and drive her yourself?
468
00:28:54,860 --> 00:28:58,780
You're evening news now, honey.
You know, you're Dan Rather.
469
00:28:59,364 --> 00:29:00,782
You're Diane Sawyer.
470
00:29:02,075 --> 00:29:04,745
You've wanted this chair
since you landed at UBA.
471
00:29:04,745 --> 00:29:08,290
I don't know why you don't try
just sitting in it for a little while.
472
00:29:08,790 --> 00:29:11,793
I get it. I'm impatient, ungrateful.
473
00:29:12,794 --> 00:29:14,087
Well, yeah, you are.
474
00:29:14,087 --> 00:29:16,840
But you're also fucking great
at what you do.
475
00:29:20,427 --> 00:29:22,804
I just want my work to mean something.
476
00:29:25,307 --> 00:29:27,392
The Supreme Court ruling in June?
477
00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:30,521
2024 election?
478
00:29:30,521 --> 00:29:34,107
I mean, you are reporting on some
of the biggest stories out there.
479
00:29:34,107 --> 00:29:38,320
Huge. I mean, I don't know.
480
00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:41,532
Maybe you just let this one go.
481
00:29:43,492 --> 00:29:45,244
I mean, we can't just--
482
00:29:45,244 --> 00:29:46,870
We can't fight every battle.
483
00:29:47,704 --> 00:29:48,997
We just can't.
484
00:30:12,563 --> 00:30:14,314
Hey, Luna, it's Bradley.
485
00:30:17,025 --> 00:30:19,194
Listen, I don't think that...
486
00:30:20,153 --> 00:30:22,322
I'm gonna be able to make it to Texas.
487
00:30:22,322 --> 00:30:27,244
Just 'cause work has--
It's just gotten a little bit complicated.
488
00:30:28,787 --> 00:30:32,207
And I'm sorry. I'm really, really sorry.
489
00:30:34,793 --> 00:30:36,503
But I want you to know something.
490
00:30:40,215 --> 00:30:41,550
I really admire you.
491
00:30:43,594 --> 00:30:44,928
I admire what you do.
492
00:30:47,639 --> 00:30:50,642
And when I was pregnant as a teenager,
493
00:30:50,642 --> 00:30:53,854
I knew that I could never tell my mother.
494
00:30:53,854 --> 00:30:59,651
And there was a woman like you,
and she saved my life.
495
00:31:02,821 --> 00:31:06,658
I just wanted other women to know
that there are people like you out there
496
00:31:06,658 --> 00:31:08,744
{\an8}and that they don't have to feel alone.
497
00:31:11,663 --> 00:31:13,582
Again, I'm just-- I'm sorry.
498
00:31:23,550 --> 00:31:26,011
- This is what Bradley was talking about.
- Yep.
499
00:31:26,011 --> 00:31:27,888
I don't-- How is this 2022?
500
00:31:27,888 --> 00:31:30,015
It's, like, Twilight Zone crazy.
501
00:31:32,976 --> 00:31:34,770
You should try to get some sleep.
502
00:31:35,312 --> 00:31:39,441
Out of 120 abortion clinics in Texas,
how many do you think are fake?
503
00:31:41,318 --> 00:31:42,861
I don't know, like, 30?
504
00:31:42,861 --> 00:31:45,405
According to this article, a hundred.
505
00:31:45,405 --> 00:31:48,825
A hundred clinics routinely lie
to pregnant women
506
00:31:48,825 --> 00:31:50,536
about how far along they are,
507
00:31:50,536 --> 00:31:53,872
so that they think they're too late
to terminate the pregnancy.
508
00:31:53,872 --> 00:31:55,791
I mean, they'll be three weeks along,
509
00:31:55,791 --> 00:31:57,793
and they'll tell them
that they're eight weeks,
510
00:31:57,793 --> 00:32:00,754
- because the cutoff is six weeks.
- Wow. It's sick.
511
00:32:00,754 --> 00:32:01,839
- Fucked up.
- That's--
512
00:32:01,839 --> 00:32:03,715
I mean, it's really horrifying, yeah.
513
00:32:03,715 --> 00:32:08,262
But where is this coming from right now?
You're-- Are you spinning?
514
00:32:08,262 --> 00:32:12,140
You read numbers like this, it's insane.
It just pisses me off.
515
00:32:12,140 --> 00:32:13,976
You go to your doctor,
you don't wanna be lied to.
516
00:32:13,976 --> 00:32:15,352
I agree. We all agree.
517
00:32:15,352 --> 00:32:17,479
Things in Texas suck, lots of things.
518
00:32:17,479 --> 00:32:21,650
But maybe we just, like, I don't know,
look forward to the barbecue.
519
00:32:22,651 --> 00:32:23,735
Yeah, it's delicious.
520
00:32:24,778 --> 00:32:27,865
Brisket roasted over the ashes
of women's autonomy.
521
00:32:28,448 --> 00:32:29,616
Okay.
522
00:32:52,389 --> 00:32:53,515
Wow.
523
00:32:53,515 --> 00:32:56,310
- Oh, my God. Could it be any hotter?
- Yeah.
524
00:32:56,894 --> 00:32:57,978
And it's only March.
525
00:32:57,978 --> 00:33:00,022
Yeah, well, welcome to the future, Mia.
Look at this thing.
526
00:33:00,689 --> 00:33:01,690
Oh, my God.
527
00:33:06,069 --> 00:33:07,112
There he is.
528
00:33:16,205 --> 00:33:17,206
He's tall.
529
00:33:18,123 --> 00:33:19,625
Welcome to Hyperion.
530
00:33:20,167 --> 00:33:23,754
Tomorrow's short flight
will be the beginning of a new era.
531
00:33:23,754 --> 00:33:28,800
These suborbital tests will help
develop the vital technology
532
00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:32,262
to carry humans far, far beyond the moon.
533
00:33:32,262 --> 00:33:34,890
There's that word again. "Test."
534
00:33:34,890 --> 00:33:38,477
And UBA is an essential part
of that project.
535
00:33:38,477 --> 00:33:41,813
By showing the world what we do live
on The Morning Show,
536
00:33:41,813 --> 00:33:43,690
we hope to generate the kind of excitement
537
00:33:43,690 --> 00:33:47,361
that will bring in new support
for the next space age.
538
00:33:47,361 --> 00:33:48,529
Thank you.
539
00:33:55,536 --> 00:33:58,372
We have Chris on standby,
in case you wanna shoot anything.
540
00:33:58,872 --> 00:33:59,706
Okay.
541
00:34:02,584 --> 00:34:05,420
Why the fuck did we agree to this?
The last thing I need right now
542
00:34:05,420 --> 00:34:07,256
is a TV crew up my ass.
543
00:34:07,256 --> 00:34:10,467
- Want me to send them home? No.
- Yes. Could you?
544
00:34:10,467 --> 00:34:13,219
These nice people are gonna
help us keep that big,
545
00:34:13,219 --> 00:34:16,639
fat NASA contract that you want so much.
546
00:34:19,851 --> 00:34:21,018
What do you think of her?
547
00:34:21,018 --> 00:34:23,647
I don't know.
She walks on water in Milwaukee.
548
00:34:24,313 --> 00:34:26,608
How do you think she is in zero gravity?
549
00:34:27,109 --> 00:34:28,652
- Alex.
- Yes.
550
00:34:28,652 --> 00:34:30,070
- Paul Marks.
- Hi.
551
00:34:30,070 --> 00:34:32,697
- How do you do? Pleasure to meet you.
- Pleasure to meet you.
552
00:34:32,697 --> 00:34:35,742
This is all very impressive.
553
00:34:35,742 --> 00:34:36,952
Thanks.
554
00:34:36,952 --> 00:34:39,538
Listen, we really haven't had
a chance to talk.
555
00:34:40,121 --> 00:34:42,748
- Can I show you around the facility?
- Yeah.
556
00:34:44,251 --> 00:34:45,710
- Give me a second. Okay.
- Yeah.
557
00:34:54,553 --> 00:34:58,557
My God.
Quite the tour, that I wasn't expecting.
558
00:34:59,266 --> 00:35:00,809
- Oh, my God.
- We're almost there.
559
00:35:00,809 --> 00:35:02,895
Great. Jesus!
560
00:35:05,772 --> 00:35:07,482
Oh, my God.
561
00:35:09,234 --> 00:35:11,737
- Don't you love it?
- Amazing.
562
00:35:23,540 --> 00:35:25,751
What is it with you rich boys
and your toys?
563
00:35:25,751 --> 00:35:27,169
Good God.
564
00:35:27,169 --> 00:35:29,463
Do you have a death wish or something?
565
00:35:29,463 --> 00:35:31,173
- You're fine.
- Oh, God.
566
00:35:31,173 --> 00:35:33,800
Why did any of that have to happen?
567
00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:35,761
You know, the rocket goes a lot faster.
568
00:35:35,761 --> 00:35:38,597
Yeah, but you won't be driving that, right?
569
00:35:38,597 --> 00:35:41,308
Didn't you get out of Bosnia
on a motorcycle or something?
570
00:35:41,308 --> 00:35:43,268
Yeah, like a hundred years ago.
571
00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:48,190
You read my book.
572
00:35:48,190 --> 00:35:49,358
I did.
573
00:35:49,358 --> 00:35:52,402
Everybody thought they knew you,
but you showed them something else.
574
00:35:52,903 --> 00:35:55,072
I could use a rebrand like that.
575
00:35:55,072 --> 00:35:57,157
Yeah, I'm sure you're very misunderstood.
576
00:35:57,157 --> 00:36:00,327
Yeah. All those other billionaires
really fucked it up for me.
577
00:36:00,327 --> 00:36:01,828
Those billionaires.
578
00:36:03,247 --> 00:36:08,168
Wow. This is all yours.
579
00:36:08,752 --> 00:36:13,674
Yes, it is. 200,000 unspoiled acres,
and I plan to keep it that way.
580
00:36:15,008 --> 00:36:16,969
Big on personal space, huh?
581
00:36:18,303 --> 00:36:19,388
Yes, I am.
582
00:36:24,685 --> 00:36:27,604
Well, it's really beautiful.
583
00:36:30,649 --> 00:36:31,817
I think so.
584
00:36:35,445 --> 00:36:36,697
So you read my book?
585
00:36:36,697 --> 00:36:38,532
Well, my assistant did.
586
00:36:39,533 --> 00:36:40,534
Okay.
587
00:36:42,327 --> 00:36:43,745
Of course I read your book.
588
00:36:44,913 --> 00:36:47,374
Maybe someday you'll tell me
what isn't in it.
589
00:36:52,671 --> 00:36:55,007
I have to ask you, what is going on here?
590
00:36:57,176 --> 00:37:00,345
- What? Aren't we just talking?
- No, I don't-- I mean, all of this.
591
00:37:01,638 --> 00:37:05,100
What are you getting out of
a 13-minute joyride on The Morning Show?
592
00:37:09,313 --> 00:37:12,941
I don't-- Well, I thought we maybe should
get to know each other a little bit
593
00:37:12,941 --> 00:37:14,985
before this deal goes through.
594
00:37:18,071 --> 00:37:19,364
What deal?
595
00:37:24,119 --> 00:37:25,454
- Hey. Hi.
- Hi.
596
00:37:25,454 --> 00:37:29,374
So you're selling UBA to Paul Marks?
597
00:37:30,459 --> 00:37:32,211
When were you gonna tell me about this?
598
00:37:32,211 --> 00:37:34,713
Or was I supposed to read about it
in the fucking trades?
599
00:37:34,713 --> 00:37:39,134
Just-- It's just a conversation,
Alex, and you're out of your lane.
600
00:37:39,134 --> 00:37:41,678
- I'm out of my lane? Fuck my lane.
- Yep.
601
00:37:42,346 --> 00:37:45,098
Oh, my gosh. This is all so clear now.
602
00:37:45,098 --> 00:37:47,392
Why you're pimping me out
on that rocket ship.
603
00:37:47,392 --> 00:37:49,186
So you could close a deal.
604
00:37:49,186 --> 00:37:52,064
This is why I have to be a partner, Cory.
I need to be brought in on this shit.
605
00:37:52,064 --> 00:37:53,732
- You want to be brought in?
- Yes.
606
00:37:53,732 --> 00:37:56,652
You want to be brought in. Okay. Fine.
607
00:37:57,653 --> 00:38:02,574
The world as we know it is over, Alex.
We are officially in the Thunderdome.
608
00:38:02,574 --> 00:38:04,868
In five years,
half of the streaming services,
609
00:38:04,868 --> 00:38:06,578
they'll be gone or bought out.
610
00:38:06,578 --> 00:38:08,914
In ten years, the Internet will be 3D.
611
00:38:08,914 --> 00:38:11,458
You will literally be
in people's living rooms.
612
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:14,753
We need to build a time machine
to take us to the future,
613
00:38:15,254 --> 00:38:20,717
and that is gonna take real deep pockets.
614
00:38:21,718 --> 00:38:23,387
Someone with more money than God.
615
00:38:24,012 --> 00:38:26,515
And Bill Gates, he won't return my calls
616
00:38:26,515 --> 00:38:29,476
since I crushed him
in doubles at Sun Valley.
617
00:38:30,394 --> 00:38:33,272
So, Paul Marks,
618
00:38:34,481 --> 00:38:38,861
that's the hand that we have been dealt
in this game of three-card capitalism.
619
00:38:38,861 --> 00:38:41,280
And honestly,
I'm happy to be at the table.
620
00:38:41,280 --> 00:38:43,156
I wanna play. I wanna win.
621
00:38:43,156 --> 00:38:46,785
In fact, I wanna build something
that matters even when nothing else does.
622
00:38:46,785 --> 00:38:50,706
With that guy?
That's who you see for the future of UBA?
623
00:38:50,706 --> 00:38:53,750
Some need-for-speed hard-ass
from Silicon Valley?
624
00:38:53,750 --> 00:38:56,628
Well, we don't like his offer,
we walk away.
625
00:38:56,628 --> 00:38:58,130
Alex, I mean, come on.
626
00:38:58,130 --> 00:39:01,175
You could just trust
that I'm doing what's best for you.
627
00:39:01,175 --> 00:39:03,093
Right. I do. I forget that.
628
00:39:03,093 --> 00:39:05,637
I forget that you always have
my best interest at heart.
629
00:39:05,637 --> 00:39:08,473
You know, Paul and I,
we just had some conversations. That's it.
630
00:39:11,310 --> 00:39:12,352
Yeah.
631
00:39:16,857 --> 00:39:18,442
You haven't told Cybil yet.
632
00:39:22,571 --> 00:39:24,406
You haven't told anybody yet.
633
00:39:26,700 --> 00:39:30,746
I promise, if this happens,
634
00:39:32,497 --> 00:39:34,291
you will be taken care of.
635
00:40:06,949 --> 00:40:08,659
God, I'm so sick of men.
636
00:40:09,868 --> 00:40:10,869
Thank you?
637
00:40:10,869 --> 00:40:15,541
- No, not you. Men with power.
- Again, thank you very much.
638
00:40:15,541 --> 00:40:16,792
That's nice.
639
00:40:17,668 --> 00:40:21,463
Paul fucking Marks.
Paul fucking Marks? Jesus.
640
00:40:21,463 --> 00:40:24,091
I mean, look, he's not exactly known
for sharing his toys, you know?
641
00:40:24,091 --> 00:40:25,843
What the fuck was Cory thinking?
642
00:40:25,843 --> 00:40:28,846
That he would massively
upgrade his profile
643
00:40:28,846 --> 00:40:31,807
by getting into bed
with a fucking billionaire.
644
00:40:33,851 --> 00:40:36,395
He's using me as his honey trap.
645
00:40:36,395 --> 00:40:40,357
This fucker who couldn't wait to get rid
of me three years ago.
646
00:40:42,276 --> 00:40:44,027
Put in all this time, you know?
647
00:40:44,820 --> 00:40:49,533
Twenty years
and it just doesn't mean anything.
648
00:40:49,533 --> 00:40:51,869
- Doesn't mean a fucking thing.
- I know.
649
00:40:51,869 --> 00:40:57,040
We are only here to keep
the stockholders happy, and that is it.
650
00:40:57,040 --> 00:40:58,834
I'm so tired of being managed.
651
00:41:00,836 --> 00:41:03,589
You ask for things politely
like a grown-up,
652
00:41:03,589 --> 00:41:05,507
- and you just get nothing.
- Yep.
653
00:41:06,383 --> 00:41:10,095
Why do I have to set something on fire
to get someone to listen to me?
654
00:41:10,095 --> 00:41:11,889
'Cause Cory's a fucking pyromaniac,
655
00:41:11,889 --> 00:41:13,849
and that's
the only language he understands, and--
656
00:41:13,849 --> 00:41:17,394
I just didn't do all this
to become a corporate Stepford wife.
657
00:41:18,854 --> 00:41:19,855
God.
658
00:41:19,855 --> 00:41:21,857
Just fuck 'em.
You know what I mean? Fuck them.
659
00:41:21,857 --> 00:41:24,359
Fuck their rocket. Stupid f--
660
00:41:25,277 --> 00:41:27,988
- Fuck 'em.
- Seriously.
661
00:41:29,990 --> 00:41:31,033
Okay.
662
00:41:34,995 --> 00:41:36,038
Shit.
663
00:41:36,038 --> 00:41:37,706
What? Shit, what?
664
00:41:38,290 --> 00:41:39,583
It's Bradley.
665
00:41:41,084 --> 00:41:42,294
What? What is it?
666
00:41:42,961 --> 00:41:48,258
"Luna got arrested. Headed to Del Rio.
Can you spare a camera operator?"
667
00:41:49,134 --> 00:41:50,219
Shit.
668
00:41:54,056 --> 00:41:55,599
Wait, what?
669
00:42:03,857 --> 00:42:05,651
Earl, what is it?
670
00:42:05,651 --> 00:42:08,070
Bradley Jackson is on her way to JFK.
671
00:42:08,070 --> 00:42:11,114
Told her team she won't be back
for tomorrow evening's broadcast.
672
00:42:11,114 --> 00:42:12,574
She's going to Texas.
673
00:42:14,076 --> 00:42:15,369
Of course she is.
674
00:42:35,931 --> 00:42:37,182
Oh, God.
675
00:42:37,683 --> 00:42:40,769
Alex? It's Mia.
676
00:42:48,360 --> 00:42:49,903
Where is she?
677
00:42:49,903 --> 00:42:51,196
It's not personal.
678
00:42:51,196 --> 00:42:53,991
- She wants you to know that. Fuck me.
- Oh, my God.
679
00:43:16,305 --> 00:43:17,639
Alex is gone.
680
00:43:18,307 --> 00:43:19,766
How gone?
681
00:43:19,766 --> 00:43:21,977
The kind where I wake you up four hours
682
00:43:21,977 --> 00:43:24,521
before a rocket launch gone.
683
00:43:24,521 --> 00:43:26,064
- Can I blame you?
- What?
684
00:43:26,064 --> 00:43:28,609
No! She bailed on purpose.
685
00:43:29,568 --> 00:43:32,654
- Why?
- Does it matter? She's not here.
686
00:43:32,654 --> 00:43:33,906
- Okay.
- Okay?
687
00:43:33,906 --> 00:43:34,823
- Okay.
- Okay.
688
00:43:34,823 --> 00:43:38,911
So we need somebody
who can deliver the news in space.
689
00:43:38,911 --> 00:43:41,663
Yeah. I think it's gotta be Yanko.
He's a scientist. He would kill to go.
690
00:43:41,663 --> 00:43:44,416
No, no. It's Women's History Month.
691
00:43:45,250 --> 00:43:46,710
Our advertisers will freak.
692
00:43:48,086 --> 00:43:50,589
There really only is one option.
693
00:43:50,589 --> 00:43:52,174
It's an incredible opportunity.
694
00:43:52,174 --> 00:43:53,675
An Olympic champion in space.
695
00:43:53,675 --> 00:43:55,177
We're gonna turn it
into a regular segment.
696
00:43:55,177 --> 00:43:56,303
Educate our viewers on the science
697
00:43:56,303 --> 00:43:57,596
- of going into space.
- You said--
698
00:43:57,596 --> 00:43:59,389
You said you wanted
to get more girls into STEM.
699
00:43:59,389 --> 00:44:01,308
- For sure. Yeah.
- You said that.
700
00:44:01,308 --> 00:44:04,978
Paul Marks wants Alex.
So does everybody else. I haven't trained.
701
00:44:04,978 --> 00:44:08,148
- Oh, well. The training is bullshit.
- You don't need to train.
702
00:44:08,148 --> 00:44:10,234
You can do it. You're an Olympic champion.
703
00:44:10,234 --> 00:44:12,319
- I'm on three hours of sleep.
- So?
704
00:44:12,319 --> 00:44:14,363
You want me to get into a metal tube
705
00:44:14,363 --> 00:44:16,365
full of thousands of gallons
of rocket fuel
706
00:44:16,365 --> 00:44:18,242
on its first manned flight?
707
00:44:18,742 --> 00:44:20,452
- Well--
- Yeah.
708
00:44:20,452 --> 00:44:22,621
- Yes, but it's not--
- It's not that hard.
709
00:44:22,621 --> 00:44:24,623
I'm gonna pass on being your guinea pig.
710
00:44:24,623 --> 00:44:27,209
- Are you sure?
- See you at the launch.
711
00:44:30,879 --> 00:44:33,340
Huh. That went well.
712
00:44:33,340 --> 00:44:34,550
Now what?
713
00:44:39,596 --> 00:44:42,266
Hey, we have a problem.
714
00:44:43,308 --> 00:44:46,687
Welcome to San Antonio
International Airport.
715
00:44:55,904 --> 00:44:58,782
Cory. What are you doing here?
716
00:44:58,782 --> 00:45:01,243
- Well, we need to talk.
- No, I can't. I gotta go.
717
00:45:01,243 --> 00:45:03,036
- I got a source who's in trouble.
- Luna?
718
00:45:03,036 --> 00:45:04,746
- I know she's been arrested.
- What?
719
00:45:06,081 --> 00:45:07,708
Wait, are you trying to stop me?
720
00:45:07,708 --> 00:45:09,877
There's nothing
that you can do for her now.
721
00:45:09,877 --> 00:45:11,461
I've called Legal. They're on it, okay?
722
00:45:11,461 --> 00:45:13,088
Because y'all have been so supportive.
723
00:45:13,088 --> 00:45:16,175
Hey, I am not punishing you.
724
00:45:16,717 --> 00:45:20,804
I would never do that.
But I need you to do something for me.
725
00:45:22,097 --> 00:45:23,098
Okay.
726
00:45:23,098 --> 00:45:26,185
Hey. I was there for you, remember?
727
00:45:31,231 --> 00:45:33,317
I need you to return the favor.
728
00:45:44,828 --> 00:45:46,997
Yeah. Okay. What is it?
729
00:45:49,333 --> 00:45:51,877
Well, since you're in the neighborhood,
730
00:45:51,877 --> 00:45:53,504
wanna go to space?
731
00:45:54,505 --> 00:45:57,174
Oh, my God.
I can't believe he got you to do this.
732
00:45:57,674 --> 00:45:59,051
I really-- I can't believe it.
733
00:45:59,051 --> 00:46:00,886
How are you not coming?
This is your story.
734
00:46:00,886 --> 00:46:03,263
You have been chasing this story, Bradley.
735
00:46:03,263 --> 00:46:06,934
Well, it's your story now,
so shoot the shit out of it, okay?
736
00:46:07,518 --> 00:46:09,520
And tell Luna I'm sorry.
737
00:46:10,229 --> 00:46:13,232
And if it all goes south,
you can have my dressing room.
738
00:46:13,232 --> 00:46:15,108
Well, what about your apartment?
739
00:46:16,193 --> 00:46:17,694
You mean the one you haven't even seen?
740
00:46:19,029 --> 00:46:21,823
Oh, God. Please,
you know you don't have to do this, right?
741
00:46:23,784 --> 00:46:26,161
I know. It's-- But it's like you said.
742
00:46:26,161 --> 00:46:28,580
Maybe I don't have to fight every battle.
743
00:46:30,290 --> 00:46:33,377
Please just be safe. God, please be safe.
744
00:46:33,377 --> 00:46:34,837
Okay. Bye.
745
00:46:43,929 --> 00:46:46,014
So, folks,
we have a last-minute change of plans.
746
00:46:46,014 --> 00:46:48,809
We've just learned that Alex
unfortunately suffered a minor injury
747
00:46:48,809 --> 00:46:50,477
{\an8}while she was training
earlier this morning.
748
00:46:50,477 --> 00:46:52,396
{\an8}So out of an abundance
of caution,
749
00:46:52,396 --> 00:46:55,691
{\an8}our Evening News anchor Bradley Jackson,
she's gonna be going in her place.
750
00:46:55,691 --> 00:46:59,111
{\an8}And Alex is fine.
She just felt it best to step aside.
751
00:46:59,111 --> 00:47:00,529
That's right.
Despite the quick change of plans...
752
00:47:00,529 --> 00:47:01,655
Go quickly to camera three.
753
00:47:01,655 --> 00:47:04,449
...Bradley was actually able to complete
that training pretty quickly,
754
00:47:04,449 --> 00:47:05,576
so she's good to go.
755
00:47:05,576 --> 00:47:08,287
{\an8}And I'm thrilled to be here
with you in beautiful West Texas.
756
00:47:08,287 --> 00:47:10,581
{\an8}- Look at this big, blue, Lone Star sky.
- Yeah.
757
00:47:10,581 --> 00:47:13,083
{\an8}And I can only imagine how incredibly
excited Bradley must be.
758
00:47:13,083 --> 00:47:16,461
{\an8}I know she is insanely excited.
759
00:47:26,471 --> 00:47:29,183
My body, my choice. My body, my choice.
760
00:47:29,183 --> 00:47:33,228
I'm here in Del Rio, Texas,
a small city on the US-Mexico border,
761
00:47:33,228 --> 00:47:36,690
where a 19-year-old woman
is being held in this building
762
00:47:36,690 --> 00:47:38,817
since she was arrested late yesterday.
763
00:47:39,318 --> 00:47:41,320
- She is part--
- Back it up. You need to clear the area.
764
00:47:41,320 --> 00:47:43,864
She is part of an underground network
of volunteers
765
00:47:43,864 --> 00:47:46,992
who have been bringing abortion pills
from Mexico into the US.
766
00:47:46,992 --> 00:47:50,078
Medication abortion is safe,
and it is effective,
767
00:47:50,078 --> 00:47:53,874
and here in the remote Rio Grande Valley
often the only option.
768
00:47:57,920 --> 00:48:02,508
Well, congratulations, Paul.
This is Bradley Jackson.
769
00:48:02,508 --> 00:48:06,053
You just got yourself a whole new set
of viewers south of the Mason-Dixon line.
770
00:48:06,053 --> 00:48:08,388
Well, thanks for the ride.
I'm gonna try not to throw up.
771
00:48:08,388 --> 00:48:10,265
Well, there's a bag underneath your seat.
772
00:48:10,265 --> 00:48:11,892
Just make sure you seal it.
773
00:48:21,985 --> 00:48:25,781
Cory Ellison, boy wonder.
Looks like you can't deliver after all.
774
00:49:00,399 --> 00:49:02,025
SNA arm rotation enabled.
775
00:49:02,025 --> 00:49:03,944
Stage one tanks pressing for flight.
776
00:49:03,944 --> 00:49:05,195
Take camera five.
777
00:49:06,655 --> 00:49:08,782
GLS mainline has been initiated.
778
00:49:08,782 --> 00:49:11,118
All personnel,
we are going to resume the clock.
779
00:49:12,703 --> 00:49:13,787
All right.
780
00:49:13,787 --> 00:49:18,542
The G's can be a little intense, but
it's only for the first couple of minutes.
781
00:49:18,542 --> 00:49:20,919
This is nothing.
I used to fly Spirit Airlines.
782
00:49:22,921 --> 00:49:24,715
T-minus 15 seconds.
783
00:49:26,466 --> 00:49:27,718
Standby to launch.
784
00:49:27,718 --> 00:49:29,428
{\an8}- Ten, nine...
- Ten, nine...
785
00:49:29,428 --> 00:49:34,808
...eight, seven, six, five, four, three...
786
00:49:35,392 --> 00:49:36,935
- two, one.
- Two, one!
787
00:49:44,985 --> 00:49:47,404
Hyperion One has cleared the tower.
788
00:49:47,988 --> 00:49:50,782
- You can feel the ground shaking.
- Keep it.
789
00:49:59,249 --> 00:50:02,085
{\an8}That is absolutely incredible.
The power of this thing--
790
00:50:02,085 --> 00:50:04,630
{\an8}It takes a lot of juice
to punch a hole in that sky.
791
00:50:04,630 --> 00:50:06,089
{\an8}We'll be seeing footage
792
00:50:06,089 --> 00:50:08,634
- of Earth from the rocket itself.
- Stay with it, five. Stay with it.
793
00:50:08,634 --> 00:50:13,430
{\an8}Hyperion One will reach a top speed
of 2,250 miles an hour.
794
00:50:13,430 --> 00:50:14,890
It's impressive, Chris.
795
00:50:14,890 --> 00:50:18,435
That's right.
And reach an apogee of about 350,000 feet,
796
00:50:18,435 --> 00:50:20,521
which is about 62 miles
above the Earth's surface.
797
00:50:25,234 --> 00:50:28,195
{\an8}So Hyperion One is now
closing in on the Kármán Line.
798
00:50:28,195 --> 00:50:30,989
{\an8}That's the delineation
between Earth's atmosphere and space.
799
00:50:30,989 --> 00:50:33,450
{\an8}- And everything looks A-okay.
- It does indeed.
800
00:51:06,775 --> 00:51:12,114
"The all-knowing mind, empty and radiant."
801
00:51:47,232 --> 00:51:48,692
Any regrets?
802
00:51:58,744 --> 00:52:01,747
Everybody ready? Time to fly.
803
00:53:02,766 --> 00:53:04,685
Bradley, this is incredible.
804
00:53:04,685 --> 00:53:06,353
Can you tell us what you're seeing?
805
00:53:06,353 --> 00:53:08,063
How do things look from up there?
806
00:53:08,063 --> 00:53:09,565
{\an8}Hi.
807
00:53:10,440 --> 00:53:15,946
{\an8}After two years of a pandemic
and now a war in Ukraine,
808
00:53:16,947 --> 00:53:20,742
{\an8}it's incredible to look down
and see how connected we all are.
809
00:53:20,742 --> 00:53:21,827
{\an8}That's so true. I--
810
00:53:24,162 --> 00:53:25,289
Hello, sorry--
811
00:53:25,289 --> 00:53:27,124
I think we lost you, Bradley.
Are you there? Hello?
812
00:53:27,708 --> 00:53:29,459
- What just happened?
- Bradley, are you--
813
00:53:29,459 --> 00:53:31,962
- Can you hear me? Are you able to hear me?
- I don't know.
814
00:53:33,881 --> 00:53:35,632
Do you copy? Can you hear me?
815
00:53:35,632 --> 00:53:36,717
Bradley?