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-Is Guy Fieri in the greenroom?
-Mm-hmm.
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-Grab him. Don't let him go.
-Got it. Straight to rerun or…
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-I wanted to hear from upstairs.
-Go to The Twist!
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Alex, what you did is amazing
but we need to deal with this. Let us in.
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-Twitter's going fucking nuts.
-Oh, God.
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[sighs] Does the room feel like
it's turning white?
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-[Isabella] Alex. Alex.
-Oh, gosh.
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-Just one second, please!
-[cell phone chimes]
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-[Sean] Open up.
-[Alex] Those UBA fuckers,
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they're going to fight
to keep their credibility,
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and that means some version
of dragging us through the mud.
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Fred has to go.
They have to understand that.
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We crossed a line,
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and they're not gonna do
what we want them to do because of that.
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[Isabella]
Alex, everything is gonna be fine.
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-We love you.
-[exhales] Okay. Okay! Okay!
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-I have to let them in.
-Okay. I understand.
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-Listen. I--
-Wait, wait, wait. Before you do,
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we have to stay together on this.
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And whatever you do,
don't mention Hannah by name.
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She didn't want that.
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-Okay.
-Okay.
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-[Bill] Alex, I will break down the door--
-Okay, okay, okay.
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[Bill] Oh, my God. Thank God.
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-How are you?
-Oh, my God. I just needed a second.
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-Amazing what you did.
-We're fine.
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-Uh, where's the phone? Where's the phone?
-Where's the phone? Get the phone.
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[Bill] Let's not say anything to anybody.
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-I'm not talking.
-Open our mouths, we weaken our position.
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-Left, left.
-So we're gonna keep our mouths shut.
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-[clamoring]
-Alex!
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Wait, Brad.
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Just keep your phone on
and near you, okay?
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-I'll-- I'll call you.
-Yeah, no, I'll take care of it. Come on.
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-Give me my jacket.
-Hold the elevator doors. Jim--
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-Hold the doors.
-[Bradley sighs]
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-[clamoring continues]
-[footsteps departing]
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You're a dead man.
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Said the corpse.
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[chuckles] No. Wait… [clears throat]
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Um…
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You're firing me?
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You put Fred Micklen
on administrative leave,
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and you're firing me?
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Did you not hear what was said
on our airwaves this morning?
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We heard. Loud and clear.
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Uh, s--
What, do you not believe the victim?
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Or do you just not care?
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'Course we believe the victim.
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We believe all victims,
every last one of them,
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forever and ever until the end of time.
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And if we are proven correct
in that belief,
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Fred will be terminated as well.
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But none of us were in those rooms,
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none of us can say
with any certainty at this moment
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what happened, except for Fred.
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That's because the other person,
Hannah Shoenfeld,
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-died this morning.
-E-- Except for Fred.
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Who steadfastly maintains his innocence.
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If we find evidence
that any of that was true,
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we will extend zero tolerance.
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Okay, well, that's horseshit, but okay.
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Well, you can't terminate my contract
without just cause,
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and all I did was give the truth
some oxygen.
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The truth? Look, here's the truth.
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We suspect Fred might not be innocent,
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but we know you're guilty
of taking over UBA's airwaves,
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of allowing wild allegations to be made
against the CEO of the network,
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and of physically locking him out
of his own control room.
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Which, by the way,
is also a serious fire hazard.
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[chortles] The fire hazard.
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That was pirate television,
and it has no place on our network.
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This really is the land that time forgot.
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All right. Well, I did my best,
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but I cannot drag you idiots kicking
and screaming into the 21st century.
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You're just so caught up in ruling
over your rotten little fiefdom
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that you don't even see the world
that has sprouted up all around you.
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All right. Well,
enjoy broadcasting your cave paintings
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to the last remaining savages who are
still watching over-the-air broadcasting.
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The rest of the world,
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they've moved to the cloud,
and it is fucking gorgeous up there.
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Cory, if you'll excuse us,
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we have a television network
we need to fix.
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Well, get out that superglue. [chuckles]
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Do you really think
that's what all this is about?
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Your little television network?
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This is a battle
for the soul of the universe.
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["Nemesis" playing]
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[music ends]
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["Return To Me" playing]
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[siren wailing in distance]
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[jazzy music playing]
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♪ Maybe it's much too early in the game ♪
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♪ Oh, but I thought
I'd ask you just the same ♪
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♪ What are you doing New Year's ♪
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♪ New Year's Eve? ♪
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[cameraman] Great move. Widen out.
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And you didn't think we'd get her to sing.
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Mm-hmm.
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[Mia] Eric talked her into it.
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[Eric] ♪ Welcoming in the New Year ♪
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[cameraman] Standby, camera two.
Take it, camera two.
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Keep it fun, Bradley.
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-♪ Maybe I'm crazy to suppose ♪
-Camera two, zoom on Bradley. Take it.
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♪ I'd ever be the one you chose ♪
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-♪ Out of a thousand invitations ♪
-[cell phones chime, buzz]
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♪ You'll receive ♪
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Did you know that this is actually about
making New Year's Eve plans way too early?
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All I know is we're gonna
freeze our balls off
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-tomorrow night in Times Square.
-♪ …stand one little chance ♪
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♪ Here comes the jackpot question
In advance ♪
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[mouthing words] Yes, we are.
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[both] ♪ What are you doing New Year's ♪
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-Oh, shit.
-[cell phone chimes]
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-[cameraman] Beautiful. Four.
-♪ New Year's Eve? ♪
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-[brass instrumental plays]
-[cameraman] Two, ready? Take it, two.
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-[cell phones chiming]
-[Stella] Yeah, I just saw.
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Another one bites the dust.
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Multiple current and former employees
have come forward
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with allegations of emotional abuse
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and are calling for the public to…
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Times asking for a comment on one,
Maggie Brener on three, said she'd hold.
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-Media Relations left a word.
-[phone rings]
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They need to know
what they're saying about Ray.
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Is he still on a scheduled vacation,
or can we announce anything?
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And what's the board doing?
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Emergency meeting to discuss Ray's
replacement for the evening news chair.
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Call back the Times,
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give me Maggie Brener first
and assemble the team,
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Mia Jordan, Stella Bak, Vince Fontana,
Legal, ASAP.
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[news anchor] Additionally,
one of Marcus's former assistants…
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-Is she on?
-[Kyle] She's on.
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…that when she requested time off
to attend
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-her mother-in-law's funeral, Marcus…
-Maggie,
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I hope we gave you enough time
to include this in your book.
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♪ What are you doing New Year's? ♪
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♪ What are you doing New Year's Eve? ♪
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[Bradley laughs]
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All right, don't forget,
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Bradley and I will be hosting
UBA's New Year's Eve Extravaganza
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tomorrow night live from Times Square.
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Andrew W.K., Drake, Lauren Alaina,
actual musical guests.
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-No singing from us, thank goodness.
-Hey, come on, I saw you having fun.
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Is that what fun looks like to you?
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Well, it looks like
what you'll be seeing here on UBA
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-starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern…
-That's right.
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…tomorrow night.
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-We hope you can ring in 2020 with us.
-Eric and I will be looking for you.
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Now stay tuned for The Twist.
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-And we're out. Good job, you guys.
-[crew cheers, applauds]
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-Whew!
-[chuckles]
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Twitter's loving it.
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-Really?
-I told you.
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All right, it was more fun than I thought.
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Oh, Jesus.
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Did you see this about Ray?
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-Emotionally abusing his staff?
-What?
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-God.
-No.
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[Bradley] Gayle.
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I pushed the issue, all right?
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This is coming from Mia?
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Mia wants to do
"Nutrition in the New Year"?
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Well, I think it has less to do
with "Nutrition in the New Year"
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and more to do with, you know,
bumming everybody the fuck out.
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New Year's Eve and New Year's Day
are two of the deadliest days of the year.
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Alcohol consumption goes up,
drug use rises, people die.
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It's a fact. I'm sorry it's a bummer.
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Okay, I was trying to give it to you easy,
but, um, we weren't given an option.
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I'm gonna go talk to her.
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Bradley.
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Ratings are down. Pick your battles.
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You know,
if they don't value me around here,
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I have a feeling there's gonna be
an opening on the evening news very soon.
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That seems like a safe bet.
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And I seriously doubt
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Vince would tell me to do
"Nutrition in the New Year"
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on the evening news.
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And by the way, Gayle,
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you told me all this singing
and dancing and playing along
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was gonna buy me
some freedom around this place.
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I mean, I dyed my hair,
I hosted their celebrity bowling show,
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I-- I did stupid TikTok dances on TV.
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I did everything short of tattooing UBA
on my ass, and for what?
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You've gotten to do
most of the stories you wanted to do.
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[sighs]
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If we stay the course,
people will catch up.
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I hope you're right.
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I'm gonna talk to Cory
about the evening news.
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-He values integrity.
-[Cory] We need to get out ahead of this.
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Bradley Jackson isn't gonna
find out on Twitter
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that we're poaching her partner
for evening news.
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When are we ready
to make the switch with Eric?
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-[Richard] He's ready to close, almost.
-[Cory] Well, close the deal.
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We were supposed to have time
to ease her into this idea.
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You know, this is making my life difficult
to fire him, so maybe we don't.
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Yelling at a PA isn't exactly
the same thing as sexual assault.
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I had a boss throw a pineapple at my head
when I was a PA, and here I am.
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We've heard that story before, Vince.
This network needs to clean up its act.
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[Cory] Let me make this simple.
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The press release announcing Ray's firing
and Eric's move to evening news
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is being drafted now,
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but we're not gonna release it
till everything else is in place.
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The timetable has changed
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now that somebody has decided
to leak the information to the press,
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so we have to move expeditiously.
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Let's just concentrate
on who we're pairing with Bradley.
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Stellar. Our short list is down to Mickey
and Aaron.
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-What the fuck happened to Miguel?
-He declined.
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He-- He declined The Morning Show?
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He wasn't excited
about working with Bradley.
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[Cory sighs]
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Listen, what about keeping Eric on TMS,
moving Bradley to evening?
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-You know she loves her news hard.
-[laughs]
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Okay, should we have the conversation
about Bradley
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-that I think we're all thinking?
-What?
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Is she really cutting it?
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[chuckles] That seems extreme.
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Ratings have been down.
Her contract is up in a few months.
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Yeah, Bradley was poised to become
some sort of feminist superhero,
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but she couldn't capitalize.
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No, wait. She refused to capitalize.
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Well, I kind of admire that she didn't
just jump on the Me Too bandwagon
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and fill up her grocery cart
with free prizes and fake goodwill.
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Yeah, but she went out of her way
not to fill up her cart.
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She called that women's club out
on the carpet--
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For underpaying staff.
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Listen, you know I love Bradley,
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but she really needs the poise and polish
and gravity of a seasoned anchor like Alex
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to balance her out.
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-Fine.
-Okay then,
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we have a list of potential
partner combinations
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-that are ready to go--
-What? No, I said fine. Fine, fine.
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-"Fine," what?
-We get Alex back.
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-No, no. I didn't-- I didn't mean--
-[Stella] What? No.
235
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-I don't think that's an option.
-Why, have you talked to her?
236
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Uh, she publicly left the show.
It was a big deal.
237
00:13:43,950 --> 00:13:45,243
Did she personally tell you no?
238
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Yes, emphatically,
239
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when she left the show eight months ago.
240
00:13:48,830 --> 00:13:50,957
That's why we went out
and spent all that money on Eric.
241
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But who else is a story like Alex is?
242
00:13:54,502 --> 00:13:55,754
Who else can distract us
243
00:13:55,837 --> 00:13:58,381
from the burning trash barge
that we are currently floating
244
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right down the center of the city? No one.
245
00:14:00,425 --> 00:14:02,761
I don't know that bringing her back is
the event that you think it is.
246
00:14:02,844 --> 00:14:04,262
She's a feminist icon.
247
00:14:04,346 --> 00:14:06,056
Maybe. But I also don't love the idea
248
00:14:06,139 --> 00:14:09,726
that she's another white woman
as co-anchor, feminist icon or not.
249
00:14:09,809 --> 00:14:12,437
And especially one who admitted
to doing a lot of questionable shit.
250
00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:14,898
And personally, I think Alex is done.
251
00:14:17,317 --> 00:14:21,613
[Alex] The thing people don't realize is
that there is a cost to success and fame.
252
00:14:22,322 --> 00:14:24,658
There's a story
by Hans Christian Andersen.
253
00:14:25,450 --> 00:14:29,037
A young woman becomes enamored
with these fabulous red shoes
254
00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:31,706
that are more attention-grabbing
and exciting
255
00:14:31,790 --> 00:14:33,959
than the humble brown shoes she wears.
256
00:14:34,042 --> 00:14:35,710
-[typing]
-In a moment of bad judgment,
257
00:14:35,794 --> 00:14:38,880
she succumbs to their charms
and wears them to church.
258
00:14:39,673 --> 00:14:42,592
And lo and behold, her feet start moving
259
00:14:42,676 --> 00:14:45,804
and she is dancing, and she can't stop.
260
00:14:46,471 --> 00:14:50,433
And she dances
for hours and days and weeks
261
00:14:50,517 --> 00:14:52,686
until she is bloody and bruised
262
00:14:52,769 --> 00:14:56,648
from dancing like a whirling dervish
through the countryside and towns,
263
00:14:56,731 --> 00:14:57,732
unable to stop.
264
00:14:58,358 --> 00:15:02,737
She finally dances so much and so hard,
faster and faster,
265
00:15:03,488 --> 00:15:05,782
that she knows
she is going to bleed to death.
266
00:15:06,908 --> 00:15:09,786
So in a desperate attempt
to stave off death,
267
00:15:09,869 --> 00:15:12,831
she finally implores a woodcutter
to cut off her feet.
268
00:15:13,415 --> 00:15:14,416
And he does.
269
00:15:15,125 --> 00:15:16,293
Then she dies.
270
00:15:17,127 --> 00:15:18,670
-[typing stops]
-[sighs]
271
00:15:20,839 --> 00:15:21,882
[groans, mumbles]
272
00:15:21,965 --> 00:15:23,550
Times were different back then.
273
00:15:24,426 --> 00:15:27,470
And I'm sure there's
some patriarchal message in this
274
00:15:27,554 --> 00:15:31,683
to women who wanted
to step out of their role.
275
00:15:33,018 --> 00:15:36,730
However, I always took away
from it as a kid--
276
00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:39,774
and it probably says something
about me as a kid--
277
00:15:40,734 --> 00:15:43,945
is the idea that the world
might have you running so hard
278
00:15:45,196 --> 00:15:49,951
that rather than running one step more,
you would cut off your own feet.
279
00:15:50,035 --> 00:15:51,745
[whispers] Never…
280
00:15:51,828 --> 00:15:55,248
And I never-- I never forgot that image.
281
00:15:56,625 --> 00:16:00,003
I think success in the modern world
demands a similar dance--
282
00:16:00,545 --> 00:16:03,882
soul-sucking, grueling, never ending.
283
00:16:04,549 --> 00:16:07,135
-[whispering] Just wanted it to end.
-And I just wanted it to end.
284
00:16:07,928 --> 00:16:10,847
I wanted it to end
so I could begin to live.
285
00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:14,142
[inhales deeply, exhales]
286
00:16:17,729 --> 00:16:19,773
-I'll let you know how it goes.
-[murmurs]
287
00:16:19,856 --> 00:16:21,441
Stay tuned for The Twist.
288
00:16:22,317 --> 00:16:24,110
[muttering] End manuscript.
289
00:16:26,238 --> 00:16:27,239
[sighs]
290
00:17:06,151 --> 00:17:07,195
[sighs]
291
00:17:08,196 --> 00:17:09,906
You want a hundred million a year
to buy back
292
00:17:09,989 --> 00:17:11,949
the streaming rights for Hampton?
293
00:17:12,033 --> 00:17:14,910
[groans] Well, Bruce, normally I'd hate
to be the bearer of bad news,
294
00:17:14,995 --> 00:17:17,037
but with you, somehow, I love it.
295
00:17:17,122 --> 00:17:20,500
We're not gonna renew the deal
for Apocalypse 13. How's that?
296
00:17:20,583 --> 00:17:21,626
So if you wanna see it,
297
00:17:21,709 --> 00:17:25,714
you're gonna have to do like everybody
else and subscribe to UBA Plus.
298
00:17:25,796 --> 00:17:28,341
And don't worry, there's a free trial
if you can't swing the $7.99.
299
00:17:28,425 --> 00:17:31,177
[Bruce on phone] I guess
anger issues are endemic over there.
300
00:17:31,261 --> 00:17:33,847
[chuckles] Nah, this isn't anger.
301
00:17:33,930 --> 00:17:36,308
You'll know when I'm angry.
I'll make sure of that.
302
00:17:37,017 --> 00:17:39,769
-Kyle, who's holding on three?
-That's Ivy. You told me to get her.
303
00:17:39,853 --> 00:17:41,646
No, tell her I'll call her back.
I need Pete Freeman.
304
00:17:41,730 --> 00:17:44,190
Keep rolling through the call sheet.
I need to get outta here soon.
305
00:17:44,274 --> 00:17:46,735
-Hey. Should I come back later?
-[Kyle] Yeah, hi. Sorry…
306
00:17:46,818 --> 00:17:48,486
Hi. Uh, no, no.
307
00:17:48,570 --> 00:17:51,323
-[Kyle] Pete Freeman on two.
-Uh, tell him I'll call him back.
308
00:17:51,406 --> 00:17:55,619
-Look what the cat dragged in. Hi.
-[chuckles] Hey.
309
00:17:55,702 --> 00:17:57,120
[Cory sighs] Been a while.
310
00:17:57,203 --> 00:17:58,705
-Yeah, I've been a little busy.
-Yeah.
311
00:17:58,788 --> 00:18:00,665
-Can-- Can you talk for a second?
-Uh, yeah.
312
00:18:00,749 --> 00:18:01,875
-Oh, great.
-Yeah.
313
00:18:03,335 --> 00:18:04,336
Thanks.
314
00:18:05,212 --> 00:18:07,130
[groans] What a morning.
315
00:18:07,214 --> 00:18:08,840
[groans]
316
00:18:08,924 --> 00:18:10,842
Are you gonna have to fire Ray?
317
00:18:10,926 --> 00:18:13,845
Well, I mean,
I can't tell you that, but yes.
318
00:18:13,929 --> 00:18:18,099
So, who are you gonna get to replace him?
319
00:18:18,183 --> 00:18:21,311
Uh, yeah, I-- Um… [sighs]
320
00:18:23,146 --> 00:18:25,398
I don't-- I don't know.
321
00:18:25,482 --> 00:18:27,984
Um, in fact, if you find out,
please tell me
322
00:18:28,068 --> 00:18:29,444
because I'm dying to know.
323
00:18:29,527 --> 00:18:31,655
-Well, you would be my first call.
-I appreciate it.
324
00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:36,368
And if you can't find anybody good,
there's always me.
325
00:18:36,451 --> 00:18:39,496
Well, I thank you for that selfless offer.
326
00:18:39,579 --> 00:18:40,705
[both chuckle]
327
00:18:40,789 --> 00:18:42,624
Okay, you owe me, buddy.
328
00:18:42,707 --> 00:18:46,753
Remember you were fired around here,
don't forget. And I got you un-fired.
329
00:18:46,836 --> 00:18:48,296
I-- Uh, yep.
330
00:18:48,797 --> 00:18:52,342
-And obviously, I-- I thank you for that.
-I'd do it again.
331
00:18:52,425 --> 00:18:54,844
I really need you on The Morning Show.
I need that stability.
332
00:18:54,928 --> 00:18:57,681
When people turn on The Morning Show,
they're gonna see Bradley Jackson.
333
00:18:57,764 --> 00:19:01,226
And by the way,
you have been killing it this week.
334
00:19:01,309 --> 00:19:04,145
-Just this week? I mean…
-Oh. Don't do that to me.
335
00:19:04,229 --> 00:19:06,690
[chuckles] No, I-- Look, I get it,
336
00:19:06,773 --> 00:19:10,652
and I know that the ratings have gone down
a little bit since Alex left,
337
00:19:10,735 --> 00:19:12,487
and I'm not oblivious,
338
00:19:12,571 --> 00:19:15,156
I just think evening news,
339
00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:17,867
uh, it just might be
a better fit for my talents.
340
00:19:17,951 --> 00:19:22,122
And Ray leaving creates this square hole
that's perfect for a square peg.
341
00:19:22,622 --> 00:19:24,749
And I know-- I know that I would kill it.
342
00:19:24,833 --> 00:19:27,085
Oh, abso-- Of course you would.
What are you talking about?
343
00:19:27,168 --> 00:19:29,004
You would absolutely crush that.
344
00:19:29,087 --> 00:19:32,799
But, you know, my problem is I like to fit
square pegs into round holes…
345
00:19:32,883 --> 00:19:34,551
[laughing] …'cause it's really hard,
346
00:19:34,634 --> 00:19:37,262
but when you can make it fit,
like, perfectly, actually make it fit,
347
00:19:37,345 --> 00:19:39,014
it's magical. It's totally magical.
348
00:19:39,097 --> 00:19:42,934
Feels like magic. And not
like magic tricks, like actual sorcery.
349
00:19:43,018 --> 00:19:45,979
And of course, of course the ratings
took a dip there for a while,
350
00:19:46,062 --> 00:19:49,566
but that's what's gonna make
the ta-da moment so exhilarating.
351
00:19:49,649 --> 00:19:51,693
So I can't move you before the ta-da.
352
00:19:57,324 --> 00:19:58,325
Okay.
353
00:19:58,408 --> 00:19:59,659
Okay. [chuckles]
354
00:19:59,743 --> 00:20:02,746
Well, you know, and I kinda feel like
I've been finding my groove on the show.
355
00:20:02,829 --> 00:20:04,164
-[inhales deeply] Yeah.
-And Eric,
356
00:20:04,247 --> 00:20:06,082
he and I just complement each other
really well.
357
00:20:06,166 --> 00:20:08,376
Well, that's you,
you complement anyone well.
358
00:20:08,460 --> 00:20:09,461
I don't know about that.
359
00:20:09,544 --> 00:20:12,923
I mean, I think he and I are a good match.
It's much better than the last situation.
360
00:20:13,006 --> 00:20:15,634
Oh, come on, you and Alex,
you had something special too.
361
00:20:15,717 --> 00:20:17,677
For five minutes.
362
00:20:17,761 --> 00:20:21,556
I mean, that's the most I ever felt like
we had a relationship. [stammers]
363
00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:25,518
But, I mean, she left, and I--
I haven't even heard from her.
364
00:20:25,602 --> 00:20:27,020
Well, yeah.
365
00:20:27,103 --> 00:20:29,022
It was a hell of a five minutes.
366
00:20:29,105 --> 00:20:31,983
And who knows what would've happened
if you'd had a chance to build on 'em.
367
00:20:33,109 --> 00:20:35,779
That's true.
I guess we'll never know. [chuckles]
368
00:20:35,862 --> 00:20:37,447
Anyway, it's better this way.
369
00:20:37,530 --> 00:20:40,242
Well, I have learned never to say never.
370
00:20:40,325 --> 00:20:42,035
Except when I'm saying never to say never,
371
00:20:42,118 --> 00:20:44,079
in which case
I say it twice in one sentence.
372
00:20:44,162 --> 00:20:46,831
[chuckles] I miss you.
373
00:20:50,293 --> 00:20:55,423
Yeah, you know,
we got busy, a lot happened.
374
00:20:55,507 --> 00:20:58,093
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, yeah.
375
00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:00,470
It feels like
that was a million years ago.
376
00:21:00,554 --> 00:21:03,139
-[sighs]
-And yet it was still 2019.
377
00:21:03,223 --> 00:21:04,724
Yeah, tell me about it. [snickers]
378
00:21:07,060 --> 00:21:11,356
And the Hannah stuff has,
you know, been hard and on my mind.
379
00:21:12,732 --> 00:21:13,942
I--
380
00:21:14,484 --> 00:21:15,485
[sighs]
381
00:21:15,569 --> 00:21:17,654
That stuff, I guess it just takes time.
382
00:21:20,073 --> 00:21:22,909
But we'll get there.
We will. We'll get there.
383
00:21:23,868 --> 00:21:26,204
[on phone] Hi, this is Shirlee Alpert,
from Horseheads.
384
00:21:26,288 --> 00:21:29,749
I want to nominate my grandson,
Zack, for Hero of the Day.
385
00:21:29,833 --> 00:21:33,503
Yesterday at the park, he and a child
he didn't know were eating candy canes,
386
00:21:33,587 --> 00:21:35,547
until the other child dropped his
on the ground
387
00:21:35,630 --> 00:21:37,632
and started crying like the dickens.
388
00:21:37,716 --> 00:21:41,761
Well, Zack really has the Christmas spirit
in him, we've made sure of that.
389
00:21:41,845 --> 00:21:44,264
And he offered to share his candy cane.
390
00:21:44,347 --> 00:21:46,558
I have got photos of
the two of them licking it.
391
00:21:46,641 --> 00:21:48,602
I just thought it was the sweetest thing,
392
00:21:48,685 --> 00:21:51,104
and maybe you could do a story
about that on the news.
393
00:21:51,187 --> 00:21:55,400
-My number is 607-433-2--
-[dial tone]
394
00:21:57,986 --> 00:21:58,820
It cut off.
395
00:21:58,904 --> 00:22:02,073
I know, we just missed it.
It was right there.
396
00:22:02,157 --> 00:22:03,617
You want me to pursue it?
397
00:22:04,284 --> 00:22:05,577
It's sort of gross.
398
00:22:05,660 --> 00:22:07,120
Two kids licking one candy cane.
399
00:22:07,203 --> 00:22:11,541
Yeah, but you know, kids need germs,
kinda bolster the immune system.
400
00:22:11,625 --> 00:22:13,084
I say you track her down.
401
00:22:13,168 --> 00:22:15,503
It's gonna be six months
before we do another Christmas story.
402
00:22:15,587 --> 00:22:18,465
Actually, that's not true around here,
but you should track her down anyway.
403
00:22:22,302 --> 00:22:24,971
[whistling "Carol of the Bells"]
404
00:22:25,055 --> 00:22:27,307
Oh, my God. What are you doing here?
405
00:22:27,390 --> 00:22:28,642
-Hi.
-Hi.
406
00:22:29,643 --> 00:22:30,894
Mmm.
407
00:22:30,977 --> 00:22:32,854
I got done at the school
and thought I'd swing by
408
00:22:32,938 --> 00:22:36,399
and see my very successful
producer boyfriend.
409
00:22:36,483 --> 00:22:37,692
-Really? Where is he?
-Mm-hmm.
410
00:22:37,776 --> 00:22:39,069
-I'll tell him you're here.
-You're funny.
411
00:22:39,152 --> 00:22:41,196
Well, I better be
'cause you're not dating me for my looks.
412
00:22:41,279 --> 00:22:43,448
-[chuckles]
-How we doing on the New Year's plans?
413
00:22:43,531 --> 00:22:45,533
-Are we good?
-Yeah, you think you can get away?
414
00:22:45,617 --> 00:22:50,205
Uh, I think so. This place runs itself.
415
00:22:50,288 --> 00:22:52,082
Hey. The phones aren't working.
416
00:22:52,749 --> 00:22:54,834
Um, have you called the phone company?
417
00:22:54,918 --> 00:22:56,002
The phones are out.
418
00:22:56,086 --> 00:22:57,128
Cell phone?
419
00:22:58,171 --> 00:22:59,756
Hmm. Mmm.
420
00:23:03,343 --> 00:23:05,554
-It doesn't like totally run itself.
-[giggles]
421
00:23:05,637 --> 00:23:10,392
But turns out either it doesn't matter,
or I don't care,
422
00:23:10,475 --> 00:23:12,519
-or I just wanna be with you.
-Yeah?
423
00:23:12,602 --> 00:23:13,645
-Yeah.
-Okay.
424
00:23:15,814 --> 00:23:16,815
I'll see you tomorrow then.
425
00:23:16,898 --> 00:23:19,526
-Oh, yeah, you'll see me tomorrow.
-All right. Bye.
426
00:23:22,070 --> 00:23:24,072
[inhales deeply]
427
00:23:24,155 --> 00:23:25,907
[sighs]
428
00:23:25,991 --> 00:23:28,159
[Alex] Come on, baby. Oh, good boy.
429
00:23:29,619 --> 00:23:31,871
[breathing heavily]
430
00:23:34,291 --> 00:23:36,418
-[cell phone ringing]
-[grunts]
431
00:23:39,546 --> 00:23:40,547
Did you read it already?
432
00:23:40,630 --> 00:23:43,800
I just finished it. It's really good.
433
00:23:47,679 --> 00:23:49,806
[stammers] So what's not working for you?
434
00:23:49,890 --> 00:23:52,058
Jesus, Alex, I said it's really good.
435
00:23:52,142 --> 00:23:53,143
[Alex] Yeah, okay, come on.
436
00:23:53,226 --> 00:23:57,480
I know what "really good" means
on feedback, okay?
437
00:23:57,564 --> 00:23:59,357
It means "not great,"
"you didn't like it,"
438
00:23:59,441 --> 00:24:01,234
"not out of the park," what?
Don't bullshit me.
439
00:24:01,318 --> 00:24:03,820
Let's not go off the deep end here, okay?
440
00:24:03,904 --> 00:24:06,323
It's really good. That's not bullshit.
441
00:24:06,907 --> 00:24:09,117
You have lived an amazing life.
442
00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:12,829
You've brushed elbows with some of
the most influential people on the planet.
443
00:24:13,455 --> 00:24:16,625
You've carved out a place
as a woman in that business
444
00:24:16,708 --> 00:24:19,336
that few have even come close to.
445
00:24:19,419 --> 00:24:21,588
You started a UBA revolution.
446
00:24:22,422 --> 00:24:26,384
The events are all amazing.
It's raw, it's real.
447
00:24:29,346 --> 00:24:30,972
S-- So-- So what's wrong?
448
00:24:31,056 --> 00:24:32,098
[sighs]
449
00:24:32,182 --> 00:24:36,895
I just think you need to go back
and dig a little deeper in certain areas.
450
00:24:36,978 --> 00:24:39,481
Oh, my gosh! Come on.
451
00:24:40,190 --> 00:24:42,150
I talked about… [stammers] …uh,
452
00:24:42,734 --> 00:24:45,445
my insecurities and my divorce and--
I mean…
453
00:24:46,571 --> 00:24:47,572
About Mitch.
454
00:24:53,536 --> 00:24:55,205
I'm not interested in talking about Mitch.
455
00:24:55,288 --> 00:24:56,998
People are gonna be buying it for that.
456
00:24:57,082 --> 00:25:00,502
Nothing against you,
but that shit sells books.
457
00:25:00,585 --> 00:25:05,382
And not only that, Alex,
it's an important piece of a movement.
458
00:25:05,465 --> 00:25:07,384
Yeah, I know. I know the fucking movement.
459
00:25:08,927 --> 00:25:11,638
I've destroyed my entire career
over the movement.
460
00:25:12,264 --> 00:25:14,266
Please don't make me go back in there.
Come on.
461
00:25:14,349 --> 00:25:16,142
I'm saying this as a friend, Alex.
462
00:25:16,226 --> 00:25:18,270
We don't know what's gonna be
in Maggie's book.
463
00:25:18,353 --> 00:25:20,063
[Alex groans]
464
00:25:21,481 --> 00:25:24,150
That sounds like you do know
what's gonna be in Maggie's book.
465
00:25:24,234 --> 00:25:25,068
No, I don't.
466
00:25:25,652 --> 00:25:27,988
I know her editor, but she won't tell me.
467
00:25:28,071 --> 00:25:29,364
But whatever it is,
468
00:25:29,447 --> 00:25:32,534
this gives you the opportunity
to go in there and respond
469
00:25:32,617 --> 00:25:34,202
without looking like you're responding.
470
00:25:34,286 --> 00:25:36,496
-To defend yourself.
-Jesus!
471
00:25:36,580 --> 00:25:38,123
What am I defending myself about
472
00:25:38,206 --> 00:25:40,500
that I didn't already admit
on national television?
473
00:25:40,584 --> 00:25:42,210
Alex, all I'm saying is,
474
00:25:42,294 --> 00:25:47,549
if there is any history with Mitch,
any personal history,
475
00:25:47,632 --> 00:25:50,802
this is your chance
to put your own narrative on it.
476
00:25:50,886 --> 00:25:52,053
Well, there isn't!
477
00:25:53,138 --> 00:25:55,140
[wind whistling]
478
00:25:55,223 --> 00:25:58,018
I'll go back and look at the manuscript
479
00:25:58,101 --> 00:26:03,523
and see if I can dig up
any salacious bits about Mitch.
480
00:26:03,607 --> 00:26:06,067
Keep the, uh, sharks fed.
481
00:26:07,944 --> 00:26:10,322
Just think about what I'm saying,
all right? You'll get there.
482
00:26:10,405 --> 00:26:12,741
Yeah, all right, Adelle. Thanks, bye. Bye.
483
00:26:13,909 --> 00:26:14,910
Fucking Mitch.
484
00:26:14,993 --> 00:26:16,536
-[siren blaring]
-Mo-- Mommy, you--
485
00:26:16,620 --> 00:26:18,788
you gotta stop pressing the button,
okay, Mommy? [stammers]
486
00:26:18,872 --> 00:26:20,916
[speaks Spanish]
487
00:26:20,999 --> 00:26:23,585
The ambulance is coming
because you're pressing the button, okay?
488
00:26:23,668 --> 00:26:24,878
It doesn't turn it off.
489
00:26:25,712 --> 00:26:27,923
But it--
Ma, it's not on until you press it.
490
00:26:28,006 --> 00:26:30,300
I promise you,
no one's listening to your conversations
491
00:26:30,383 --> 00:26:32,302
-through your Life Alert, okay?
-Yanko?
492
00:26:32,886 --> 00:26:35,931
[speaking Spanish]
493
00:26:36,014 --> 00:26:37,515
Okay, bye, bye.
494
00:26:37,599 --> 00:26:39,809
Oh, my God. So good to see you, Meredith.
495
00:26:40,393 --> 00:26:43,730
Oh, my God.
It's-- It's been a while, yeah.
496
00:26:43,813 --> 00:26:44,814
Yeah.
497
00:26:46,650 --> 00:26:49,653
-Uh, have you heard anything from Claire?
-Uh, yeah.
498
00:26:49,736 --> 00:26:53,573
-She's studying for her GRE.
-Oh, wow. She's bouncing back.
499
00:26:53,657 --> 00:26:55,617
-That's so good to hear that.
-Yeah.
500
00:26:55,700 --> 00:26:58,995
I think it was good for her to get away
after all of that unpleasantness.
501
00:26:59,079 --> 00:27:01,331
Oh, yeah. No doubt. Yeah.
502
00:27:03,792 --> 00:27:06,711
-Uh, well, good seeing you.
-So great seeing you.
503
00:27:07,963 --> 00:27:11,550
When I talk to her next,
I'll tell her that I ran into you.
504
00:27:11,633 --> 00:27:14,219
Sure, sure. Yeah. Take care.
505
00:27:15,679 --> 00:27:18,515
Hey, Yanko. What's the weather, man?
506
00:27:19,599 --> 00:27:22,727
Uh, well the earth's gonna crash
into the sun, but, uh,
507
00:27:22,811 --> 00:27:24,646
tomorrow night you'll need
a fucking sweater.
508
00:27:25,230 --> 00:27:27,899
[grunts, pants]
509
00:27:28,441 --> 00:27:29,442
F--
510
00:27:30,360 --> 00:27:32,445
[grunts, pants]
511
00:27:34,864 --> 00:27:35,907
[shouts]
512
00:27:36,700 --> 00:27:38,577
[panting] Shit. Oh, God.
513
00:27:40,495 --> 00:27:41,580
Oh.
514
00:27:46,918 --> 00:27:50,130
Chopping wood. Alex. Hello.
515
00:27:52,841 --> 00:27:54,092
Cory Ellison?
516
00:27:55,886 --> 00:27:57,554
What the fuck are you doing in Maine?
517
00:27:57,637 --> 00:27:59,764
Well,
what the fuck are you doing in Maine?
518
00:28:00,849 --> 00:28:03,685
-[Alex] You really do need something, huh?
-Huh?
519
00:28:04,185 --> 00:28:07,314
And I can't imagine that it's anything
that I have to give.
520
00:28:07,397 --> 00:28:09,232
I need you to come back for a year.
521
00:28:12,777 --> 00:28:14,988
Bradley's-- She's doing okay,
but she's not testing great,
522
00:28:15,071 --> 00:28:16,781
and we're taking Eric
for the evening news.
523
00:28:19,034 --> 00:28:20,785
Yeah. [sighs]
524
00:28:21,453 --> 00:28:22,454
Wow.
525
00:28:25,248 --> 00:28:26,458
Um, Bradley upset?
526
00:28:28,001 --> 00:28:29,002
Well, she will be.
527
00:28:29,753 --> 00:28:30,754
She will be.
528
00:28:30,837 --> 00:28:32,964
God, you know what? Same old UBA.
529
00:28:33,048 --> 00:28:35,425
-You-- You guys.
-Alex, business is business.
530
00:28:35,508 --> 00:28:36,676
Those things don't change.
531
00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:40,138
My job is to ensure the stability of UBA.
I do what I have to do.
532
00:28:40,222 --> 00:28:41,389
-Uh-huh.
-Just to be clear,
533
00:28:41,473 --> 00:28:43,225
I'm not talking about coming back
the same as before.
534
00:28:43,308 --> 00:28:46,436
I am talking about a whole new deal.
535
00:28:46,519 --> 00:28:47,979
You partner with the network.
536
00:28:48,063 --> 00:28:50,315
You become a powerful voice
in the rebuilding
537
00:28:50,398 --> 00:28:52,817
and the rebranding
of a-- a toxic empire that--
538
00:28:52,901 --> 00:28:54,069
It-- It's gonna rise.
539
00:28:54,152 --> 00:28:57,447
It's gonna rise from the ashes like--
like Venus out of the clamshell.
540
00:28:57,530 --> 00:28:59,824
And you are Venus.
541
00:29:03,787 --> 00:29:04,913
I need you.
542
00:29:05,956 --> 00:29:08,792
UBA needs you.
543
00:29:11,711 --> 00:29:14,965
You were all we ever needed,
and we were too stupid to realize it.
544
00:29:16,258 --> 00:29:18,927
Please come back to us, Alex.
545
00:29:20,512 --> 00:29:22,472
You are the only thing that can save us.
546
00:29:27,852 --> 00:29:29,145
[Alex sighs]
547
00:29:32,023 --> 00:29:35,110
I agree with every single thing
you just said.
548
00:29:35,735 --> 00:29:37,696
Every single thing you just said.
549
00:29:38,405 --> 00:29:40,490
I j-- I can't come back. [chuckles]
550
00:29:40,574 --> 00:29:43,535
Not e-- Even if I wanted to come back,
I just couldn't.
551
00:29:43,618 --> 00:29:46,037
I-I-- I would look flaky.
552
00:29:46,121 --> 00:29:47,872
-W-Wishy-washy. Mm-mmm.
-No, no, no, no.
553
00:29:47,956 --> 00:29:50,709
When your new deal got announced,
you would look smart as fuck.
554
00:29:55,672 --> 00:29:56,756
[chuckles]
555
00:29:57,340 --> 00:29:59,009
-[tapping]
-I don't want to.
556
00:29:59,092 --> 00:30:01,761
-I don't want to. I'm done. I'm done.
-[Cory sighs]
557
00:30:02,470 --> 00:30:05,056
You know what, Cory--
I think it's-- I think you better go.
558
00:30:05,849 --> 00:30:07,559
I mean, you're not a horrible person.
559
00:30:07,642 --> 00:30:09,853
I thoroughly enjoy you.
560
00:30:10,896 --> 00:30:12,981
I mean, maybe you are actually
a horrible person, but--
561
00:30:13,064 --> 00:30:15,066
but I-- I-- I still find you entertaining.
562
00:30:15,150 --> 00:30:17,110
You're a little-- You're a little crazy.
563
00:30:17,193 --> 00:30:20,655
-[sighs]
-And it… it scares me.
564
00:30:23,617 --> 00:30:25,035
Look, I don't wanna harass you.
565
00:30:25,118 --> 00:30:27,162
-Uh…
-Okay.
566
00:30:27,245 --> 00:30:28,747
I've said my piece.
567
00:30:28,830 --> 00:30:32,500
I'm begging you to come back to me,
Alex Levy, on bended knee.
568
00:30:32,584 --> 00:30:35,670
And if you do,
I will support this union at all cost.
569
00:30:35,754 --> 00:30:38,632
You will be my first priority, always.
You have my word.
570
00:30:40,342 --> 00:30:43,011
I'm not coming back. I'm really happy.
571
00:30:43,094 --> 00:30:44,804
Okay,
I'm just asking you to think about it.
572
00:30:44,888 --> 00:30:47,015
-I don't wanna think about it.
-You can tell me tomorrow.
573
00:30:47,098 --> 00:30:49,684
-Think about it for a day.
-I'm telling you no now.
574
00:30:49,768 --> 00:30:50,769
I don't want it.
575
00:30:50,852 --> 00:30:51,937
I hate it.
576
00:30:52,729 --> 00:30:55,357
I would rather die than go back there,
okay?
577
00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:56,858
Well, think about it.
578
00:30:56,942 --> 00:30:58,360
Oh.
579
00:30:59,527 --> 00:31:00,570
[sighs]
580
00:31:01,655 --> 00:31:02,781
[sighs]
581
00:31:06,576 --> 00:31:07,744
[Ty] Oh, no, Yanko.
582
00:31:07,827 --> 00:31:10,622
Twitter user Simplybarnaby has taken issue
with your weather report,
583
00:31:10,705 --> 00:31:12,249
-I'm afraid to say.
-[Yanko] Oh, my God.
584
00:31:12,332 --> 00:31:13,667
He said, and I will quote him,
585
00:31:13,750 --> 00:31:17,712
-"@yankofloresuba owes me $500."
-[Yanko laughs]
586
00:31:17,796 --> 00:31:21,466
"No rain in the Pacific Northwest? Well,
tell that to my suede Ferragamo loafers."
587
00:31:21,550 --> 00:31:23,134
I am sorry about the shoes, Barnaby,
588
00:31:23,218 --> 00:31:25,929
but I think you need to take this one up
with the spirit upstairs.
589
00:31:26,012 --> 00:31:27,847
Oh, so is that where Barnaby
should send the bill?
590
00:31:27,931 --> 00:31:29,391
Well, he's definitely got deeper pockets.
591
00:31:29,474 --> 00:31:31,601
You take your life in your hands when
you leave the house with suede loafers.
592
00:31:31,685 --> 00:31:34,688
Hey, Mia, you still need to approve
the year-end clip package for tonight.
593
00:31:34,771 --> 00:31:36,606
Right, uh-- Donny, take it.
594
00:31:36,690 --> 00:31:38,233
-Where we going?
-Joel's in the bullpen.
595
00:31:38,316 --> 00:31:41,069
And remember you have a one o'clock
and you have a two o'clock.
596
00:31:41,152 --> 00:31:43,280
-What's my two o'clock?
-Uh, your favorite head of news.
597
00:31:43,363 --> 00:31:44,531
-Hey, Joel.
-[Lindsey] Hey, Mia.
598
00:31:44,614 --> 00:31:46,658
Can you weigh in on stories for tomorrow?
599
00:31:46,741 --> 00:31:48,743
-[Mia] I-- Ugh.
-It'll only take a second. Pick two:
600
00:31:48,827 --> 00:31:52,289
"Pakistan issues health ID cards
to trans people to reduce discrimination."
601
00:31:52,372 --> 00:31:55,875
"China investigates respiratory illness
outbreak, sickening 27."
602
00:31:55,959 --> 00:31:58,503
And, "Eighty people in the Bahamas
tested positive for tuberculosis
603
00:31:58,587 --> 00:32:00,046
in storm shelters after the hurricane."
604
00:32:00,130 --> 00:32:01,506
-Pakistan, Bahamas.
-Thank you.
605
00:32:01,590 --> 00:32:04,885
-Walk with me. Rena, are you good?
-[sighs] Yeah, I'm just walking. For two.
606
00:32:04,968 --> 00:32:07,178
Joel, give me what you got
for the year-end review, quick.
607
00:32:07,262 --> 00:32:10,891
Okay. Uh, Mueller Report.
Uh, perfect Ukraine call.
608
00:32:10,974 --> 00:32:11,975
Uh, impeachment--
609
00:32:12,058 --> 00:32:14,436
Stick to the Trump highlights
or that thing is gonna be four hours.
610
00:32:14,519 --> 00:32:17,397
-Non-Trump?
-Uh, college admission scandal.
611
00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:18,732
Uh, Brexit.
612
00:32:18,815 --> 00:32:22,569
Uh, Notre-Dame burned down,
Australia burned down, the Amazon burned--
613
00:32:22,652 --> 00:32:25,030
Stop. Let's give the people some hope.
614
00:32:25,113 --> 00:32:27,282
Let's give me some hope.
Did anything good happen?
615
00:32:27,365 --> 00:32:29,701
[Jeffrey]
Uh, the US won the Women's World Cup.
616
00:32:30,410 --> 00:32:34,080
-Jesus, 2019 sucked!
-Um, hey.
617
00:32:34,164 --> 00:32:36,041
I really don't wanna be this person,
618
00:32:36,124 --> 00:32:39,461
but do we need to include ourselves
in a packet about 2019?
619
00:32:39,544 --> 00:32:42,172
Yeah,
let's include Alex and Bradley's moment.
620
00:32:42,255 --> 00:32:43,673
Choose that clip wisely.
621
00:32:43,757 --> 00:32:47,302
Play it as a triumphant send-off
to our departing hero, Alex Levy.
622
00:32:47,385 --> 00:32:49,471
No Mitch. At all.
623
00:32:49,554 --> 00:32:51,473
And what about the Hannah of it?
624
00:32:53,016 --> 00:32:56,519
Uh, dedicate the broadcast to Hannah.
625
00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:02,234
Archie was born this year, the royal baby.
Uh, that's optimistic.
626
00:33:02,317 --> 00:33:04,694
-Mmm, babies are great! [chuckles] Yeah.
-Right?
627
00:33:08,823 --> 00:33:10,408
Oh, hey.
What are you still doing here?
628
00:33:10,492 --> 00:33:13,036
-You should be at home taking a nap.
-Yeah, I will. I will.
629
00:33:13,119 --> 00:33:14,955
It's gonna be a long night. Get some rest.
630
00:33:15,038 --> 00:33:17,832
Hey, Mia, um,
I've just been thinking, taking stock.
631
00:33:17,916 --> 00:33:21,670
And… [sighs] …I realize
sometimes I can be difficult,
632
00:33:21,753 --> 00:33:23,505
but you have always looked out for me.
633
00:33:23,588 --> 00:33:25,966
And even when we were dealing
with some crazy shit.
634
00:33:26,049 --> 00:33:27,968
And if I-- If I wasn't grateful enough,
635
00:33:28,051 --> 00:33:31,513
I just wanna let you know that I--
I am really grateful.
636
00:33:32,389 --> 00:33:33,974
And I just wanna say thank you.
637
00:33:36,351 --> 00:33:37,394
[Mia] Mmm. Oh.
638
00:33:38,353 --> 00:33:39,354
Mmm.
639
00:33:39,437 --> 00:33:40,522
I think he's the right call.
640
00:33:40,605 --> 00:33:42,190
He does well with our old and young demos,
641
00:33:42,274 --> 00:33:44,067
men and women,
and non-gender conforming people.
642
00:33:44,150 --> 00:33:45,193
Yeah, Aaron is great.
643
00:33:45,277 --> 00:33:47,529
I don't know if he'll be enough
to move the needle with the press.
644
00:33:47,612 --> 00:33:49,239
No, but you're not gonna have
any issues with him
645
00:33:49,322 --> 00:33:51,700
like we've had
with some of our other talent, you know?
646
00:33:51,783 --> 00:33:52,784
Aaron's solid.
647
00:33:53,827 --> 00:33:54,953
Let's hope so.
648
00:33:55,453 --> 00:33:56,788
We close down again today.
649
00:33:58,540 --> 00:34:01,001
But, hey, let me know
before we announce officially?
650
00:34:01,084 --> 00:34:02,794
Okay, why?
'Cause Bradley still doesn't know?
651
00:34:03,837 --> 00:34:06,256
Yeah, mostly that. I'm gonna tell her
after the broadcast tonight,
652
00:34:06,339 --> 00:34:08,383
so hold off any press
until after I've told her.
653
00:34:08,465 --> 00:34:09,467
Okay.
654
00:34:10,050 --> 00:34:12,762
[siren wailing in distance]
655
00:34:12,846 --> 00:34:15,015
[crowd whistling, cheering]
656
00:34:31,780 --> 00:34:33,365
[Bradley] Check, check.
657
00:34:34,742 --> 00:34:36,827
Okay. All right, okay. Great. Thank you.
658
00:34:38,747 --> 00:34:39,748
Thank you.
659
00:34:40,498 --> 00:34:42,459
[cheering continues]
660
00:34:47,380 --> 00:34:48,506
[chuckles]
661
00:34:51,718 --> 00:34:54,221
[Bradley chuckles]
This is crazy. It's so huge.
662
00:34:54,304 --> 00:34:56,722
I mean, it looks huge
when you see it on TV from home,
663
00:34:56,806 --> 00:34:58,099
but when you're in the middle,
664
00:34:58,183 --> 00:35:01,102
it feels like this huge responsibility
that everybody has fun.
665
00:35:01,770 --> 00:35:04,689
-Do you think we're gonna make it fun?
-Um, I know I will.
666
00:35:04,773 --> 00:35:05,774
I don't know about you.
667
00:35:05,857 --> 00:35:07,901
-You are just something else.
-I'm gonna make it fun.
668
00:35:07,984 --> 00:35:11,029
Hey, I've got a little something here,
and I want to make a toast.
669
00:35:11,112 --> 00:35:12,447
-Okay.
-To you.
670
00:35:12,530 --> 00:35:13,531
Uh-oh.
671
00:35:13,615 --> 00:35:15,742
Because you came in
at a really difficult time
672
00:35:15,825 --> 00:35:17,869
and you just really pulled me through it.
673
00:35:18,370 --> 00:35:21,248
You've been, sincerely,
an amazing partner,
674
00:35:21,331 --> 00:35:23,625
and I just-- I just wanna thank you.
675
00:35:26,670 --> 00:35:31,007
Means a lot. Honestly.
And, uh, you've been a great partner too.
676
00:35:31,591 --> 00:35:34,344
-Well, here's to the year ahead for us.
-All right.
677
00:35:34,427 --> 00:35:36,221
[air horn blows]
678
00:35:36,304 --> 00:35:38,598
-I got to? [scoffs]
-Yeah. Go, go, go.
679
00:35:39,099 --> 00:35:40,225
-Quick.
-When in Rome.
680
00:35:40,308 --> 00:35:42,477
Okay, we're back in seven seconds.
Good show, everybody.
681
00:35:42,561 --> 00:35:44,688
Five, four, three.
682
00:35:44,771 --> 00:35:47,274
Camera two,
get the both of them, two-shot.
683
00:35:47,357 --> 00:35:48,358
Onward and upward.
684
00:35:48,441 --> 00:35:51,069
-[fanfare plays on speakers]
-It's December 31st, New Year's Eve,
685
00:35:51,152 --> 00:35:54,364
and all eyes are on Times Square
in New York City
686
00:35:54,447 --> 00:35:56,950
as Baby New Year is starting to crown.
687
00:35:57,033 --> 00:36:00,745
But we have got a lot of fun
in store for you before the ball drops
688
00:36:00,829 --> 00:36:03,665
and 2019 gives way to 2020.
689
00:36:03,748 --> 00:36:07,168
The excitement here is so thick
you can hang your laundry on it.
690
00:36:07,252 --> 00:36:10,505
And why are we so excited, Bradley?
Who are we gonna be seeing tonight?
691
00:36:10,589 --> 00:36:14,634
Well, we got performances by Drake,
Ariana Grande,
692
00:36:14,718 --> 00:36:17,596
and the Radio City Rockettes.
And that's just the beginning!
693
00:36:17,679 --> 00:36:21,474
We'll be checking in throughout the night
with Daniel Henderson and Alison Namazi
694
00:36:21,558 --> 00:36:23,476
down on Bourbon Street, New Orleans.
695
00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:26,021
Ty Fitzgerald
at the Hollywood & Highland complex
696
00:36:26,104 --> 00:36:27,439
in Los Angeles.
697
00:36:27,522 --> 00:36:30,025
Yanko Flores is gonna be down
in the streets,
698
00:36:30,108 --> 00:36:32,277
and Penn & Teller
from the strip in Las Vegas.
699
00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:34,654
So get ready.
Figure out who you're gonna kiss.
700
00:36:34,738 --> 00:36:38,408
Because we've got four hours
until the ball goes down.
701
00:36:53,381 --> 00:36:55,050
-Thank you.
-You're welcome.
702
00:36:59,512 --> 00:37:01,598
Oh, God.
703
00:37:02,474 --> 00:37:03,475
Okay.
704
00:37:13,860 --> 00:37:16,905
Hi. How are you? Hello.
705
00:37:17,656 --> 00:37:18,657
Hi.
706
00:37:18,740 --> 00:37:20,617
[man] Is that her?
707
00:37:20,700 --> 00:37:21,701
[exhales]
708
00:37:22,452 --> 00:37:23,870
She showed up.
709
00:37:24,537 --> 00:37:25,997
[man] Oh, my God. It's Alex Levy.
710
00:37:26,081 --> 00:37:27,874
Oh, my God. It's Alex. Hi.
711
00:37:27,958 --> 00:37:29,542
[mouthing words] Hi. Hello.
712
00:37:30,126 --> 00:37:31,336
[mouths word] Hi.
713
00:37:31,419 --> 00:37:32,837
[guests chattering, laughing]
714
00:37:32,921 --> 00:37:33,922
[Aria] Alex?
715
00:37:34,005 --> 00:37:36,299
-[gasps] Hello.
-I thought you were gonna be in New York.
716
00:37:36,383 --> 00:37:38,385
I know, I had a change of plans.
717
00:37:38,468 --> 00:37:40,845
Lizzy ended up having a party tonight
at the place,
718
00:37:40,929 --> 00:37:44,641
and I just didn't wanna be the lone mom
at a prep school party. [chuckles]
719
00:37:44,724 --> 00:37:46,518
-I'm so glad you're here.
-Me too.
720
00:37:46,601 --> 00:37:49,271
A lot of the people you know
from the book readings are here.
721
00:37:49,354 --> 00:37:50,897
-Yes! Oh, hi.
-Yes.
722
00:37:50,981 --> 00:37:54,526
-Oh, also, Sylvia Portman is here.
-Yes.
723
00:37:54,609 --> 00:37:56,486
-Sylvia-- Yes.
-The psychic.
724
00:37:56,570 --> 00:37:58,154
-Right.
-Her new book's coming out.
725
00:37:58,238 --> 00:37:59,823
-She's doing a signing at the shop.
-Good.
726
00:37:59,906 --> 00:38:02,242
-She is doing readings for everybody.
-Really?
727
00:38:02,325 --> 00:38:04,744
-Sure she'd give you one if you'd like.
-Oh, fun.
728
00:38:04,828 --> 00:38:06,871
-Let's get you a drink.
-Mmm, yes.
729
00:38:06,955 --> 00:38:09,791
[cars honking]
730
00:38:18,425 --> 00:38:19,843
What are we looking at here, Frank?
731
00:38:19,926 --> 00:38:21,511
I'd say maybe a half hour at this rate,
732
00:38:21,595 --> 00:38:24,264
-but it's just a guess.
-[sighs] Got it.
733
00:38:24,347 --> 00:38:26,975
-Just sometime this year would be great.
-[chuckles] Yes, sir.
734
00:38:27,058 --> 00:38:29,477
-[honking continues]
-[sniffs, clears throat]
735
00:38:30,604 --> 00:38:31,605
[cell phone chimes]
736
00:38:36,943 --> 00:38:37,986
[sighs] Oh.
737
00:38:56,713 --> 00:38:58,215
[sighs]
738
00:39:01,968 --> 00:39:04,304
[line rings]
739
00:39:04,387 --> 00:39:05,889
[on voice mail] This is Alex.
740
00:39:05,972 --> 00:39:07,766
-Please leave a message.
-[beeps]
741
00:39:09,309 --> 00:39:11,061
So there's this poem.
742
00:39:14,356 --> 00:39:17,817
[inhales] Okay. Mmm. All right.
743
00:39:18,818 --> 00:39:19,819
Ah.
744
00:39:20,654 --> 00:39:21,905
Your parents have passed on?
745
00:39:21,988 --> 00:39:25,075
Not that I'm aware of.
Should I give 'em a call?
746
00:39:25,659 --> 00:39:27,327
[chuckles]
747
00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:32,123
-Ah, well, you have a child.
-I do.
748
00:39:32,207 --> 00:39:33,333
A son?
749
00:39:34,334 --> 00:39:36,461
No, but I'll give you another guess.
750
00:39:38,255 --> 00:39:39,548
[breathes deeply]
751
00:39:39,631 --> 00:39:41,633
-[crowd cheering]
-[Bradley] I know y'all are having fun,
752
00:39:41,716 --> 00:39:44,094
but New Year's Eve is just getting good.
753
00:39:44,177 --> 00:39:46,972
Ladies and gentlemen, Lauren Alaina.
754
00:39:47,055 --> 00:39:50,475
-[crowd cheers]
-[upbeat pop music playing]
755
00:39:50,559 --> 00:39:51,851
Thanks.
756
00:39:52,477 --> 00:39:53,812
[Alaina] Put your hands together.
757
00:39:53,895 --> 00:39:56,606
Hey, slow down there.
You got anything for me?
758
00:39:57,107 --> 00:39:59,776
Don't be crazy now.
I know how much is in there.
759
00:39:59,859 --> 00:40:01,528
[Lauren Alaina
singing "Road Less Traveled"]
760
00:40:02,195 --> 00:40:03,530
Mmm. Oh, my God.
761
00:40:03,613 --> 00:40:05,574
This is unreal. I mean,
762
00:40:05,657 --> 00:40:08,702
if I told my ten-year-old hot-mess self
that this is what I'd be doing,
763
00:40:08,785 --> 00:40:10,662
she would've never believed me.
764
00:40:10,745 --> 00:40:13,248
But it's so fun.
I'm so glad I'm doing it with you too.
765
00:40:13,331 --> 00:40:14,666
Isn't this magical?
766
00:40:14,749 --> 00:40:16,167
Bradley, I gotta tell you something.
767
00:40:16,251 --> 00:40:18,420
-Okay.
-Look, I'm not supposed to tell you this,
768
00:40:18,503 --> 00:40:21,089
but I just don't feel right
keeping it from you.
769
00:40:21,172 --> 00:40:22,173
You all right?
770
00:40:22,674 --> 00:40:24,593
And you're gonna find out soon, anyway.
771
00:40:25,343 --> 00:40:26,344
I'm leaving the show.
772
00:40:29,264 --> 00:40:32,434
Wait, are-- Did they fire you?
773
00:40:33,226 --> 00:40:35,312
-Look, I'll talk to Mia.
-No, no, no, that's not it.
774
00:40:36,354 --> 00:40:37,564
They offered me evening news.
775
00:40:40,609 --> 00:40:41,610
Oh.
776
00:40:48,074 --> 00:40:49,075
Does everybody know?
777
00:40:50,744 --> 00:40:51,745
Yeah.
778
00:40:53,455 --> 00:40:54,539
I'm really sorry.
779
00:40:57,667 --> 00:40:59,211
[song fades]
780
00:41:03,173 --> 00:41:09,888
Well, this card shows a young man who is
or will be very important in your life.
781
00:41:09,971 --> 00:41:12,933
Ooh, gosh. No one that I'm aware of.
782
00:41:13,016 --> 00:41:15,560
But you are in a serious relationship?
783
00:41:16,311 --> 00:41:17,604
No, I'm-- I'm not.
784
00:41:18,855 --> 00:41:23,526
You know, sometimes you have to be willing
to just dig around a little deeper
785
00:41:23,610 --> 00:41:26,529
to let the cards reveal
what they're trying to tell you.
786
00:41:27,155 --> 00:41:28,156
Oh.
787
00:41:28,740 --> 00:41:30,533
But, wait, I thought that was your job.
788
00:41:34,996 --> 00:41:38,124
-I don't wanna scare you.
-I'm pretty sure that's impossible.
789
00:41:40,585 --> 00:41:42,921
Well, I know you don't believe in
what I'm doing.
790
00:41:43,004 --> 00:41:45,632
[stammers] I kind of think you're right.
791
00:41:45,715 --> 00:41:46,925
I mean no disrespect.
792
00:41:47,008 --> 00:41:48,969
You know what? Let's just shake hands
793
00:41:49,052 --> 00:41:50,178
-and call it a night.
-Okay.
794
00:41:50,262 --> 00:41:51,555
-That was fun.
-That was fun.
795
00:41:51,638 --> 00:41:53,306
-Thank you. [chuckles]
-Mm-hmm.
796
00:41:53,390 --> 00:41:57,143
To be honest, Alex,
I feel a lot of resistance in you.
797
00:42:00,021 --> 00:42:02,732
What do you mean resistance?
What am-- What am I resisting?
798
00:42:03,525 --> 00:42:06,820
I came for a drink, to see my neighbors,
have some good cheer,
799
00:42:07,445 --> 00:42:09,406
what the fuck am I resisting?
800
00:42:10,907 --> 00:42:15,620
You are carrying around
a paralyzing amount of guilt.
801
00:42:23,378 --> 00:42:24,546
No, I'm not.
802
00:42:25,297 --> 00:42:26,965
Is that what you're running away from?
803
00:42:32,345 --> 00:42:34,097
I'm not running away from anything.
804
00:42:41,855 --> 00:42:43,899
[rock music playing on speakers]
805
00:42:46,192 --> 00:42:47,193
-Hey.
-Hey.
806
00:42:47,277 --> 00:42:48,820
-Have you seen him?
-Seen who?
807
00:42:48,904 --> 00:42:50,363
Tell him I'm looking for him.
808
00:42:57,871 --> 00:43:00,874
Hey. It's going great so far.
809
00:43:00,957 --> 00:43:01,958
You're killing it.
810
00:43:02,042 --> 00:43:04,336
How about I take you out
for a celebratory drink afterward?
811
00:43:04,419 --> 00:43:05,921
[Bradley] What happened to you?
812
00:43:06,796 --> 00:43:09,299
Well, um, a miracle named Bradley Jackson
walked into my life?
813
00:43:09,382 --> 00:43:11,968
No, no, no. I mean, like, w--
Who the fuck are you?
814
00:43:13,261 --> 00:43:15,597
Because you're not the same person
that I thought you were
815
00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:16,973
when all the Alex shit went down.
816
00:43:17,057 --> 00:43:18,058
What's going on, Bradley?
817
00:43:18,141 --> 00:43:19,851
-What's going on?
-You lied to me.
818
00:43:19,935 --> 00:43:21,436
You put Eric in the evening news.
819
00:43:21,519 --> 00:43:24,731
And apparently,
everybody here knows that except for me.
820
00:43:24,814 --> 00:43:27,943
Seriously? What the fuck, Cory?
821
00:43:29,069 --> 00:43:30,487
You're just gonna have to trust
822
00:43:30,570 --> 00:43:32,989
-that I have your best interests in mind.
-My best interests in mind?
823
00:43:33,073 --> 00:43:35,617
If you had my best interests in mind,
you would've told me the truth.
824
00:43:35,700 --> 00:43:37,869
Goddamn it,
I'm doing the best that I can here. Okay?
825
00:43:37,953 --> 00:43:41,248
-[titters] This job is hard.
-Oh, really?
826
00:43:41,331 --> 00:43:43,375
-Everybody's job is fucking hard.
-It doesn't seem that way to you
827
00:43:43,458 --> 00:43:45,627
because I walk in and out of a room
grinning like a Cheshire Cat.
828
00:43:45,710 --> 00:43:47,546
But it is fucking hard,
'cause when I took over,
829
00:43:47,629 --> 00:43:49,214
they didn't give me the keys to a new car,
830
00:43:49,297 --> 00:43:51,174
they gave me a raft
that's so riddled with holes,
831
00:43:51,258 --> 00:43:52,884
and is so crudely patched over
and over a--
832
00:43:52,968 --> 00:43:54,553
There's not even a raft left.
833
00:43:54,636 --> 00:43:57,222
It's just a million patches,
held together by a million more.
834
00:43:57,305 --> 00:43:59,849
And I know you know how that is
because you're the patch
835
00:43:59,933 --> 00:44:02,185
that holds together another patch
every morning at 7:00 a.m.
836
00:44:02,269 --> 00:44:06,731
And I am trying to conjure Noah's Ark
out of thin air.
837
00:44:07,232 --> 00:44:09,526
And I-- Frankly, I think
I'm doing a pretty decent job of it,
838
00:44:09,609 --> 00:44:11,152
-all things considered.
-Are you? Really?
839
00:44:11,236 --> 00:44:13,989
Actually, a pretty great job of it.
And I had hoped, frankly, you and I?
840
00:44:14,072 --> 00:44:16,616
We would be able to walk on together,
two by two.
841
00:44:16,700 --> 00:44:18,618
Is this the part
where I'm supposed to thank you
842
00:44:18,702 --> 00:44:20,912
for saving me from some sort of flood?
843
00:44:21,413 --> 00:44:23,748
Because you only have this job
because of me.
844
00:44:26,501 --> 00:44:28,879
Man, you're just so certain
you know how the world works, huh?
845
00:44:28,962 --> 00:44:31,756
You know, most people in the world
don't give a fuck about anybody else.
846
00:44:31,840 --> 00:44:34,509
They don't care if you live or die.
I'm not talking about you personally.
847
00:44:34,593 --> 00:44:36,553
Most people don't care
if anybody lives or dies
848
00:44:36,636 --> 00:44:38,138
who doesn't answer to the name of "me."
849
00:44:38,221 --> 00:44:43,059
But you, you seem to think somehow
that your friends, your fucking friends,
850
00:44:43,143 --> 00:44:44,603
and I am counting me here,
851
00:44:44,686 --> 00:44:47,105
-are somehow out to get you.
-Oh, oh, let me clarify.
852
00:44:47,188 --> 00:44:48,356
You are not my friend.
853
00:44:48,440 --> 00:44:50,817
You could've been my friend,
but that did not happen.
854
00:44:51,318 --> 00:44:53,028
And I am so glad it did not.
855
00:44:53,111 --> 00:44:56,531
Because all you had to do
was be honest with me.
856
00:44:57,157 --> 00:44:59,951
But it turns out you're just the weasel
that everybody said you were.
857
00:45:00,035 --> 00:45:03,121
It's just never occurred to you
that I obviously, obviously, obviously
858
00:45:03,204 --> 00:45:04,289
can't tell you everything
859
00:45:04,372 --> 00:45:06,958
'cause you're so obsessed
with telling the truth,
860
00:45:07,042 --> 00:45:09,544
I can't be sure
any secret is safe with you.
861
00:45:09,628 --> 00:45:10,670
And also, by the way--
862
00:45:10,754 --> 00:45:12,464
-So this is my fault?
-Pretty much.
863
00:45:12,547 --> 00:45:14,507
'Cause I also can't tell you
how people feel about you
864
00:45:14,591 --> 00:45:15,884
'cause your ego is too damn fragile
865
00:45:15,967 --> 00:45:19,054
to be able to process the information
into something constructive.
866
00:45:19,137 --> 00:45:20,847
-Go to hell.
-There you go, proving my point.
867
00:45:20,931 --> 00:45:23,016
-I told you the truth, proved my point.
-You know what?
868
00:45:23,099 --> 00:45:25,143
Fuck you. My ball's about to drop.
869
00:45:28,271 --> 00:45:31,274
[rock music crescendos]
870
00:45:38,114 --> 00:45:40,867
Come on, man. [sighs]
871
00:45:42,827 --> 00:45:43,870
Fuck it.
872
00:45:46,665 --> 00:45:47,666
Okay.
873
00:45:49,376 --> 00:45:50,377
Jesus.
874
00:45:50,460 --> 00:45:52,462
[clattering]
875
00:45:58,343 --> 00:45:59,594
[sighs]
876
00:46:02,764 --> 00:46:03,765
Oh, shit.
877
00:46:12,899 --> 00:46:13,900
[sighs]
878
00:46:14,734 --> 00:46:17,195
[Cory on voice mail] There's this poem
that I've been thinking of.
879
00:46:17,279 --> 00:46:19,239
Uh, I had to take a test on
when I was in school.
880
00:46:19,322 --> 00:46:20,490
Most of it doesn't really apply.
881
00:46:20,574 --> 00:46:23,118
It's about the death of this guy's
best friend and he's missing him.
882
00:46:23,201 --> 00:46:24,995
But there-- there's this one line.
883
00:46:25,078 --> 00:46:26,913
It keeps rattling around in my head.
884
00:46:26,997 --> 00:46:30,917
One line that specifically--
It reminds me of you, right now.
885
00:46:31,877 --> 00:46:36,256
"Fame is no plant
that grows on mortal soil."
886
00:46:36,923 --> 00:46:38,592
You are not mortal soil.
887
00:46:38,675 --> 00:46:40,176
Whether you like it or not.
888
00:46:40,260 --> 00:46:43,763
And you can't just throw away
non-mortal soil. That's a sin.
889
00:46:43,847 --> 00:46:46,349
And, I know,
you think you're meant to slow down.
890
00:46:46,433 --> 00:46:47,809
I don't think that's right.
891
00:46:48,643 --> 00:46:51,021
You have yet to do your greatest work.
892
00:46:52,022 --> 00:46:53,023
[exhales shakily]
893
00:46:53,106 --> 00:46:55,650
That non-mortal soil's more fertile
than it's ever been.
894
00:46:55,734 --> 00:46:56,735
I believe that, Alex.
895
00:46:56,818 --> 00:46:59,446
And somewhere inside yourself,
I think you believe that.
896
00:47:02,115 --> 00:47:04,868
-[whimpers, sniffles]
-So, if I am right,
897
00:47:04,951 --> 00:47:09,205
I need you to call me back
in the next hour and tell me you agree.
898
00:47:09,289 --> 00:47:12,250
-[sighs]
-And if I'm wrong,
899
00:47:12,334 --> 00:47:14,628
well, go and have a drink
and a laugh at my expense
900
00:47:14,711 --> 00:47:17,505
-and enjoy your new year.
-[chuckles, sniffles]
901
00:47:17,589 --> 00:47:18,882
[sighs, sniffles]
902
00:47:18,965 --> 00:47:20,926
[breathing shakily]
903
00:47:23,887 --> 00:47:27,432
And here it is, the great countdown!
Count with us.
904
00:47:27,515 --> 00:47:29,351
-Sixty.
-Fifty-nine.
905
00:47:29,434 --> 00:47:30,852
[Eric laughing] Fifty-eight.
906
00:47:30,936 --> 00:47:32,520
-[Bradley] Fifty-seven.
-[Eric] Fifty-six.
907
00:47:32,604 --> 00:47:34,356
-[cell phone ringing]
-[Bradley] Fifty-five.
908
00:47:34,439 --> 00:47:36,107
[Eric] Yanko,
what are you doing there, man?
909
00:47:36,191 --> 00:47:38,109
-[Bradley chuckles]
-[ringing continues]
910
00:47:38,193 --> 00:47:40,320
-He's counting.
-He's counting down there? Okay.
911
00:47:40,403 --> 00:47:42,739
All right, I hope he's not bothering you.
912
00:47:42,822 --> 00:47:43,823
Alex?
913
00:47:44,407 --> 00:47:46,743
-Hi. Hi.
-[Cory] Hi. Did you get my message?
914
00:47:48,662 --> 00:47:49,663
[sniffles] I did.
915
00:47:49,746 --> 00:47:50,747
[crowd clamoring]
916
00:47:50,830 --> 00:47:52,582
-And?
-And?
917
00:47:53,208 --> 00:47:54,459
It was really nice.
918
00:47:55,001 --> 00:47:56,920
-You okay?
-[sighs]
919
00:47:59,589 --> 00:48:01,716
-I'm g-- I'm great.
-Okay, listen.
920
00:48:02,217 --> 00:48:04,177
You know we wanna be
in the Alex Levy business
921
00:48:04,261 --> 00:48:05,262
no matter what, Alex.
922
00:48:05,345 --> 00:48:08,473
And I know you got a million problems
that are more important than mine.
923
00:48:08,557 --> 00:48:11,351
Our deal fell through
on Eric's replacement.
924
00:48:11,434 --> 00:48:12,894
We're in a hell of a bind.
925
00:48:12,978 --> 00:48:14,688
You've done The Morning Show,
you've graduated.
926
00:48:14,771 --> 00:48:16,147
You've earned the right to move on.
927
00:48:16,231 --> 00:48:18,525
-[crowd cheering]
-Could you please…
928
00:48:20,151 --> 00:48:21,611
come back and fill in…
929
00:48:23,238 --> 00:48:26,992
until you're ready to launch
your new prime-time show?
930
00:48:27,075 --> 00:48:29,119
[weeps, sighs]
931
00:48:30,579 --> 00:48:31,788
[sniffles]
932
00:48:34,249 --> 00:48:38,253
[clears throat] Okay, listen, Cory?
Let's talk tomorrow, okay?
933
00:48:39,004 --> 00:48:42,799
I will call you tomorrow.
Alex, you won't be sorry.
934
00:48:46,344 --> 00:48:47,762
Cory, can I trust you?
935
00:48:48,430 --> 00:48:49,514
[crowd] Six.
936
00:48:49,598 --> 00:48:51,474
[all] Five. Four.
937
00:48:52,183 --> 00:48:53,351
-Three.
-Yes.
938
00:48:53,435 --> 00:48:56,062
-[all] Two. One.
-[crowd cheers]
939
00:48:56,146 --> 00:48:58,982
[both] Happy New Year!
940
00:48:59,065 --> 00:49:01,276
-[party horns blowing]
-[all cheering]
941
00:49:01,359 --> 00:49:05,655
["Auld Lang Syne" playing]
942
00:49:05,739 --> 00:49:07,032
[fireworks popping]
943
00:49:07,115 --> 00:49:09,200
-["Auld Lang Syne" continues]
-[guests shouting]
944
00:49:10,201 --> 00:49:12,120
[cheering, exclaiming]
945
00:49:16,124 --> 00:49:18,293
-[audio fades]
-[music continues]
946
00:49:57,874 --> 00:50:02,003
[music continues]
947
00:50:59,185 --> 00:51:00,520
[music ends]
948
00:51:00,604 --> 00:51:03,481
[cell phone ringing]
949
00:51:04,983 --> 00:51:06,568
[Stella] Uh, hey, what's up?
950
00:51:06,651 --> 00:51:09,613
Kill the deal with Aaron.
I'll explain tomorrow.
951
00:51:09,696 --> 00:51:13,283
It's a new year, Stella.
Things are looking up.
952
00:51:13,366 --> 00:51:15,410
[crowd cheering]
953
00:51:29,799 --> 00:51:30,800
[woman sneezes]
954
00:51:30,884 --> 00:51:33,053
Ah, fuck!
955
00:51:33,637 --> 00:51:35,764
["New York, New York" playing]