5/1 (5 Aug. 2012)

Sunday evening, May 1, 2011. The ACN news team is at Will's for a party to mark a year of good reporting. Charlie gets a call alerting him to a major news announcement at 10. By 9:00, ... See full summary »

Director:

Joshua Marston

Writers:

Aaron Sorkin (creator), Aaron Sorkin

Stars:

Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, John Gallagher Jr.

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Jeff Daniels	...	Will McAvoy
Emily Mortimer	...	MacKenzie McHale
John Gallagher Jr.	...	Jim Harper
Alison Pill	...	Maggie Jordan
Thomas Sadoski	...	Don Keefer
Dev Patel	...	Neal Sampat
Olivia Munn	...	Sloan Sabbith
Sam Waterston	...	Charlie Skinner
David Harbour	...	Elliot Hirsch
Terry Crews	...	Lonny Church
Kelen Coleman	...	Lisa Lambert
Stephen Henderson	...	Solomon Hancock (voice) (as Stephen McKinley Henderson)
Christina Kirk	...	Flight Attendant
Natalie Morales	...	Kaylee
Salli Richardson-Whitfield	...	Jane Barrow

Storyline

Sunday evening, May 1, 2011. The ACN news team is at Will's for a party to mark a year of good reporting. Charlie gets a call alerting him to a major news announcement at 10. By 9:00, everyone's on their way to the studio (with Will under the influence of a Vicodin and two pot-laced cookies). Don, Sloan, and Elliot are stuck on the tarmac at LaGuardia waiting for a gate. As the team uses brains and sources to narrow the possibilities - and get confirmation of what's going on - Charlie has to make the call as to when they go on the air: get it right without collateral damage. By evening's end, he gets a second tip suggesting that another story is brewing.

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Plot Keywords:

party | playing guitar hero | reference to gulf war | iphone | delayed flight | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 August 2012 (USA)

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Lisa facetime's Jim on the date May 1st 2011, it would be technically impossible to do due to facetime not working over 3G wireless at that date.

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Quotes

Police Officer: You're a big guy, okay? Don't do anything that's gonna make us nervous.
Lonny Church: Nothing I can do about being big and black at the same time.

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Crazy Credits

The speech made by President Barack Obama to announce the death of Osama Bin Laden, which was the focus of this episode, was played over the closing credits.

User Reviews

1.7 is **** When Discretion Has to Be Used ****

Ethical considerations aside, this episode deals when the news media has to use discretion whether or not to announce a major story before the chief executive has his say. The story in question was the killing of Osama Bin Laden.

Sam Waterston is wonderful here, especially when he describes the mistake he made which led to the death of 3 people.

It also goes to show you that airline rules while in a plane must be observed.

While there is some time set aside for romantic bickering, the episode showed how the news team coalesces when a major story is breaking. It also shows what is done when someone may break that trust.