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The Newsroom: Season 1, Episode 1We Just Decided To (24 Jun. 2012) 8.6
April 20, 2010. Will McAvoy comes back to his national news anchor desk two weeks after a PR disaster at a college forum. He discovers that most of his staff are following his executive ... See full summary » Director:Greg Mottola |
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| John Gallagher Jr. | ... | ||
| Alison Pill | ... | ||
| Thomas Sadoski | ... | ||
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| Olivia Munn | ... |
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| David Harbour | ... | ||
| Elizabeth Marvel | ... |
Sharon
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David Cromer | ... |
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| Jason Butler Harner | ... |
Lewis
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| Adina Porter | ... | ||
| Chris Chalk | ... | ||
| Ned Vaughn | ... |
Dick Warren
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April 20, 2010. Will McAvoy comes back to his national news anchor desk two weeks after a PR disaster at a college forum. He discovers that most of his staff are following his executive producer to another show, and his boss has hired Mackenzie MacHale as the new EP. McAvoy wants nothing to do with her and talks to his agent about getting her fired. While he and MacHale hash things out in his office, the news wire carries a report about a fire at BP's Deepwater Horizon oil well. McAvoy's old EP dismisses the intelligence that MacHale's assistant is discovering. How will McAvoy handle the opportunity to devote an hour to this news - and can the team put a show together on the fly? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Moderator: You're saying...
Will McAvoy: Yes.
Moderator: Let's talk about...
Will McAvoy: Fine. Sharon, the NEA is a loser. Yeah, it accounts for a penny out of our paychecks, but he gets to hit you with it anytime he wants. It doesn't cost money, it costs votes. It costs airtime and column inches. You know why people don't like liberals? Because they lose. If liberals are so fuckin' smart, how come they lose so GODDAM ALWAYS!
Sharon: Hey...
Moderator: [turns to Lewis] And with a straight ...
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The voice of the Minerals Management Service employee, Eric Neal, that Will speaks with on air is portrayed by Jesse Eisenberg in an uncredited cameo. See more »Goofs
The letters on Mackenzie's notepad at the beginning of the episode, when she writes "IT'S NOT... BUT IT CAN BE," don't match the ones at the end of the episode. It's most noticeable in the words NOT and CAN. See more »Quotes
Will McAvoy: It's not the greatest country in the world, professor, that's my answer.Moderator: You're saying...
Will McAvoy: Yes.
Moderator: Let's talk about...
Will McAvoy: Fine. Sharon, the NEA is a loser. Yeah, it accounts for a penny out of our paychecks, but he gets to hit you with it anytime he wants. It doesn't cost money, it costs votes. It costs airtime and column inches. You know why people don't like liberals? Because they lose. If liberals are so fuckin' smart, how come they lose so GODDAM ALWAYS!
Sharon: Hey...
Moderator: [turns to Lewis] And with a straight ...
[...]
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Once in a great while there is a show that is entertaining and important. This is one of those shows.
The importance of the forth estate cannot be discounted. The press is the people's objective window into the events of the world. It is our check and balance against corruption. When it becomes corrupt itself we lose the last hope for the truth.
Leadership occurs when someone stands for something. Will MvAvoy may be an ass but his desire to tell the truth opens the possibility for him to lead the news back to what it needs to be abed what we need it to be.
This show has the same possibility.