Election Night: Part II
- Episode aired Sep 15, 2013
- TV-MA
- 59m
As coverage of Election Night 2012 continues, the staff has to decide on which breaking story to pursue. Leona decides to let Reese decide. Mac and Will's situation heads closer to the edge.... Read allAs coverage of Election Night 2012 continues, the staff has to decide on which breaking story to pursue. Leona decides to let Reese decide. Mac and Will's situation heads closer to the edge. And Sloan finds her anonymous bidder.As coverage of Election Night 2012 continues, the staff has to decide on which breaking story to pursue. Leona decides to let Reese decide. Mac and Will's situation heads closer to the edge. And Sloan finds her anonymous bidder.
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- TriviaMacKenzie McHale, played by actress Emily Mortimer, spends a good portion of the episode trying to correct a Wikipedia page which states that she had attended the University of Oxford instead of Cambridge University. Mortimer actually attended Oxford.
- Quotes
Taylor Warren: Do you call yourself a Republican so you can make a claim to credibility when you attack the GOP?
Will McAvoy: No, I call myself a Republican 'cause I am one. I believe in market solutions, and I believe in common sense realities and the necessity to defend ourselves against a dangerous world and that's about it. Problem is now I have to be homophobic. I have to count the number of times people go to church. I have to deny facts and think scientific research is a long con. I have to think poor people are getting a sweet ride. And I have to have such a stunning inferiority complex that I fear education and intellect in the 21st century. But most of all, the biggest new requirement, really the only requirement, is that I have to hate Democrats. And I have to hate Chris Christie for not spitting on the President when he got off Air Force One. The two-party system is crucial to the whole operation. There is honor in being the loyal opposition. And I'm a Republican for the same reasons you are. So I hope your voice gets louder in the next four years.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards (2014)
Whereas in the first season each episode was based around a single news event, here there is a basic thoroughfare for all nine installments: ACN's uncovering of a story about the potential use of Sarin gas by the U.S. military on civilians. Not only does this give the season an arc that the freshman effort lacked, but the plot line itself is a great examination of how stories should (or shouldn't) be vetted.
But whereas in the first season that might have been the whole ball of wax, this time other satellite stories take our favorite cast members to new locales. For example...
-Maggie (Alison Pill) takes a trip to Africa (which produces the best single episode of the show thus far). -Jim (John Gallagher Jr.) covers the Romney 2012 presidential campaign, where he meets Hallie (Grace Gummer), a kindred spirit (and perhaps even a bit more). -The boundaries are pushed in the news center itself, what with Don (Thomas Sadoski) and Sloan (Olivia Munn) exhibiting some chemistry together.
One of my biggest complaints from season one was what I felt to be an over-reliance on goofy or slapstick humor, often abruptly changing the tone from a serious or important moment almost instantly. That instinct is tempered a bit this go-round, and thus a star improvement in my ranking.
That being said, "The Newsroom" is still too reliant on cutesy dialogue/wordplay and the S2 finale really let me down (up until that final episode, I was probably more on 8 stars). I also have never really "bought" the supposed romantic tension between Will (Jeff Daniels) and Mackenzie (Emily Mortimer). But for the most part, I found season two to be a more enjoyable watch than season one. I'm hoping for a similar improvement in the third campaign.
- zkonedog
- Feb 26, 2021
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- Runtime59 minutes
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- 16:9 HD