Best Episodes of "The Newsroom"
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- DirectorGreg MottolaStarsJeff DanielsEmily MortimerJohn Gallagher Jr.Will's professional idealism is put to the test with his new news team when they are first to cover the Deep Horizon platform oil spill.-9/10.
Season 1, Episode 1.
Will: The first step to solving a problem is realizing there is one. - DirectorAlan PoulStarsJeff DanielsEmily MortimerJohn Gallagher Jr.Will's new idealism leads him to be playing into the hands of the tabloid press determined to discredit him.8+/10.
Season 1, Episode 4.
*Coldplay - Fix You* - DirectorGreg MottolaStarsJeff DanielsEmily MortimerJohn Gallagher Jr.Will is in the hospital and is too discouraged to return to work as his colleagues get the final clue needed to thwart the execs wanting to fire him.8+/10.
Season 1, Episode 10.
Charlie Skinner: Call your parents once in a while, it's really not that hard. - DirectorGreg MottolaStarsJeff DanielsEmily MortimerJohn Gallagher Jr.As the news team covers the Tea Party candidates during the US Congressional mid-term elections, the network 's senior executives confront Charlie about Will's newly confrontational tone.8/10.
Season 1, Episode 3.
Mackenzie: That's not hard to be. [a brain surgeon]
*Elvis Presley - Burning Love* - 2012–201456mTV-MA8.1 (1.6K)TV EpisodeDirectorAlan PoulStarsJeff DanielsEmily MortimerJohn Gallagher Jr.To get the last rating jump to get the Republican Party Debate, the news team get an exclusive interview with a former friend of Casey Anthony.8/10.
Season 1, Episode 9.
Don: To do a little wrong to do a big right. - DirectorAlex GravesStarsJeff DanielsEmily MortimerJohn Gallagher Jr.The news team makes its first stumble when its spotlight on Arizona's new immigration law turns into a pundit free-for-all debacle.-8/10.
Season 1, Episode 2.
Mackenzie: We don't do good television. We do the news. - 2012–201453mTV-MA8.0 (1.7K)TV EpisodeDirectorAlan PoulStarsJeff DanielsEmily MortimerJohn Gallagher Jr.A lawyer interviews Will McAvoy about an institutional failure at ACN related to a news story that has been proved inaccurate.
- DirectorJeremy PodeswaStarsJeff DanielsEmily MortimerJohn Gallagher Jr.After running with what the team believes is an accurate tip backfires, delivering a heavy blow to their credibility.
- DirectorLesli Linka GlatterStarsJeff DanielsEmily MortimerJohn Gallagher Jr.Will discovers that someone has leaked information to Nina Howard, the Genoa team uncovers more leads in the story, and Maggie prepares for the Uganda trip. Meanwhile, Jim takes a stand against Romney's press team.
- DirectorCarl FranklinStarsJeff DanielsEmily MortimerJohn Gallagher Jr.October 3, 2011: When Will's interview with Shelly of OWS goes horribly wrong, the Genoa team are at risk of losing a potentially valuable lead. Recounting her trip in Uganda to Rebecca Halliday, Maggie relives the experience. Jim's frustrations with the Romney campaign continue.
- DirectorAlan PoulStarsJeff DanielsEmily MortimerJohn Gallagher Jr.March 16, 2012: As fighting erupts in Syria and investigations into the killing of Trayvon Martin begin, Will receives a surprise phone call from his father. Meanwhile, pictures of Sloan posing naked appear on the web and Jim believes Maggie's performance at work is being affected by her time in Uganda.
- DirectorJulian FarinoStarsJeff DanielsEmily MortimerJohn Gallagher Jr.Will makes an appearance on an ACN morning show. Jim meets old friends and foes when Hallie comes to visit. The ACN staff interview a general with knowledge of Operation Genoa, but Jerry's handling of the interview may prove costly.
- DirectorAnthony HemingwayStarsJeff DanielsEmily MortimerJohn Gallagher Jr.In the aftermath of ACN's Operation Genoa report, the staff who put it together face some serious blowback, not just when the government responds but also when the sources' credibility comes into question.
- DirectorJason EnslerStarsJeff DanielsEmily MortimerJohn Gallagher Jr.On the night of the 2012 presidential election, Maggie and Don chase a story, Sloan and Mac ask Neal for a favor, Don learns that Jerry has a lawsuit in store for him too, and Will and Mac's personal differences return.
- DirectorAlan PoulStarsJeff DanielsEmily MortimerJohn Gallagher Jr.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.