A family member of the “News Night” anchor passed away during a broadcast on the fifth episode of “The Newsroom: Season Two” (Photo property of HBO)
By: Jacob Elyachar
We are more than halfway into Season Two and already fans have learned about the Genoa story that causes the News Night with Will McAvoy staff to fall from grace.
In addition, several characters experienced heartbreak, backstabbing and jail throughout the first four episodes.
Last night, the show took on one of the most talked about stories of the past three years and one of News Night’s loved ones landed in the hospital! In addition, Sloan landed in hot water because of a bad decision she made off-camera. What happened? Read on to find out….
Let’s start out with the character that landed in the hospital…. It turns out it was Will’s estranged father. Will received a phone call before the newscast and he did not pick up the phone because he was about ready to go live. During a break, he found out that his father had a heart attack and landed in the hospital.
Unfortunately, Will could not call his father to talk to him despite the constant nudges that Mac gave the News Night anchor until it was too late and he died.
Besides his daddy issues, Will received a disgruntled tweet from a waitress who accused him of being rude to him while she was working. Knowing that this incident would continue to derail Will’s attempt to redeem himself with the American public, Mac told Neal to not to respond while Will wanted him to respond on Twitter. But they were not the only bickering former couple that butted heads in this episode…
Jim and Maggie had several awkward conversations that dealt with Jim’s current (and possible) flame Hallie Shea and how Maggie was a fan of her work. However, as they were waiting for the George Zimmerman 911 phone call to go through…Jim realized that Maggie has turned to liquor after the tragedy she experienced in Africa. Maggie’s PSTD moment also started to affect her work as she erased a crucial part of a phone call, which News Night made a correction at the end of the broadcast.
Another person that had a rough time in this episode was Sloan Sabbith. News Night’s resident economist found herself in hot water after topless photos of her were posted onto the World Wide Web. After an intense grilling session with Charlie and Reese Lansing, Sloan revealed that her ex-boyfriend was the culprit as he took the pictures using a camera that she gave him at the holidays.
While she moped in Don’s office, Maggie’s ex bonded with the economist and helped her cheer her up as she confronted and injured the ex-boyfriend at his office. It seems that this could be the start of a wonderful romance that we might see as we head to the home stretch.
Around the News Night offices, Charlie received actual proof that Genoa was the real deal, Jim and Neal dealt with two crank callers and Mac shot down a Rutgers student’s nationwide coming out announcement.
Next week: The Genoa storyline heats up as the team starts to interview soldiers for the segment that could cost them everything!
