Last episode better feature some mist walking....or atleast some kind of dramatic walking, preferably into the sunset if they can actually manage that with Jeff Daniels massive noggin in the way.
Television Aaron Sorkin's The Newsroom on HBO
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
Anyone still watching this?
At one point it looked like there was potential. I kept watching because I was waiting for that spark, waiting for the tables to turn.
Watching the new episode now, and it is fecking awful. The characters aren't even believable any more and they don't even act like normal individuals would. The West Wing had a tendency to be this way as well, but it was the President and his inner circle, and the idealism and romance kind of matched the perception of the position, so it was almost plausible.
At least it had Toby and one half of the McPoyle twins, although neither were as funny as they should have been.
At one point it looked like there was potential. I kept watching because I was waiting for that spark, waiting for the tables to turn.
Watching the new episode now, and it is fecking awful. The characters aren't even believable any more and they don't even act like normal individuals would. The West Wing had a tendency to be this way as well, but it was the President and his inner circle, and the idealism and romance kind of matched the perception of the position, so it was almost plausible.
At least it had Toby and one half of the McPoyle twins, although neither were as funny as they should have been.
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I watch it because Relevated looks like Dev Patel.
Jesus feck that was over the top.
Was that supposed to be another Two Cathedrals? Because it failed miserably.
People didn't give up on this after the first season?
that ending was just the worst.
It's disappeared up its own arse now, who honestly gives that much of a shit that a TV anchor would get imprisoned for contempt that they all have to rush around for a quick send off wedding and all look at him like some martyr going off to war.
Ridiculous.........I'll watch it again next week.
Ridiculous.........I'll watch it again next week.
Syrupy shit.
This show must be a comedy; it must be some form of satire and irony I just can't grasp
I was laughing at the death scene, but when they revealed that his cellmate was a mere figment of his imagination and was actually his FATHER, dun, dun, dun...I lost it! I don't think that is the reaction they wanted from their audience
I was laughing at the death scene, but when they revealed that his cellmate was a mere figment of his imagination and was actually his FATHER, dun, dun, dun...I lost it! I don't think that is the reaction they wanted from their audience
Now?
That was a contentious rape discussion. Sorkin, what the feck are you on mate?
It was only a matter of time before he wrote something like that, the complete arsehole.
Well yeah I hope he turns it around in the next episode and apologize to the lady and give her the screentime she wants.
I watched it, and I thought they did a good job.
Have you been following the Rolling Stone debacle?
How is that even comparable to the Rolling Stone debacle though? A girl can't get justice anywhere, tries something. So the reporter wants to snowball it because there's a chance that another innocent man maybe punished sometime in the future and he'll scuttle the program without giving a chance to the girl when the news network is ready? It's getting raped and then getting denied justice and after that fecked in the face by a news reporter who thinks he's got the right idea in his mind, by actually misreporting that he had not met the girl when his newschannel wants to go ahead with the show. It's fecking atrocious
For some reason I assumed that was to protect the girl from online trolls and abuse. Now that I think of it, there is a massive loophole there.
The best thing about this show in the intro music.
The singing! Holy shit the singing. 
The jam session christ.
christ.Worst series finale in a long time!
Wait, that was the series finale?
Second. The Sons of Anarchy Finale tops this. Both Shows had potential. Both turned out to be poor/awful. Both had atrocious endings, but the SOA ending was just the worst.
Two shows I really didn't like after the first season but kept watching because, as bad as they are they are better than watching Geordie Shore or some such tripe.
Watched the entire series over two days. Started off strong, excited in the middle and slowly lost its way towards the end, culminating in a disaster of a season finale.
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Never thought a show could produce more cheese than the west wing
But he did it
I gave up on this 2 episodes into season 2
Load of manure
But he did it
I gave up on this 2 episodes into season 2
Load of manure
I thought it was dreadful, hammy acting and a series created just to push a democratic agenda through the use of some faux straw man republican bullshite, just really not good
You must have thought it was pretty good to watch so much in just two days!
Yeah, I had high hopes for it prior to its premiere but the overt agenda pushing combined with increasing levels of melodrama (the same issue that plagued Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip) really put me off. I thought the acting was fine though, and I love Sorkin's quick-fire dialogue.
Nope, my girlfriend loves it, and she watched Star Wars for me under the condition that I watch The Newsroom for her. No choice.
I like the quick fire dialogue too and I will watch anything he does, but the acting in this I hated, mainly Alison pill, and the two black haired dudes fighting for her affections, obviously jeff daniels is a very good actor. I also had no love for any of the characters, in the west wing I genuinely cared about all of them, and although it was quite melodramatic itself, the world it had created allowed that, newsroom isn't immersive enough to justify that.
Ah yes, Alison Pill's character was a drag.
just remembering how terrible this show was
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I still liked this show. 
ive watched this clip several times in the last 24 hours. i just love how all the other media dweebs look at don when hes done telling the pilots the news with a look that says "you done good kid".
I think Aaron Sorkin is made entirely out of cheese.