The Morning Show
Season 4 – Episode 4
Episode title: Love the Questions
Original release date:Â October 7, 2025
Plot: A breaking news story brings the understaffed TMS crew to the brink.
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The Morning Show – S04E04 – Love the Questions | Transcript
[“Nemesis” playing]
[music ends]
[“Never Gonna Give You Up” playing]
What’s up, baby? How you doing, honey?
Thanks for coming.
You good? Yeah, you look good.
You like my drip?
Yeah, baby. It’s all for you.
It is all… for you.
[“Never Gonna Give You Up” continues]
Hey, baby, I gotta say something.
I fell so hard for you the day we met.
I mean, so hard.
The other thing I wanted to say was that…
Oh, no, baby. I’m gonna give…
[stammers] I’m gonna give you the world.
I’m gonna give you everything.
What I’m not gonna do is…
[“Never Gonna Give You Up” playing]
[breathing heavily]
Ariana, will you marry me?
[breathing heavily]
It’s a lot of confetti.
I mean, that’s… There’s a lot of confetti.
It’s the perfect amount of confetti.
You got this.
Can you just… Let’s just… [stammers] Girls, just one more time from the top.
I kept moving my hips on the seven instead of the eight.
And then do we lose the confetti cannons?
[stammers] It… It feels like an either or with the doves, right?
It’s sorta
No, she’s gonna love the doves.
The doves are beautiful.
Yeah?
How about you just take a moment?
Yeah?
Like, save some energy for the show?
[mumbles, stammers]
Uh, yeah, you’re right. Yeah.
No, Ariana’s gonna be here soon. Yeah.
And we’re all saying the same thing?
It’s a segment about dating, right?
No confusion. Everyone’s on board?
Trust me, she has no idea what’s coming.
She’s gonna be in the green room.
Yes, sir.
Sorry to interrupt, but one of the birds is dead.
It’s a dove release rescue.
[Yanko] Uh-huh.
They have a lot of trauma.
It happens.
Wow, it’s a…
No trauma-free doves available?
Jesus. [stammers] Why don’t you just… just try and keep the other ones alive?
I mean, you know, the last thing I need is to get canceled by PETA.
You know what I’m saying? So…
[bird handler] Uh, let me help you see what we can do about it.
How’s he doing?
Terrified.
I don’t know how we’re gonna do this without Mia.
Jesus take the wheel.
[Mia] Hi, it’s Mia Jordan.
Leave a message.
[message tone beeps] Hi, Mia. It’s me again.
Can we please talk?
It’s Yanko’s big day, and I know that you wouldn’t want to miss that, so, you know.
Only took him 50 years to find love.
[line beeps] Will you just please call me back?
[inhales deeply, sighs]
Hi.
What?
Dad, what… what are you doing here?
There’s something I have to talk to you about.
[stammers]
Good.
[phone buzzes]
I’ll make you coffee.
Um.
Jesus.
Dad, what’s…
Please tell me what’s going on.
You’re really starting to make me nervous.
What the hell did you tell her?
Excuse me?
That student journalist. You did see her?
Yes.
Do you realize what you’ve done?
Dad, what happened?
[sighs] The university paper is printing a piece saying that 30 years ago when I published my first book, I plagiarized someone else’s ideas.
They are asking me to comment.
Oh, my God.
Alexandra, why is it that whenever you get involved, everything goes tits up?
Dad, you asked me to do that interview.
I asked for family anecdotes!
Fun stuff!
What exactly did you tell her?
Uh, I… [sighs] I don’t know. I said…
Come on!
I said you would make a great dean.
What else?
Um… I… [stammers] Oh, God.
It was such a chaotic day…
She can’t even remember.
…and we were in the car… I said that…
Wait. I said that you were…
I said that you were disciplined.
I said that you were
So, you have nothing to do with this?
Of course I don’t.
No! I… Why would I say anything like that?
I mean, that’s not even true.
I mean, is it true?
[typing]
I’ve checked three times.
They’re not here.
Yeah, the depositions are gone.
They’ve been erased from the UBN server.
Shit.
And there was nothing on Wolf River in the archives.
Why am I not surprised?
Okay, we have to find this lawyer who’s been trying to help these people.
He’ll have copies of the depositions and whatever else we need on this chemical company.
Yeah, that’s a good idea.
Let me see what I can do.
[phone buzzing]
I’d love to hear his take on all this.
[Chip] Bradley?
Uh, yeah, yeah.
I was just saying I’ll try to track him down.
Yeah. Hey, I gotta go.
But listen, if these were erased then…
Yeah. No, I know.
It means this is fucking real.
Yeah. I’ll call you later.
[whispers] Hey.
[normal] Are you in here?
[Cory] Hi.
Oh, hey.
[inhales sharply]
Nice dress.
Mmm. Thanks.
[Layla] Bradley?
Do you need something? Bradley?
Oh, my gosh. Shit.
That’s my… That’s my microphone.
[Cory clicks tongue]
I’ll just turn it off.
Can I?
Yeah.
[chuckles]
[inhales, exhales deeply]
What are you doing here?
Came to see you.
Also business affairs.
Mostly you.
[whispers] We should not be doing this.
I know, right?
I have to go.
Okay.
Okay. Yeah.
[normal] Wanna hang out later?
Maybe.
Maybe?
Okay, fine. I do.
[chuckles]
[Bradley chuckles]
[Julia] Anyone have eyes on Bradley?
Look, I have to go. I have to go.
I have to go. Okay. [inhales sharply]
Okay.
[inhales sharply, clears throat]
When I was writing my book, I was mentoring a young doctoral student, trying to help him clarify his very muddled thoughts.
Now they’re accusing me of stealing those ideas.
That’s not plagiarism.
That’s paying attention, being engaged with the world.
If the allegations are not true, then you would just have to push back.
How would I do that?
Interrogate the accusation.
Write a defense of your work.
Oh, no, no.
Alexandra, we know the optics here.
Aged, white, male professor gets his just deserts.
If it takes an outright lie to…
[inhales sharply]
…bring me down, then so be it.
The ends justify the means.
The university will have to also do their… their own investigation.
And they’ll find the claims are unfounded, but by then I will have lost the deanship.
Okay, Dad, you know what?
Why don’t I just reach out to Justice and I will get a sense of things, hopefully before they publish this article.
Well, I… I…
I would deeply appreciate that.
[sighs]
[Bradley] Sorry. Technical difficulties.
Okay, are you ready?
[chuckles] Am I… Am I ready?
[chuckles] I am packing heat here.
[Julia] We are two minutes out.
I am locked and loaded.
Whoa.
Looks amazing.
[chuckles] Thank you. Yeah.
Oh, look, I got my, uh, azabache bracelet on and everything.
[Julia] Bradley, your mic’s off.
Yeah. Yeah, my, uh, abuelita, she used to say it wards off the evil eye.
Oh, yeah?
I don’t believe in that woowoo shit, but also I’m not trying to get cursed, you know what I’m saying?
Totally.
Yeah.
Okay, how do I look? Is my makeup okay?
What?
Okay, come on. Spill it.
What?
No, it’s nothing.
No, it’s something.
It might be somebody.
Love is in the air.
[laughs]
All right. That’s enough about that.
That’s enough.
[Layla] Who is ready to get engaged on national television?
Oh, God. Let’s get this ring on a finger.
[employee] Thirty seconds out.
[Bradley] Hey. Do you want the
[Yanko] Uh, overconfidence.
[Bradley] Yeah.
Who’s tapping?
[Yanko] I thought it was the other one.
You got this.
[director] Standby.
[sighs] I got this. [sighs]
[director] Five…
I got this.
[director] Four…
I got this.
Three…
Welcome to The Morning Show.
Uh, and boy, do we have a show for… [chuckles] …for you today, we have lots of surprises.
Somebody might even dance.
That’s a… [stammers, mumbles]
We don’t know about that. Okay?
You’re not gonna wanna miss it.
[cell phone buzzing]
Alex Levy.
I can’t believe you’re actually calling me.
[Alex] Hi, Justice.
I just wanted to say thank you so much for your help the other day during that protest.
You know, there was just a few things that I meant to say about my father that, you know, we didn’t get to
because everything got
This is about the plagiarism?
Well, I… I just think it’s… it’s important for you to have a full picture of who he is.
Look, the piece goes up on the website today.
Technically, it’s too late to make any changes, but my editor owes me a favor.
I can make it happen.
Really?
If you can find me something at UBN.
Uh, you are head of talent, right?
Wait, I’m… I’m sorry…
Just something reasonable in Evening.
Um, like a field producer?
Um… No, no. I’m so sorry.
No, that is… that is… that’s not how this works.
You have to earn your place.
Oh… [stammers] …I am earning my place.
I did the research… [smacks lips] …and now I am recognizing an opportunity.
[inhales sharply]
It’s what any good journalist would do.
That’s from your first book by the way.
I know what fucking book it’s from.
If you could let me know by lunchtime, that would be great.
You…
[line disconnects] Hello?
Little shit. What a little shit.
Okay.
Okay. Um…
Okay.
[sighs]
The season finale of Waltz to Win, it premieres this Friday, only on UBN+.
You got a pick? You got a favorite?
I keep wondering when I’m gonna get this guy to audition.
[stammers] Tell that to my girlfriend.
Uh… [huffs]
Oh, I will.
Yeah, but I hear she’s around here somewhere.
[Yanko] Uh, yeah, she might be.
[chuckling] We… We shall see.
Coming up after local news and weather, why your mattress may be spying on you.
[Julia] And we’re out. Two minutes!
Two minutes?
Two minutes, people.
Hey, Yanko. Where are you going?
Checking on Ariana. Julia said, “Two minutes.” Gonna be two seconds.
Holy shit. You made it, baby.
Hi.
You good? Yeah?
Oh, yes.
Okay. Oh, good, good, good.
[mumbles] Uh, Isabella gave you the… the questions for the dating game.
Mmhmm. Yes.
Uh, yeah. Of course.
Uh, let me just, uh… [sighs] “What’s your goto Starbucks order?
What’s your partner’s dream vacation destination?”
I thought this was meant to wake America up, not lull them back into a peaceful slumber.
Or I could just ask about your favorite porn genre.
Is it still squirting or have you broadened your horizons?
So you’re good? You’re good, you’re good.
Oh, you need a mic.
Okay, so I’ll get sound to come in, and we’ll work on that.
What’s up?
What? Nothing, baby. What? Nothing. What?
Talk to me.
Oh. [chuckles, sighs] Well, I had three cups of coffee and it’s… and it’s Morning Show.
They got me running around
It’s going to be great.
We’re gonna do our little segment, they will crown us the Taylor and Travis of morning TV…
[chuckling] …and then we can go to my mom’s place so she can tell me that the camera really does add ten pounds.
Deal?
Deal.
Okay. Mmm.
I love you.
Yeah?
I’m very lovable.
Yes, you are.
Okay, I gotta go.
Okay.
[mutters] All right, all right.
I’m sorry, but it looks like the lawyers will be another 15.
Would you like anything? Coffee? Water?
Thanks, I’m good.
Mmm. [chuckles]
[inhales deeply, sighs]
[sighs]
[clicks tongue] Miss it?
[groans] This old thing? Nah.
Where’s my brilliant protégée?
I thought she’d be hiding in a cake, ready to jump out and congratulate me on my deal.
Stella’s at an AI conference.
You’re stuck with me.
Ah.
How are you?
You were a little on edge the other day.
Now I’m right as rain.
And I’ll be even better when we get this deal signed.
Tell me… your vision.
You want me to act out my movie for you?
Not your movie.
UBN.
What would you do if you were in the chair again?
[inhales sharply]
First, you gotta fix the public perception problem around the merger.
It’s been almost two years and people still say “UBA” and not “UBN.”
And Stella doesn’t do enough press, so people think she’s in the chair as a diversity hire, a DEI gesture, who can’t really cut it, and that is not the case.
This whole AI thing…
Most people, they don’t understand what the fuck AI really is.
The ones that do think it’s creepy.
UBN, it needs to focus on live sports and big movies.
That is the only way that you are gonna pay for real reporting.
If you’re into that kinda thing.
You know, you have a film division, but it’s basically on life support.
You need awards to attract more and bigger talent.
The Nolans, the Zendayas, an Oscar or at least a Golden fucking Globe.
Hence the project that Stella is buying from me.
And frankly, Celine, I got three more where that came from.
You give me the money and I will build you a film studio, an incubator for billion dollar Barbie blockbusters.
And, you know, arty shit, so Miles can network at the Gotham Awards.
[blows, chuckles]
[chuckles] I forgot how much you talk.
People like my voice, Celine.
Competence is soothing.
Hi. They’re ready for you now.
Great.
Bring on the redlining.
Tell them he’ll be there in a minute.
What’s the rush?
[inhales sharply]
Let me show you what we’ve done with this place.
Great. [sighs] I like making lawyers wait.
[PA] We’re gonna have his mom on standby, as soon as Ariana says yes.
He has no idea so be prepared for him to start crying.
Is this gonna be like when he sang “Copacabana” with Barry Manilow?
Probably not that bad.
[phone buzzes] [Julia] Does anyone have eyes on Yanko?
Sorry. [chuckles] Hey, I can’t talk. I’m at the Teacup.
[Chip] I’m in your dressing room.
What?
Can I just have two minutes?
Yanko can do this Paralympics segment without me.
Where are you going?
I’ll be right back.
We’re herding cats on crack.
What? What? Bradley.
[stammers] Aren’t we on like… in like, now?
[Bradley] Chip, what the fuck?
Bradley, I looked up the lawyer from Wolf River, and you’re not gonna believe this shit.
In 2019, Eagle News ran a series of negative stories about him
Okay, wait. Slow down.
Sorry.
The lawyer, it’s a guy named Kenneth Stockton, okay?
Eagle ran a bunch of stories about his firm.
They said Cancer Valley wasn’t real.
Stockton’s cases, they were a bunch of hoaxes.
They said he was just trying to get rich gouging the chemical company, right?
Wait, did… Who told you this?
Did he tell you this?
Bradley, he’s dead.
[breathes heavily]
Wait, what?
He committed suicide.
Oh, my God.
And after he died, the stories fucking stopped.
No more class action lawsuit. Nothing.
It was like Wolf River.
It… It went away, like it never existed.
Yeah, we have to find out who gave the dirt to Eagle on Stockton.
Whoever smeared him.
Get this out of the hallway.
We don’t want Ariana to see it.
Hey.
How are you doing?
Everything going good so far?
What?
Well, guess who I just ran into.
Who?
[Bradley] I
[gasps]
Hi.
Alex, hi.
Hey.
What are you doing here?
[stammers]
We’re working on a story.
Together?
Yeah.
For how long?
Uh…
[sighs] Since I got here.
So, the entire time?
And you didn’t think you should mention that to me?
[Yanko] 5,000, uh, Paralympians and officials will parade through… [stammers] …Place de la Concorde
and ChampsÉlysées…
Bree?
If Bradley’s not parked in the Teacup in the next 60 seconds, I’m telling accounting you’ve been putting brunch on the P card.
[Yanko] …and the games will be universally accessible…
2024 isn’t just a banner year for…
Bradley, 60 seconds.
[breathes heavily] Listen, AAlex, I’m sorry. I’ll explain it all later.
What is this allimportant story?
It’s something UBA covered up.
They killed it when we were both here.
Right under our noses.
Killed what?
[Ashley] Well, well, well, if it isn’t Bradley Jackson.
Reason my colorist is damn near impossible to book.
What do you want?
What, no small talk?
Why? Are we friends?
[crew member] Ashley, we’re ready.
Okay, I have 30 seconds.
I-In 2019, y’all ran some stories about an environmental lawyer out of Wolf River, Ohio.
His name was Kenneth Stockton.
I just need the source.
Kenneth Stockton?
Name rings a bell, but I’d have to ask around.
Can you do that please?
Hold on, what do I get?
That incident outside UBN.
Sirens. Mayhem. I want the scoop.
I wasn’t there. I… I can’t help you.
Then come on my show and bring your patriot brother on Zoom.
You know I’m never gonna do that.
All right, then I guess you don’t really need my help.
Sarah!
[line disconnects]
[Julia] Ten seconds.
Fuck.
[Cory]
This is all from your private collection?
[Celine] They were gathering dust in the warehouse.
Oh, wow.
Celine, you could bail out a bank with this one.
[Celine] If only it could pay for Stella’s AI.
Every CEO chases their white whale.
Stella’s got AI. I had UBA+.
Your white whale wasn’t UBA+, it was Bradley Jackson.
That right?
[inhales sharply]
She’s not exactly your type.
The sincere all-American girl.
Does she live in a little house on the prairie?
Don’t think so.
And I think you’d be surprised.
But like I said the other day, that won’t be, uh, an issue.
We’re good.
A ceasefire?
We came to an understanding.
There’s something different about you.
Are you in love, Cory?
What are we doing out here?
You wanna show me the art or do you wanna show me off?
[clicks tongue, inhales deeply]
I thought you liked an audience.
Our colleague and friend, Chis Hunter, is currently on the road, so we’ll be checking in with her tomorrow, along with a very special Olympic guest.
Yeah, and we miss her, huh?
Yeah, we do.
Oh, we do, we do.
But… But Chris has not forgotten about us.
In fact here’s an important message from her as part of our series, Living Well.
So many of us are living in a state of emotional dysregulation.
And why wouldn’t we be?
The world is a stressful place…
[Chris continues indistinctly]
Thank you.
Val, sorry, excuse me.
I know you’re angry…
You went behind my back.
I trusted you.
I had to.
Whatever this story is, it got shut down in this building.
And your source is Claire fucking Conway?
Who’s running around New York City with an eco-extremist group.
Listen, I don’t…
Can we talk about this later?
Fine.
Claire is in town?
Yeah.
I’m guessing you spoke to her?
Briefly.
Well, is she okay? I mean, like…
[stammers] …how did she seem?
Different.
You okay?
It’s a sign, isn’t it? It’s a sign.
[stammers] I mean, today of all days. [mutters] Sorry…
[Cory] So, what’s it all for?
Landing the Olympics.
Building your empire.
Is it your family?
You wanna prove you’re worthy, get back into their good graces.
I’m here by choice.
I don’t need them.
If you are gonna dump Stella and make me CEO, I just wanna understand what kind of master I’m serving.
Cory. That position is not for you.
Oh.
Forget about the deal you came in for.
Forget Stella’s offer.
Think bigger.
Bigger as in the studio I just pitched you.
Start with $200 million.
We’ll see how you do.
But a Board President can’t turn a movie deal into a studio, only a CEO can.
Oh, fuck. You wanna be CEO too.
Board President and CEO. Celine Dumont.
Even I didn’t try that.
I need what you have on Stella.
Tell me how you’re leveraging her.
As soon as she’s out, you get your 200 million.
Sorry.
I can’t help you.
My soul’s already spoken for.
You know the world isn’t waiting for your comeback, Cory.
It wants you to fail.
To see you humiliated.
Either you let it bury you for good, or you fight back and claim it as your trophy.
[inhales deeply] Good luck with your film.
If you ever actually make it.
Or has this famous dick of yours finally gone soft?
[phones ringing, buzzing]
Donald Trump’s trial continues today.
Are you seeing this?
Yeah.
Yeah, whatever information you can get me.
[ringing, buzzing continues]
I’m being told by the desk…
Fuck.
What’s happening?
Breaking news.
A commercial flight going from JFK to LAX, about 20 minutes after takeoff there was a loud bang and smoke filled the cabin.
Mechanical or terrorism?
[Rena] We don’t know yet, but people on the plane are live-tweeting their goodbyes.
Shit.
Do we go live with this?
If the plane goes down over New Jersey
Just stick to the schedule, but prep as if we’re pivoting to the plane, and get everyone we have in DC on the line in case it is terror related.
FBI, National Security.
We’ll figure it out, just everybody needs to get moving.
Okay, people, load the breaking news animation.
Standby for either Yanko’s proposal or a plane crash.
[clamoring]
You need to see this.
[passengers screaming]
[cries] Some woman’s laying in the aisle, she’s not moving!
[cries] I don’t want to die!
Oh, my God. Is the door just gone?
We need to cover this.
[Layla] Bradley, Yanko, there’s been an incident on a plane.
TBD if it’s terrorism, but we’re going with it.
Kill the next package, cut to commercial, and I’ll brief you at the desk.
Hey.
Hey.
Run down to research.
We need to know who’s on that plane.
It’s the flight out of JFK, it’s all over socials.
Tell them to DM anyone even remotely related to a passenger.
[inhales sharply] Their cousin, mailman, their high school bully, it doesn’t matter, as long as they’re willing to go on air and look sad.
[screams] What the fuck?
Where the fuck is the bird handler?
I want to lead with the Instagram feed.
It’s live, it’s emotional, it puts our audience right in the middle of it.
Do we need to get consent from the girl’s parents?
Oh, God. We show kids dying in war zones all the time without parents’ consent.
[inhales sharply] It’s fucked up.
And fucked up brings eyeballs.
Okay. How… How many passengers are on board?
220. Including a high school basketball team.
[Yanko] Jesus.
Any fatalities?
None confirmed.
What about injuries?
Yes, but we don’t have a number yet.
[Yanko] Okay.
[inhales sharply] And Yanko, you don’t wanna follow this. Trust me.
Oh, no, no. Whoa, hold on.
What… [stammers] What if we lose the dancers and the doves?
I can make it quick.
No more doves.
Yanko. [stammers]
[stammers] No, AAlex.
[stammers] If the plane…
If it crashes, America’s…
They’re gonna wanna see something positive, and something hopeful.
So I should do it today.
I’m sorry.
Who are we interviewing?
We’re working on it, but we’re out to anyone who has a POV on this, but whoever we get, you’re not gonna have any time to prep.
Okay, stay in my ear and we’ll do it together.
And… And if I get in your way or step on you, just give me a signal, pull your hair.
Got it.
I mean, it’s… You know, it’s just…
[stammers] It’s just so unreasonable and so narrowminded.
[staff member 1] Come on, come on.
I need this yesterday.
[clamoring]
Over there.
I need an updated script for Yanko.
This will be sound up full on next. Got it?
Scripts.
Thank you.
[speaks indistinctly]
Thank you.
[Julia] And in five. Four. Three.
[Bradley] Welcome back to The Morning Show.
We’re bringing you urgent, developing news.
A commercial aircraft
traveling between JFK…
Ready two.
…and LAX…
Go two.
…has suffered an inflight emergency.
Ready camera one.
Leaving the fate of 220 souls aboard hanging in the balance.
Yeah, it’s a… it’s currently unknown whether the incident is a mechanical failure oror perhaps terror related, uh, but we do have confirmation the aircraft is attempting to return to JFK in the hopes of-of an emergency landing.
This is what we do know so far.
The captain is Rachel Hughes, we’re chasing a photo.
Hol-Hold on. [stammers] We’re working on it.
Where’s our guy from the Department of Transportation?
What’s his face?
I’m on with the affiliate.
His office says he’s in Turks or Caicos. Is that one place or two?
I don’t care, just get him in front of a camera.
Get someone in front of a camera who could actually be useful, not these crisis whores.
And someone tell the Crypt Keeper I know he’s excited for airtime, but if he wants to actually make it on TV, he can’t be so happy.
People are going to die.
Wait, they are? Like, actually?
I don’t fucking know!
Okay, who are we talking to?
What’s going on?
We’ve got an expert in aviation disasters.
9/11, the Challenger explosion.
He’s written books on both and he’s got a PhD in aeronautics.
We’ll take it. Patch him in.
Bradley, Yanko, we have a live beeper for you.
Coming in three, two…
We’re joined by Dr. Steven Miller, an author with a PhD in aeronautics.
Dr. Miller, thank you so much for being with us.
Can you give us a sense of what’s going on?
Any idea of what’s happening with this plane?
[Steven] I can say with confidence that the people on board have nothing to worry about.
And what makes you say that?
Because there is no plane.
The footage you’re seeing is doctored.
Oh, my God.
You’ve gotta be fucking kidding me.
No, you gotta cut the beeper.
Layla.
You’ve got to cut the beeper.
Cut the beeper!
[Steven] …sworn interest to control…
Cut the beeper.
Cut the beeper!
Sorry about that.
He’s dumped. Handled.
Dr. Miller?
Jesus, how did that happen?
It seems we’ve lost him.
We’ll get him back.
Just fill in the time until we find something else to fill it with.
Okay, just we need to fill.
Layla, we need to[inhales sharply] I need everyone who doesn’t need to be in here out. Now.
Oh, hey.
[mouthing words] Hi, Chip.
Uh, you guys need a hand?
You wanna go on air and scream fuck 20 times?
Well, if you think it’ll help.
[sighs] We just need to find somebody who knows what’s happening to this plane, so any of your old contacts and… anything.
I got you. Two minutes. Two minutes.
Thank you, Chip.
Isaac Rivera, thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us today.
Sorry to be here under these circumstances.
He’s been at Boeing for 30 years, Quality Manager.
You were a Quality Manager at Boeing for three decades.
We did 40 planes a month, but every year they wanted it done faster.
Ask him about the redesign, the bigger engines.
So you were there when Boeing changed the engine design?
They were losing ground to Airbus.
They told us to retrofit the planes.
Put in a whole new system.
I see.
You can’t say that it’s a new system, because then the airlines have to retrain their pilots.
Those crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia, those were both new Boeing planes.
Do you think the lack of training was a factor in the plane crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia?
Those pilots were blamed for killing those people.
We’ve got someone from JFK.
But they were flying a plane…
[Alex] We’ve got a guy from JFK.
…they did not understand, just to save the bottom line.
Hold the guy from JFK. She’s got it.
So what do you think is happening with this plane now?
It’s gotta be something mechanical.
A loose bolt, a compressor stall.
Would any of those things affect an emergency landing?
The biggest worry, you don’t want to land the plane with too much fuel in the tank.
One thing goes wrong then…
Hey, take a look at this.
This is a truly harrowing situation.
Thank you so much for taking your time with us today.
We really appreciate…
They’re watching TMS.
…your perspective, Mr. Rivera.
Live.
We’re gonna take a short break.
More with this developing story when we return.
How did we get this footage?
Some of the kids sent them to their families who sent them to us.
Are we still in touch with the families?
Yeah.
And in five, four, three…
Loved ones of these passengers, please continue to reach out to us.
We’re posting your messages as fast as we can here.
If you’re just joining us, we’ve confirmed that one of the exit doors has blown off the side of the aircraft…
That’s dark as fuck.
Your plane door blows off, you’re seconds away from being sucked into the sky at 12,000 feet and you’re watching your family say goodbye to you on the back of a headrest.
Horrible ad for your airline.
Incredible ad for your airline’s Wi-Fi.
Hang on. We have an update.
[Alex] The plane is on approach to JFK.
Switching to the affiliate.
We’re getting word from the JFK tower that the plane is on final approach.
So we are gonna switch to our affiliate…
My, God.
…who’s on the scene.
Yeah, we’re gonna go live right now, folks. It’s been a white-knuckle morning.
Uh, and-and now the question is-is can Captain Hughes get this plane on the ground safely?
And these strong crosswinds unfortunately aren’t gonna help.
A note to everybody watching, we just want to let you know that we are live so viewer discretion is advised.
All right, listen up, team.
Coming in in three, two…
[Hughes] Requesting runway 139.
[air traffic controller] 0.50 at 28 knots.
Sign one, runway left.
[Hughes] Front vehicle, landing heavy.
Request runway right.
[air traffic controller]
Copy that. Free to land, runway right.
[Hughes] Cleared to land, runway right.
[gasps]
Gonna hold on.
Okay.
It looks like…
Yes. [sighs] They are on the ground.
[cheering]
Emergency vehicles are standing by.
Extraordinary effort by Captain Hughes.
Absolutely.
And the crew. O-Our affiliate iis gonna be following the story.
Obviously, there’s still so many questions, uh, to be answered.
And
And before we go I just…
Uh, I just wanna say one thing.
That this, uh… this is a time for us to think about, uh, the people in our lives that mean the most to us.
And every moment is precious.
And we thank you for joining us.
Thanks. Thank you. I appreciate it.
Is it bad that I’m only eating the icing?
No, I think you deserve it after what just happened.
You did great today.
No, I fucked up.
And if we have to do the show this short-staffed, we’re gonna keep screwing up.
You think Mia will come back?
God, I hope so.
If not, watch them fucking hire Chip.
No, thank you.
It is not easy in the control room, is it?
It’s brutal. It’s really brutal.
Yeah.
Yeah, well, you… you did okay.
Alex, hi.
Sorry, uh, but your dad called again.
Hey.
No. No, no. No, thanks.
Not now. Sorry.
Oh, okay.
Um, what does Lord Vader want?
Nothing. It’s just a…
Alex.
Just… Chip, just leave it.
I… I thought you didn’t talk to him?
I don’t. I don’t talk to him.
You don’t? Okay. You’re… You…
‘Cause do you remember how he took your ex-husband’s side in your divorce mediation.
Yes. Chip, I get it.
And… And that was, uh-I know, it was terrible.
Listen, I… I forgot I wanted to say congratulations on your documentary.
Thank you.
It’s really, really good.
You deserve all the success that’s coming your way.
That means a lot.
Did you notice the, uh… the interview scene, I shot it in that old diner we used to go
to with the blintzes, you know?
[gasps] Oh, yeah.
That was so… Right. At the, um…
Oh, you didn’t watch it.
Well, I did read The New Yorker review, and it was lovely.
Sorry, I’ve been a little busy.
You know.
Trying to save this fucking company.
For reasons that I will never understand.
I know.
Alex, good luck.
Thanks.
[Chip groans]
Oh, hey, baby. I’m sorry.
Sorry our segment got pushed.
Today was just… [groans]
No, no. Don’t worry. You killed it.
[kisses] Thanks. I’m sorry.
Can I see it?
See what?
The ring.
No. Come on, you knew?
[chuckles] Of course I knew.
Oh, Jesus.
We could just run down to City Hall, make it legal.
Then we could come back here and do it again on air for ratings or whatever.
I just wanna save it, you know, for another day when I… when I can really surprise you.
[chuckles] No.
Oh, honey. Oh, honey, no.
No, no, no. It’s fine.
No.
It’s fine. I’m serious, it’s fine.
Uh…
No, it’s okay.
I’ll be waiting. It’s fine.
I’m sorry. I’m sorry, babe.
I love you.
[sighs]
[sighs]
[knocking on door]
Yeah?
You okay?
Oh, God, yes.
Great work.
Seat of our pants, like the old days.
[sighs]
I’m sorry I didn’t tell you about the story, I…
I li… didn’t know how
Yes, you did.
You know how to tell me.
You just didn’t wanna tell me ’cause you knew what I was gonna say.
I have to do this, Alex.
I know you don’t understand.
No, I understand. I understand completely.
I also understand that I am trying to hold together the last shred of the Fourth Estate with chewing gum and duct tape and you come in like a fucking Molotov cocktail to blow it up.
This story matters.
People are still getting sick, Alex.
We have to help them.
It’s gonna make a huge difference–
Save it. Save the speech.
No, it’s gonna change people’s lives.
You are not doing this for those people.
This is about your mistakes.
This is about your lies.
This is about your ego.
Period. Come on.
Maybe there’s something to that, but if UBA was involved, if there was a coverup, don’t you wanna know about that?
Isn’t that why you did all of this?
The merger. The cleaning of house.
To try and make this place better?
So people like Fred and Paul don’t get to decide what the story is.
You can’t clean a house that you’re about to tear down.
[sighs]
Well, the story is gonna come out, whether you like it or not.
Claire has this information, if we bury it, she’s just gonna take it somewhere else.
Fuck me.
And now we can’t say we didn’t know because you and me and this conversation.
We’re part of the coverup.
The truth always comes out, you know that.
Isn’t it better that we’re the ones telling it?
Here’s what’s gonna happen. Source it.
Okay. Yes. Yes.
Find a paper trail.
You have to get at least two people on the record.
I can do that.
And you have one week to find something verifiable and then that’s it.
Wait. Hold on. One week?
That’s it.
That’s not enough time.
All right. Two. Two weeks.
You got two weeks, and then I’m shutting it down.
Okay. Thank you.
I just have one more thing I need help with.
Are you kidding me?
Ashley at Eagle News has something I need for the story, and she wants a trade for it and I don’t have anything.
[sighs]
Oh, boy.
[laughs] Yes.
If it isn’t the auteur himself.
Nice to see you, Chip.
Yeah. Yeah, you too.
I
I did not expect to see you back here.
Does, uh…
Does, uh, Bradley know you’re here?
Uh… Why, did she say something?
No. No, no, no, I just, uh…
So you’re… you’re making movies.
You got a thriller in post or something?
Yeah. Well, we still have a couple of weeks to shoot.
You know, the set pieces, the pricey stuff.
It’s taking a minute.
I got really lucky with my documentary.
We actually have a bunch of distributors circling the rights.
Might even get a theatrical release, God willing.
You’re like, “Oh, it’s just a movie.”
You know?
And then all of a sudden you realize your entire existence depends on whether you have a deal or not.
And it’s just crazy. You know.
It’s fucking crazy.
Hey, sorry, I gotta run, but, um, let’s… let’s get a drink.
I’ll… I’ll give you a call, okay?
That sounds good.
All right.
[inhales deeply]
[Celine speaking French]
Cory.
I hope you brought me something.
What?
Stella and Miles are having an affair.
I didn’t wanna tell you. I’m sorry.
Thank you…
Cory.
I’ll… get into your deal soon.
[exhales shakily]
[chuckles] Okay.
[inhales sharply, sighs]
[exhales shakily]
What do you got for me?
[Bradley] Do you know about Extinction Revolt?
Wait, they target you too?
Alex has a file on them, but she’s not gonna run it.
So you’re saying that Alex Levy and woke media are covering up a story ’cause it’s gonna make those climate wackos look bad?
Listen, Alex isn’t part of this story.
Keep her clean of it.
Deal. Send me the file, I’ll send you your source.
Okay. Okay.
I so hope this was worth it.
Oh, my God. You were so good.
Really? Was it?
You did so great.
[chuckles] Oh, thank you, honey.
Guess what?
Yeah?
We can do the proposal on Tuesday.
I have the dancers, I have a dove with no trauma.
[chuckles] Uh…
It’s gonna be fucking amazing.
[stammers] Let’s just…
Maybe hold for now because I might want to do it in private.
But, you know… But thank you though.
Oh. Yeah.
It’s really sweet. Okay?
Okay. You… You sure?
I’m sure. But thank you.
Oh, hey, uh… Did you…
Did you hear anything about Claire being in town?
Claire Conway?
Yeah.
I don’t think so.
[stammers] Uh. No, it’s just… Never mind.
Forget it. Thank you.
[Bree] Cake?
Uh, I’m good. Thank you.
Hey, um, your call with the head of the fellowship program is set for 1:30.
Ah. Okay, thank you.
Justice’s work is pretty strong.
Yeah. I know. It really is.
[sighs] Okay.
[phone buzzing]
Alexandra, what news?
Hey, Dad. Um, so, I spoke to Justice.
Good. And?
And they are not gonna change the story.
Dad, they were trying to blackmail me for a job.
And I’m sorry, I just… I cannot do it.
And I know this situation is really difficult for you.
My career is falling off a cliff, and all you can offer me are platitudes.
I’m sorry.
More fool me for hoping you could come up with anything consequential.
[line disconnects]
Well.
[sighs]
[line ringing]
[phone rings]
Hey. Uh, did you get it?
It’s Earl. He… He gave Eagle News the dirt on the lawyer.
His… His company name is all over the report.
Jesus. I
Wait, wait, wait.
Hold on. Earl who?
Earl. Earl. C-Cory’s fixer.
Shit. Oh. Uh… Wait.
Wait, if Cory was behind the smear campaign…
Fred pushed Bethanne out…
And he brought in Cory to kill the fucking story and do God knows what else.
Yeah.
Fuck.
It’s Cory.
It’s Cory. [sighs] It’s Cory.
Oh, my God.
[sighs]
Great job today. You were amazing.
Killer.
Aw, thanks. You too.
There’s cake. Buttercream frosting.
I’m all good.
I’ll see you later.
Hi.
Hey.
[chuckles]
