DJariya

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Episode 7 of 10

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sauce07

I can't wait to relive that night again, this episode better be awesome.

Throwing Copper

Is this the killing of Bin Laden?

lordwow

Yes

SuckaMC

I've liked this show but with the exception of the Santorum team member putting Will in his place, its been way too lib for me. To be fair, the media in the show labels him as such, but Will just uses "I'm a registered Republican" as a defense, which is pretty weak.

I'd rather see him call out everyone on stupid shit, but right now he's just left wing agenda boy. Curious to see what spin is put on the Bin Laden strike.

lordwow

For a registered Republican, I haven't heard him really express any Republican ideals ever.

Jimmy James

He represents the disaffected Republican. We're out there. That said, I think we get the idea by now. I also think season two is going to be way interesting in the life of this show. Are they pretty much going to burn what they built to the ground, in terms of ideology? How is that all going to happen?

lordwow

I would guess that based on the end of the preview at the end of the episode

PopcornTreeCt

Wow, I thought that was pretty moving at the end. Well done.

RUSF18

What made you think that?

Derrich

I'm as surprised as anyone, but Olivia Munn's character is the only person on this show that doesnt grate on my nerves. Everyone else is so over the top quick witted that it's annoying. Which is doubly odd because Sloan is the smartest person on the show.

That producer on the plane was so obnoxious that I was hoping he was going to get shot by a sky marshall, and when the United moment finally happened, I just FF'd through it.

Dr. Allison Blake from Eureka was right the entire time, too.

The best part of the show was Natalie Morales. You can never have too much Natalie Morales (but I FF'd through her 9/11 remembrance, too).

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RUSF18

I definitely had fewer eye rolls moments than usual (Charlie's very, very quick conclusion that it was Bin Laden produced a major one), so that was a good thing. Could have done without the cliche of Will being high as a kite on this enormous news night.

But overall a well done episode.

SiberianLlama

I liked this episode a lot, how even though everyone wanted to report the news, they seemed to take just as much pride, if not more, in telling individual people: telling the pilots on the plane and telling the body guard who told the police.

One thing I'm not clear on but what was the other story that Charlie was talking about after he got off the phone with his NSA source? Something about TMA, the gossip magazine, and the parent company?

bunkaroo

Yeah basically he has an inkling now that TMI may be bugging people I believe. So there's the possible out for getting Will out of hot water.

Larry C.

I told my parents about the show and before I could finish the asked, "Is that the Jane Fonda show?" NO WAY!!!

They are Republicans and think Fonda is a communist

They too think having Will say he is a Republican is a cop out.

SuckaMC

I've no love for Fonda either. Depending how old you folks are, they may have very vivid memories of her wonderful support of American pows in Vietnam. So yeah, having her as a character in this show does them no favors of hiding their political leanings.

thematahara

Dont understand why people get worked up over the political leftness or rightness of the show's creators. I personally could care less if it leans one way or the other. Give me some compelling drama, good writing and acting and I'm in. So far this show has pretty much delivered on that.

I probably lean more towards the right, but it doesnt bother me one bit how far left this show wants to go. Considering that most newsrooms are filled with democrats it is more realistic anyway.

I liked this episode overall but I could really do without the whole Maggie plot. I just thought it was a shame that they filled this episode with so much of her ramblings, when the focus should have been on Bin Laden.

Larry C.

I was born in 74 so I don't remember it but the stories have been told at my house everytime she would show up in a movie. Although in HS I did have SE Asia History one year and they spoke about it there. Great class one giant story about the War.

SuckaMC

I like the show, but like another poster said, sometimes its blurring the line between wanting to entertain you and wanting to convince you to see things their way.

I'm not going to kick my screen over because Fonda shows up on it, but it also doesn't hide the show runners political leanings by including her on a show about politically left-leaning news casting.

But hey, its their story to tell, and far I enjoy it

shadowhawk2020

My dad is like Will to a degree. He votes mostly R, but thinks most of the tea party and all the gun rhetoric is crazy nonsense.

dalbowski

I think that "Deep Throat" guy told him about Bin Laden in the beginning off camera (the ep began in mid-conversation) but Charlie didn't have any reason to believe him until other sources started to appear.

Jcheckel

No, we saw Charlie sort of put some of it together. "Late For Dinner" was just using the fact that he knew the white house was going to send out an email to show Charlie he knew what he was talking about and was on the inside.

Gunde

Because in a American politics you have to be either HARD right or HARD left. If you're not you're a TRAITOR.
And you can never agree with the other side on ANYTHING. If you do you're a TRAITOR!

Nice to see a couple of the minor Sports Night characters as passengers on the plane.

Shannon Nutt

I agree and disagree at the same time. My wife is ALL about the Maggie stuff and could care less about the politics of the show, so you're talking about alienating maybe half of your viewership. Also, I think Sorkin does that to show that life goes on, even in the middle of a big event...so I don't have a huge problem with it, but yes, I agree this episode should have maybe toned that down a bit more. Another great show though, although I think last week's remains my favorite to date.

I also had to explain to my wife who "Ted Baxter" was. And she's older than me.

thematahara

I get why the relationship stuff is there, but I found it very off-putting that she would be going on with her bullshit in the middle of such a big news event. Plus it doesnt help that I find her incredibly annoying.

I was hoping Jim would just scream out "Look, your roommate has great tits and you are a neurotic bitch, leave me the fuck alone!!"