The Newsroom (S3E06) -- Series Finale -- "What Kind of Day Has It Been" -- 12/14/14
12-14-14, 05:29 PM
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The Newsroom (S3E06) -- Series Finale -- "What Kind of Day Has It Been" -- 12/14/14
A sudden death leads Will and Mac (Emily Mortimer) to ponder the milestones that transformed the newsroom, and look ahead towards ACN's uncertain future. Maggie lands a field-producer interview in Washington; Neal's digital site is shut down for repairs; Leona (Jane Fonda) offers sage advice to Pruit.
Written by Aaron Sorkin; directed by Alan Poul.
Episode 6 of 6
Damnit, it's over after tonight
12-14-14, 09:23 PM
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Well... atleast I enjoyed one series finale this week. A shame that this ended.
12-14-14, 11:45 PM
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The last two episodes were good. Really hate watched most of the rest because of Sorkin.
But I have to give it to them for going out on top.
But I have to give it to them for going out on top.
12-15-14, 12:17 AM
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Re: The Newsroom (S3E06) -- Series Finale -- "What Kind of Day Has It Been" -- 12/14/
Love the way it wrapped up, hate that it's now gone.
12-15-14, 12:29 AM
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I thought this season was by far the best. I really enjoyed it. Too bad he didn't want to continue doing tv, as this seemed to be heading I a great direction.
12-15-14, 01:17 AM
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Great finale. Loved the show from the start. Haven't been bothered this much about a show ending since Deadwood, but at least this show got a proper sendoff.
12-15-14, 01:24 AM
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In the end, it wound up being more about characters than the news, and the point that it takes character in order to bring proper news.
12-15-14, 08:18 AM
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Given the events of the previous episode, when Will began talking to the little boy did anyone else have a moment where you wondered if the boy was real or if Will was imagining his child from the future?
12-15-14, 10:07 AM
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Re: The Newsroom (S3E06) -- Series Finale -- "What Kind of Day Has It Been" -- 12/14/
Well, one thing is for sure. If the show ever returns,
Spoiler:
12-15-14, 12:52 PM
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Re: The Newsroom (S3E06) -- Series Finale -- "What Kind of Day Has It Been" -- 12/14/
I loved seeing scenes from what was basically the Alternate Pilot and how everyone's relationships with each other were before Charlie started moving the chess pieces.
Gonna suck not having a Sorkin-written show to look forward to every week.
Gonna suck not having a Sorkin-written show to look forward to every week.
12-15-14, 06:08 PM
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Would have liked to have seen Neal actually....interact with his colleages after such an exile, but there's only so much one can fit into a flashback filled episode.
12-15-14, 06:19 PM
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Yeah Neal's treatment was...weird. Almost like they forgot to include him in the finale and shoehorned him in at the last minute.
12-15-14, 07:05 PM
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The only think I didn't care for was that cornball song they were singing in the garage. So awkward and lame.
12-15-14, 10:38 PM
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Solid finale. Enjoyed this compressed season for what it was. Glad it got a proper send-off.
12-15-14, 10:53 PM
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I just assumed the actor, whose name escapes me at the moment, wasn't available for all the episodes, so they shot some of his scenes, including that last one, at another time and wrote him out for most of the show. It happens.
12-15-14, 11:08 PM
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Re: The Newsroom (S3E06) -- Series Finale -- "What Kind of Day Has It Been" -- 12/14/
Even though the season was super short, it worked. I looked at this as a 6 hour epilogue.
Loved the "Missing scenes" from the Pilot. It brought some perspective to how things came about.
I enjoyed hearing Will sing in the garage. Didn't think it was corny at all. It helped lighten the mood for what was already a somber situation.
Happy to see all the movement at the end including Mac and Jim getting promoted. I'm glad it ended with things going back to normal.
Loved the "Missing scenes" from the Pilot. It brought some perspective to how things came about.
I enjoyed hearing Will sing in the garage. Didn't think it was corny at all. It helped lighten the mood for what was already a somber situation.
Happy to see all the movement at the end including Mac and Jim getting promoted. I'm glad it ended with things going back to normal.
12-16-14, 05:51 AM
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Re: The Newsroom (S3E06) -- Series Finale -- "What Kind of Day Has It Been" -- 12/14/
Even though the season was super short, it worked. I looked at this as a 6 hour epilogue.
Loved the "Missing scenes" from the Pilot. It brought some perspective to how things came about.
I enjoyed hearing Will sing in the garage. Didn't think it was corny at all. It helped lighten the mood for what was already a somber situation.
Happy to see all the movement at the end including Mac and Jim getting promoted. I'm glad it ended with things going back to normal.
Loved the "Missing scenes" from the Pilot. It brought some perspective to how things came about.
I enjoyed hearing Will sing in the garage. Didn't think it was corny at all. It helped lighten the mood for what was already a somber situation.
Happy to see all the movement at the end including Mac and Jim getting promoted. I'm glad it ended with things going back to normal.
I also like how they covered their butts by having Jim admit that Don really deserved the promotion because the position was originally his, but Don said he wouldn't even take it because he liked the late slot.
I really wish we could have gotten one more season with Mac running the station and Pruit in the owner's seat.