The Morning Show

There are state laws banning the freedom to choose,

criminalizing doctors, forcing survivors

of rape and incest to leave their states to get the treatment they need.

Many of you in this chamber, and my predecessors--

What happened?

I told Claire not to go on TMS .

You gave up your source to the feds.

I tried to warn her. I told her--

UBN is in free fall. Stella is gone.

O24 was a disaster.

And now, thanks to you, TMS has been raided.

I did not have a choice.

I've been walking this tightrope with the feds for two years now.

Really? So you didn't think you should tell me

that you were working with the FBI when you came back?

What else are you hiding?

Are you wearing a wire right now?

Come on, Alex.

I think you and I actually both know, deep down, that this was a terrible idea.

So if you actually came here to...

to submit your resignation, I accept.

That's not why you're here.

Chip and I found a whistleblower.

She worked at Martel Chemical.

She's been scared to come forward until now.

Well, I don't blame her.

Sources are not very safe in your hands.

You told me you would give me time to find a smoking gun. This woman is it.

She can put together all the pieces of this investigation. I just...

I have to get to her before she changes her mind.

I am this close to landing a presidential sit-down,

I cannot have anything or anyone fuck this up.

Our source is in Belarus.

She's hiding out with her family, and she's agreed to talk to me,

but I have to meet in person.

Wait, I'm sorry.

Did you just say Belarus?

And if I'm gonna go, I...

I have to go under the auspices of the network.

I need your authority to sign off on it.

You're the only one that knows about the investigation.

I made a list of things I need. I need a signature.

Belarus? Are you kidding?

No. Absolutely not.

You do not get my signature or my permission or my auspices.

If it were up to me, you wouldn't have a fucking job.

I know there is a cost to all of this.

Wait, wait. Did you just call Claire a cost?

You can't make me feel worse than I already feel.

If I can break this story, if I can help those people, then I can prove--

- Prove what? - That I'm on the right side of something.

A story is not gonna save you, Bradley.

This is over.

People died. And the network, the one that you're the face of,

just looked the other way.

They actually actively buried a story and they could have done the opposite.

How do you sleep at night?

Me? How do you sleep at night?

I don't.

Dad is pissed.

It's in all the French tabloids.

We never trusted him.

He's a bum.

You have four children, two with whores.

Exactly but...

- I didn't marry them. - Wow.

Bravo, what a hero.

Your husband fucked around.

Dump him.

I don't take orders from you.

Dad said--

Always his little henchman.

Time to come home.

Afraid I'll outshine you?

Always the greedy one.

You were sent here for one reason only.

To cover up a scandal at a chemical company.

- And I did that. - But you kept going.

And now you've become the story.

You're not thinking of the family.

They're appointing a new CEO.

I'll have total control of a media company.

CEO and President of the Board.

We will have total control of the narrative.

They say perception is half the battle,

in fact it's the whole war.

Like promising a heartwarming Olympic story to our partners in Tehran?

I didn't know that girl would defect.

We're deeply leveraged in these games.

I took care of that too.

There are the vendors. The stadiums. Our partners.

And the Seine.

The Seine, your pet project.

Financing the great cleanup.

Apparently it's still littered with shit.

Just worry about cleaning up your own mess.

Lose the husband and come home.

His name is Miles.

Oh, God.

Hello?

- Alex Levy? - Yes?

We have your father here at a campus security holding cell.

What? What are you talking about?

- Public intoxication. - Oh, shit.

Alexandra, it's me!

- Oh, my God. - I need you, Alexandra!

Can't you just put him in an Uber or something?

He needs to be picked up.

There was an incident that we'd prefer not to press charges on.

- What did he do? - Public urination is considered

a lewd act under New York Penal Law section 245--

Okay, okay. I'll be right there. Shit.

No, look, I'm completely fine.

All right. Come on. This way. Here we go.

- Let's go this way please, Dad. - Don't fuss.

I'm not some crumbling fossil.

All right. Dad, I have to be up in three hours.

I have a really huge day tomorrow.

- Listen, I... If I'm gonna... - Please.

I want to sleep in my own bed, so I'll call a car.

Dad, you're here. It's late. Okay?

Let's just sleep this off.

Let's go. Okay? Come on.

All right, but look, listen, I'm gonna need

- a toothbrush for this little sleepover. - Yep. You got it.

- Dad. - And some water.

Yes. Yes, yes. And an Aleve. I got it coming all for you.

- Right here? This way. Oh, right. - This way. Come on. Please.

This one is stunning.

Yeah, absolutely.

But come on.

This one.

It's adventurous but with a...

a deep inner life.

She's worried about this area.

- Can't we see some other options? - No, I hear you. I hear you.

But...

this is the wig, right?

- You're right. - And the right wig

is gonna get her the little gold man.

I'll take it over there.

I'll show her myself.

And she'll see. Thanks, guys.

Or she won't.

Ma, hey, I was just gonna call you.

Which Meryl wig do you prefer?

Silkwood , Prada , or Sophie's Choice ?

Which, incidentally, this is starting to feel like right now.

I'm on the lot, I gotta lock it in.

Are you back in Los Angeles?

I'm in New York on the lot today.

But, we've got some exteriors later this week.

Cory, I have to talk to you.

Younger Meryl would be better, but any Meryl really.

I'm not waiting for Switzerland.

I'm gonna take things in my own hands.

Mom, I'm sorry I didn't call you back last night.

I had a major hair department crisis that I had to de-escalate,

but I will swing by later today and it's gonna be fine.

I put the eggs in the medicine cabinet and my dirty towels in the fridge.

I'm losing it.

My brain was my one constant and now--

Okay, stop.

I know that this is stressful. It's scary--

Yesterday I almost hit the neighbor's child,

backing out of the driveway.

I was within inches.

I can't live like this.

I need to do this before I can't.

Before I have an around-the-clock nurse who has to change my diaper.

Mom, we talked about this.

Cory, I've gotten the pills.

I've organized everything so you won't have to do a thing.

I'm going to end my life today.

I love you.

Don't do anything until I get there.

Jesus.

Fuck.

Dad!

Dad? Are you fucking kidding me?

Goddamn it.

And get TMS to pull my interviews of Obama and RBG.

There should be a link ready. And...

Don't... Don't forget to get their coffee orders organized.

Don't go to the bitter place.

Go to the place that has that little... They put foam and little faces--

- Are you okay? - Why?

No, you just... you seem a little stressed.

Yeah. Well, I...

I had an incident with my father last night and now he's missing.

Oh, the pee thing?

Did you see that video?

No.

A little.

Yes. I'm gonna get your coffees.

- Thank you. - Okay.

You could co-chair the campaign.

I can't be so front-facing.

But we'll find the perfect person.

Why New Jersey?