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Heck, I had an abortion when I was 15 years old.

- Oh, she did not. - Oh, my God.

- Fuck! - Yes!

I chose you, and I can't let this beat me.

- "This" meaning me? - Yes.

More is gonna come out about Mitch. That's inevitable.

We need to have each other's backs.

Protect the show.

Yes. "Protect the show."

God, is it ever strange being in his old dressing room?

Yeah, sometimes it's weird.

I wonder what happened in here on a regular basis.

Yeah, I wonder that.

Was there something about the culture at this show

that made it feel impossible to complain?

- Tell her to stop. - Bradley.

Mia. Don't stop her.

You're safe, and I don't want you to say anything

that you don't feel comfortable saying.

- Bradley. - But the truth matters.

Bradley, stop this right now.

He would call me in. We would start kissing.

I would give him oral sex.

And I never told anybody, but everybody knew.

- Did you know? - Excuse me?

- About what was going on in his dressing room. - About what was going on in his dressing room.

How dare you?

That's our show for today.

We are so glad you spent your morning with us.

And congratulations on your first week.

- Yeah. Well done. Good job. - Happy Friday, everyone.

Thank you, guys. It's been a fun ride.

Have a great weekend, America.

And stay tuned for The Twist .

- - Mm-hmm.

Like they say, like Kelly says... You know what I mean?

I love this song.

- And we're out. -

Don't you ever, ever question my integrity in my own house again.

Okay. All right.

Let me explain something to you real quick.

The business of this show is a complicated world. Okay?

There are rules we have to honor here.

You may think you don't have to, but you would be fucking wrong. Okay?

This show, it will consume you,

it will spit out your bones and some gristle

and your fucking spirit along with it.

Unless that's what you're trying to accomplish, in which case,

I don't know what to tell you.

- Chip, what are you trying to say? - You could do great work here.

Don't annihilate yourself in the process

just for the sake of pushing buttons that you aren't supposed to push.

Be careful.

Why? 'Cause if the network's found culpable, you're the fall guy?

- - It'll kill your career?

Unfortunately, I think that death ship is sailing as we speak.

Look, not everybody's a self-serving pile of shit.

I'm talking to you about you.

- Chip. - Not now, Rena. I need five seconds...

Mitch is here.

Wow, look at you, Mort. Nice scruff. I like it.

Hey, Greg.

Lindsey. Oh, how's the puppy?

- Uh, she's good, Mitch. - Remember, crate training.

You have to crate train. Hey.

Good morning. Good morning.

What... Fuck me.

Um, uh, Mitch?

Hey there, Captain. How's the Titanic ?

Um, why are you here?

I worked here for 15 years.

There's something I wanna say to these good people.

- I don't think that's a good idea. - I think it's a great idea.

- Okay, call security. - I already did.

I'm staying with you. I mean, I wanna see the show.

Let's just hope the show doesn't involve a sawed-off shotgun under his coat.

God.

Hello, everybody.

Hi.

You know,

I noticed on the way in that there aren't any pictures of me out there.

What's going on with that?

Who did that? Who did that?

I'm kidding.

Well...

isn't this awkward?

I know you're terrified to say anything, so I'll do all the talking.

This is so weird.

First of all, I'm sorry.

And when I say that, I'm not admitting guilt or anything.

I am sorry in the same way you might be sorry for someone who was hit by a bus,

even though you weren't driving the bus.

So, I'm sorry that the show got hit by a bus.

We all got hit.

Secondly...

I...

I really miss the shit outta you guys.

I miss this place. I miss being here.

I miss my partners.

Hey, Alex.

I heard that you did an interview with one of my alleged victims,

and that there's a New York Times article coming out imminently.

And we all know how that's gonna go.

I'm sure they're not gonna do a feel-good piece about me.

So that's the other reason I'm here.

I am asking you to speak up on my behalf.

Call the Times , go on record, give 'em quotes.

You guys know me better than anybody, so,

out there,

they're gonna blow this up.

But you've worked with me.

We have worked side by side for years and years.

We have shared family experiences.

We are colleagues. We're friends.

I'm asking you all, as friends,

to speak out on my behalf.

Mitch, this is not okay. You need to leave.

I know that some of you want to do it.

I know that there are some of you who want to speak up.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

This is scary. I get it.

Going against the grain,

saying things that are unpopular in the moment

about people that are unpopular in the moment.

But this is my fucking life!

Who will speak up for me?

Who here will speak up for me?

You are the people that I love in the world!

Anybody?

No?

Wow.

Okay.

Alex?

Okay. Listen, I get it.

I understand.

But from the bottom of my heart, I just want you all to know...

how important you are to me.

But... I'm... That's not to lay a guilt trip.

I really do love you guys.

And it's been an honor working with all of you. Thank you.

- - Mitch Kessler!

If it isn't Bradley Jackson.

- - Who else knew what was going on?

Who do you think?

Congrats on the chair.

Keep your back to the wall.

Bill! Bill?

Hey.

Hey.

We were just talking about you.

Oh, yeah?

We think you are amazing.

Really? I feel like everybody over there wants to put my head on a spike.

No. No, no, no. A lot of us actually find you incredibly inspiring.

Thank you for saying that. I really appreciate it.

Hey, would you wanna come out with some of us from the office tomorrow night?

It's Claire's birthday, and we're going drinking.

It's your birthday.

I'm sure you have something much better to do.

No. I actually have nothing to do. I don't...

I don't really know anybody here. So I would love to come.

I just have to move into my new hotel. But what time?

Uh, nine-ish?

- Yeah. - Tom O'Donnell's.

- Great, great. - Birdly!

I think that's me. I'm Birdly, I think. Okay, I'll see y'all tomorrow night.

- Bye, Birdly. - Bye.

- Thank you. - You're welcome. Enjoy.

Holy shit.

And he did that to me.

He branded me.

He stole my self-confidence, my self-worth.

And then I was drowning,

and there was no one to throw me a lifeline.

Oh, my God.

Hello. Please leave a message after the tone.

Hey, it's Chip. Can you call me back?

I could really use a favor.

- Hey, Mia. - Good morning, Bradley.

Maggie Brener from New York Magazine should be there any minute.

I told the front desk to call you.

Oh, yeah. I'm almost ready.

Listen. That Ashley interview.

- We didn't get the chance to talk after. - Yeah, I know, Mia.

No, no. I'm not gonna say what you think I'm gonna say.

I thought it was a great interview. I'm really proud of it,

especially with Mitch showing up after.

I mean, it's just a big fucking reminder that what you did was right.

I think he misses an audience.

Yeah, well. Look what happened. We all just sat there and listened.

Well, obviously we're gonna be curious.

Exactly. Which is why Maggie Brener is gonna be curious, right?

It's this fascinating car crash,

- and with Ashley's confession... -

it's just opened up the door to more questions about The Morning Show.

And she is gonna expect you to answer them.