"The Newsroom" debuts tonight on HBO...Official thread

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I couldn't keep a straight face when the Occupy Wall Street cacs were using gang signs and jazz fingers to ask and answer questions :skip:

Maggy is so fug, only two cacs and most likely a c00n would be drooling over that :scusthov:
 

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The show has potential to be one of the greats, and you catch glimpses of it here and there, but the emo shyt seems forced. They way the characters interact and talk seemed forced.

The best parts are when it actually revolves around changing how news is reported. That opening scene of the series was just so damn good too.

Nothing pisses me off more about a show than for it to have such potential and for it not to be utilized.
 

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If Don is an Executive Producer why is he in the meetings for Will show when he is over Elliot sometimes Solan show?
 

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If Don is an Executive Producer why is he in the meetings for Will show when he is over Elliot sometimes Solan show?
They said something about wanting to keep the nightly news shows on the same page. My problem is where is Don and Elliott's production staff? We never see anyone else from ACN but Will's team and his bosses.
 

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That scene with Will in the precinct yelling at the cop is why I still watch this terrible show. Every once in a while you still get those brief glimpses of Sorkin brilliance.

Too bad it's surrounded by that fukking horrendous love triangle story. I wanted to punch my laptop during that laundromat scene. Does anyone, fan and hatewatchers alike, enjoy that subplot?
 

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The love angles are weak. But everything else about this show :wow:

The Foursquare arc pissed me off in this episode but it set up the downfall of Maggie perfectly which I am not too mad about at this point. Lisa went all the way in on Ol' girl too. shyt was fukking ruthless.

The only other thing that pissed me off about this episode was the fukking cac bytch who just ALWAYS happened to be next to Jim when some shyt went down. bytch was sitting next to duke at the pool when Maggie rang, bytch was on the wall next to duke when he was on the phone to Don AND this bytch was giving him the eyeball when Lisa sent him the video. :beli:

I guess this shyt isn't perfect, but I'll be lying if I said it isn't very entertaining viewing.
 

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The non-relationship shyt is so good I ALMOST don't care about the shyt parts....but I usually just check my phone and shyt during those parts :yeshrug:
 

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When this show is focusing on the news and ACN in general, it's as good as, if not better than, any show on television. I would have no problem with the inter-office personal stuff if it was being done by someone who knew how to handle that kind of shyt. Sorkin is at his best when he's writing about people working on their craft. Professional relationships. Sorkin-speak doesn't work in personal relationships. So you get scenes that just come off very awkward and unconvincing. Jim, Maggie and Don all put on more convincing performances when it's work related than when it's their personal lives. Perfect example is Don with the Troy Davis case compared to him breaking up with his girlfriend the episode before.
 

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That scene with Will in the precinct yelling at the cop is why I still watch this terrible show. Every once in a while you still get those brief glimpses of Sorkin brilliance.

Too bad it's surrounded by that fukking horrendous love triangle story. I wanted to punch my laptop during that laundromat scene. Does anyone, fan and hatewatchers alike, enjoy that subplot?

nope, especially if it means LESS Lisa on my screen... i'm in love brehs... :noah:
 

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I love how Danials is taking slumdog hunder his wings and has his back regardless. I also wish i worked in that newsroom cause im savvy as hell at finding info and news stories online with connects. I think that would be a fun ass job, get to network around the world and comeup with good newsworthy stories​
 
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