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- Synced and corrected by Firefly -
- www.addic7ed.com -
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- Morning, Mia.
- Good morning, Rena.
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Well, well, well, America,
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it's been a wild two weeks
for our friends at UBA.
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Thousands of hacked emails.
It's like Christmas everyday.
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I don't know about you,
but I live to search ubaleaks.com
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for my daily drip-drop of
their embarrassments.
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This is one day's worth of
our liabilities for the hack?
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It looks like War and Peace.
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Page 85 of the unreleased emails.
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Well, Earl. You spoil me.
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Just call me Tolstoy. Let me know
what you wanna do with that.
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You're welcome, Cory.
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For what?
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Boosting your stock price.
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That tends to happen with companies
I'm rumored to be acquiring.
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Well, I'd say it's more than a rumor.
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Oh. That's news.
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Well, here's more news.
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Your original offer works for me.
At the price you first pitched.
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Let's get this done.
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- What about your board?
- Leave that to me.
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Pull the trigger.
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- Guys, we gotta... We gotta... I'm sorry.
- Oh!
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We gotta rethink these selfies.
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Look at... I don't care what app
you're on. You're on Tinder,
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420 Singles, Kingsnake After Dark.
We can't be doing this.
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- Angles, people. This, really?
- Yes. Come on.
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No one's hot for your under chin.
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And why do guys think this works?
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- I don't understand why they...
- I have no idea.
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Well, Chris how... how did
your husband break through?
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Uh, not on an app,
but you know, it's a long story.
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Oh, please, highlights.
Give us the highlights.
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You got a minute.
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Oh, okay. Um, for you.
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- Yes.
- 8:55 version.
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I'm at my first Olympic trials,
and there's a guy.
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He's cute, and he has these eyes.
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And I'm like, "Don't
look at me like that,
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you're making me nervous".
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Anyway. He reps my nemesis,
who's competing with me for Nike.
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Oh, wow.
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And they only wanna sign
one American in track and field.
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So, eh... I'm in my hotel room,
and I get a surprise delivery.
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Tiffany blue dunks in my size.
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- Those are sneakers.
- Gosh.
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And there's a note with Marcus's number,
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and it just says, "You're it".
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Oh, wow.
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- What can I say, the man can close.
- And...
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- That's ex... So impressive.
- Yeah. Yeah. Or...
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Or he's just looking to connect.
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And now it's time to connect you
to The Twist right after this break.
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And we're clear.
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Cut to commercial.
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Great show, everybody.
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Connect?
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- Connect, connect.
- I know you mean, like, as people.
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- You know... Exactly. Nice segue.
- I do. That's very sweet.
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- We did that.
- Moving to The Twist package.
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- Oh, God.
- Here you go.
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- Thank you, dear.
- You were right.
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Those dating pics were tragic.
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I know.
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Not everybody can find love
in their boss's apartment.
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I like that smile.
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We just gained another 30,000 on YDA.
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Shut up. Who knew getting hacked
would put us back on top?
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Hey, Layla. Post these numbers
at the next segment meeting.
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We could all use the morale boost.
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- Layla, can you hear me?
- Look at Eagle News.
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... missteps of a top talent at UBA,
when the real drama
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- is from their hate speech.
- Turn that up.
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And the struggle for racial equality
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at UBA just took another step back.
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We've just received a cache of emails
and found a doozy.
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Cybil Reynolds, legend of the industry
and UBA board president,
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referred to The Morning Show
co-anchor, Christina Hunter,
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as Aunt Jemima in an email
about her hiring.
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Yeah, you heard that right. Aunt Jemima.
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Kyle, get me legal.
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Call Leonard and set up a dinner
for us tomorrow night,
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and then get me Chris.
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Ugh.
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Hello?
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I found the email.
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Cybil's talking to the rest of the board
about Q3 financials in 2020,
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and she's pissed that UBA spent
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so much money on
a two-year deal with Chris.
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Somebody points out that
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Chris would still be
making less than Bradley
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when she was hired.
"We got her at a steal.
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After all, Chris is popular enough
to be on cereal boxes".
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- I don't see what's so bad.
- It's in Cybil's reply. She wrote back,
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- "Aunt Jemima was on cereal boxes too...
- Oh.
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... and no one's buying her anymore".
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- Mia...
- Buying her? What is wrong with Cybil?
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- Did Chris leave yet?
- Cory called her to his office.
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You can go on in.
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Oh, Chris. Hi.
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Never been up to this floor.
It's classy.
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Yeah. Right? The decor. Uh, top-notch.
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- You want a painting?
- What?
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Oh. Uh... Oh, God. Stupid joke.
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- Sorry. How are you?
- I'm still catching my breath.
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Yeah. Listen, I know
you don't know Cybil,
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but she has been a fixture here
for a long time.
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But in any house,
fixtures need replacing.
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I see.
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You don't want me to sue.
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Of course, we don't want it
to get to that point.
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My team's already working on
how to make it right with you.
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Favored nations with Bradley, of course.
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A bonus in recognition of
your terrific work.
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But I would love to keep this in-house.
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We should do the news,
not be the news. Right?
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We'll get back to you
by the end of the day.
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Thank you for, uh, stopping by.
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I just wanted you to know
how valued you are.
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And I think I'm learning how much.
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You're hiding.
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Thanks for meeting me.
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Yeah. We'll have to make this quick.
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Gotta get back to my full-time job
at the teacup.
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Thank you for honoring your commitments.
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Of course.
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I'm wondering about how people
are reacting around the building.
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Mmm. You mean what Cory's doing?
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Well, if I had to guess I assume
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he's having his lawyers
draw up a statement.
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Yeah, I figured as much. So, just...
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You haven't heard anything else?
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I'm not... I'm not a spy, Cybil.
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I don't need a spy, Alex.
I need an advocate.
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I don't know what to tell you.
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It's all right there in black-and-white.
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Yes, I know how it looks.
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I asked you here so we could figure out
the fastest way out of this.
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Oh, I'm sorry. We?
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Well, what if you interviewed me
on Alex Unfiltered?
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Wow. Um, why?
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I would like to speak on my own behalf.
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I just don't think that
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going on television right
now is the thing to do.
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Are you telling me I need media training
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after 45 years at the network
my grandfather founded?
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I never said that. I'm just saying
this is a lot trickier
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than talking about UBA's stock price.
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- I was thrilled when we hired Chris.
- Mmm.
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Yes, she was inexperienced,
but it was the right thing to do.
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This is... This is...
This is ridiculous.
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It's a complete misunderstanding.
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Yeah, well, whether it's a
misunderstanding or not,
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I-I just I don... I don't want
any part of it. I just don't.
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You? Of all people.
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What is that supposed to mean?
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You know they all wanted you gone.
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Cory, Fred. All of them.
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I had your back, because
I know what it's like
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when a bunch of men
decide a woman's sell-by date.
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I had your back, and now
you need to have mine.
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If I go down for this,
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do you think whoever replaces me
is going to care about you
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or what you want?
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Let's face it. It'll be Cory
or one of his toadies.
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And how has Cory
looked out for you so far?
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Oh, yes. I know, Cybil.
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I have actually felt your support
over the years.
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It's funny how now all of a sudden
it becomes about sisterhood
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and solidarity, because
now you need something.
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Alex, this is how the world works.
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- Wow.
- You know that.
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I have no angle here.
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I just want a chance to set
the goddamn record straight.
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I've given my life to this place.
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I won't be canceled over this.
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It happens to the best of us.
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Hmm.
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You only breathe like that...
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... when you're anxious.
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Babe, it's gonna blow over, I promise.
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But you gotta get your sleep.
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3:30 is right around the corner.
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Look, it's Cybil's family's company.
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You can understand why she'd try to,
like, use us to bail her out.
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Come on. UBA's been a publicly
traded company for decades.
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We don't belong to her.
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Besides, everything on TV,
it gets canceled sooner or later.
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I don't know why Cybil
should be any different.
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She's not gonna stay quiet.
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Well, let her get loud.
That doesn't mean we have to
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put a resident daughter of
the confederacy on Alex Unfiltered.
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Cory, trust me. I am not crazy
about this idea at all,
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but that tired statement from the suits,
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that just makes us look worse.
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Cybil has an NDA.
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She's not gonna be able
to tell her story to anyone,
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and this has to be addressed and
we're the only ones who can do it.
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- Period.
- Okay. How's Chris doing?
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She seemed fine at the show today,
but I can't imagine she is.
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I mean, from what I could see,
she was a total pro.
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Yeah. She was great.
She came in, she did her job.
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She didn't wanna talk about it,
which I completely understand,
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because it's our mess to clean up.
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- It's not her mess.
- Uh, the mess is already cleaned up.
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We issued a statement. I'm not sure
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why you guys wanna chum the waters.
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I'm not excusing what Cybil did,
but I understand the ask.
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Sounds like she wants a chance
to defend her reputation.
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What about UBA's reputation?
Let her go on Eagle News.
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I... I don't care about the NDA.
I'll waive it.
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This is not gossip. This is newsworthy,
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and everybody is talking about it.
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If we ignore it, how do we look?
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Also, Cory, isn't this,
like, your thing?
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Like, the ratings, the whole circus?
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I... I don't like being leveraged
by someone who I know
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is gonna be playing shuffleboard
in Boca in a week.
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She is a dead man walking.
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Her own board won't even talk to her.
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Sorry, Cory, but there
is a solid argument here.
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An interview on Alex Unfiltered would
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show that we're taking this seriously.
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And given how UBA covered up
Mitch Kessler's behavior,
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not to mention the racial issues
around that behavior,
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our best move is to get
ahead of this ourselves.
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Fine, but I'd like to see first cut.
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And, uh, if it's a circle jerk,
we're not airing it.
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Wha... Circle jerk? Ex... What?
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Is it just me, or is he in a hurry
to bury the body?
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The fuck?
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Rena, come here.
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- What am I looking at?
- Salaries from the hack website.
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It's not just Chris being
lowballed, it's all of us.
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Well, maybe not all of us.
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Hmm. So, you're saying it's a pattern.
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Wait, what? Seriously?
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I've been digging through the data dump
from the hack. It ain't pretty.
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- Oh, my God.
- This is crazy.
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All the junior staff have had racist
shit said and done to us forever,
242
00:18:56,929 --> 00:18:58,551
but now everybody cares
because it's Chris?
243
00:18:58,555 --> 00:18:59,761
This is bullshit.
244
00:18:59,765 --> 00:19:02,055
I swear to God, what's the
point of even working here?
245
00:19:02,059 --> 00:19:06,605
Layla, can we review copy
for tomorrow in my office?
246
00:19:09,066 --> 00:19:10,459
- Whoa.
- I'm gonna...
247
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Here's a copy for tomorrow.
248
00:19:22,621 --> 00:19:23,622
Forget the copy.
249
00:19:26,734 --> 00:19:29,603
What's going on, Layla? Help me out.
250
00:19:32,089 --> 00:19:34,758
First those god-awful performance
reviews, and now this?
251
00:19:35,467 --> 00:19:37,799
It took the leak of an email
about a famous person,
252
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a rich and famous person,
253
00:19:39,721 --> 00:19:43,263
to make anyone care about the inequality
that's baked into this place.
254
00:19:43,267 --> 00:19:45,853
- And we're pissed.
- How pissed?
255
00:19:47,229 --> 00:19:48,814
You might not have a staff by tomorrow.
256
00:19:52,526 --> 00:19:54,403
Okay. Thank you for your honesty.
257
00:19:56,238 --> 00:19:58,365
I-I appreciate it.
258
00:20:07,749 --> 00:20:11,336
Hey, Stella, we need an all-hands.
259
00:20:12,529 --> 00:20:14,481
All right, everybody.
Thank you for coming.
260
00:20:16,717 --> 00:20:18,297
We know that Cybil Reynolds' email,
261
00:20:18,302 --> 00:20:20,884
and some unfortunate pay inequities
262
00:20:20,888 --> 00:20:23,440
have made a lot of you upset,
and rightfully so.
263
00:20:23,932 --> 00:20:26,097
We've all been through a lot.
264
00:20:26,101 --> 00:20:28,725
We just wanted to get everybody
together and talk about it.
265
00:20:28,729 --> 00:20:32,179
Talk about what The Morning Show
can do to make things right.
266
00:20:32,184 --> 00:20:33,229
Anybody?
267
00:20:36,028 --> 00:20:37,609
They're all looking at me, aren't they?
268
00:20:37,613 --> 00:20:39,819
Hmm. Well, they're not
not looking at you.
269
00:20:39,823 --> 00:20:42,403
Yeah, so anyone, anyone can talk.
270
00:20:42,408 --> 00:20:44,369
Talk about how you feel. Um...
271
00:20:46,121 --> 00:20:48,161
- You're free to say anything...
- That's right.
272
00:20:48,165 --> 00:20:49,329
... without fear of reprisal.
273
00:20:49,333 --> 00:20:51,603
Management will not retaliate, okay?
274
00:20:51,608 --> 00:20:53,708
Right, this is a completely safe space.
275
00:20:53,712 --> 00:20:55,214
All right, fuck it.
276
00:20:55,756 --> 00:20:58,421
Of course, you can't
fire us for speaking out.
277
00:20:58,425 --> 00:20:59,635
But you know what you can do?
278
00:21:00,260 --> 00:21:03,510
Ice us out of assignments,
pass us over for promotions,
279
00:21:03,514 --> 00:21:06,219
make it so unpleasant
that we'll quit on our own.
280
00:21:06,626 --> 00:21:07,846
That way you stay clean.
281
00:21:07,851 --> 00:21:10,683
Okay, Layla, I am not going
to let that happen to you.
282
00:21:10,687 --> 00:21:13,019
But where's Cory? Where's Cybil?
283
00:21:14,274 --> 00:21:17,110
They're not here because
they don't have to be here.
284
00:21:18,237 --> 00:21:21,653
Look, they're betting that we're either
going to just shut the fuck up
285
00:21:21,657 --> 00:21:24,651
and, you know, remain in our place.
286
00:21:25,144 --> 00:21:28,330
All the talent that comes in here
who's Black and vocal,
287
00:21:29,289 --> 00:21:32,622
they either quiet down or they leave.
288
00:21:32,626 --> 00:21:35,416
Julia... remember our place?
289
00:21:35,420 --> 00:21:37,408
Really? You're amazing at what you do.
290
00:21:37,413 --> 00:21:39,795
Why would you play
into the hands of people
291
00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:41,631
who want you to see
yourself as a victim?
292
00:21:41,635 --> 00:21:43,883
I mean, you don't see
how disempowering that is?
293
00:21:43,887 --> 00:21:45,677
I don't think I was doing that, Yanko.
294
00:21:45,681 --> 00:21:47,846
All right, look. Guys...
... bottom line, race...
295
00:21:47,850 --> 00:21:49,722
First of all, it's a fiction, okay?
296
00:21:49,726 --> 00:21:51,891
And it's being weaponized,
okay? We all know that.
297
00:21:51,895 --> 00:21:56,479
Uh, do we? Do we all know that?
I'm not sure, uh...
298
00:21:56,483 --> 00:21:58,273
We're having the wrong
conversation, okay?
299
00:21:58,277 --> 00:22:00,108
- Well, we're...
- Can I speak now?
300
00:22:00,112 --> 00:22:02,527
- I mean... is it safe?
- Uh... Go ahead. Yeah.
301
00:22:02,531 --> 00:22:04,654
All we're doing, Mia, right now
is checking boxes.
302
00:22:04,658 --> 00:22:07,115
We're checking boxes,
we're scoring diversity points
303
00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:08,599
on some spreadsheet, for what?
304
00:22:08,604 --> 00:22:10,034
So that we can all feel better?
305
00:22:10,038 --> 00:22:12,161
I mean, the thing that
we were railing against,
306
00:22:12,165 --> 00:22:14,122
adjudicating on the basis
of skin color...
307
00:22:14,126 --> 00:22:16,906
I mean... and if that thing
alone isn't screwed up
308
00:22:16,911 --> 00:22:18,041
on so many levels,
309
00:22:18,046 --> 00:22:19,586
then we're also being forced to choose
310
00:22:19,590 --> 00:22:21,588
one racial identity
when we're all mutts.
311
00:22:21,592 --> 00:22:23,987
Look at me. No, I mean, I pass
312
00:22:23,992 --> 00:22:26,009
for Sephardic Jew, I pass for Persian,
313
00:22:26,013 --> 00:22:27,343
I pass for Armenian.
314
00:22:27,347 --> 00:22:29,304
But because both my parents,
they're from Cuba,
315
00:22:29,308 --> 00:22:31,314
you're gonna tell me now
that I'm just brown?
316
00:22:31,319 --> 00:22:33,809
Yanko, aren't you
third-generation Cuban?
317
00:22:33,814 --> 00:22:35,070
Yes, but you're missing the point.
318
00:22:35,074 --> 00:22:36,644
No... Laugh all you want.
319
00:22:36,648 --> 00:22:38,005
It's true. You're right,
it's funny, but...
320
00:22:38,009 --> 00:22:39,147
I'll get you a better example.
321
00:22:39,151 --> 00:22:40,151
- Alex.
- What?
322
00:22:40,156 --> 00:22:42,107
No, let's say that,
that you spit in a tube,
323
00:22:42,112 --> 00:22:44,402
and you find out that your
great-grandfather is Black.
324
00:22:44,406 --> 00:22:46,613
Okay, would that all of a
sudden make you Black?
325
00:22:46,617 --> 00:22:47,655
He's got a point.
326
00:22:47,659 --> 00:22:48,869
- Hmm?
- Oh, my God.
327
00:22:50,495 --> 00:22:52,577
Hmm?
328
00:22:52,581 --> 00:22:54,662
If you were to send your DNA
to one of those places,
329
00:22:54,666 --> 00:22:57,707
and you find out today that
great-grandfather's Black,
330
00:22:57,711 --> 00:23:00,502
all of a sudden, Alex Levy,
she's Black? Is she Black?
331
00:23:00,506 --> 00:23:02,337
Yanko, you're turning this into a stunt.
332
00:23:02,341 --> 00:23:05,006
I'm pointing out the absurdity of this.
You don't see that? Wh...
333
00:23:05,010 --> 00:23:07,550
- Come on. You know it's not helping.
- What? No.
334
00:23:07,554 --> 00:23:08,885
- At all.
- It... It's the wokeness.
335
00:23:08,889 --> 00:23:10,649
That's what's not helping, Alex.
336
00:23:11,099 --> 00:23:13,598
Would you do... Take this
over, and I'll be right back.
337
00:23:13,602 --> 00:23:15,183
- I'm worrying...
- Yeah. Keep talking.
338
00:23:15,187 --> 00:23:17,894
We're, uh, getting
ourselves derailed here.
339
00:23:17,898 --> 00:23:20,438
We are all well-meaning and, um...
340
00:23:20,442 --> 00:23:22,194
Chris, wait.
341
00:23:24,071 --> 00:23:25,591
What was the point of that back there?
342
00:23:26,597 --> 00:23:29,154
I thought it would help for everyone
to talk it out in the open.
343
00:23:29,159 --> 00:23:31,578
Before you put Cybil on Alex Unfiltered?
344
00:23:32,746 --> 00:23:34,736
Show what a friend she
is to brown people?
345
00:23:34,741 --> 00:23:36,662
That decision's above my pay grade.
346
00:23:36,667 --> 00:23:39,415
Mmm. Sounds like we both
need higher pay grades then.
347
00:23:39,419 --> 00:23:40,625
Yeah.
348
00:23:42,881 --> 00:23:46,464
Don't let Cybil or this
whole corporate machine
349
00:23:46,468 --> 00:23:47,932
make you doubt your worth.
350
00:23:47,937 --> 00:23:50,377
I never doubted my worth.
I just didn't know other people did.
351
00:23:52,474 --> 00:23:53,638
I'm not one of those people.
352
00:23:53,642 --> 00:23:56,228
Then why haven't you found me
a new anchor producer?
353
00:23:57,187 --> 00:23:59,302
It's been hard to attract
high-level producers.
354
00:23:59,307 --> 00:24:00,683
I can't imagine why.
355
00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:15,110
What happened to the meeting?
356
00:24:15,115 --> 00:24:17,715
I ended it. We weren't getting anywhere.
357
00:24:18,417 --> 00:24:20,373
How's Chris?
358
00:24:20,377 --> 00:24:22,125
How would you be
if you were her right now?
359
00:24:22,129 --> 00:24:24,961
Yeah, we're gonna have a lot of
shitty days until this goes away.
360
00:24:24,965 --> 00:24:26,925
Will it, though? Go away?
361
00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:30,842
Wringing our hands
over one email from Cybil
362
00:24:30,846 --> 00:24:32,973
is like trying to put
a Band-Aid on cancer.
363
00:24:33,682 --> 00:24:36,097
And, Stella, by the way,
it was our fucking job to know
364
00:24:36,101 --> 00:24:38,808
that Chris and a hundred other people
were being lowballed
365
00:24:38,812 --> 00:24:40,189
in the name of budget cuts.
366
00:24:40,939 --> 00:24:42,604
And I'm the one who has to look at Julia
367
00:24:42,608 --> 00:24:44,189
and Layla and everybody else
368
00:24:44,193 --> 00:24:48,109
who's overworked, underappreciated,
underpaid on my watch.
369
00:24:48,113 --> 00:24:50,278
But yeah. No, don't look
over there, you know?
370
00:24:50,282 --> 00:24:51,780
Keep the show lean and mean.
371
00:24:51,784 --> 00:24:53,948
Do more with less. Get creative.
372
00:24:53,952 --> 00:24:55,283
Win the fucking ratings war.
373
00:24:55,287 --> 00:24:57,285
Sleep in your office,
if that's what it takes.
374
00:24:57,289 --> 00:24:59,029
'Cause that is what it takes
375
00:24:59,034 --> 00:25:00,924
to keep the lights on during a pandemic.
376
00:25:01,668 --> 00:25:03,875
To literally keep the lights on
during a hack.
377
00:25:03,879 --> 00:25:06,211
How fucked up is it, Stella,
378
00:25:06,215 --> 00:25:08,505
that I'm supposed to be
running the machine,
379
00:25:08,510 --> 00:25:10,220
and I am a goddamn cog?
380
00:25:11,428 --> 00:25:14,656
Maybe UBA is a plantation,
just with dental insurance.
381
00:25:16,750 --> 00:25:18,669
- Yeah, you're right.
- I know I'm right.
382
00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:22,018
But what does that say about me,
that I'm still here?
383
00:25:22,022 --> 00:25:26,360
We're getting out of here.
We're getting drunk tonight.
384
00:25:27,486 --> 00:25:31,152
- Stella, no. I don't have time.
- Do not make me pull rank.
385
00:25:31,156 --> 00:25:32,320
That's an order.
386
00:25:32,324 --> 00:25:33,571
We're getting out of here,
387
00:25:33,575 --> 00:25:36,741
and we're drinking until
we can't see straight.
388
00:25:36,745 --> 00:25:41,458
And I'm expensing all of it,
and we're inviting Chris.
389
00:25:43,460 --> 00:25:45,208
- Now tell me, what color is it?
- Red.
390
00:25:45,212 --> 00:25:48,211
Red. Good job, Naima.
391
00:25:48,215 --> 00:25:52,257
Here, here. There you g... Hey!
What color is this?
392
00:25:52,261 --> 00:25:56,682
- Orange.
- Orange! So amazing. Mmm.
393
00:25:57,558 --> 00:25:59,848
Wh... Oh, you know what's next, huh?
394
00:25:59,852 --> 00:26:01,891
You getting ahead of me, huh?
395
00:26:01,895 --> 00:26:05,061
Oh, wow. Look at this. Green.
396
00:26:05,065 --> 00:26:08,235
What's that? Hey! High-five, high-five.
397
00:26:10,095 --> 00:26:12,115
Okay, you're being ridiculous.
Get off the floor.
398
00:26:13,974 --> 00:26:15,654
"How has your week been, honey?"
399
00:26:15,659 --> 00:26:18,867
"Well, I had to read
a racist email about me,
400
00:26:18,871 --> 00:26:21,828
sent by someone I met exactly once.
401
00:26:21,832 --> 00:26:24,706
Then our CEO offered me ho money
402
00:26:24,710 --> 00:26:26,499
- to stay quiet.
- Stop.
403
00:26:26,503 --> 00:26:29,669
And some reporter asked me
what I was gonna do about all of this.
404
00:26:29,673 --> 00:26:31,393
And then my Black boss told me
405
00:26:31,398 --> 00:26:33,965
that I should keep calm and carry on".
406
00:26:33,969 --> 00:26:36,388
So you wanna quit?
407
00:26:38,307 --> 00:26:39,721
You know I don't quit anything.
408
00:26:39,725 --> 00:26:41,944
I mean, you've put in enough time.
409
00:26:42,644 --> 00:26:44,809
The Morning Show wasn't
supposed to be forever.
410
00:26:44,813 --> 00:26:47,024
Come here, come here.
411
00:26:48,108 --> 00:26:49,359
You know, we were fine.
412
00:26:49,860 --> 00:26:52,025
We had enough in endorsements
to tide us over,
413
00:26:52,029 --> 00:26:54,819
and I let you talk me into this job.
414
00:26:54,824 --> 00:26:56,654
Whoa, whoa, I didn't talk you into this.
415
00:26:56,658 --> 00:26:58,740
I told you I felt like
they were lowballing me,
416
00:26:58,744 --> 00:27:01,201
- and you said we shouldn't push it.
- No, no, no, no,
417
00:27:01,205 --> 00:27:02,619
I'm not gonna let you blame me for this
418
00:27:02,623 --> 00:27:04,412
because these white folks
have lost their minds.
419
00:27:04,416 --> 00:27:05,997
We should've taken them
for every dime they had.
420
00:27:06,001 --> 00:27:07,874
- And now we can.
- No.
421
00:27:07,878 --> 00:27:11,164
You sue once, you are forever
the woman who sues.
422
00:27:12,090 --> 00:27:13,338
Yeah?
423
00:27:19,848 --> 00:27:20,929
I'm sorry.
424
00:27:20,933 --> 00:27:23,060
- If that's a reporter...
- I'll handle it.
425
00:27:26,605 --> 00:27:28,186
It's Alex.
426
00:27:28,190 --> 00:27:30,484
Yeah, okay. Mommy will be right back.
427
00:27:32,152 --> 00:27:33,946
This better not take long.
428
00:27:37,074 --> 00:27:38,367
I'll take care of her, baby.
429
00:27:41,370 --> 00:27:42,579
- Alex.
- Hi.
430
00:27:43,121 --> 00:27:46,120
I'm sorry to drop by unannounced.
431
00:27:46,124 --> 00:27:47,413
I actually did try to announce,
432
00:27:47,417 --> 00:27:50,170
but you weren't picking up your phone
or answering your texts.
433
00:27:51,380 --> 00:27:53,048
- It's fine. Come in.
- Oh, great.
434
00:27:54,466 --> 00:27:55,467
Hey, Marcus.
435
00:27:55,968 --> 00:27:57,469
Hey, Alex. Good to see you.
436
00:28:14,194 --> 00:28:15,194
Mmm.
437
00:28:16,697 --> 00:28:19,533
Veal marsala, amazing.
438
00:28:20,242 --> 00:28:21,781
I do feel bad for the baby cows,
439
00:28:21,785 --> 00:28:23,741
spending their all-too-short lives
caged up,
440
00:28:23,745 --> 00:28:25,535
never knowing the hellscape
that awaits them.
441
00:28:25,539 --> 00:28:27,245
It tugs at the heartstrings, really,
442
00:28:27,249 --> 00:28:30,664
but here, the veal marsala...
443
00:28:30,669 --> 00:28:32,417
... it tests the limits of my sympathy.
444
00:28:32,421 --> 00:28:35,795
Let's cut the shit, Cory.
Why am I so far uptown?
445
00:28:35,799 --> 00:28:39,178
Leonard, you know there's a world
beyond the Upper East Side.
446
00:28:39,678 --> 00:28:42,969
Yes, which is why I live on
the Upper East Side.
447
00:28:44,099 --> 00:28:45,930
We needed a little privacy,
448
00:28:45,934 --> 00:28:49,559
away from prying eyes and
the hot takes of, uh, reporters.
449
00:28:49,563 --> 00:28:53,938
So, what's the board thinking
about, uh, Paul's offer,
450
00:28:53,942 --> 00:28:56,608
now that Cybil's email has been leaked?
451
00:28:56,612 --> 00:28:58,818
We're over the moon.
452
00:28:58,822 --> 00:29:02,989
I mean, racial scandals.
Great for business.
453
00:29:02,993 --> 00:29:04,077
Point taken.
454
00:29:05,245 --> 00:29:07,122
Let's dispense with pleasantries.
455
00:29:07,789 --> 00:29:10,705
I opposed your appointment as CEO.
456
00:29:10,709 --> 00:29:13,478
Since then, you've had some wins.
457
00:29:14,379 --> 00:29:19,000
But you thrive on chaos, and
I don't and neither does UBA.
458
00:29:19,005 --> 00:29:21,089
With that said, of course, I would, uh,
459
00:29:21,094 --> 00:29:25,349
support Mussolini if he brought me
a deal from Paul Marks.
460
00:29:26,016 --> 00:29:28,810
Never took you for a fascist, Leonard.
461
00:29:29,811 --> 00:29:32,773
But you don't have the votes yet.
462
00:29:33,315 --> 00:29:35,438
I can't publicly support you.
463
00:29:35,442 --> 00:29:38,070
Do you really think Cybil
is the best the board can do?
464
00:29:40,989 --> 00:29:43,784
Well, that non-answer
is all the answer I need.
465
00:29:44,409 --> 00:29:48,451
And if Cybil is gone,
someone will have to take over.
466
00:29:48,455 --> 00:29:51,496
Nature abhors a vacuum.
467
00:29:51,500 --> 00:29:53,790
I've sat on a lot of boards, Cory.
468
00:29:53,794 --> 00:29:56,334
And if the headache you'd give me
469
00:29:56,339 --> 00:29:59,434
is half the aneurysm you've given Cybil,
470
00:30:00,342 --> 00:30:01,552
then I'm not interested.
471
00:30:02,803 --> 00:30:05,222
Did you know my father was a binman?
472
00:30:06,139 --> 00:30:07,929
I'm sorry, a binman?
473
00:30:07,933 --> 00:30:09,556
Oh, whatever you call them here.
474
00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:13,101
Sanitary worker, rubbish collector.
475
00:30:13,105 --> 00:30:19,148
I watched him spend his entire
adult existence waist-deep
476
00:30:19,152 --> 00:30:22,026
in the putrid detritus
of other people's lives,
477
00:30:22,030 --> 00:30:24,485
and he did it without complaint
478
00:30:24,490 --> 00:30:27,990
so that I wouldn't have to be a binman.
479
00:30:27,995 --> 00:30:32,082
I have never been a binman.
I won't start now.
480
00:30:32,666 --> 00:30:36,211
So, Cory, either you
clean up your own mess,
481
00:30:37,379 --> 00:30:39,298
or you get the fuck out of the way.
482
00:30:45,846 --> 00:30:48,845
- Another round? Yeah!
- Hell yeah.
483
00:30:48,849 --> 00:30:51,347
Uh, your chest is blowing up.
484
00:30:51,351 --> 00:30:52,515
What?
485
00:30:52,519 --> 00:30:55,647
Your bra. Someone's calling your bra.
486
00:30:56,815 --> 00:31:00,607
- I bet it's Chris.
- Tell her to get her ass down here.
487
00:31:00,611 --> 00:31:02,442
It's Bradley.
488
00:31:02,446 --> 00:31:05,320
Oh, does she want her
white guilt assuaged?
489
00:31:05,324 --> 00:31:08,239
I know she means well, but
after Yanko's genealogy lesson...
490
00:31:08,243 --> 00:31:10,258
... I can't do another
491
00:31:10,263 --> 00:31:12,118
after-school special with the talent.
492
00:31:12,122 --> 00:31:14,412
Sorry, Bradley Jackson.
493
00:31:14,416 --> 00:31:16,915
Oh, Yanko.
494
00:31:18,128 --> 00:31:20,251
Remember when he punched
that guy in the street?
495
00:31:20,255 --> 00:31:21,628
Yes, I do.
496
00:31:21,632 --> 00:31:27,383
Okay, I know I'm not allowed
to say it because of toxic masculinity,
497
00:31:27,387 --> 00:31:29,306
but that was hot.
498
00:31:29,806 --> 00:31:31,058
It was kinda hot.
499
00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:34,432
Yanko can be problematic
500
00:31:34,436 --> 00:31:36,309
- and also hot.
- And also hot.
501
00:31:36,313 --> 00:31:37,852
- Did we say that out loud?
- Oh, no.
502
00:31:37,856 --> 00:31:39,775
Is my phone listening?
503
00:31:45,072 --> 00:31:46,194
I'm getting more drinks.
504
00:31:46,198 --> 00:31:48,242
Hi, can I... Yeah, thanks. Uh...
505
00:31:48,825 --> 00:31:49,825
Hey.
506
00:31:50,244 --> 00:31:52,412
Wait, is that... is that Kyle?
507
00:31:53,705 --> 00:31:54,931
Oh, God, it is.
508
00:31:57,700 --> 00:31:59,915
I'm gonna go talk to him
and find out what Cory's up to.
509
00:31:59,920 --> 00:32:01,046
- No! You can't...
- Yes.
510
00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:07,382
- Kyle? Oh, my God.
- Stella?
511
00:32:07,386 --> 00:32:09,175
- Come on. Bring it in.
- Hi. Hi.
512
00:32:09,179 --> 00:32:10,552
- Hi, uh...
- What's up?
513
00:32:10,556 --> 00:32:12,474
- This is crazy.
- Yeah.
514
00:32:13,225 --> 00:32:14,889
Cory's meeting with the board right now.
515
00:32:14,893 --> 00:32:17,100
He doesn't give a shit
about reforming UBA.
516
00:32:17,104 --> 00:32:20,691
He's at war with Cybil, and we...
We're just pawns.
517
00:32:22,617 --> 00:32:25,858
- What?
- I am a pawn. You're in the game.
518
00:32:25,863 --> 00:32:28,111
What? What is that supposed to mean?
519
00:32:28,115 --> 00:32:30,154
Cybil is your girl, right?
520
00:32:30,158 --> 00:32:32,115
Or, I don't know...
521
00:32:32,119 --> 00:32:33,533
Wait, what?
522
00:32:33,537 --> 00:32:35,827
You think that I'm
protecting her, that I'm...
523
00:32:35,831 --> 00:32:37,287
that I'm complicit in this?
524
00:32:37,291 --> 00:32:40,169
Stella, I'm confused, why
are you taking her side?
525
00:32:41,003 --> 00:32:44,043
It's like you're attaching yourself
to power wherever it is.
526
00:32:44,047 --> 00:32:45,382
That's not my style.
527
00:32:46,133 --> 00:32:47,589
Cybil may have issues,
528
00:32:47,593 --> 00:32:52,552
but at least she's not trying to sell us
to Paul Marks like Cory is.
529
00:32:52,556 --> 00:32:54,386
Well, Paul may be another overlord,
530
00:32:54,391 --> 00:32:56,276
but at least he's writing checks.
531
00:32:57,127 --> 00:33:00,497
Aren't you tired of everybody
in the C-suite crying poor?
532
00:33:06,945 --> 00:33:07,946
What?
533
00:33:08,738 --> 00:33:09,902
What aren't you saying?
534
00:33:09,907 --> 00:33:13,660
Paul and I, we used to work together.
535
00:33:14,411 --> 00:33:16,951
We have a history,
and it's not a good one.
536
00:33:16,955 --> 00:33:19,162
- Did he... Did he do something...
- No, no...
537
00:33:19,166 --> 00:33:21,418
... it's nothing like that.
He's too smart.
538
00:33:22,002 --> 00:33:23,795
If there's one thing about Paul...
539
00:33:27,341 --> 00:33:28,341
he's ruthless.
540
00:33:30,344 --> 00:33:32,304
- Did you tell Cory?
- He doesn't care.
541
00:33:33,472 --> 00:33:35,512
And who can you trust in that building?
542
00:33:35,516 --> 00:33:37,347
The only way UBA can sell trust
543
00:33:37,351 --> 00:33:41,104
is by putting it in all caps under
Alex Levy's face on a billboard.
544
00:33:45,442 --> 00:33:47,486
Oh. You came.
545
00:33:48,637 --> 00:33:50,468
Looks like I missed a fun night.
546
00:33:50,473 --> 00:33:53,737
- Hey.
- Hey, Chris, how are you holding up?
547
00:33:53,742 --> 00:33:56,449
Yeah, I look like I'm in
the witness protection program, so...
548
00:33:56,453 --> 00:33:57,951
Do you want to duck
into someplace quiet?
549
00:33:57,955 --> 00:33:59,873
- I mean, there's a...
- I'm done with quiet.
550
00:34:00,916 --> 00:34:03,652
I want to interview Cybil on TMS.
551
00:34:06,697 --> 00:34:08,966
- Really?
- Alex and I talked about it,
552
00:34:10,132 --> 00:34:11,334
and it should be me.
553
00:34:14,888 --> 00:34:15,889
Okay.
554
00:34:17,014 --> 00:34:18,861
- Only do this if you are sure.
- Yeah.
555
00:34:18,865 --> 00:34:20,681
You don't have anything to prove here.
556
00:34:20,686 --> 00:34:21,724
I know.
557
00:34:21,728 --> 00:34:23,848
And trust me, the last thing I wanna do
558
00:34:23,853 --> 00:34:26,723
is talk to Cybil, but I'm gonna do it.
559
00:34:28,068 --> 00:34:30,983
Hey, imagine the ratings.
560
00:34:30,987 --> 00:34:33,193
The ratings, yes.
561
00:34:33,197 --> 00:34:35,238
Absolutely not. She's not doing it.
562
00:34:35,242 --> 00:34:38,741
Alex Unfiltered is one thing,
but nobody is tuning into
563
00:34:38,745 --> 00:34:41,202
The Morning Show's version
of Obama's "Beer Summit".
564
00:34:41,206 --> 00:34:44,204
If he couldn't make it work,
we sure as hell can't.
565
00:34:44,208 --> 00:34:48,338
I love the Hail Mary, but no.
566
00:34:48,839 --> 00:34:52,463
I love Hail Marys too.
I especially love a Hail Mary
567
00:34:52,467 --> 00:34:55,273
where a network's CEO leaks
an embarrassing email
568
00:34:55,278 --> 00:34:58,510
to knock out his board chair
and, you know,
569
00:34:58,515 --> 00:35:01,095
casually weaponizes 400 years of racism
570
00:35:01,100 --> 00:35:02,885
to close a deal with a billionaire.
571
00:35:24,666 --> 00:35:26,873
That's quite the accusation, Stella.
572
00:35:26,877 --> 00:35:28,583
Before you tell me I'm wrong,
573
00:35:28,587 --> 00:35:30,923
just know that your left eye
twitches when you're lying.
574
00:35:34,134 --> 00:35:36,720
You let this get away from you, Cory.
575
00:35:40,179 --> 00:35:42,679
No, no, no. Nope, I can't do it.
576
00:35:42,684 --> 00:35:45,391
I cannot go on The Morning Show.
577
00:35:45,395 --> 00:35:47,560
Cybil, you have to do this.
578
00:35:47,564 --> 00:35:51,773
It's what Chris wants, and she
deserves to have her say too.
579
00:35:51,777 --> 00:35:54,147
It's time for you to stop behaving
580
00:35:54,152 --> 00:35:56,610
like some fragile white woman.
581
00:35:56,615 --> 00:35:58,075
I'm fragile?
582
00:35:58,784 --> 00:36:00,761
Could you have survived the '70s?
583
00:36:02,746 --> 00:36:05,582
We are aware that you're formidable.
584
00:36:11,630 --> 00:36:18,220
I keep running it back in my mind
over and over and over.
585
00:36:20,222 --> 00:36:21,761
I can't believe I wrote that.
586
00:36:21,765 --> 00:36:22,850
Mm-hmm.
587
00:36:23,559 --> 00:36:28,772
I... I would never undermine
another woman at work.
588
00:36:31,024 --> 00:36:33,356
- Why would I do that?
- I don't know.
589
00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:36,693
And I think you're just gonna have
to answer that on TMS.
590
00:36:36,697 --> 00:36:39,533
Why? They've... They've
decided who I am.
591
00:36:40,117 --> 00:36:43,116
And you watch, after-after I'm gone,
592
00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:46,623
- they'll all pretend that...
- ... solved the problem.
593
00:36:47,583 --> 00:36:50,456
And they'll still just cross
to the other side of the street
594
00:36:50,460 --> 00:36:52,004
if they see a person of color.
595
00:36:53,088 --> 00:36:56,466
I would... I would not
say that part on air.
596
00:36:56,967 --> 00:36:58,051
Oh, God.
597
00:36:59,344 --> 00:37:01,138
I made a joke.
598
00:37:03,891 --> 00:37:05,263
A tasteless joke.
599
00:37:05,267 --> 00:37:09,434
And now that joke is my legacy?
600
00:37:09,438 --> 00:37:11,356
My family's legacy?
601
00:37:12,232 --> 00:37:17,400
Eighty years of all that we built
is just wiped out by a...
602
00:37:17,404 --> 00:37:19,694
by a thoughtless email?
603
00:37:19,698 --> 00:37:22,739
Cybil, it's so much more than one email.
604
00:37:22,743 --> 00:37:25,028
You paid a Black woman
605
00:37:25,033 --> 00:37:28,703
less than a white woman
for the exact same job.
606
00:37:28,707 --> 00:37:30,537
And I understand that you don't think
607
00:37:30,542 --> 00:37:33,041
that this is reflective of who you are,
608
00:37:33,045 --> 00:37:37,716
but this is your chance to own it,
and you're gonna redefine it.
609
00:37:40,594 --> 00:37:43,718
Still to come, we'll follow up
with Marge and Kathy,
610
00:37:43,722 --> 00:37:47,347
identical twins reunited
after a chance run-in
611
00:37:47,351 --> 00:37:49,599
at the Cider Days pie eating contest.
612
00:37:49,603 --> 00:37:51,518
Can you imagine that?
You're just sampling
613
00:37:51,522 --> 00:37:53,228
a slice of strawberry rhubarb and then,
614
00:37:53,232 --> 00:37:54,646
- wham, your twin.
- I know.
615
00:37:54,650 --> 00:37:56,940
It's competitive eating,
it's full of surprises.
616
00:37:56,944 --> 00:37:58,399
Up next,
617
00:37:58,403 --> 00:38:01,110
a conversation about race
in corporate America
618
00:38:01,114 --> 00:38:03,655
with UBA Board Chair, Cybil Reynolds,
619
00:38:03,659 --> 00:38:05,779
and our very own Chris Hunter.
620
00:38:05,784 --> 00:38:07,878
We'll be right back after this break.
621
00:38:08,580 --> 00:38:09,869
And we're clear.
622
00:38:09,873 --> 00:38:11,621
- Oh, my God. Fucking tough pivot.
- God.
623
00:38:11,625 --> 00:38:13,373
- No shit.
- Holy... Jesus Christ.
624
00:38:13,377 --> 00:38:15,667
And Chris has... Chris has got
a lot of guts, taking this on.
625
00:38:15,671 --> 00:38:17,330
Yeah, she does. She sure does.
626
00:38:18,090 --> 00:38:19,796
Okay. We're three minutes out.
627
00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:22,715
You're gonna stay on point.
Remember to breathe, right?
628
00:38:22,719 --> 00:38:25,218
Remember, it's a four-minute segment,
629
00:38:25,222 --> 00:38:27,387
- and they might go just a little longer.
- Mm-hmm.
630
00:38:27,391 --> 00:38:30,473
Well, the great thing about a live
broadcast they have to cut away
631
00:38:30,477 --> 00:38:32,517
- to commercial at some point, so...
- Gotta pay those bills.
632
00:38:32,521 --> 00:38:33,560
It'll be all right.
633
00:38:33,564 --> 00:38:35,770
Just wanna do a touch-up
before you head out there.
634
00:38:35,774 --> 00:38:37,480
Those lights can be harsh.
635
00:38:37,484 --> 00:38:39,691
I was thinking we'll do a quick contour
right at the cheekbone.
636
00:38:39,695 --> 00:38:42,402
- Mm-hmm. Thank you.
- A little color. Don't wanna wash you out.
637
00:38:42,406 --> 00:38:45,029
And listen, you control the answers.
638
00:38:45,033 --> 00:38:46,573
She does not control the answers.
639
00:38:55,152 --> 00:38:58,030
One...
640
00:38:59,047 --> 00:39:01,091
two...
641
00:39:03,802 --> 00:39:05,258
... three.
642
00:39:07,055 --> 00:39:10,225
- Hey. Hello, babe.
- Mmm.
643
00:39:10,976 --> 00:39:12,352
This is not a race.
644
00:39:16,481 --> 00:39:17,482
You're gonna be great.
645
00:39:19,067 --> 00:39:20,319
You were born great.
646
00:39:21,069 --> 00:39:22,571
What if I embarrass myself?
647
00:39:24,781 --> 00:39:26,821
What if I do this and all anyone sees
648
00:39:26,825 --> 00:39:29,405
is an angry Black woman beating up
649
00:39:29,410 --> 00:39:31,491
on a defenseless little white lady...
650
00:39:31,496 --> 00:39:33,077
- That's not gonna happen.
- ... and...
651
00:39:33,081 --> 00:39:36,168
You got Mia in your ear
and me right offside.
652
00:39:41,423 --> 00:39:42,841
Mmm.
653
00:39:46,678 --> 00:39:47,763
Mmm.
654
00:40:03,278 --> 00:40:04,279
Come on, girl.
655
00:41:01,427 --> 00:41:03,209
- Oh, dear, would you hold this?
- Yep.
656
00:41:03,213 --> 00:41:05,674
- Ms. Reynolds, come with me please.
- Thank you.
657
00:41:17,060 --> 00:41:19,140
- Okay, watch your step.
- Thank you.
658
00:41:26,445 --> 00:41:27,738
God Almighty.
659
00:41:28,238 --> 00:41:30,403
Let's make sure we don't have
any audible delay.
660
00:41:30,407 --> 00:41:32,238
Copy that. No delay.
661
00:41:32,242 --> 00:41:34,115
Good to go for audio. No delay.
662
00:41:34,119 --> 00:41:36,955
Check. Okay, everyone,
let's keep this tight.
663
00:41:37,873 --> 00:41:40,626
Jim, I want you to stay closer.
664
00:41:55,557 --> 00:41:56,642
You got this, Chris.
665
00:41:58,352 --> 00:42:02,105
And in five, four, three...
666
00:42:05,275 --> 00:42:06,275
Welcome back.
667
00:42:06,693 --> 00:42:09,734
A few days ago, a racially
insensitive email surfaced
668
00:42:09,738 --> 00:42:11,907
from UBA board president,
Cybil Reynolds.
669
00:42:12,727 --> 00:42:15,697
The email contained comments about me.
670
00:42:15,702 --> 00:42:18,325
I haven't spoken out
in public until now.
671
00:42:18,330 --> 00:42:19,990
And here to join me as I do so is
672
00:42:19,995 --> 00:42:21,996
the woman who wrote those comments.
673
00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:24,916
UBA board president, Cybil Reynolds,
thank you for being here.
674
00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:26,213
Thank you for having me on.
675
00:42:26,839 --> 00:42:30,755
Now I know there was some furor,
well deserved,
676
00:42:30,759 --> 00:42:34,384
over the statement that UBA
issued some days ago.
677
00:42:34,388 --> 00:42:39,013
Um, it was inadequate,
to say the very least.
678
00:42:39,018 --> 00:42:42,098
The mistake was mine and mine alone,
679
00:42:42,103 --> 00:42:44,524
and I'm here to apologize in person.
680
00:42:45,691 --> 00:42:50,112
Chris, I'm... I am deeply
sorry for what I said.
681
00:42:50,696 --> 00:42:53,444
Even in the heat of
a contentious hiring decision,
682
00:42:53,448 --> 00:42:56,781
nothing can excuse what I said.
683
00:42:56,785 --> 00:42:58,745
You mean calling me Aunt Jemima?
684
00:42:59,872 --> 00:43:02,245
I didn't exactly call you Aunt...
685
00:43:02,249 --> 00:43:04,334
Um, I-I wanna set the record straight.
686
00:43:05,041 --> 00:43:07,576
Uh, you know that Aunt
Jemima was on boxes
687
00:43:07,581 --> 00:43:09,836
of pancake mix and not cereal, right?
688
00:43:09,840 --> 00:43:12,005
I guess I know that now.
689
00:43:12,009 --> 00:43:16,384
But this is about more than
just an offhand comment.
690
00:43:16,388 --> 00:43:20,388
The irony of your joke is that
the Pearl Milling Company
691
00:43:20,392 --> 00:43:24,392
used the image and likeness of
a Black woman to sell a brand,
692
00:43:24,396 --> 00:43:26,811
I'm sure, with no profit participation.
693
00:43:26,815 --> 00:43:30,773
My question is what brand am I
helping UBA to sell, in your eyes?
694
00:43:30,777 --> 00:43:35,528
Look, words matter. Actions matter more.
695
00:43:35,532 --> 00:43:38,112
And UBA has been sorely inactive
696
00:43:38,117 --> 00:43:40,337
when it comes to equity and inclusion.
697
00:43:40,829 --> 00:43:44,579
Now, the board isn't involved
with day-to-day operations.
698
00:43:44,583 --> 00:43:48,103
We leave that to the capable
leadership of our CEO.
699
00:43:49,338 --> 00:43:55,465
But when that leadership falters,
I have a duty to step in.
700
00:43:55,469 --> 00:43:58,055
Don't you fucking dare.
701
00:43:59,122 --> 00:44:00,427
She firing shots at Cory?
702
00:44:00,432 --> 00:44:01,934
Oh, he deserves them.
703
00:44:02,334 --> 00:44:04,083
I'm not sure you're
answering my question.
704
00:44:04,087 --> 00:44:05,100
Oh.
705
00:44:05,104 --> 00:44:06,976
But let's talk about stepping in.
706
00:44:06,980 --> 00:44:08,111
What would that look like?
707
00:44:08,116 --> 00:44:09,435
Do you even think it's possible
708
00:44:09,440 --> 00:44:11,610
to win back the trust
of UBA's employees?
709
00:44:12,110 --> 00:44:15,030
You know something? I do.
710
00:44:16,198 --> 00:44:17,403
I do think it's possible.
711
00:44:17,407 --> 00:44:22,200
And it'll start with a dialogue
between UBA employees and the board.
712
00:44:22,204 --> 00:44:25,578
From now on...
... you all will have a voice
713
00:44:25,582 --> 00:44:28,163
at every single board meeting.
714
00:44:28,168 --> 00:44:30,166
Now is the time for transparency.
715
00:44:30,170 --> 00:44:31,672
That's great to hear, truly.
716
00:44:32,840 --> 00:44:35,551
In the interest of transparency,
717
00:44:36,385 --> 00:44:41,261
was I hired for a permanent
anchor position because I am Black?
718
00:44:43,684 --> 00:44:45,390
Obviously not. No.
719
00:44:45,394 --> 00:44:47,100
But you see my confusion, right?
720
00:44:47,104 --> 00:44:51,437
Because you used a clumsy
racist comment...
721
00:44:51,441 --> 00:44:53,565
... to complain about my hiring.
722
00:44:53,569 --> 00:44:56,280
Did you think I wasn't
qualified, was that it?
723
00:44:57,614 --> 00:45:00,613
Well... now in point of fact,
at that time,
724
00:45:00,617 --> 00:45:02,824
I did not believe you were qualified.
725
00:45:02,828 --> 00:45:05,034
Uh... let me rephrase.
726
00:45:05,038 --> 00:45:06,550
You were untested.
727
00:45:06,555 --> 00:45:08,161
Well, that's not exactly true.
728
00:45:08,166 --> 00:45:11,291
Were you aware that I was cue tested...
729
00:45:11,295 --> 00:45:15,307
... more than any other person who
has ever anchored this show?
730
00:45:16,091 --> 00:45:18,423
That I had to have eight different
approval meetings
731
00:45:18,427 --> 00:45:21,634
in addition to the strategy
discussions about my hair?
732
00:45:21,638 --> 00:45:23,011
I was unaware.
733
00:45:23,015 --> 00:45:25,346
And I still found time to, uh,
734
00:45:25,350 --> 00:45:28,430
spend weekends with four former anchors,
735
00:45:28,435 --> 00:45:30,810
developing my on-air skills.
736
00:45:30,814 --> 00:45:32,478
Well, now that-that is impressive.
737
00:45:32,482 --> 00:45:33,813
That's very admirable.
738
00:45:33,817 --> 00:45:36,274
That aside, I don't understand
why you used
739
00:45:36,278 --> 00:45:38,568
a racialized image when discussing me.
740
00:45:39,740 --> 00:45:41,216
Is that how you see me?
741
00:45:42,284 --> 00:45:45,329
Is that how you see us?
742
00:45:56,590 --> 00:46:02,091
Would you want your entire career
reduced to one unthinking,
743
00:46:02,095 --> 00:46:04,427
bone-headed thing you said in an email?
744
00:46:04,431 --> 00:46:07,096
Haven't you ever said anything...
745
00:46:07,100 --> 00:46:10,517
... that later you came to regret
when speaking casually?
746
00:46:10,521 --> 00:46:13,186
You're in a leadership
position at this network.
747
00:46:13,190 --> 00:46:14,733
And on your watch,
748
00:46:15,175 --> 00:46:20,180
you let employees of color
be systematically devalued.
749
00:46:21,532 --> 00:46:23,283
Is that something to be casual about?
750
00:46:23,867 --> 00:46:25,615
Donny, tell the camera
to push in on Cybil,
751
00:46:25,619 --> 00:46:28,368
- and keep pushing until I see her pores.
- We're supposed to break.
752
00:46:28,372 --> 00:46:30,411
- You want me to cut...
- No. No.
753
00:46:30,415 --> 00:46:33,498
Okay. Camera two, push in. Closer.
754
00:46:33,502 --> 00:46:34,586
No.
755
00:46:36,255 --> 00:46:38,711
I was careless, and
there isn't any excuse.
756
00:46:38,715 --> 00:46:41,297
But you-you have to understand.
757
00:46:41,301 --> 00:46:44,888
We don't just give this
opportunity to anyone.
758
00:46:45,514 --> 00:46:49,931
Anyone who sits in that chair
has to be grateful...
759
00:46:49,935 --> 00:46:51,019
I sh...
760
00:46:51,603 --> 00:46:52,646
There it is.
761
00:46:53,671 --> 00:46:54,768
I should be grateful?
762
00:46:54,773 --> 00:46:58,585
Well, that-that your job
is so very hard to get.
763
00:47:02,739 --> 00:47:06,781
I want to say, as for
UBA as an institution,
764
00:47:06,785 --> 00:47:08,700
going forward, I think we've...
765
00:47:08,704 --> 00:47:11,324
We should move on from this climate
766
00:47:11,329 --> 00:47:13,788
where racial divisions are exploited.
767
00:47:13,792 --> 00:47:15,961
But that's every climate though,
wouldn't you say?
768
00:47:19,131 --> 00:47:20,382
Um...
769
00:47:20,966 --> 00:47:22,301
Shit.
770
00:47:24,803 --> 00:47:29,220
But yes, we will move on
from institutional racism
771
00:47:29,224 --> 00:47:30,517
right after this break.
772
00:47:31,476 --> 00:47:32,477
Keep it here.
773
00:47:33,270 --> 00:47:35,898
And we're out. Wow.
774
00:47:39,526 --> 00:47:40,777
Is that, um...
775
00:47:44,781 --> 00:47:46,575
Right. Of course, of course.
776
00:47:52,915 --> 00:47:54,541
- Ready?
- Thank you.
777
00:47:58,086 --> 00:48:00,797
Oh, my God.
778
00:48:01,590 --> 00:48:04,092
Let's go.
779
00:48:05,010 --> 00:48:08,722
That was a crash and burn.
780
00:48:10,349 --> 00:48:11,387
Mia, it's Cory.
781
00:48:11,391 --> 00:48:14,353
- What? Seriously?
- I'll take it. It's fine.
782
00:48:17,022 --> 00:48:18,144
What can I do for you, Cory?
783
00:48:18,148 --> 00:48:21,731
Well, I just wanna say congrats
on that great segment.
784
00:48:21,735 --> 00:48:25,068
And by the way, we'll eat
the cost of delaying that break.
785
00:48:25,072 --> 00:48:27,153
I'll make it up to the advertisers
at upfronts.
786
00:48:27,157 --> 00:48:28,321
Yeah, I have no doubt.
787
00:48:28,325 --> 00:48:30,702
Just let me know when
those ratings numbers come in.
788
00:48:33,830 --> 00:48:35,370
Layla,
789
00:48:35,374 --> 00:48:38,335
aren't you gonna congratulate
Chris on a great segment?
790
00:48:39,086 --> 00:48:40,333
Me? Why?
791
00:48:40,337 --> 00:48:43,503
That's what anchor producers do.
Now get going.
792
00:48:43,507 --> 00:48:45,055
You're not serious.
793
00:48:45,060 --> 00:48:46,144
It's long overdue.
794
00:48:47,386 --> 00:48:48,387
Go.
795
00:48:49,096 --> 00:48:51,803
You got it. Congratulations.
796
00:48:55,602 --> 00:48:56,724
Folks,
797
00:48:56,728 --> 00:48:58,598
there are train wrecks and then there's
798
00:48:58,603 --> 00:49:01,186
whatever that was on The Morning Show.
799
00:49:01,191 --> 00:49:04,903
Cybil Reynolds didn't just step
in it, she danced a foxtrot.
800
00:49:05,904 --> 00:49:10,572
Uh, with that, I call our vote
of no confidence to order.
801
00:49:10,576 --> 00:49:13,820
All those in favor,
please raise your hand.
802
00:49:42,149 --> 00:49:45,048
Kyle, get me Paul Marks now.
803
00:49:45,053 --> 00:49:46,816
And I don't care if he's
back on that rocket,
804
00:49:46,820 --> 00:49:49,944
and I don't care if that rocket
has reached Jupiter.
805
00:49:49,948 --> 00:49:51,946
You will charter me
transport to Jupiter.
806
00:49:51,950 --> 00:49:54,684
You'll get me... an UberComet,
807
00:49:54,689 --> 00:49:56,006
whatever the hell that is.
808
00:49:56,011 --> 00:49:58,317
My friends in the assistant mafia
say he's in SoHo.
809
00:49:58,322 --> 00:49:59,953
Oh, well, that's closer.
810
00:49:59,958 --> 00:50:01,502
Yeah, I'll get the driver.
811
00:50:10,427 --> 00:50:12,221
Hey, thank you so much for coming.
812
00:50:13,138 --> 00:50:14,389
Well, enjoy your evening.
813
00:50:15,432 --> 00:50:17,639
- Cory.
- Amanda.
814
00:50:17,643 --> 00:50:19,390
You got some pep in your step.
815
00:50:19,394 --> 00:50:22,101
Recharged after sleeping
in your coffin all day?
816
00:50:22,105 --> 00:50:25,438
You and your power
suit never disappoint.
817
00:50:25,442 --> 00:50:27,649
Uh, this event is private.
818
00:50:27,653 --> 00:50:30,483
While I'm intrigued by your new, um,
819
00:50:30,488 --> 00:50:33,371
bouncer cosplay,
but Paul's expecting me.
820
00:50:33,376 --> 00:50:35,499
If he were expecting you,
I'd know about it.
821
00:50:35,504 --> 00:50:38,279
I know that you're paid
to be Paul's guard dog,
822
00:50:39,584 --> 00:50:41,444
but don't toy with me, Amanda.
823
00:50:42,334 --> 00:50:44,253
I'm not a fidget spinner.
824
00:50:45,921 --> 00:50:48,257
- Cory.
- Nice to see you, Paul.
825
00:50:49,591 --> 00:50:51,381
Do we have something on the books?
826
00:50:51,385 --> 00:50:52,966
- No.
- Cybil's out.
827
00:50:52,970 --> 00:50:55,844
We got the votes. Path is clear.
828
00:50:55,848 --> 00:50:58,350
- Hmm.
- I'll take it from here.
829
00:50:59,142 --> 00:51:00,143
Copy.
830
00:51:01,668 --> 00:51:03,491
Uh, look, Cory, I appreciate
you coming by,
831
00:51:03,496 --> 00:51:05,811
but does this-this deal
have to be this hard?
832
00:51:05,816 --> 00:51:06,984
Oh.
833
00:51:07,734 --> 00:51:10,806
Are you telling me you got to
where you are by doing easy deals?
834
00:51:10,811 --> 00:51:13,902
I wanted to buy a legacy media company.
835
00:51:13,907 --> 00:51:16,237
Legacy media means brand safety.
836
00:51:16,242 --> 00:51:19,065
UBA is no longer safe. It's a shit show.
837
00:51:19,070 --> 00:51:21,743
UBA is number one again, Paul.
838
00:51:21,748 --> 00:51:25,210
Yeah, well, any car crash is
gonna gather a lot of eyeballs.
839
00:51:25,694 --> 00:51:28,363
But here's the thing about
car crashes. They're fuck ups.
840
00:51:29,298 --> 00:51:31,004
They're mistakes. They're accidents.
841
00:51:31,008 --> 00:51:34,299
And I know you look at your
fuck ups as opportunities,
842
00:51:34,303 --> 00:51:35,383
but I got an idea for you.
843
00:51:35,387 --> 00:51:37,848
Maybe you don't fuck up
in the first place.
844
00:51:38,515 --> 00:51:39,971
Where else are you gonna go?
845
00:51:39,975 --> 00:51:42,432
NBN, is that who you're
meeting with in there?
846
00:51:42,436 --> 00:51:46,815
I have options. UBA,
no longer one of them.
847
00:51:47,941 --> 00:51:49,401
Thanks for coming by.
848
00:52:35,500 --> 00:52:43,000
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