The fight for economic survival is the guiding thread of much of the plot of The Morning Show, with the broadcaster UBA facing cuts, a drop in audience and advertising, a reality for many journalism and entertainment professionals in recent years. As CEO, Cory (Billy Crudup) was committed to the sale, but now he has to raise money to close the year so he depends on his entire team.

No one really understands the scale of the problem, even though he warns that to talk about equal pay, you have to guarantee a salary. Since no one trusts him, there is nothing more than a shallow compromise. Anchors circulating among clients at closed events, etc. Stella (Greta Lee), always practical and effective, secures a million-dollar deal from important advertisers but has to submit to machismo and abuse in the market, with men humiliating women, and she, in a way, participating. When she discovers that the effort is futile – there is a twist that I have already mentioned – she despairs. Her arc will be interesting to follow. Stella has been more involved with the team and has more empathy than Cory and although she is relentless as an executive, she is feeling the game more.

Strangely, Bradley (Reese Witherspoon) has been out of touch until now. Apparently, everyone thinks she’s a mess, they sort of tolerate her, but she’s not present in anyone’s life in particular. The secret of her relationship with Cory hasn’t come to light yet, but the two kind of walk on eggshells when they’re together, it won’t take long for someone to understand what’s going on. It will be the worst of dangers for him, losing everything due to an inappropriate relationship with an employee and a talent that he helped to grow within the company. It will come back to haunt you.

Cory has so many problems I’m almost sorry. For three seasons he has been seen as opportunistic, calculating, and ambitious. But his arch enemy, Fred Micklen, reappears to warn him that he has been asked to consult on the loan Cory has just secured, which means if he moves forward he would have to work for Fred again, creating a personal relationship nightmare. public. Who saves the day? Alex Levy (Jennifer Aniston).

At the UBA Upfront, a little earlier, Alex questions Cory why his program isn’t in the sales trailer and discovers that for financial reasons it might not even be possible to show it. She hadn’t noticed that the sale of the station to Paul Marks (Jon Hamm) had gone wrong and Cory comments that partly the fact that Alex despised the billionaire didn’t help. Guilty, or interested in ensuring her future is a little uncertain, Alex decides to approach Paul personally. In an unlikely, TV-only twist, the world’s richest man and America’s best-known news anchor spend an idyllic afternoon at the Coney Island amusement park, talking about their past and other personal secrets. There is an obvious climate between them and when Paul witnesses the harassment that the journalist is already accustomed to – a disgruntled man accuses her of having caused Mitch’s death – something changes. He was already interested and now, as we know, he’s willing to go with her to the Hamptons to talk to Cory. How the chairs change in such a short time!

And it’s worth mentioning our fluent Russian speaker, Mia (Karen Pittman), who puts her boyfriend and war photographer, André Ford (Clive Standen) at risk because she listens to Stella in the fight for the audience. Vikings fans recognized Rollo, and it’s so good to see him again that we hope he escaped the suicide mission with his life. I suspect Stella and Mia will be on a collision course before long.

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