Newsroom Recap: Will Goes to Therapy

The Newsroom

By vallegirl | Wednesday, August 1, 2012 | 8:18 am | 6 Comments
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Posted in: Recaps, The Newsroom

Charlie plays his trump card that this will somehow help Daisuke save his honor (That word doesn’t mean what you think it means, Sorkin.) and by the way, the Japanese are about to announce that the radiation level is being raised to a 7. Even a bulb as dim as Mackenzie can smell the bullshit they’re forcing on Sloan. Charlie admits it’s not the best idea, but hey, he’ll start calling Sloan by her name again. For some completely inexplicable reason Sloan is still deferring to Will’s judgment and he says that if she goes on air and lies he’ll stand with her because he has integrity. Yeah, I don’t think so.

But Dr. Habib blows smoke up Will’s ass that it was a “harmless lie” so Will can get self-righteous about being the news and knowing they willfully misled the public, not to mention Media Matters would skewer it before Elliot’s show was over. With his ego stroked Will finally stops acting like a dick so Dr. Habib can be one. He figured out Will’s insomnia was likely due to eating bacon right before bed. But as a reward he’s giving Will a mild prescription for Ambien and tells him he’s such a noble and important man that he needs to keep seeing a therapist because the nation needs him. Or some bullshit like that.

Then there’s a big mish mash speech recapping the episode and landing back on that stupid ring that Will still says was a prank (DICK) but lest we think he was actually dickish, he keeps the ring an tears up the receipt. Blerg. But Dr. Habib wants him to come back because he’s David Krumholtz and makes more than scale plus ten.

Oh, and then this happens:

It was in the script…and on screen. Just what kind of dog and pony show is this? Half the time it feels like it was written by a 14-year-old, they don’t even try to hide who and where they’re stealing from and now they can’t even get the name of a character right in the closing credits? With that kind of quality control, no wonder they assume no one will out Sloan’s ridiculous lie. This almost explains al the casual sexism and bigotry.

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Vallegirl has never actually lived in a valley, has a lot of time on her hands and likes to yell at kids about how things were in her day.  Currently in LA, she's also spent a lot of time in the great states of  New York and Florida so she's not crazy, it's just a cultural thing.

6 Comments

  1. 1
    Jaycee
    Posted August 1, 2012 at 9:32 am

    “Oh, he’s a personal friend of Sloan’s, continuing their streak of never researching a story when someone can conveniently have a deus ex machina personal relationship who’ll lay the entire story out for them.”

    Kind of like how the Scooby gang always happens upon a mystery after being invited to visit their friend’s cousin’s mother’s cat’s friend or whatever. And if the cast of this show were the Scooby gang, Will would be Daphne.

  2. 2
    WaffleBoy
    Posted August 1, 2012 at 3:32 pm

    And the President went on to assure everyone that not only would Joe end the drought, but he would fix all their other problems too, or the President would personally kick Joe’s smart balls all the way to the roof of his smart mouth and throw his smart ass back in jail.
    Sigh, that’s one of my all time favorite comedies.
    Anyway, the recap is great and you’re doing God’s work watching this show every week, thanks!

    “I thought his head would be bigger.” Okay that’s enough. Thanks!

  3. 3
    newsroomFan
    Posted August 1, 2012 at 4:23 pm

    It would be nice to have someone that actually likes the show recap it, instead of someone who uses this as an opportunity to insult Sorkin every chance they get. Lighten up!

  4. 4
    ChaCha
    Posted August 1, 2012 at 7:59 pm

    Maybe they did try to find someone who liked the show to recap it, but no one liked it. At least Vallegirl makes hating this drivel of a show fun.

  5. 5
    ellemck1
    Posted August 2, 2012 at 11:58 am

    I keep watching, hoping that I’ll like the show, but so far I just keep getting annoyed by it. And I loved the West Wing. I don’t know if it’ll work out; but I’ll give it till the end of this season. However, the recaps are awesome.

  6. 6
    CholoIndeed
    Posted August 8, 2012 at 10:19 am

    Hey newsroomFan! I’m just commenting to show solidarity because I love this show, too! As much as I love TVGasm recaps, I can’t finish any of the Newsroom ones because there is just so much that I disagree with the recapper on that it becomes very difficult to enjoy it. No problem, I just don’t read them. But I just wanted you to know that you’re not alone.

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