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Season 2  "Boardroom Bitch"  2x1

Aired 7 years ago - Sep 28, 2017

"The Breakdown" gets a new boss, Diana St. Tropez, a tough business lady with big plans to bring their outdated news program into the 21st century. Katie is thrilled since this is exactly the kind of strong, professional female role model she hoped for, but Carol is immediately wary of this new influence in Katie's life. Meanwhile, Chuck has trouble adapting to Diana's idea for a new panel segment of screaming pundits.

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Oh, that's not an option.
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The landscape of cable news has changed.
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I'm Diana St. Tropez.
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but I had to become Vladislav to really get
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I sleep two hours a night.
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We're the number one show in hospitals
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You are all capable of more than you think you are.
Recap of Great News Season 2 Episode 1 (S02E01) - 8
- This is the best! - Wonderful!
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I just want to make a good impression.
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a statement into a question."
Recap of Great News Season 2 Episode 1 (S02E01) - 11
No, Hillary lost the election because she sent an email
Recap of Great News Season 2 Episode 1 (S02E01) - 12
Well, there's obviously something wrong here.
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argue with someone they don't,
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someone really powerful and commanding sitting there...
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and I've already used it to write this poem.
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It's fine. I don't need encouragement.
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Should I not have told you that? Are you mad at me?
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Take marriage and kids off the table,
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I have been so caught up with Diana being here and work...
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- I'm Chuck Pierce. - And I'm Portia Scott-Griffith.
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Ken Simpson, a Kentucky dog groomer
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- Well, I think... - I feel like I speak
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- All right, but what about... - What about...
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Get in the game. Say something.
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specifically "Carol's Corner," my award-wanting column.
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you seem like a real B-word,
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Oh, they are so sweet. Which one is yours?
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I wrote that book to show women that they don't have to
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No, my doctor was a uterine drone.
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We're a team, like Starsky and Hutch,
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What are these?
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or you're just irrelevant.
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it's got feet, and it can come and find me, and I'm not scared.
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Okay, pause. Right there.
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So what's the problem?
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So what are you gonna do?
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not when I'm dead and stuffed
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she'd have to take time off from her job.
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Well, yeah, but... Well, I could quit.
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Green tie? Oh, shoot.

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Recap of Great News Season 2 Episode 1 (S02E01) - 2
The landscape of cable news has changed.
#2
Recap of Great News Season 2 Episode 1 (S02E01) - 3
I'm Diana St. Tropez.
#3
Recap of Great News Season 2 Episode 1 (S02E01) - 4
but I had to become Vladislav to really get
#4
Recap of Great News Season 2 Episode 1 (S02E01) - 5
I sleep two hours a night.
#5
Recap of Great News Season 2 Episode 1 (S02E01) - 6
We're the number one show in hospitals
#6
Recap of Great News Season 2 Episode 1 (S02E01) - 7
You are all capable of more than you think you are.
#7
Recap of Great News Season 2 Episode 1 (S02E01) - 8
- This is the best! - Wonderful!
#8
Recap of Great News Season 2 Episode 1 (S02E01) - 9
I just want to make a good impression.
#9
Recap of Great News Season 2 Episode 1 (S02E01) - 10
a statement into a question."
#10
Recap of Great News Season 2 Episode 1 (S02E01) - 11
No, Hillary lost the election because she sent an email
#11
Recap of Great News Season 2 Episode 1 (S02E01) - 12
Well, there's obviously something wrong here.
#12
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argue with someone they don't,
#13
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someone really powerful and commanding sitting there...
#15
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and I've already used it to write this poem.
#17
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It's fine. I don't need encouragement.
#18
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Should I not have told you that? Are you mad at me?
#19
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Take marriage and kids off the table,
#20
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I have been so caught up with Diana being here and work...
#22
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- I'm Chuck Pierce. - And I'm Portia Scott-Griffith.
#23
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Ken Simpson, a Kentucky dog groomer
#24
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- Well, I think... - I feel like I speak
#25
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- All right, but what about... - What about...
#26
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Get in the game. Say something.
#27
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specifically "Carol's Corner," my award-wanting column.
#29
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you seem like a real B-word,
#30
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Oh, they are so sweet. Which one is yours?
#31
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I wrote that book to show women that they don't have to
#32
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No, my doctor was a uterine drone.
#34
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We're a team, like Starsky and Hutch,
#36
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What are these?
#37
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or you're just irrelevant.
#38
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it's got feet, and it can come and find me, and I'm not scared.
#39
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Okay, pause. Right there.
#40
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So what's the problem?
#42
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So what are you gonna do?
#43
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not when I'm dead and stuffed
#45
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she'd have to take time off from her job.
#47
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Well, yeah, but... Well, I could quit.
#48
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Green tie? Oh, shoot.
#50