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Season 2  "The Genoa Tip"  2x2

Aired 11 years ago - Jul 21, 2013

A tip on a story that will ultimately cripple the network starts to become more real. Mackenzie and Sloan continue to push Will on drones as Don urges Will to advocate for Troy Davis. Maggie is un-friended by her roommate, but gets the assignment she's been begging for. Neal gets arrested on Wall Street.

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Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 1
He's not taking my calls.
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 2
Yeah, except it's named for a kind of sail on a boat.
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 3
- Do I have to go on? - Mind if I ask you something?
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 4
You can say whatever you want in front of anyone who works here.
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 5
- The shower. - Oh, dude.
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 6
- But that's not the point. - What is the point?
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 7
Excuse me.
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 8
...have recanted their testimony,
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 9
They're hounded by reporters and activists
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 10
Look, I get that you want a pro-death penalty crime fighter making noise,
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 11
What is it? It's almost midnight.
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 12
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 13
Will, the smoke is still billowing out of the western side of the Pentagon,
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 14
Then I tried getting it taken down under their copyright policy...
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 15
And only two-thirds of Republican voters know who Perry is,
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 16
- You remember what I said, right? - Yeah.
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 17
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 18
Yeah. We did. We did make up.
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 19
This is the most views I've ever had, and it links to my blog.
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 20
You know what? You cannot say Charlotte.
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 21
- The whole thing? - The whole thing.
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 22
a retired Marine gunnery sergeant
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 23
- Give me advice. - Be specific and have it have
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 24
I didn't ask.
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 25
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 26
Police estimate there were 300 people in Zuccotti Park.
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 27
from the guys at B.A. Strategies.
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 28
That's not illegal for the parole board, just for the lobbyists.
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 29
"so we have a record of what it looked like before it was set on fire."
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 30
All right?
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 31
- Kevin McQueen. - Then McQueen said he made it all up.
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 32
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 33
You're so full of shit, Maggie.
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 34
Who do things get bad for?
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 35
and told me over and over that you didn't have feelings.
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 36
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 37
He became a radical imam and organized violence against the US.
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 38
There's nothing I can do for you.
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 39
Yeah, it may have been someone else.
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 40
I wasn't telling you to change your clothes.
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 41
No, stop!
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 42
I'm sure it was a by-the-book arrest.
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 43
You want to fuck around, huh?
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 44
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 45
and my company won't set precedent by paying ransom.
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 46
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 47
Nobody sings it like him, not even Elvis.
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 48
Right, that was...
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 49
The family of slain police officer Mark MacPhail was present,
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 50
Voice mail.

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Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 2
Yeah, except it's named for a kind of sail on a boat.
#2
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 3
- Do I have to go on? - Mind if I ask you something?
#3
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 4
You can say whatever you want in front of anyone who works here.
#4
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 5
- The shower. - Oh, dude.
#5
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 6
- But that's not the point. - What is the point?
#6
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 7
Excuse me.
#7
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 8
...have recanted their testimony,
#8
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 9
They're hounded by reporters and activists
#9
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 10
Look, I get that you want a pro-death penalty crime fighter making noise,
#10
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 11
What is it? It's almost midnight.
#11
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 12 #12 Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 13
Will, the smoke is still billowing out of the western side of the Pentagon,
#13
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 14
Then I tried getting it taken down under their copyright policy...
#14
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 15
And only two-thirds of Republican voters know who Perry is,
#15
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 16
- You remember what I said, right? - Yeah.
#16
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 17 #17 Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 18
Yeah. We did. We did make up.
#18
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 19
This is the most views I've ever had, and it links to my blog.
#19
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 20
You know what? You cannot say Charlotte.
#20
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 21
- The whole thing? - The whole thing.
#21
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 22
a retired Marine gunnery sergeant
#22
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 23
- Give me advice. - Be specific and have it have
#23
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 24
I didn't ask.
#24
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 25 #25 Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 26
Police estimate there were 300 people in Zuccotti Park.
#26
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 27
from the guys at B.A. Strategies.
#27
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 28
That's not illegal for the parole board, just for the lobbyists.
#28
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 29
"so we have a record of what it looked like before it was set on fire."
#29
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 30
All right?
#30
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 31
- Kevin McQueen. - Then McQueen said he made it all up.
#31
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 32 #32 Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 33
You're so full of shit, Maggie.
#33
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 34
Who do things get bad for?
#34
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 35
and told me over and over that you didn't have feelings.
#35
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 36 #36 Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 37
He became a radical imam and organized violence against the US.
#37
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 38
There's nothing I can do for you.
#38
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 39
Yeah, it may have been someone else.
#39
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 40
I wasn't telling you to change your clothes.
#40
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 41
No, stop!
#41
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 42
I'm sure it was a by-the-book arrest.
#42
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 43
You want to fuck around, huh?
#43
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 44 #44 Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 45
and my company won't set precedent by paying ransom.
#45
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 46 #46 Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 47
Nobody sings it like him, not even Elvis.
#47
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 48
Right, that was...
#48
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 49
The family of slain police officer Mark MacPhail was present,
#49
Recap of The Newsroom (2012) Season 2 Episode 2 (S02E02) - 50
Voice mail.
#50