Re-Watching "The Newsroom"

January 9, 2015 - 8:02pm - by Alyson Shane

because John has never seen it before. Last night we curled up on the couch and finished S1 and I fell back in love with Aaron Sorkin's writing. 

I don't care if it's an unrealistic interpretation of how most large-scale newsrooms would actually handle the news.

I don't care if everyone shouts way too much to actually retain their jobs.

I don't care that Maggie is a total puss and they could have written her to be a much stronger character.

I don't even care that it's full of monologues about how we could have, should have, ought to be doing things differently.

In fact that's why I love it.

It's also an interesting opportunity to revisit events from a few years back and reflect on them, knowing what I know now.

We're starting S2 this weekend and then on to S3, which I haven't seen and have deliberately been not-watching until John catches up.

Honestly though, as much as I want to watch it, I don't want to see it end.

Good thing Game of Thrones comes back this March.