Wine-Blogging the Season Finale of The Newsroom

stupid gushy intro like we already know and love these people but your not jed barlet(t)

why are newscasters even involved with writing the news, jesus, why don’t we just admit they’re glorified actors and just hand them a script written by the real journalists

no, right, like we’ve had good ones but we don’t NEED THEM to be good

oh right he’s had an accident (she calls him ‘Billy’)

there’s no way a doctor would be telling will’s coworkers all this intimate medical shit!!

WHAT is that huge amazing basket of carbs on the newsroom table

i’ve never seen a danish that size

what is this, 2002? who’s still on the sex and the city tour?

OH LOOK MAC IS SAVAGELY BEATING UP A HOSPITALIZED MAN BECAUSE SHE CANNOT CALM THE HELL DOWN WITH HER MISPLACED EMOTIONS

will is quitting but PREDICTED SPOILER he probably won’t because he’s the protagonist of the newsroom

oh, will is a boxer now. a champion boxer ON THE ROPES, but rallying

oh, not more sexual tension. seriously?

wait, sloan is supposed to be socially inept? am I the bad person for not realizing that because’s she so hot, or is sorkin the bad person for giving the character zero human nuance?

no no no why would sloan be into him?

the hill people line is funny

will must have rockin’ health insurance

oh, mac broke his IV, hahahaahhaha

MAC IS BEATING UP JOHN GALLAGHER JR

ass on fire / fire under ass WORDPLAY!!!!

oh, I’m a bitch, because when john g jr said “solomon hancock is dead,” I could not remember who that was. this is why he killed himself, because no one paid attention to him

what is this random opining he’s always doing on the air? who does that? isn’t this supposed to be cnn?

COULD IT BE THE TMI EVIDENCE? I WATCH TV!!!!

aren’t death threats on message boards extremely common? like, I bet if you typed “will mcavoy” into reddit, it would come up (alternate reddit universe in which will mcacvoy is real)

one vote really doesn’t make a difference, someone should tell her old aunt. not that that makes it okay.

did he profess his love!!! on the message? while high???

wait, did sorkin bought the rights to baba o’riley for what reason now?

he’s going for joyous jolility in this hospital scene, but it just seems forced

we’re clapping that he’s back from the hospital for accidentally mixing up his self-meds? WHAT A HERO!

sorkin is not a teenager and neither are any of these people and they are not in a wasteland

what was the treaty of tripoli, again?

did lisa really not get that maggie and john gallagher jr are crushing on each other?

a topical sex and the city joke! SPLASH BUT NO TUTU

and maggie goes primal on the tour bus OH MY GOD TWIST I SHOULD HAVE ANTICIPATED!

run! run to her! run, john gallagher jr! let your sexual tension be released!

RESOLUTION!

“i’m with lisa. you’re with don.” WAIT, it’s 2012 and you’re not married! BREAK UP WITH THEM, WHO CARES?

I really hope this show gets picked up for another year, you guys.

oh, the show isn’t even over. I forgot the romance was the b-plot

Will is referencing Jesus in the newscast.

Ladies love candles. There are actually too many and they are a fire hazard.

look at him, staring sadly at his slightly-clunkier-than-2012 phone

chris sanchez is back from afghanistan and he looks amazing

I thought this was a different show for a minute and was all SAM! DON’T LET THEM NEAR THE EVIDENCE! THEY MIGHT STEAL IT AND KILL YOU!

Her character is not plausible here.

“let’s do the news, you and me” glurg

Yes, Mac can’t talk, again.

Emily Mortimer and I have the exact same skimpy ponytail. Next season, they’ll have given her extensions. Or do those just make your hair long? Maybe I shouldn’t get bangs. I was going to get bangs, but if her ponytail is skimpy like mine, and that’s how her bangs look? I should ask Jane.

OH WHAT IS THIS WITH THE GIRL I CAN’T EVEN? I can’t even. I never understood the meaning of that trite internet neologism until this moment.

She wants to dry his feet with her hair. Welcome to News Night.