The BEST episodes directed by Ken Finkleman
#1 - A Bad Day
The Newsroom - Season 1 - Episode 5
George is having a bad day: he's in trouble for hitting on a woman half his age, he made derogatory comments about Mr. Dressup, he offends Linda McQuaig (as herself) and she walks off the show, suicidal Shane is back, his BMW needs a new muffler, and Jim tells more than he should to a documentary crew (led by Dan Redican).
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#2 - Meltdown (1)
The Newsroom - Season 1 - Episode 10
When there is a potential nuclear accident only hours away, each of the newsroom staff reacts in their own way. David Cronenberg (as himself) is a guest on Toronto news to promote his latest film, 'Crash'.
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#3 - Dis and Dat
The Newsroom - Season 1 - Episode 7
George's quest for an indoor parking spot is thwarted when the Corporation hires Gillian Soros (Elisa Moolecherry) as the new head of regional programming. Gillian has definite ideas about George and the Toronto News.
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#4 - Meltdown (2)
The Newsroom - Season 1 - Episode 11
With the potential nuclear meltdown approaching, George's priority is finding the right experts and analysts while trying to make them real but entertaining.
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#5 - Parking
The Newsroom - Season 1 - Episode 9
As George's crusade for an indoor parking space continues, his paranoia surfaces after he receives a mysterious and vague voice mail and his office couch disappears. He immediately assumes the worst: the Corporation wants him gone.
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#6 - Slow Leak
The Newsroom - Season 2 - Episode 9
George's jealousy gets him arrested.
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#7 - Anchors Away
The Newsroom - Season 2 - Episode 5
George's dream date is just that: nothing more than a dream. The intelligent segment producer Karen dumbs herself down for sex and Jim makes a book deal.
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#8 - Campaign
The Newsroom - Season 1 - Episode 13
After the collapse of public broadcasting, Jim runs for political office in a provincial election. George and some of the newsroom staff manage the campaign in this one-hour season finale.
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#9 - Say Cheese
The Newsroom - Season 2 - Episode 11
George tries to sell an idea for a cheese commercial; Jim develops a form of anorexia nervosa.
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#10 - Learning to Fly
The Newsroom - Season 3 - Episode 6
It is the end of the world in all dimensions.
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#11 - Never Read Symptoms
The Newsroom - Season 2 - Episode 7
George dodges jury duty in an animal rights case and ends up entangled with virus infected monkeys. Allen suffers from a brain tumor.
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#12 - Dial G for Gristle
The Newsroom - Season 3 - Episode 3
Everyone wonders why media mogul Conrad Scott is visiting the newsroom.
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#13 - Reality Strikes
The Newsroom - Season 2 - Episode 10
A film crew invades the newsroom, making George anxious.
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#14 - The British Accent
The Newsroom - Season 2 - Episode 12
George secretly cancels his trip.
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#15 - Latent Homosexual Tendencies
The Newsroom - Season 3 - Episode 5
George's therapist falls into a coma shortly after suggesting that George has latent homosexual tendencies.
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#16 - One of Us
The Newsroom - Season 2 - Episode 6
George hires a temp from an old established WASP family thinking that connections will pay off. They don't. George pays.
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#17 - Lolita
The Newsroom - Season 3 - Episode 4
George is invited to give a guest lecture at a local university and, with the aid of a stolen thesis, manages to charm an attractive young student into visiting his office.
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#18 - The Fifty
The Newsroom - Season 2 - Episode 8
An argument between George and Alex over finding a $50 bill results in Alex losing his job on principle and then buying it back from George for a considerable sum ... also on principle.
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#19 - The Walking Shoe Incident
The Newsroom - Season 1 - Episode 1
News director George Findlay needs to hire an assistant to take care of such pressing matters as returning his walking shoes, getting him Fibre First, and dealing with his mother's persistent phone calls. He's faced with a dilemma: hire the qualified Afro-Canadian lesbian or the inexperienced yet attractive ski bunny.
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#20 - An Enormous Waste of Time
The Newsroom - Season 2 - Episode 4
A sniper kills again. A dog dies in the office. A power lunch goes wrong. And George regrets ever using the handicapped washroom.
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#21 - The Second Coming
The Newsroom - Season 2 - Episode 13
Alex attempts suicide after being dumped by his girlfriend.
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#22 - Petty Tyranny
The Newsroom - Season 1 - Episode 6
George's quest for bran muffins leads him to the cafeteria and into a fight. Cynthia Dale (as herself), while researching a role in a feature film, observes the newsroom. George offends one of Canada's top stars.
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#23 - Baghdad Bound
The Newsroom - Season 3 - Episode 1
Jim is abducted in Baghdad while taping a segment on pets. George finds himself on the short list to receive the coveted Order of Canada.
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#24 - Unity
The Newsroom - Season 1 - Episode 8
George is annoyed when his name is left off the Globe and Mail list of government employees who make over $100,000 per year. Lise Léger (Guylaine St. Onge) appers on Toronto news with Linda McQuaig (as herself) to discuss the Canadian unity situation. Lise is inexplicably attracted to Jim.
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#25 - One Dumb Idea
The Newsroom - Season 3 - Episode 2
George and the news production staff decide to produce a sitcom.
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#26 - The Kevorkian Joke
The Newsroom - Season 1 - Episode 4
When failed screenwriter Shane (Jason Blicker) threatens suicide on tape, George turns his videotaped attempt into a five-part series to boost ratings. A killer virus in Zaire could have a connection with Toronto, maybe even the newsroom.
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#27 - Meltdown (3)
The Newsroom - Season 1 - Episode 12
Unable to deal with the potential of his own death, George goes into denial and can't cover the impending nuclear meltdown story.
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#28 - Death 1, George 0
The Newsroom - Season 2 - Episode 2
George fails a Kafkaesque job evaluation in ways he never could have imagined. A valued veteran newsroom employee dies, George's empathy is qualified.
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#29 - Dinner at Eight
The Newsroom - Season 1 - Episode 2
After yet another on-air faux pas by Jim, Lindsay Ward (Amanda Tapping) is hired as co-anchor for Toronto News. Solo anchor Jim, feeling threatened by Lindsay's aggressive personality, turns to George who supports him pharmaceutically. When the shifting of power starts to affect George, it's time to fight dirty.
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#30 - Pushy, Money-Grubbing, Cosmopolitan Racist
The Newsroom - Season 2 - Episode 3
Racism infiltrates the newsroom.
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#31 - America, America
The Newsroom - Season 2 - Episode 1
Jim is hired by a morning show in New York.
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#32 - Deeper, Deeper
The Newsroom - Season 1 - Episode 3
Cutbacks are coming at the network—who will it be? George vows to "go to the wall" to save jobs but everyone knows someone has to go. Backstabbing, clandestine job hunts, prostitutes and religious conversations prevail.
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