'Washington Can't Hear Us' And Other Things Women Were Wrong About On The Newsroom

Oh, ladies. Will you ever win?

  • that "Geneva" is interchangeable with "Genoa"
  • that this hairstyle is a good idea
The Newsroom
  • "pyjama people"
  • that Dominique Strauss-Kahn had been charged with attempted rape in France
  • that embedded reporters on the campaign trail aren't drunk in the morning as well as at night
  • that Maggie (Alison Pill) and Jim (John Gallagher Jr.) could be platonic friends after the events of last season
  • that Will (Jeff Daniels) shouldn't have been removed from ACN's coverage of the tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks
  • that a point about reporting on a drone strike would be better made with a blank piece of paper used as a prop
  • that Jerry (Hamish Linklater) should bring in an untested military analyst
  • that the team in Washington couldn't hear Mackenzie over a speakerphone
  • that Occupy Wall Street isn't going to amount to anything...
  • ...but that if it is, the person to cover it should be the bro who's dumb enough to wear his ACN ID tag to the meeting
  • that Don (Thomas Sadoski) is a good romantic prospect -- three women were wrong about this, actually
  • that there's any possible coming back from a YouTube clip in which she embarrasses herself by ranting crazily in front of a tour bus
  • that physically assaulting colleagues in and out of the office is okay
  • that Pete Townshend was the lead singer of The Who
  • that it's preferable to take around $100 cash from a colleague rather than return to the office to retrieve a forgotten purse, particularly after trying to punctuate a point by saying she can pay for her own drinks

For Emmy Nomination Week we ask:

What are the nominees for the episode's Outstanding Supporting Prop?

  • Sloan's blank piece of paper
  • Mackenzie's forgotten purse
  • Neal's ACN ID tag
  • the emergency monitor wheeled up behind Will when the board broke
  • the computer Will could tell was used to type "Geneva" and not "Genoa"