The Newsroom

George's world collapses.

After suggesting that George may have "latent homosexual tendencies," his therapist suddenly lapses into a coma.

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.

Everyone wonders why media mogul Conrad Scott is visiting the newsroom.

George and the news production staff decide to produce a sitcom.

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.

George's failure to empathize when Alex gets dumped by his girlfriend causes Alex's attempted suicide. When George tries to rectify the situation, Alex fabricates a major news story, which leads to George making a book deal based on the entire incident.

When an ad agency is brought in to spruce up the newsroom's image, George presents an idea for using cheese in a commercial. Meanwhile, Jim develops an unusual type of anorexia nervosa.

George becomes uncomfortable when a film crew doing a reality show invades the newsroom.

George's jealousy eventually succeeds in getting him arrested.

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.

George dodges jury duty in an animal rights case and ends up entangled with virus infected monkeys. Allen suffers from a brain tumor.

George hires a temp from an old established WASP family, thinking that connections will pay off. They don't, and George pays.

George's dream date is just that -- nothing more than a dream. The intelligent segment producer Karen dumbs herself down for sex. Jim makes a book deal.

A sniper kills again. A dog dies in the office. A power lunch goes wrong. And George regrets ever using the handicapped washroom.

A Jew and an Arab walk into a bar, and racism infects the newsroom.

George fails a Kafkaesque job evaluation in ways he never could have imagined. A valued veteran newsroom employee dies, George's empathy is qualified.

Jim gets a job on a morning show in New York City, but shortly after arriving in the U.S. he is escorted back to the Canadian border by the authorities.

Anchorman Jim decides to run for political office, but he makes the further mistake of letting George and other newsroom staffers run his campaign.

George finally becomes so obsessed with the threat to his own life that he can no longer handle reporting on the state of the emergency.

As the news staff at the station panics, George interviews nuclear experts and tries to figure out how to make them entertaining on TV.

A visit by director David Cronenberg is eclipsed by the shocking prospect of a possible meltdown at a nearby nuclear reactor.

George is driven to the edge of paranoia by the cumulation of a strange voice-mail message, the abduction of his couch, and the search for an indoor parking space.

A female guest discussing the issue of Canadian unity is attracted to Jim, apparently impressed by his incredible ignorance.

After George asks the young woman sitting outside his boss's office to get him coffee, Graham introduces her. She is Gillian Sorros, the new head of regional programming. She arrives with some strong ideas about George and his news department.

George is obsessed with finding a bran muffin, but ends up in the middle of a fight with the cafeteria manager instead. The newsroom is excited to learn that Cynthia Dale will be spending two weeks with them until George manages to offend her, several times.

Insulting his colleagues is bad enough, but when George hits on a female guest, she walks off the show.

When a failing screenwriter decides to commit suicide, George turns his videotaped attempt into a 5-part ratings winner. Then his new video star starts to have second thoughts.

Everyone is in fear for their jobs after the network announces budget cuts. George promises to fight the brass on their behalf, but the only one he actually fights to save is his own.

When it is decided to hire a new co-anchor, Jim feels his job is in jeopardy.

George interviews people for a job as his personal assistant.