The Matt Lauer character on the Morning Show

I guess no one else watches this show. I imagine it’s doing decent numbers for Appletv. Back before streaming this show would have been a big hit and water cooler talk on HBO or Showtime.

I enjoy this show very much though it tends to be dismissed by the critics. I suspect that it's too nuanced on issues where we're supposed to be rigid and uncompromising. the Steve Carrell character is not a monster. The women are not fierce she-warriors. Everyone was in some way complicit in what happened and is trying to save their own skin. I do find Reese Witherspoon's character wholly unlikeable however and don't give a fuck what happens to her.

R2 Agreed and to me she is the weak link amongst the main stars. And Reese is typically a good actress but the first season she played Riley as a 40 yr Millenial with the emotional capacity and intellect of a very astute well read 14 yr old. The first couple episodes of 2nd season she seems to be a glamorized version of the same annoying schtick. Overall she didn’t bring down the show and her overall character arc worked.

Reece is too old to play that character. But otherwise I love this terrible show.

R4 Looks wise she is convincing. It’s just that we know her age. I naturally assumed she is an older Millenial 1980-83 who are all in their early 40s. But the notes she hits are wrong and she doesn’t seem like a groundbreaking reporter but a bratty if intelligent teenager.

Whatever happed to Matt Lauer? He was great on NBC’s broadcast of the 9/11 attacks.So calm.

I enjoyed this show, though at times it became redundant to stretch out ten episodes a season. Season 4 is completed, and will premiere on September 17 - running through mid-November.

r6=Rip Van Winkle