The Morning Show (Jen Aniston does serious-ish TV)

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Well this looks fab.



Can't wait to illegally stream it! :disco:
 
Aniston's surgery is just the right side of FABULOUS now, isn't it? Very much on the borderline of looking ridiculous...
 
I really don't think she's had anything done at all. Maybe a touch of forehead botox but even then you can see lines and movement there. She looks incredible.
 
This feels like a HOLLYWOOD REMIX of two of my favourite films of all time, Network and All About Eve. But not half as fabulous (even though I like Aniston and Witherspoon).
 
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i'm not sure what their respective actual ages are but witherspoon being cast as the younger competition made me giggle.

apart from that, it looks like bland city central. (sorry for being so negative this evening)
 
I think Jen is starting to look a bit weird. I'll definitely give this a go though. I hope it has some teeth.
 
ameraal said:
apart from that, it looks like bland city central. (sorry for being so negative this evening)
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:D Well we are talking queen of deathly dull Jenny Aniston. I’m only going to watch if there are constant mentions of electrolytes :disco:
 
I didn't even know Apple TV was a streaming platform - can't everything just be on Netflix or Hulu? Anyway, I'm intrigued.

Also, I think Jen Aniston looks as good as Jennifer Aniston can look at 50. If she had any work done, I can't tell. She just looks like she keeps healthy and takes care of her skin without trying too hard to look 25. And @ameraal , Reese is 43 while Jen is 50.
 
ameraal said:
i'm not sure what their respective actual ages are but witherspoon being cast as the younger competition made me giggle.

apart from that, it looks like bland city central. (sorry for being so negative this evening)
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Jenn is 50
Reese is 43 but let's face it she could pass for early thirties STILL :disco:
 
It looks fine but AppleTV has nothing else to get people to subscribe.
 
I do like how whenever a director wants Reese to look younger, they just plop a ludicrous brown wig on her.
 
Did anyone actually watch this then?

I just finished it and I actually really enjoyed it. Reese is great as always, and Jennifer shines just as much in her role. The last episode is some great tv.
 
I've watched two episodes and it's good but not totally high quality.

However everything I've read about the finale says it's one of the best hours of TV in years so I'll stick with it.
 
I'm on episode 6 right now - it's the first show in a good few months I've had a proper binge on. I really like it! Hopefully season 2 has a higher budget that isn't all blown on the cast. Some of the sets look so cheap.
 
I watched episode one and enjoyed it more than I expected.
 
The first few episodes felt quite bloated trying to cover too many ideas and storylines at once, a little more focus wouldn't have hurt.

Jen's delivery in particular is wonderfully OTT though.

It comes together much better in the last 4 or 5 episodes and the final episode is really rather good.
 
I really enjoyed this a lot. It was all just on the right side of OTT. Cracking script! The acting from Gugu Mbatha-Raw in particular, was stellar. What a talent.
 
Anyone been watching S2?

It’s finally picking up again with Julianna Margulies :disco: But so far it’s not quite as gripping as S1
 
Yes Ive been watching it. S2 got off to a slow start but the last episode was great TV. A real curve ball. I like watching it weekly so I have no idea what's going to happen.

I much prefer Jennifer (Alex) to Reece (Bradley). She's a much more interesting character. But Mia is by far and away the best thing in it this series. Hopefully S3 can start an a new story arc, although I have a feeling its going to get more ridiculous as time goes on.
 
I've heard season 2 complete implodes and becomes unironically dumb television :D can't wait to watch it!
 
It takes a good 3 episodes to really get going and doesn’t get good until Julianna Marguiles comes into it. The last 2 episodes with Jen have been brilliant! But setting it in the real world in the early 2020 months running up to Covid is a bit shit.
 
It is an odd decision as to why they bothered at all. Its like they forget about it for ages, and then think "oh SHIT, yeah Covid's here!". It adds nothing to the story.
 
Just caught up. What a great episode, and I can’t believe there’s only one to go :(

Also if only there were actual interviewers on TV like Bradley handled that confrontation.
 
a friend told me margulies was in season 2, so i felt it was my duty to watch and just started from there.
i dismissed it quickly as oftentimes jarring in terms of dialogue and performances, a bit outdated (morning television, so exciting!), overlong and altogether less than the sum of its parts but it got better as it went along and i got to know more of the characters (quite a few of them).

did not care for aniston (putting it mildly), i don't care much for witherspoon but she had some moments (i found the storyline with her brother touching), did not care for carrell (i want his villa though). those three characters were probably my least favourite things about it. it was nice to see valeria golino again but there was something off about her performance for me.

liked most of the supporting cast. karen pittman was my favourite, crudup did a good job and i did enjoy margulies who had some good lines.
all in all, would not recommend this to a friend.
 
I watched the first twice series. But gave up after the start of S3.

I liked it, but I couldn't quite face binging further.
 
I was starting to think the flashbacks in episode 8 were quite off, too cosey or something, but I guess it's made what went on to be shown even more harrowing, yes, but to underline the masking of it all. Maybe it was the necessary episode, but the show's best parts so far have been the two female anchors adapting and navigating inside the network's patriarchal spiderweb.
 
And then episode 9 where it's left ambiguous whether what Alex says to Mitch about waking up in his bed is true or not. It seemed more to be a lie if we were to go on Mitch's reaction (but he's also a predator in denial to even himself at what he has done as we've even seen him still be capable of being horrified at others doing what he did), but it's asking the viewer to handle this in less black and white terms. This is gooood.
 
Started season 2. Cory's dialogue doesn't really land when he's been standing up to the execs. I see the actor left his 7 month pregnant partner for Claire Daines back in the day, so Crud by name and morals.
 
Julesbianna Margulies is very :disco:

At first I just assumed Bradley planted one on her as a way to manipulate her given that shes clearly either got her own objective or someone is planting her with questions to subtly get Alex out. In fact, even though they're fleshing the oops forgot to say I'm bi btw storyline out, I'm still not convinced that's not the sole motive here. Maybe they were playing it out to see which way to pivot the storyline.
 
Absolutely terrific exchange between Alex and Maggie in the hotel room scene (S02E05 "Ghosts"). I'm guessing Mitch drugged her after all. That will surely be the reveal as the series draws to a close. Marcia Gay Harden is excellent in this, the look of sympathy and unflinching wickedness is masterful.
 
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