{"id":2063185,"date":"2025-10-01T23:30:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T23:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2063185"},"modified":"2025-10-01T23:30:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T23:30:03","slug":"the-morning-show-finally-pulls-the-trigger-on-that-romantic-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-morning-show-finally-pulls-the-trigger-on-that-romantic-relationship\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The Morning Show’ Finally Pulls the Trigger on That Romantic Relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Spoilers below. <\/em><\/p>\n

If there\u2019s one person at The Morning Show<\/em> I would trust to actually get the job done, it\u2019s Mia. We open the season\u2019s third episode with the hard-working news producer stomping away at her treadmill, practicing her interview responses for the Head of News position out loud, and heading to work to whip a very sleepy and distracted Bradley\u2014who\u2019s struggling to get through her Sara Bareilles interview\u2014into shape.<\/p>\n

Anxious about her interview while trying to hold the show together, Alex gives her a vote of support\u2014she\u2019s the ideal candidate for the promotion. But sadly, TMS does not have the best track record of rewarding its hardest-working staff (poor Chip), so I didn\u2019t have a great feeling about this from the get-go. Mia\u2019s entire mission is to do her job well; she\u2019s pretty much the only one at that company without a hidden agenda. After that drowsy broadcast, Mia levels with Bradley: Get it together\u2014her promotion is on the line! Mia has been the queen of tough love this season after similarly leveling with Christina last week. Why can\u2019t anyone just do their job?<\/p>\n

Mia walks in confident as hell for her interview, despite Alex not making it (she\u2019s stuck at the climate summit; more on that in a bit). During the meeting, Celine tells Mia she wants chaos that will bring higher ratings and a more engaged viewership. Something about more circus and less bread, whatever that means. Even though Mia is clearly competent and ethical, she doesn\u2019t have the hot vision Celine wants for the network. Mia claps back: Journalists are more at risk of violence than ever before. The war zone is in their backyards: The top three stories on the UBN website say as much. \u201cThe truth is incendiary and it\u2019s under attack,\u201d she says. She ate that! But will it be enough?<\/p>\n

In the post-interview deliberation, Stella is all in for Mia\u2014she\u2019s doing 80 percent of the job already, and she\u2019s the most qualified. Celine, on the other hand, thinks Mia might not be able to make the \u201chard choices\u201d when it comes to AI (not this!). In the end, Celine strongly suggests bringing Ben in as Head of News for a fresh perspective. Hiring is Stella\u2019s prerogative, but there\u2019s something unspoken happening between them here (the affair strikes again). If Stella folds to Celine, she might hold on to her secret and job a bit longer.<\/p>\n

In the end, Stella offers Mia a raise but breaks the news that Ben was the successful applicant\u2014although we didn\u2019t see him interview, nor is he even in this episode (neither is Christina, for that matter). Mia is rightfully surprised and upset. Ben is unqualified and does not have relationships with the staff. He\u2019s never even produced hard news. It\u2019s a profound failure on The Morning Show<\/em>\u2019s part to put Mia in this position, but I have to say, it is a juicy turn for Pittman, who delivers another strong performance. She quits on the spot, and after lying through her teeth about Ben\u2019s qualifications, Stella cries. Something tells me this isn\u2019t the end of Mia\u2019s time at TMS, though. I\u2019m looking forward to seeing Ben flop next week.<\/p>\n

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