It follows Mitch's co-host, Alex Levy, and a conservative reporter Bradley Jackson, who attracts the attention of the show's producers after a viral video.
Talks between UBA and Hyperion's merger resurface, with Paul (Jon Hamm) answering questions to staff members in the station.
Bradley (Reese Witherspoon) is visited by Hal (Joe Tippett), his wife Cheryl (Samantha Sloyan) and their baby, who stay with her for a few days.
To get him to change his mind, she invites him to a tour visit to the show, where she interviews a man who is facing trial for his participation in the attack, lamenting that he ruined his life.
When Alex states that the student tried to commit suicide after regretting the decision, Paul opens up that he did not pay enough attention to his staff, including his own wife who left him.
Club gave the episode a "B–" grade and wrote, "With the addition of Jon Hamm and Nicole Beharie this season, The Morning Show has finally transformed from a clunky, heavy-handed newsroom drama into a soapy guilty pleasure.
After all, at a time when we could just turn on a real-life news network to despair about the state of the world, why else would we subject ourselves to reliving and reexamining so much of our recent history through one of the most meta shows on television?
"[3] Kimberly Roots of TVLine wrote, "now that she's back on top, Alex decides to celebrate by… sleeping with one of her interview subjects who JUST HAPPENS TO ALSO BE HER NEW BOSS.
"[4] Meghan O'Keefe of Decider wrote, "There's also something to be said for the fact that The Morning Show maybe — just maybe — has finally broken free of the shadow of sexual trauma that defined its earliest #MeToo-inspired storylines.