This is
a show that’s difficult to talk about without spoilers, since each episode
builds on the one before it. Plots are
converging, secrets are being unburied, and the different members of the news
team are asking themselves what they’re willing to give for the sake of the
story.
Freddie
and Bel’s lead-chasing has unearthed all manner of licentious morsels and
suggestions of corruption. They’re eager
to get it on the air, both because they seem to live for that thrill of
bringing their stories to light (in this episode, Bel gives a lovely anecdote
about how she got into journalism,) and because the secrets they found carry
with them a hint of danger.
Randall,
however, has other ideas. To two young
voracious newshounds, he seems at first glance like the troll at the gate, but
his intentions are nothing of the sort.
After all, with the pieces he’s allowed earlier in the season, Randall
seems to enjoy that thrill as well. But
Randall’s chief concern is for the story’s security; he knows that, if what
they’ve found is true, they’ve discovered the story of the year in
January. And if that’s the case, he
needs it to be water-tight. In this way,
he reminds me of Cameron Foster, the fantastic editor Bill Nighy played in State of Play. No matter how badly he may want to join his
staff and get caught up in the excitement of the scoop, he realizes that news
is nothing without its integrity.
That’s
one of several plots Randall is involved in here. As Head of News, he also collaborates with
the BBC executives on personnel:
contracts are up for review. Once
again, he shows off his surprisingly on-the-mark insights of employees he can’t
have known for long. And the subplot
with Lix continues. One particular scene
between them is absolutely beautiful, demonstrating entirely what they once saw
in each other.
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