The Newsroom Season 2 Review

In 2009 it was announced the writer of the Social Network and the creator of the award winning drama West Wing, Aaron Sorkin, was in talks with HBO to make a new show. It was later announced that it would be about what happens off camera at a news studio. Like most shows I watch I wasn't sure of the concept at first, I don't even like watching the news so why would I like a show about what happens behind the scenes. And upon the shows release it was met with below average reviews from many critics, but on the opposite end of the spectrum it was praised by audiences. So I decided to give it a try and ended up loving the show; it was smart, funny, and well written. The second season just finished up and fortunately this season was met with better reviews and higher view numbers. The structure of the show is very unique; it takes place in the real world and uses real events as its news stories. So this season the talked about events like Occupy Wall Street, the Travion, Martin incident, and concluded the season with the 2012 presidential election. But unlike the first season this one actually revolves around a single event the entire team investigates called Operation Genoa, which involved American Soldiers using sarin gas. But while all this is going on, the team and their parent corporation get involved in more than a few scandals and even a court battle. So now the only thing they can do is keep their heads held high, even with all the trouble happening to them they still set out to be the best news channel on the air. I loved the first season of the Newsroom, but this season is even better. It felt like the writers and directors had found their groove and knew what they wanted the show to be. The show is very well written with a lot of humor woven into it, and the characters are great; each one is unique with distinguishable traits, I actually feel a lot more attached to the characters of this show than most others. Although they do try and put some romances in there that don't feel real. The most interesting aspect of the show would be the format. Using reel stories makes you feel a lot more connected than if they used fake stories. It actually brings up memories when these events happened. My biggest problem with the show is one of the things I most like about it, the writing. While most of the time I find it intelligent and funny, it seems like they try to hard sometimes. It's very fast paced, everyone talks really fast. They try to make every single line witty, and sometimes the lines come off kind of dumb. This is a good show, not a great one but it's good. I wouldn't compare it to something like Breaking Bad or Game of Thrones but it's certainly fun to watch. If you haven't seen the Newsroom I would certainly give it a try, because I would say that it's one of my favorite shows right now.