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The Best Episodes of The Newsroom Season 2

Every episode of The Newsroom Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Newsroom Season 2!

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The tumultuous TV newsroom world of overbearing regional news director George Findlay, who is solely motivated by casualty statistics which will improve his ratings.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Newsroom Season 2 Episode 1 - America, America
    7.6/10(13 votes)

    #1 - America, America

    S2:E1

    Jim is hired away by a hot US morning show in New York City where he bites off more than he can chew of the Big Apple and is soon escorted out of the country by the authorities.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Newsroom Season 2 Episode 2 - Death 1, George 0
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #2 - Death 1, George 0

    S2:E2

    George fails a Kafkaesque job evaluation in ways he never could have imagined. A valued veteran newsroom employee dies. George's empathy is qualified.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Newsroom Season 2 Episode 3 - Pushy Money Grubbing Cosmopolitan Racist
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #3 - Pushy Money Grubbing Cosmopolitan Racist

    S2:E3

    Has a terrorist infiltrated the newsroom? Ken Finkleman and his crew handle the issue of racism with their usual warmth and sensitivity.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Newsroom Season 2 Episode 4 - An Enormous Waste of Time
    7.0/10(7 votes)

    #4 - An Enormous Waste of Time

    S2:E4

    A sniper kills again. A dog dies in the office, a power lunch goes wrong and George regrets ever having used the handicapped washroom.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Newsroom Season 2 Episode 5 - Anchors Away
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #5 - Anchors Away

    S2:E5

    George's dream date is just that: nothing more than a dream. The intelligent segment producer Karen dumbs herself down for sex and Jim makes a book deal.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Newsroom Season 2 Episode 6 - One of Us
    8.0/10(7 votes)

    #6 - One of Us

    S2:E6

    George hires a temp from an old established WASP family thinking that connections will pay off. When they don't, it's George that pays.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Newsroom Season 2 Episode 7 - Never Read Symptoms
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #7 - Never Read Symptoms

    S2:E7

    George dodges jury duty in an animal rights case and ends up entangled with a virus-infected monkey. Allan suffers from prostate cancer, Alzheimer's and a brain tumor.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Newsroom Season 2 Episode 8 - The Fifty
    7.8/10(7 votes)

    #8 - The Fifty

    S2:E8

    An argument between George and Alex over finding a $50 bill results in Alex losing his job on principle and then buying it back from George for a considerable sum - also on principle.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Newsroom Season 2 Episode 9 - Slow Leak
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #9 - Slow Leak

    S2:E9

    Jim finds the perfect woman who is also heir to an $800 million fortune. This makes George insane with jealousy and leads to his arrest for stealing expensive cherries at a high-end grocery store.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Newsroom Season 2 Episode 10 - Reality Strikes
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - Reality Strikes

    S2:E10

    When a documentary film crew invades the newsroom, George keeps one eye on the camera and one eye on his back. Colm Feore guest stars.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Newsroom Season 2 Episode 11 - Say Cheese
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - Say Cheese

    S2:E11

    George tries to sell a brilliant idea for a cheese commercial to an ad agency brought in to rework the network news brand. Jim develops a unique form of anorexia nervosa.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Newsroom Season 2 Episode 12 - The British Accent
    7.0/10(7 votes)

    #12 - The British Accent

    S2:E12

    George hustles a corporate paid vacation but his temporary replacement forces George to kill the trip and replace it with a tanning cream which leads to fears that he has developed liver failure.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Newsroom Season 2 Episode 13 - The Second Coming
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - The Second Coming

    S2:E13

    George's failure of empathy when Alex gets dumped by his girlfriend causes Alex's attempted suicide. When George tries to rectify the situation, Alex fabricates a major news story, which leads to George making a book deal on the entire incident.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"America, America" is the best rated episode of "The Newsroom" season 2. It scored 7.6/10 based on 13 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/12/2004. This episode is rated 7.6 points higher than the second-best, "Death 1, George 0".