As the
season ender ties up so many plot knots, it’s natural to wonder if the
fast-talking characters have finally run out of steam. And it doesn’t help to
learn that ratings were down for the sendoff installment.
The
official position is that everybody wants a Season 3 but (harrumph) scheduling
issues need to be worked out. Don’t hold your breath.
The
main problem may be that events keep overtaking the show, i.e., how do you build a
whole season around the question of one use of poison gas, when such toxic
weapons have been preoccupying the real world for weeks—-and with much
more complexity?
Internally,
if “Newsroom” does come back, it will require a major retooling of the
MacKenzie-Will relationship. Those who remember when the sexual tension went
out of the Diane-Sam duet on “Cheers,” the chemistry went away and never came
back.
But
fans can hope. After two seasons of juggling two men, Maggie Jordan is the only
main character left unmated and with ugly short red hair to boot.
If
Sorkin and HBO work out their “scheduling” problems, we may get to see it grow
back and revert to its normal color and length. That would be nice for her and the
rest of us.
One
thing is sure: There won’t be any shortage of new political and media issues to
bounce off, as those who witnessed last night’s Daily Show takedown of CNN’s
coverage of the DC shootings will attest.
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