First Aired: Jul. 29, 2012 on HBO

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Season 1 » Episode #06 - Bullies

The Newsroom - 01x06 Bullies
Summary: Sloan subs for Elliot during the Japanese nuclear crisis following the March 2011 earthquake, but her harsh questioning of a Tokyo power-company representative could damage her credibility. Meanwhile, Will has a bout of insomnia that leads him to therapy, and he learns a lesson about bullying after his rude behavior in an interview.

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Guest Stars:

MacKenzie McHale played by Emily Mortimer
Dr. Jack Habib played by David Krumholtz
Lonny Church played by Terry Crews
Sutton Hall played by Damon Gupton
Phylis Greer played by Eve Gordon
Daisuke Tanaka played by Yuki Matsuzaki
Translator played by Saemi Nakamura
Kendra James played by Adina Porter

Episode Quotes

Will McAvoy: Miss Greer, you mentioned creeping Islam, are you concerned about creeping Christianity?
Phylis Greer: Only that it's not creeping fast enough.
Will McAvoy: Okay. Here are some things done on American soil in the name of Christianity. The Ku Klux Klan burned down black churches, raped women, murdered civil rights workers, murdered children and terrorized communities for over a century. The Neo Nazis all acted and continue to act in the name of white Christian supremacy. The Army of God fatally attacks abortion clinics and doctors across the country. The Covenant, the Sword and the Arm of the Lord targets local police and federal agents. The federal building in Oklahoma City. The attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan and the successful assassinations of Martin Luther King, John F. Kennedy, John Lennon, and Abraham Lincoln, all perpetrated by Christians. Miss Greer, we weren't attacked by Muslims, we were attacked by sociopaths, and I for one would join you in protesting a community center for the criminally insane, but no one is suggesting building one.
Charlie Skinner: I, along with most people who don't live in Japan, am not fluent in Japanese, so I have to ask: did you just *make up* statements for someone we had live on our air?
Sloan Sabbith: I didn't make them up...
Charlie Skinner: About a *deadly radiation leak*?
Sloan Sabbith: I didn't make them up. He told me the reactor was going to a seven.
Charlie Skinner: When? Tonight? I'm asking, honestly, because there was a portion of the broadcast that turned into a Kurosawa movie.
Sloan Sabbith: Okay...
Don Keefer: Sup?
Sloan Sabbith: Okay, I know we were on sketchy ground ethically and linguistically, but...
Don Keefer: Whatever you're gonna say, save it for ten seconds.
Sloan Sabbith: What happens in ten seconds?
Don Keefer: Just hang on for another 5 seconds and know that we've all been there at one point or another.
Sloan Sabbith: What happens in five seconds?
Charlie Skinner: [storming into the room, screaming] What in the name of holy fuck were you thinking about?
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