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Aug 5, 2012 · 5/1: Directed by Joshua Marston. With Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, John Gallagher Jr., Alison Pill. When Charlie gets a tip from a mysterious informant that the President is about to make a major announcement, the news team tries to confirm what it is about.
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5/1 is the 7th episode of Season 1 on HBO series The Newsroom.
Charlie receives a call from an anonymous source telling him that he will receive an email from the White House press secretary. The email informs him of an impending nationwide presidential address. The team race to discover what the address will be about and assumes it is about the death of Osama bin Laden. The news that bin Laden has been killed...
Charlie receives a call from an anonymous source at the beginning of the episode on Will's balcony, and under the pseudonym of "Deep Throat"(previously used during the Watergate era by former Associate Director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Mark Felt), which is later changed to "Late for Dinner", informs him that he'll be receiving an email from the White House press secretary telling him "to get to work". "Late for Dinner" claims to be trying to establishing his credibility which Charlie finds preposterous, but nonetheless is later seen to be slightly bothered and worried about the credibility of the source, which had told him that the email will be sent at eastern 9PM.
Charlie later rejoins the party the newsroom staff were having in Will's house to celebrate the one-year anniversary of News Night 2.0, where Will was sabotaged into making a short (and humorous) speech by Mackenzie. The staff is later seen to be playing a game of charades (Neal), beer bar games, individual chess (Gary) and guitar jamming (Will and Jim as Maggie watches on), while Charlie is seen to be pacing around and checking the time.
•The episode drew 1.76 million viewers.
Aug 6, 2012 · A criminal terrorist with a staggering distaste for humanity had been killed in a raid – a mission that could have cost the President his credibility, and endangered the lives of soldiers and...
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Aug 6, 2012 · “5/1,” which tells the story of the night that President Barack Obama announced the death of Osama Bin Laden to the world, ends with the most poignant moment The Newsroom has constructed to...
- Myles Mcnutt
"The Newsroom" 5/1 (TV Episode 2012) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
The gang arrives back in the newsroom and begins to mobilize, 45 minutes to the president's speech. They start to try and narrow it down: Khaddafi, bin Laden, alien lie forms? They all want it to be bin Laden and Mac wants to break it before the president announces it.
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Aug 6, 2012 · HitFix's Alan Sepinwall reviews "5/1," the August 5 episode of HBO's "The Newsroom," in which chaos reigns on the night of Bin Laden's assassination
