On The Newsroom: Charlie and Mac track down a retired USMC General who they hope will confirm Operation Genoa. Elsewhere, Nina convinces Will to try and improve his image.
On The Newsroom, Will becomes distracted during a broadcast, Charlie gets information about Operation Genoa from an old friend and Sloan suffers the consequences of an act of revenge via social media.
On The Newsroom this week, Maggie can't get ahead of her YouTube video, while Neal is arrested on Wall Street. Elsewhere, MacKenzie and Sloan push Will to cover questionable drone strikes.
The Newsroom Season 2 opens in September 2011, as Will gets himself in trouble for a remark he made concerning the Tea Party and ACN starts down the path of covering a black ops mission that lands them in legal hot water.