After a meltdown, Will McAvoy returns to work to find most of the staff are leaving his show and the new executive producer is also his ex-girlfriend. Will and his new staff face a challenge.
Mac begins to control the new incarnation of News Night; Jim takes the fall for Maggie's miscue; Charlie forbids Reese from secret meetings with Will.
Will apologises on-air for past newscasts; Charlie is warned by management; Jim soothes Maggie during a panic attack; Will parades his dates in front of Mac.
Will lands in the tabloids; Wade approaches Will with information; Don asks Maggie to set Jim up with her roommate; Will refuses to make a call on a breaking story.
The team learns about a protest in Wisconsin; Maggie, Jim and Don work hard to feature simultaneous uprisings; Neal tracks down an Egyptian insider.
Will suffers from insomnia; Sloan jeopardises her career; Will handles an interview subject roughly.
Jeff Daniels
Will McAvoy
Emily Mortimer
Mackenzie McHale
John Gallagher Jr.
Jim Harper
Alison Pill
Margaret Jordan
Thomas Sadoski
Don Keefer